英语励志美文阅读赏析（原创5）

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课堂阅读：A new story of the tortoise and the hare龟兔赛跑新传

Words: 603 Time:12 minutes

Once upon a time a tortoise anda hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settlethe argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started offthe race.

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课堂阅读：The Chicken and the eagle鸡和鹰

Once upon a time, there was a largemountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nestcontained four large eagle eggs. One day an earthquakerocked the mountain, causing one of the eggs toroll down the mountain, to a chicken farm, located in thevalley below. The chickens knew that they must protect and carefor the eagle’s egg, so an old hen volunteered to nurture andraise the large egg.

One day, the egg hatched and a beautifuleagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be achicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than achicken. The eagle loved his home and family, but his spiritcried out for more. While playing a game on the farm oneday, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a groupof mighty eagles flying in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle cried, “Iwish I could fly like those birds.” The chickens burst intolaughter, “You cannot fly with those birds. You are a chickenand chickens do not fly.”

The eagle continued staring at his real familyup above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time theeagle let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn’t bedone. That is what the eagle learned to believe. The eagle,after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like achicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passedaway.

The story makes us know that you become what youbelieve you are; so if ever dream to become an eagle, followyour dreams, not the words of a chicken.

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1. eagle n.鹰 2. locatev. 位于

3. hatch v.孵化 4. mightyadj. 强大的

从前，有一座大山的山腰上有个鹰巢，巢里面有四枚很大的鹰蛋。有一天发生了地震，山体震动使得一枚鹰蛋滚落到山谷下面的养鸡场；鸡场里的鸡们知道她们必须来保护和照顾好这枚鹰蛋，于是一只老母鸡就自告奋勇地担负着孵化这枚大蛋的重任。

一天这枚鹰蛋孵化了，一只漂亮的小鹰破壳而出。然而，不幸的是，这只小鹰是被当作小鸡来抚养的。很快，这只小鹰相信了自己只是一只小鸡而已。小鹰爱恋着它的家和家里的成员，但它的心却向往去追求更多的东西。一天，在农场上玩耍嬉戏的时候，这只小鹰抬头望了望天空，它看到一群雄鹰在天空中翱翔。“啊，”这只小鹰喊到，“我真希望能像那些鸟一样在天空中翱翔。”小鸡们听到后爆发出一阵大笑，“你是不能跟那些鸟一样翱翔的。你是鸡，而鸡是不能飞翔的。”

这只小鹰继续凝望着天空中那些自己真正属于的家族，梦想着能与它们在一起。每当小鹰表白自己梦想的时候，它都会被告知这一梦想是不能成为现实的。这只小鹰也就自然而然地相信了这一点。再过了一段时间，这只小鹰，不再有任何梦想了，它继续过着像鸡一样的生活。最后，在度过一段漫长的鸡一样的生活之后，这只鹰死去了。

这则故事告诉我们，梦想成就一个人。因此，如果你梦想成为一只雄鹰，你就要追逐你的梦想，而不是听从鸡说三道四。

阅读延伸: Never say “impossible”决不说“不可能”

About one hundred yearsago, there lived a great general whose name was Napoleon Bonaparte.He was the leader of the French army, and France was at warwith nearly all the countries around. He wanted very much to takesoldiers into Italy, but between France and Italy there are highmountains called the Alps, the tops of which are covered withsnow.

“Is it possible to cross the Alps?” saidNapoleon.

The men who had been sent to look at the passesover the mountains shook their heads. Then one of them said,“It may be possible, but…”

“Let me hear no more,” said Napoleon.“Forward to Italy!”

People laughed at the thought of an armyof six thousand men crossing the Alps where there was no road. ButNapoleon waited only to see that everything was in goodorder, and then he gave the order tomarch.

The long line of soldiers and horses stretchedfor twenty miles. When they came to a steep place where thereseemed to be no way to go farther, the trumpets sounded“Charge!” Then every man did his best, and the whole army movedright onward.

Soon they were safe over the Alps. In four daysthey were marching on the plains of Italy.

“The man who has made up his mind to win,”said Napoleon, “will never say ‘impossible’.”(226)

1. stretchv. 延伸 2. steepadj. 陡峭的

3. trumpetn. 喇叭 4. chargev. 冲锋

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1. He wanted very much to takesoldiers into Italy, but between France and Italy there are highmountains called the Alps, the tops of which are covered withsnow. 他非常想带领士兵进入意大利，但是在法国和意大利之间有座高大的阿尔卑斯山脉，山顶上白雪皑皑。

2. The man who has made up hismind to win will never say “impossible”.下定决心要赢的人决不会说“不可能”。

大约100年以前，有一位伟大的将军名叫拿破仑·波拿巴。他是法国军队的领导，当时法国正在和周围几乎所有的国家交战。他非常想带领士兵进入意大利，但是在法国和意大利之间有座高大的阿尔卑斯山脉，山顶上白雪皑皑。

“有可能越过阿尔卑斯山脉吗？”拿破仑问。

那些被派去看山脉关口的人们摇了摇头。其中一人说：“有可能通过，但是……”

“我不想再听了，”拿破仑说，“向意大利进军!”

