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优秀经典英语文章阅读篇一

RealLifePhilosophy

Youdon‘adthis

straightthrough，andyou’llgetthepoint(anawesomeone)it

istryingtomake!

Takethisquiz：

e

elastfivewinnersof

npeoplewhohavewonthe

elasthalfdozenAcademy

elast

decade‘sworthofWorldSerieswinners.

Howdidyoudo?

Thepointis，noneofusremembertheheadlinersof

ethebest

tarnish.

desandcertificatesare

buriedwiththeirowners.

Here‘youdoonthisone：

ewteacherswhoaidedyourjourneythroughschool.

reefriendswhohavehelpedyouthroughadifficult

vepeoplewhohavetaughtyousomething

fafewpeoplewhohavemadeyoufeel

ffivepeopleyouenjoy

lfadozenheroeswhostories

haveinspiredyou.

Easier?

Thelesson：

Thepeoplewhomakeadifferenceinyourlifearenotthe

oneswiththemostcredentials，themostmoney，orthemost

etheonesthatcare.

优秀经典英语文章阅读篇二

ThreePeachStones三颗核桃

Obrveachild;lethatnotaday

passinwhichhedoesnotfindsomethingorothertomakehim

happy，ok

ataman;lnoticethatweeksand

monthscanpassinwhichdayisgreetedwithnothingmorethan

resignation1，，

mostmenareasmirableassinners，thoughtheyaretoo

strue

thattheysoldomsmilethatwhentheydowedonotrecognize

theirface，sodistortedisitfromthefixedmaskwetakefor

nthenamancannotsmilelikeachild，fora

childsmileswithhiyes，whereasamansmileswithhislips

tasmile;butagrin;somethingtodowithhumor4，

n，asanyonecane，

thereisapoint(butwhocandefinethatpoint?)whenaman

becomesanoldman，andthenhewillsmileagain.

Itwouldemthathappinessissomethingtodowith

simplicity，andthatitistheabilitytoextractpleasureformthe

simplestthings-suchasapeachstone，forinstance.

entyyearsago

sincehecamedowntoourvillagefromLondon，andboughta

coupleofoldcottages，

village

followedhisbrilliantcareerwithsomethingalmostamountingto

paternalpride.

IremembersometenyearsagowhenhewasmadeaKing‘s

Counl6，AmosandI，einghimgetofftheLondontrain，

nedwithpleasure;hemerely

lookedasmirableasthoughhe’dreceivedapenalntence.

Itwasthesamewhenhewasknighted;heneversmiledabit，he

didn‘tevenbothertocelebratewitharoundofdrinksat

the“BlueFox”hissuccessasachilddoeshis

oneofhisachievementsbroughtevenaghost

ofasmiletohistiredeyes.

Iaskedhimoneday，soonafterhe‘dretiredtopotter

abouthisgarden，8whatiswasliketoachieveallone’s

eddownathisrosandwentonwatering

said“Theonlyvalueinachievingone‘sambition

isthatyouthenrealizethattheyarenotworth

achieving.”Quicklyhemovedtheconversationontoamore

practicallevel，andwithinamomentwewerebacktoasafe

stwoyearsago.

Irecallthisincident，foryesterday，Iwaspassinghishou，

pulledinfromtheroadfornootherreasonthantoletabuspass

therefillingmypipe，Isuddenlyheardashoutof

sheerjoycomefromtheothersideofthewall.

toodSirHenrydoingnothinglessthan

enhe

obrvedmybewilderedfacestaringoverthewallhedidnot

emputout10orembarrasd，butshoutedformetoclimb

over.

“Comeande，!Ihavedoneitatlast!Ihavedone

itatlast!”

Therehewas，holdingasmallboxofearthinhishad.I

obrvedthreetinyshootsoutofit.

“Andtherewereonlythree!”hesaid，hiyeslaughingto

heaven.

“Threewhat?”Iasked.

“Peachstones”，hereplied.“I‘vealwayswantedtomake

peachstonesgrow，evensinceIwasachild，whenIudtotake

themhomeafteraparty，ed

toplantthem，

atlastIhavedoneit，and，what’smore，Ihadonlythree

stones，andthereyouare，one，two，threeshoots，”he

counted.

AndSirHenryranoff，callingforhiswifetocomeande

hisachievement-hisachievementofsimplicity.

优秀经典英语文章阅读篇三

Giveus15MinutesADay

XYourbosshasabiggervocabularythanyouhave.

That‘sonegoodreasonwhyhe’syourboss.

Thisdiscoveryhasbeenmadeinthewordlaboratoriesofthe

heoreticalEnglishprofessors，butbypractical，

hard-headedscholarswhohavebeenarchingforthecretsof

success.

Afterahostofexperimentsandyearsoftestingtheyhave

foundout：

Thatifyourvocabularyislimitedyourchancesofsuccessare

limited.

Thatoneoftheeasiestandquickestwaystogetaheadisby

consciouslybuildingupyourknowledgeofwords.

Thatthevocabularyloftheaveragepersonalmoststops

tfromthenonitis

necessarytohaveanintelligentplanifprogressistobemade.

