(1)对未来事物的美好想像和希望
(2)对某事物臻于最完善境界的观念。
而职业又是什么?同样,在辞洋上,它的解释是:
(1)个人所从事的作为主要生活来源的工作,允许他选择他的职业
(2)指分内应当做的事。
理想和职业,就这样穿插在人们的生活中,构造出一个又一个的图画。
而我从小时候,就选定了一个职业,至今永不改变。那就是,作家。
作家,这个神圣的字眼,虽以写作为生,但永不放弃对生活的信念,他们是‘奇妙’的,用那普通的铅笔,构造出一个又一个汉字,最后组成一篇文章,一篇美妙的文章,让人阅读后为之动容。
但也可以说,作家是‘强大’的,尤其是小说家,他们在构造出一个个人物,让那些人物干什么就干什么,同样可以说,作家手里掌握着一个世界,一个奇妙的世界。
但作家也不是那么容易能够当成的。作为以写作为生的职业,他们必须拥有强大的文学功底;必须有才华;必须有丰富的想象力;必须理解和构造任何的语文描写方法;必须有深不可测的能力,能够在他的作品里建筑一个又一个的`迷宫,引导人们走进去,在里面迷失了方向,又突然找到光明的出口;必须有一对锐利的双眼,能看透这世间种种的一切;还必须懂哲学……诸如此类,作家可以说是百里挑一的人,他们可以且必须为自己而感到骄傲。
但是,现代人却不理解作家这个伟大的职业,在网络上,有的作家甚至因为上传作品慢了,而被鄙视,唾骂。当然,读者这种焦急等待的心情我是可以理解的,也可以因此说被鄙视得最多的就是最好的作品,但是,有些人却似乎做得太过火了。
目前,我在作家这个领域上认为最杰出的人是泰戈尔。很奇怪的是,他与我,竟有几分相似(当然这并不代表我以后也会成为一个好作家),同样擅长写散文,同样会作词作曲,因此,我立志将来要成为第二个他。
Recently we did a survey in our class in order to learn about students’ ideal jobs. Here’s a report about my group members’ ideas。
Mary wants to be a fashion designer because she likes beautiful clothes and is good at drawing. Kate wants to be a gardener, she lives plants, and she wants to make the cities better. Mike would like to be a writer. He’d like to share his wonderful stories with others. Tom would like to be a cook. He’d like to cook delicious food for others. I would like to be a policeman. I want to protect the people safe。
Hopefully everyone can realize their dreams in the future。
由于在很多情况下,说明文是对客观存在的说明与介绍,因此语言的表述也应该尽可能地给人以客观可信的感觉,比如:
(1)I think that getting up late is not always a bad thing.
(2)It is said that getting up late is not always a bad thing.
相比之下,例(2)的语言要比例(1)的语言客观一些,容易让人接受一些。如果再作一些表述上的改动:
(3)Getting up late is not always a bad thing, according to Franklin Smith, a well-known psychologist in Stanford University.
引进著名人士作为信息的来源,可以使想要说明的内容更具有说服力。如果我们将例(3)中的always再改为necessarily,就可使整个句子更客观、委婉,便于为读者接受:
(4)Getting up late is not necessarily a bad thing, according to Franklin Smith, a well-known psychologist in Stanford University.
在英语中,采用被动语态,引进权威的信息来源以及选用委婉的词语是使说明文避免主观色彩,增加客观性,从而为读者接受的重要语言手段
由于说明文往往是对客观事物或事理的一种介绍与解释,而这种客观的介绍与解释一般是不随时间和空间变化而改变的,比如:说明早锻炼的好处,介绍猫的`胡子的功能,解释臭氧层对人类生活的影响等等,是不受时间和空间影响的。因此,尽管有时为了特殊表达的要求,会在个别地方采用其他时态,英语说明文的基本时态还是一般现在时。下面这篇由香港学生写的充分反映了说明文的这一特点。
The Way to Achieve Success
Many successful people say that they owe much of their success to the cultivation (培养) of certain good habits in early life. In forming good habits, I think we should pay attention to four things, that is, honesty, industry (勤勉), enthusiasm (热情), and thrift (节俭)。
“Honesty is the best policy”。 This is a proverb to which we must pay attention. There are so many temptations (诱惑) in society that through a little carelessness we may go astray (走入歧途)。 But when we are honest, people will not be dishonest to us.
Industry gives every man and woman, every boy and girl, proper work to do. To do nothing is to ruin oneself.
Enthusiasm is a great force. One's soul will expand if one devotes (贡献) oneself to a noble cause. The difficulties in our way are tremendous (巨大的), but what can we not accomplish (取得), if with enthusiasm?
There are many proverbs which set forth (陈述) the advantages (好处) of thrift. Since we live in a world where money is a very powerful thing, we should always try to save part of our earnings for future use.
These are the four things to which we must pay attention. It is only in this way that we can achieve success.
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