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Flying Like a Kite 像风筝一样飞翔

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每个人都会渴望自由,闯荡属于自己的生活。但事实上不会有绝对的自由,一些规则必须要遵守。我们可以像风筝一样去飞翔,可如果你想飞得更高,你得记住:那些可能会令我们厌烦的约束和规则,实际上是帮助我们进步和实现愿望的牵引。

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One windy spring day,I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites.MuIticoIored creations of varying shapes and sizes fl lled the sky like beautiful birds darting and dancing.As the strong winds gusted against the kites,a string kept them in check.

Instead of blowing away with the wind,they arose against it to achieve great heights.They shook and pulled,but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow,facing upward and against the wind.As the kites struggled and trembIed against the string,they seemed to say,"Let me go!Let me go!I want to be free!"They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string.Finally,one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose."Free at last,"it seemed to say."Free to fly with the wind."[B]Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze.It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangIed mass of weeds and string against a dead bush."Free at last",free to lie powerless in the dirt,to be blown helplessly along the ground,and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction.

How much like kites we sometimes are.The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions,rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength.Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition.[C]Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained.We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights,recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析 Sentence Structures

A One windy spring day,I observed young peopIe having fun using the wind to fly their kites.

在一个有风的春日,我看到一群年轻人正在迎风放风筝玩乐。

observe doing 译为“看见某人正在做某事”,表示当被看见时动作正在进行。

B Yet freedom from restraint simpIy put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze.

然而,脱离束缚的自由也只是使它受到无情微风的摆布。

at the mercy of 受……支配。例如:They were lost at sea,at the mercy of wind and weather.他们在海上迷失了方向,任凭风和天气的摆布。

C Some of us tug at the ruIes so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained.

我们中有些人是如此强硬地抵制规则,以至我们从来无法飞到本来能够达到的高度。

tug at(迅猛地)拉,拖,拽。例如:she kept tugging insistently

at Alan's sleeve.她拽着阿伦的袖子不放。

Joy in the Journey 旅途中的快乐

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并不是所有的事情都会有完美的结局,可如果你是尽力地去做一件事情,并享受着其中所蕴含的乐趣,即便你达不到你的目标,你也可以自豪地说:“我很快乐,也很幸福。”所以,结果虽然重要,但旅途中的风景更会带给你意外的惊喜,要学着去发现。

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If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.

For often achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.

"What are you doing?"asked one of the visitors.

"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!"one of the brothers voIunteered excitedly.[B]The older boys began to laugh,telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.

After a long silence,one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and a wide assortment of insects.He removed the Iid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors.

Then he said quietly and con fl dently,"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth,look what we found along the way!"

Their goal was far too ambitious,but it did cause them to dig.And that is what a goal is for to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen;in other words,to set us to digging!

But not every goal will be fully achieved.[C]Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.Not every dream will be realized.

But when you fall short of your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,but look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"

It is in the digging that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey,in the end,that truly matters.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析 Sentence Structures

A For often achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.Let me expIain.

通常而言,实现你要做的事情不是最重要的事情。让我解释一下。

名词从句what you set out to do作achieve的宾语,achieve及其所带的宾语从句作为整个句子的主语。

B The oIder boys began to Iaugh,teIIing the younger ones that digging a hoIe aII the way through the earth was impossibIe.

这群大一点男孩大笑了起来,并且告诉他们如果想挖洞穿透地球这是不可能的。

在该句中telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible作前面句子的伴随状语,即tell这个动作是伴随着laugh这个动作同时发生。

C Not every job wiII end successfuIIy.Not every reIationship wiII endure.Not every hope wiII come to pass.Not every Iove wiII Iast.Not every endeavor wiII be compIeted.Not every dream wiII be reaIized.

并不是所有的工作都会完美地收工,不是每一段关系都能持续长久,不是每一个希望都能实现,不是每一份爱情都能永远保鲜,不是每一次付出都能硕果累累,同样,也不是每一个愿望都能梦想成真。

这几句话均是以Not every……开头引导的,构成了排比句式,六个排比句式整齐排列增强了文章的气势,作文时可借鉴以起到画龙点睛之用。

Attitude Is Everything 态度决定一切

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也许,你会惊讶于不同的人处理同一件事情时产生的截然不同的结果。拥有积极态度的人能处理好糟糕的事情,而持有消极态度的人会搞砸一件好事。于是,态度的力量可想而知。选择积极的态度去经营每一天的生活!当你回首你的成功时,积极的态度是不是在向你招手?

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