Nohaphazardhit-or-missmethodswilldo.

Ithaslongsincebeensatisfactorilyestablishedthatahigh

executivedoesnothavealargevocabularymerelybecauof

uldbeputtingthecart

llinwordswas

atremendoushelpingettinghimhisjob.

nO‘;ConnoroftheeHumanEngineering

LaboratoryofBostonandoftheStevensInstituteofTechnology

inHoboken，NewJery，gaveavocabularytestto100young

menwhowerestudyingtobeindustrialexecutives.

Fiveyearslaterthowhohadpasdintheupperten

percentall.，withoutexception，hadexecutivepositions，while

notasingleyoungmanofthelowertwenty-fivepercenthad

becomeanexecutive.

Youe，therearecertainfactorsinsuccessthatcanbe

measuredasscientificallyasthecontentsofatest-tube，andit

hasbeendiscoveredthatthemostcommoncharacteristicof

outstandingsuccessis“anextensiveknowledgeoftheexact

meaningofEnglishwords”。

Theextentofyourvocabularyindicatesthedegreeofyour

ainpowerwillincreaasyoulearntoknow

‘stheproof.

Twoclassinahighschoolwerelectedforanexperiment.

ass

，

thecontrolclass，erclasswas

ndoftheperiodthe

marksofthelatterclasssurpasdthoofthecontrolgroup，

notonlyinEnglish，butineverysubject，includingmathematics

andthesciences.

，of

StanfordUniversity，thatavocabularytestisasaccuratea

measureofintelligenceasanythreeunitsofthestandardand

.

Thestudyofwordsisnotmerelysomethingthathastodo

‘teven

replanningtogodown

townthisafternoonyouwillfindthatyouaresayingtoyourlf：

“IthinkIwillgodowntownthisafternoon.”Youcan’tmake

suchasimpledecisionasthiswithoutusingwords.

Withoutwordsyoucouldmakenodecisionsandfromno

stmayhavethemostbeautiful

tunesinhishead，butifhehadonlyfivekeysonhispianohe

wouldnevergetmorethanafractionofthetunesout.

more

wordsyouhaveatyourcommandthedeeper，clearerandmore

accuratewillbeyourthinking.

s

giveyouassurance;buildyourlf-

confidence;lendcolortoyourpersonality;increayour

cabularyis

rdsareallthatwe，yourfriends，havetoknowand

enoothermediumfortellingusyour

thoughts-forconvincingus，persuadingus，givingusorders.

e

wordcandestroyafriendship，per

phrasinthemouthsofclerkshavequadrupledtheproper

phrasinthemouthsofclerkshavequadrupledthesalesofa

ngwordsudbyacampaignorator

tance，ononeoccasionthefour

unfortunatewords，“Rum，RomanismandaRebellion”ud

inaRepublicancampaignspeechthrewtheCatholicvoteandthe

ewonbywords.

Soldiersfightforaphra.“Maketheworldsafefor

Democracy.”“AlloutforEngland.”“Vfor

Victory.”The“RemembertheMaine”ofSpanishwardayshas

nowbeenchangedto“RememberPearlHarbor.”

analso

veoftenraidaman

frommediocritytosuccess.

Ifyouconsciouslyincreayourvocabularyyouwill

unconsciouslyraiyourlftoamoreimportantstationinlife，

andthenewandhigherpositionyouhavewonwill，inturn，

giveyouabetteropportunityforfurtherenrichingyour

eautifulandsuccessfulcycle.

Itisbecauofthisintimateconnectionbetweenwordsand

lifeitlfthatwehaveorganizedthissmallvolumeinanewway.

havegroupedthewordsaroundvariousdepartmentsofyourlife.

authorswishyoutoreaditwithapencilinyourhand，foryou

willoftenbeaskedtomakecertainnotations，towriteanswers

eyouuyourpencil，themore

deeplyyouwillbecomeinvolved，andthedeeperyour

l

occasionallyaskyoutouyourvoiceasyourpencil-tosay

，wereallywantyoutokeepupa

runningconversationwithus.

It‘’‘vemadeitlikeagame.

Wehavefilledthepageswithacollectionofdevicesthatwe

ethingstochallengeyouand

ll

enjoythemanditmayencouragethemtowiderexplorationsin

reentertainingverbal

calisthenicshere，colorfulfactsaboutlanguage，andmany

excursionsamongthewordsthatkeepourspeechtherich，

flexible，livelymeansofcommunicationthatitis.

volumebyyourbedside，

timespentonthepagesbeforeyouturnthe

lightsouteachnightisbetterthananirregularhournowand

anfindthetimetolearnonlytwoorthreewordsa

day-wewillstillpromiyouthatattheendofthirtydaysyou

fifteenminutesaday，

andwewillguarantee，attheendofamonth，whenyouhave

turnedoverthelastpageofthisbook，thatyourwordsandyour

readingandyourconversationandyourlifewillallhaveanew

anddeepermeaningforyou.

Forwordscanmakeyougreat!