When you look at yourself in a mirror, you see your own image in it. But there is a kind of mirror in which your features are distorted in such a way that you cannot help laughing at them. Probably you already know that is a distorting mirror.

A sea or lake is often compared to a mirror. A sea is sometimes as placid as a mirror. A lake which lies at the foot of a hill mirrors the hillside. A good television program is also like a mirror. It mirrors the real happenings in society.

当你照镜子的时候，你就看见自己的影像在其中。不过，有一种镜子令你的形象扭曲的异常古怪，你看着禁不住发笑。很可能你已经知道，那就是哈哈镜。

大海或湖泊常常被人比做镜子。海面有时候平静如镜。山脚下的湖泊倒映山坡。好的电视节目也像一面镜子，它反映社会的真实状况。