The Father and His Son
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, which is caused by the rotation of the earth as you all know. but have you ever thought of the effect of the earths rotation on man and can you imagine what would happen if the earth stopped rotating?
the radius of the earth is about 6,370 kilometres. it takes the earth 24 hours to rotate once. objects on the earths equator move with the earth at a speed of 460 metres per second, and the air close to the earths surface turns at the same speed. if the earth stopped rotating suddenly, the air would keep flowing eastward at a speed of 460 metres per second. the wind would be fourteen times as powerful as a hurricane. at the same time sea water would rush eastward at a speed of several hundred metres per second, which might do damages much greater than a seaquake would do. obviously, men could hardly stand such a catastrophe.
even if such a catastrophe would not happen, there would be a great temperature difference on the two hemispheres of the earth, and the four seasons of the year would no longer occur because a day and a night would be as long as a whole year instead of 24 hours. all this would greatly affect the life of human beings, imals and plants and that would cause worse results than anything imaginable.
写文章时,边写边问自己有关人和事“怎么样了”,抓住引起人物和事件变化的前因后果,把故事的来龙去脉一步步追问清楚。俄国作家陀思妥夫斯基曾举出这样一个例子:“有个小银元落在地上”,他认为这话不够具体,应改为:“有个小银元,从桌上滚了下来,在地上叮叮当当地跳着。 ”为何要这样改呢?因为它具体形象地回答了:从哪里落的?怎样落的`?落地后的响声、动态怎样?同理,如果我们写“夕阳西下”,这样来追问:夕阳依着什么落下去的?怎样落的?给大地带来了什么变化?就可以写成:“红彤彤的太阳,紧贴着崇山峻岭,一步三回头,慢慢下坠,万道余晖撒满大地。爷爷的白胡子变成金胡子了,房子的百墙变成红的了,柳树的枝条变成黄的了。”“夕阳西下”这一情景就更具体,更形象,更有色彩和气势了。写一次活动,也可以边写边问:活动地点在哪里?天气、环境怎样?活动的内容是什么?同学们干得怎样?谁表现得最好?为什么最好,到底是怎样***?***结果如何?这样一步步追问,就能具体地追出人物肖像、动作、语言、心理,事件的起因、发展、经过、结果和重点景物的形状、颜色、动态、声音、气味。
下面谈谈学习毅力的.问题。如果你有坚强的毅力,那么世界上就没有什么难事。学英语关键是能够持之以恒。
在学习过程中,你应该制订一个计划,一天记住几个单词,一天记住一两个句型。你不要小看“持之以恒”的力量。举个例子:
如果你一天背5个单词一年就是1825个单词,相当于初中三年再加高中一年零两个月的词汇量。如果你坚持两年你就能住3650个单词,相当于中学六年包括本科两年的词汇量。
在制订计划时要遵循以下几项原则:
1、计划要切实可行,不要好高务远。上面的例子已经说明,只要你能坚持天天学习,英语一定能学好。
2、要有坚强的毅力,每天都学习,不因为某些事而耽误了学习。如果哪天的工作没有完成,第二天一定要补上。连续不学习的时间不要超过两天。
3、要有一个帐本,哪天学会了哪几个单词,哪几个句型一定记录在案。
4、为了把单词、句型真正学到手,第二天一定要复习第一天的,第三天一定要复习第二天和第一天的内容。
5、所选择的课本可以是一套或两套,千万别太多。实际学英语的书没有什么好坏之分,只要你能按照一套或两
Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar,came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free.
exclaimed: “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any.
repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.”
A man walking in the night slipped from a rock. Afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock. In the night all he couls see was a bottomless abyss. He shouted, his own shout reflected back--there was nobody to hear.
You can imagine that man and his whole night of scare. Every moment there was death, his hands were becoming cold, he was losing his gripand as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed. There was no abyss. Just six inches down there was a rock. He could have rested the whole night, slept well---the rock was big enough---but the whole night was a nightmare.
Fear is only six inches deep. Now it is up to you whether you want to go on cling to the branch and turn your life into a nightmare, or whether you would love to leave the branch and stand on your feet.
There is nothing to fear.
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