Lesson 71 Working Hard

　　My best friend Billy and I decided¹ to learnEnglish last year. We promised each other towork hard. We never failed to attend class.
Billy always remembered to do his home-work. I never forgot to do mine, either. OurEnglish is pretty good now. It only provesthat there's no gain without pain.

    努力用功 
我和挚友比利去年决心要学英文。我们彼此允诺要努力用功。我们从不缺课。比利总是会记得做功课。而我也从未忘记做自己的功课。我们的英文现在很不错了，这就证明了一分耕耘，一分收获的道理。   

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。