人们嘲笑这个想法：六万人的军队去翻越无路可走的阿尔卑斯山脉。但是拿破仑等一切就绪后，就下令出发了。

众多的士兵和马匹列成的队伍长达20英里。当他们来到一个陡峭的地方，看来好像没有道路可以再往前走时，喇叭里响起“冲锋！”的声音，于是每一个人都尽了全力，这个部队就向前冲去。

很快，他们就安全地翻越了阿尔卑斯山脉。四天后，他们行走在意大利的平原上。“下定决心要赢的人，”拿破仑说，“决不会说‘不可能’。”

英语励志美文阅读赏析（原创6）

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课堂阅读: The crackedpot 破裂的水罐

Words: 516 Time: 8 minutes

A water bearer(挑夫) in India had two largepots, each hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across hisneck. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, and while theother pot was perfect and always carried a full pot of water at theend of the long walk from the river to the master’s house, thecracked pot arrived only half full.

For two years this went on daily, with the bearercarrying only one and a half full of water to hismaster’s house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of itsachievements(成就). But the poor crackedpot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and sad that it wasable to finish only half of what it had been made to do.After two years of bitter failures, it spoke to the water bearerone day by the river.

“I am ashamed of myself, and I want toapologize to you.”

“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamedof?”

“I have been able, for these past two years, tocarry only half my load because this crack in my side causeswater to go out all the way back to your master’s house. Becauseof my weakness, you have to do all of this work, and you don’tget full value from your efforts,” the potsaid.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old crackedpot, and he said with pity, “As we return to the master’s house, Iwant you to notice the beautiful flowers along thepath.”

Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old crackedpot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wildflowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But atthe end of the trip, it still felt bad because it had gone out halfits load, and so again it apologized to the bearer for itsfailure.

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice thatthere were flowers only on your side of your path, but noton the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known aboutyour weakness, and I took advantage of it. I planted flowerseeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk backfrom the river, you’ve watered them.

For two years I have been able to pick thesebeautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without youbeing just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace(使增光彩) hishouse.”

Each of us has our own unique weakness. We’re allcracked pots. But if we will allow it, God will use our weakness tomake his table beautiful.

In this world, nothing goesto waste. So as we find ways to serve the world, and as someoneasks us to finish a task, don’t be afraid of your weakness. Bethankful for it, and make use of it, and you, too, canbe the cause of beauty in the world.

在印度，有一个运水的挑夫，他有两个大水罐，分别挂在杆子两端，横跨在脖子上。其中一个水罐有裂缝，另外一个则完好无损。所队当他大老远从小溪走回主人家的时候，一个水罐盛满着水，而那个有裂缝的水罐就只剩下一半水了。

两年过去了，他每天都是这样，送到主人家的时候只剩下了一个满罐和一个半罐的水。当然，那个完好的水罐对它的成绩很骄傲。而那个可怜的破裂的水罐则对自己的瑕疵感到羞愧，当想到仅能完成一半应做工作的时候，它觉得很可悲。忍受了两年这种痛苦的失败之后，有一天，它在小溪边对这个运水脚夫说：

“我为自己感到羞愧，我想向你道歉。”

“为什么?”挑夫问道，“有什么让你感到羞愧呢?”

“这两年来，由于我身上有这么一条裂缝，在回主人家的一路上总是在漏水，这使你每次只能送一半的水回去，不能使你工作的价值得到完全的体现。”这个水罐说。

运水挑夫对这个破裂的旧水罐的话感到难过，他同情地说道：“当我们返回主人家的时候，我想让你注意看看路上那些美丽的花。”

真的，当他们上山的时候，这个破裂的旧水罐注意到，太阳温暖着路边的野花，这让它多少感到些愉快。但是，当走完了这段路，它仍然为自己漏了一半水而心情不好。所以它又一次为自己的不好向挑夫道歉。

挑夫对这个罐子说：“你注意到那些野花只长在你这一边的路上了吗？那是因为我早就知道你这个缺陷，而我利用了这点。我在你这一边的路上种上花的种子，每天当我们从小溪边返回的时候，我就给它们浇水。两年过去了，我现在已经可以摘下这些野花来装饰主人的桌子了。如果不是你用你特有的方式，我们就不会有那些花来美化他的屋子。”

