Youth
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a
matter of rosy[玫瑰红] cheeks, red lips and supple[柔软的] knees; it is a
matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor[精力] of
the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental[喜怒无常的] predominance[优势] of courage
over timidity[胆怯], of the appetite[胃口] for adventure over the love
of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20.
Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by
deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle[使皱] the skin, but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the
心理学课上，周正教授正在授课：“上次下课时，一个男孩子递了张纸条：’我是个比较内向的人，又没什么特长，不会踢足球，不会打篮球……唯一的爱好是写作。进入大学后，看到周围的同学在交往、工作中左右逢源、如鱼得水、洒脱干练，很是羡慕。就要步入社会了，我该如何规划自己的前途呢？……周教授，我想我还是当一名作家比较好，一个人，也不错，您说呢？’这个问题要不要回答？”周教授扬了扬手中的纸条。
“回——答——”同学们兴致大起，“作家梦”可是不少惮于竞争之人的救命稻草啊！
周教授放下手中的纸条：“好，今天我就当面回答这位同学——我的态度，很简单：凡是做’作家梦’的人，都是逃避现实的、无能的人……”
话音未落，下面已是一片嘘声。
“我来问问你们，一支笔、一张纸的事，谁不会？当作家，就是这么简单，人人都会。我常说，一流人才在军界和商界，二流人才在政界，三流人才在学术界。对军人而言，你领十万人，我领十万人，没本事，死的十万就是你的。这里要的是综合素质，是挑战，所以军界的人是最强的。商界也是如此，投入两个亿，三个月
昨天去面试，当面试官问我用英语介绍我们的学校的时候，一下子就懵了，说了几句就没词了，当时因为有点紧张，真的不知道说学校的什么，面积？还是有多少个专业，还是什么啊，这些我还真不知道怎么说。结果说了两句就没有词了，真是一个羞愧阿，还在自己的简历上写着流利的口语，惭愧啊
回来后，想想这部简单么？学校的风景那么多，四个大湖，风景秀丽，随
每一种语言都有它独特的成语和俗语。而学习外语的人经常在理解这些习惯用语时会感到很困难。这是因为你不可能从组成某个习惯用语的字面上来懂得它的意思。
比如,美国人经常说:“Give me a hand.” 按照字面来理解, “give me
hand”就是“给我一只手。”可是,它的意思却是“帮我一下忙。”
另外一个例子是: “Foot the bill.”
“Foot”的意思是 “一只脚”,而“bill”在这儿的解释是“账单”。“Foot the
bill.”并不是把帐单踩在脚底下,而是付账的意思。
另外，有的时候，一个词汇有好几种解释。就拿下面一句话来作例子吧:
例句-1:“We arrived two hours late at the big
blow-out for Charlie’s birthday because our car had a
blow-out.”
这句话里第一个blow-out是指规模很大的聚会,第二个blow-out是指汽车的轮胎炸了。整个句子的意思是:“由于我们车胎炸了，所以我们晚了两个小时才到达查理举行生日宴会的地方。”
还有一些
一、~~~ the + ~ est + 名词 + (that) + 主词 + haveever + seen (
known/heard/had/read, etc)
~~~ the most + 形容词 + 名词 + (that) + 主词 + have ever + seen (
known/heard/had/read, etc)
例句：
Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen.
海伦是我所看过最美丽的女孩。
Mr. Chang is the kindest teacher that I have ever had.
张老师是我曾经遇到最仁慈的教师。
二、Nothing is + ~~~ er than to + V Nothing is + more + 形容词 + than
to + V
例句：Nothing is more important than to receive education.
没有比接受教育更重要的事。
三、~~~ cannot emphasize the importance of ~~~ too
much.（再怎么强调...的重要性也不为过。）
例句：
We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too
much.
我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。
四、There is no denying that + S + V ...（不可否认的...）
例句：
There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from
bad to worse.
不可否认的，我们的生活品质
方法就是方法，它最终无法取代刻苦的学习。
Oral English:(口语学习方法总汇)
(1)。We study spoken English so as to make oral communications,
so this order of importance of oral English study should be
followed: Fluency, Accuracy, and Appropriateness. That is to say,
we have to pay more attention to practical communicating ability
instead of only laying emphasis on the grammatical
correctness.
我们学习口语目的是为了与别人进行交流，所以英语口语中的几个要素的重要次序应为:流利-准确-恰当。
(2)。Try to find some partners practicing oral English together
and English corner is a good place as where we may exchange English
study experience, widen our sight and improve interest in
English.
寻找学伴一起练习口语。英语角是个不错的地方，在那我们不但可以练习口语，还可以交流英语学习经验，开拓视野，提高英语学习兴趣。
(3)。If English partners are not easy to get, then we have to
c
Love Is Just a Thread
Sometimes I really doubt whether there
is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to
earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me.
They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see
on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each
other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of
the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s
very tired from the hard work, it is
easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside
her and looked at her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and D
U-1 How to be a
successful language learner?
怎样成为一名成功的语言学习者
“Learning a language is easy, even a child can do
it!”
“学习一门语言很容易，即使小孩也能做得到。”
Most adults who are learning a second language
would disagree with this statement. For them, learning a language
is a very difficult task. They need hundreds of hours of study and
practice, and even this will not guarantee success for every adult
language learner.
大多数正在学习第二语言的成年人会不同意这种说法。对他们来说，学习一门语言是非常困难的事情。他们需要数百小时的学习与练习，即使这样也不能保证每个成年语言学习者都能学好。
Language learning is different from other kinds
of learning. Some people who are very intell
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