向一位著名的女作家祝賀她八十歲壽辰，這樣的機會是不多的，所以我去年十月五日到冰心家里去的時候，心情非常激動。我解釋說希望她給我講一下她是怎樣成為詩人的。“我已有多年沒有寫詩了，”她微笑說，“可是我還是愛讀好詩�！�

　　冰心很幸運地有鼓勵她學習和寫作的父母。一九一九年她在北京一所女子學院念書時，一個事件改變了她生命的整個道路。那就是五四運動，一個由北京學生發(fā)動的愛國民主運動。群眾游行示威的場面給她以深刻的印象。她投身于斗爭中，并被學生會任命負責宣傳工作。她寫了詩歌、文章和故事，以抨擊帝國主義和各種形式的封建主義。

　　她在1923年到美國去學文學，在旅途中和在美國居留中寫下了她的感受。這些都收在一個集子里出版，就是《寄小讀者》。這本書使她聲譽突起。這不僅是因為她是一位女作家，而是因為書中的高尚的情操。有不少較年輕的作家說，是冰心的作品使他們走上了其后所走的道路。

　　【參考譯文】

　　Section 2 漢譯英(40分)

　　It isn’t often that one has the chance to congratulate a noted woman writer on her 80th birthday. So on October 5 last year，when I went to Bing Xin’s house，I felt very excited. I explained that I hoped she would tell me something about how she became a poet. “I haven’t written poetry for many years,” she said smiling. “But I still love to read good poetry.”

　　Bing Xin was fortunate to have parents who encouraged her to study and write. When she was attending a women’s college in Beijing in 1919，an event occurred which changed the whole course of her life. That was the May 4th Movement，a patriotic democratic movement started by students in Beijing. The mass demonstrations made a deep impression on her. She threw herself into the struggle and was put in charge of publicity by the Student Union. She wrote poems，articles and stories，attacking imperialism and feudalism in its various forms.

　　Going to the U.S. in 1923 to study literature，she wrote down her impressions on the way and during her stay there. These were published in the collection To Little Readers. The book brought her instant fame，not only because she was a woman writer，but also because of the noble sentiments in the book. Quite a few younger writers say it was Bing Xin’s writings that started them on the road they have since followed.