我们每个人都有自己独一无二的缺点，我们都是有裂缝的水罐。但是，如果我们接受这点，那么上帝就会用我们的缺点来美化他的桌子。

在这个世界中，任何东西都不会被浪费。所以，当我们寻找各种办法为这个世界服务时，当我们去完成某个任务时，不要害怕你的缺点。要感谢这些缺点，利用它们，你能够让世界变得美丽。

阅读延伸: Thegossiper 长舌妇

Words: 203 Time: 3 minutes

A woman repeated a bit of gossip about aneighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story. Theperson it concerned was deeply hurt and offended. Later thewoman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that itwas completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise oldsage to find out what she could do to repair thedamage.

“Go to the marketplace,” he said, “and buy achicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick itsfeathers and drop them one by one along the road.”Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she wastold.

The next day the wise man said, “Now go andcollect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring themback to me.”

The woman followed the same road, but to herdiscouragement, the wind had blown the feathers all away. Aftersearching for hours, she returned with only three in herhand. “You see,” said the old sage, “it’s easy to drop them, butit’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. Itdoesn’t take much to spread a rumor, but once you do,you can never completely undo the wrong.”

1. offendv. 冒犯，伤害 2. sage n.圣人

3. gossipn. 闲话 4. rumor n.谣言

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1. It’s easy to drop them, butit’s impossible to get them back. 你丢掉它们很容易，但却不可能再找回它们。

2. So it is with gossip. Itdoesn’t take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, youcan never completely undo the wrong. 说人闲话也是如此，不费什么力气就能散布一个谣言，但你一旦做了，就永远不能弥补过错。

一个妇女翻来覆去地说着她的一个邻居的闲话。没有几天，整个社区的人都知道了那个故事，故事所涉及到的人受到了深深的伤害和侵犯。不久，这个散播流言的妇女就发现那件事根本就是不真实的。她非常后悔，于是去询问一位德高望众的智者，希望找到办法来弥补这次伤害。

“你去集市吧，”智者说，“买只鸡，请人杀了它，然后拔掉毛，在你回家的路上沿路一根根地扔掉。”尽管对这个建议感到非常吃惊妇人还是照做了。

第二天，智者又说：“现在，你去把你昨天扔掉的鸡毛都捡回来给我吧。”

妇女沿着昨天的路重走了一遍，但让她沮丧的是，风已经吹走了所有的羽毛。她找了好几个小时，只找到三根羽毛回去见智者。“你看到了，”老智者说，“你丢掉它们很容易，但却不可能再找回它们。说人闲话也是如此，不费什么力气就能散布一个谣言，但你一旦做了，就永远不能弥补过错。”

英语励志美文阅读赏析（原创7）

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课堂阅读: If themountain doesn’t come… 山不过来，我就过去

Words:286 Time: 4 minutes

There is a story telling of areligious master who is said to be capable of movingmountains. A man came to him asking for a demonstration(表演). Themaster sat in front of a mountain for a moment, then went to theother side of it and declared the end of the demonstration. All theaudiences were greatly puzzled and begged him for an explanation.He said: “There has never been a way of moving mountains; what youcan do is to go to the mountain if it doesn’t come.”

One of my friends, though with themakings of a merchant, was bent on being a painter. Heresigned from office and devoted himself entirely topainting at home. Several years, however, saw no progress in thisregard.

A painful retrospection(反思) brought him to hissenses. He made up his mind to take up business inplace of painting. It took him only a few years tobecome a rich businessman. Meanwhile he spent his spare timeexchanging experience and skills in painting and calligraphy(书法). His works finallywon acclamation (承认) by expert painters andwere on sale in art gallery and grand hotels. He had hiscollections published and his dream of becoming a painter cametrue at last.

Everybody sets up a coordinate(坐标) for his life and atarget to struggle for. If the target is set in a wrongdirection, he has to make a timely adjustment. If thecoordinate is placed at a wrong position, it has to be movedto the right one. In the same manner, if oneis confronted with something unchangeable, one has tochange oneself first, and then to achieve an eventual changeof the world around him.

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1.There has never been a way of moving mountains; whatyou can do is to go to the mountain if it doesn’t come.这世上根本就没有移山大法、惟一能够移动山的方法就是：山不过来，我就过去。

2.Everybody sets up a coordinate for his life and a target tostruggle for.

每个人都有自己奋斗的方向和生命坐标。

3.If the target is set in a wrong direction, he has to make a timelyadjustment. If the coordinate is placed at a wrong position, it hasto be moved to the right one.

