例如说：清晨早起是一个好习惯，这也要从小时候养成，很多人 从小就贪睡懒觉，一遇假日便要睡到日上三竿还高卧不起，平时也 是不肯早起，往往蓬首垢面四的就往学校跑，结果还是迟到，这样的 人长大了之后也常是不知振作，多半不能有什么成就。
Habit is formed little by little, and most easily in one's childhood.
祖逖闻鸡起 舞，那才是志土奋励的榜样。
Once it is formed, it is difficult to break.
我们中国人最重礼，因为礼是行为的规范。
For example, the good habit of early rising also starts from one's early life.
礼要从家庭里做起， 姑举一例：为子弟者"出必告，反必面"，这一点点对长季的起码 的礼©，我们是否已经每日做到了呢？
Many people, however, have been in the habit of sleeping late ever since they were kids.
我看见有些个孩子们早晨起来 对父母视若无睹，晚上回到家来如入无人之境，遇到长峯常常横眉冷 目，不屑搭讪。
They won't get up till late morning on holidays and even oversleep on work days.
这样的跋底乖戾之气如果不早早地纠正过来，将来长 大到社会服务，必将处处引起摩擦不受欢迎。
Children are often late for school though they make a rush even without washing up.
我们不仅对长𠤖要恭 敬有礼，对任何人都应该维持相当的礼貌。
Such children, when they grow up, will often lack drive and most probably get nowhere.
大声讲话，扰及他人的宁静，是一种不好的习惯。
The story of Zu Ti\* rising at cockerow to practise swordplay should be a good example for all men of resolve to learn from.
我们试自检 讨一番，在别人读书工作的时候是否有过喧哗的行为？
We Chinese set Breat store by propriety because it is the accepted rules of social behavior.
我们要随时随 地为别人着想，维持公共的秩序，顾虑他人的利益，不可放纵自己， 在公共场所人多的地方，要知道依次排队，不可争先恐后地去乱挤。
Propriety begins from the family.
时间即是生命。
For example, children should keep their perents informed of their whereabouts.
我们的生命是一分一秒地在消耗着，我们平常不 大觉得，细想起来实在值得警惕。
That is the ABC of good manners on the Part of children.
我们每天有许多的零碎时间于不知 不觉中浪费掉了，我们若能养成一种利用闲暇的习惯，一遇空闲，无 论其为多么短哲，都利用其做一点有益身心之事，则积少成多终必有 成。
Yet some children just ignore their parents when get up in the morning or come back frorn school.
常听人讲起"消造"二字，最是要不得，好像是时间太多无法 打发的样子，其实人生短促极了，哪里会有多余的时间待人"消遣"？
They often pull a long face and refuse to converse when they meet their elders.
陆放翁有句云："待饭未来还读书。"我知道有人就经常利用这"待 饭未来" 的时间读了不少的大书。
If they continue to be so cocky and willful without correcting themselves as soon as possible, they will never get along well with other people some day as members of society.
古人所谓 "三上之功"，枕上、马 上、厕上，最不足为训，其用意是在劝人不要浪费光阴。
We should be polite not only to our elders, but also to all people.
吃苦耐劳是我们这个民族的标志。
Zu Ti, a patriotic gencral of the Jin Dynasty (317 --- 420 A.D.).
古圣先贤总是教训我们要能过 得俭朴的生活，一个有志的人应能耐得清寒。
He was good friends with Liu Kun. another general. When they were young. being peuty officials but highly motivated, they often encouraged each other and both rose at cockerow lo practise swordplay.
恶衣恶食，不足为耻， 丰衣足食，不足为荣，这在个人之修养上是应有的认识。
It is a bad habit to talk loudly to the disturbance of others.
罗马帝国盛 时的一位皇帝，Marcus Aurelius，他从小就摒绝一切享受，从来不参 观那当时风靡全国的赛车比武之类的娱乐，终其身成为一位严肃的苦 修的哲学家，而且也建立了不朽的事功。
Ask yourself if you ever made a lot of noise While others were at their studies or at work.
这是很值得令人钦佩的。
We should be considerate of others at all times and places, caring for public order and interests and abstaining from self-indulgence.
我 们中国是一个穷的国家，所以我们更应该体念艰难，弃绝一切奢侈， 尤其是从外国来的奢侈。
In crowded public places, you should line up and never push through to get ahead of others.
从小就养成俭朴的习惯，更要知道物力维 艰，竹头木屑，皆宜爱惜。
Time is life.
以上数端不过是偶然拈来，好的习惯千头万绪，"勿以善小而不 为"。
Our life is ticking away unnoticed minute by minute and second by second.