如果奋斗方向错了，就应及时调整；人生坐标定位错了，就要移动生命的坐标。

4.If one is confronted with somethingunchangeable, one has to change oneself first, andthen to achieve an eventual

change of the world around him. 如果所面对的无法改变，那我们就先改变自己，只有这样，才能最终改变属于

自己的世界。

有这样—则故事：—天，有人找到一位会移山大法的大师，央其当众表演—下。大师在—座山的对面坐了—会儿，就起身跑到山的另一面，然后说表演完毕。众人大惑不解。大师道：“这世上根本就没有移山大法、惟一能够移动山的方法就是：山不过来，我就过去。”

我的一个朋友非常适合经商，但他却立志成为画家。他辞去公职，躲在家里，—心画画。几年过去却毫无长进。

经过痛苦反思，他决定暂时放弃画家梦，下海经商。没几年，他便跻身于富人行列。闲时与书画家们在一起切磋技艺。几年后，他的画竞获行家好评，挂在宾馆和画廊出售，出了画集，圆了当初的画家梦。

人生路上，每个人都有自己奋斗的方向和生命坐标。如果奋斗方向错了，就应及时调整；人生坐标定位错了，就要移动生命的坐标。如果所面对的无法改变，那我们就先改变自己，只有这样，才能最终改变属于自己的世界。

阅读延伸: Why leatherwas used to make shoes皮鞋的来历

Words: 272 Time: 4 minutes

Long, long ago, human beings used to walkbarefooted.

A king happened to travel far into thecountryside. He was greatly troubled by the ruggedroads where gravel and broken stones pricked(刺痛) and numbed(使麻木) his feet. When hereturned to his palace he issued an order that all the roadsbe covered with cattle hide. He thought it was beneficial(有益的) not only tohimself but also to the people and hoped walking would no longer bea painful thing. But even if all cattle in the kingdom were killedthere wouldn’t be enough hide to get the workdone.

Obviously it could donothing but shake their heads and sigh. At this time aclever servant in the palace ventured to make a suggestion.“Your Majesty, why don’t you take an easier way? You don’thave to mobilize (动员) so many people, to haveso many oxen killed, nor so much money wasted. What you have to dois simply to cover each of your feet with a piece of hide.Surprised and pleased, the king immediately changed his mindand supported the plan.

This is said to be the origin of usingleather to make shoes. Though it sounds odd and strange it inspiresus to think. It is much easier to change oneself than tochange the world. So it will be much better for one tochange oneself before one makes an attempt tochange the outer world. Why don’t you try to put yourself in theposition of the person you deal with? You will find it easierto solve a problem when you change your way ofthinking.

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1.It is much easier to change oneself than to changethe world. So it will be much better for oneto

change oneself beforeone makes an attempt to change the outerworld.

想改变世界很难，要改变自己则较为容易，与其改变全世界，不如先改变自己。

2.Why don’t you try to put yourself in the position of theperson you deal with? You will find it easier to solve a problemwhen you change your way of thinking.

处理身边的事情，还是应该将心比心，常常换个角度想问题为好。

很久很久以前，人类都还赤着双脚走路。

有一位国王到某个偏远的乡间旅行，因为路面崎岖不平，路上的碎石刺得他的脚又痛又麻，回到王宫后，他下道命令要把国内所有的道路都铺上一层牛皮，他认为这样做，不只是为自己，也让百姓们走路时不再受刺痛之苦。但是，即使杀尽国内所有的牛，也筹措不到足够的皮革。

虽然命令愚蠢，但毕竟是国王的圣旨，大家也只能摇头叹息，这时，一位聪明的仆人大胆地向国王建议：“国王啊，为什么您要劳师动众、牺牲那么多头牛、花费那么多金钱呢?您何不只用两小片牛皮包住您的脚呢？”国王听了很惊讶，立刻改变了主意……

据说，这就是“皮鞋”的由来，虽然故事有些离奇，却给了我们很好的启示——想改变世界很难，要改变自己则较为容易，与其改变全世界，不如先改变自己。处理身边的事情，还是应该将心比心，常常换个角度想问题为好。

英语励志美文阅读赏析（原创8）

2009-04-1002:29:54| 分类： 校本课程坊（原创 |标签： |字号大中小 订阅

Rescueat sea 海上营求

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Reading material:Rescue at sea海上营求

Words: 352Time: 6minutes

Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland,a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfishservice. Because the entire village lived on the fishingindustry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in cases ofemergency. One night the winds blew heavily,the clouds burst and a sudden force storm overturned a fishing boatat sea. Stranded (搁浅的) and in trouble, thecrew sent out the S.O.S. The captain of the rescue rowboat teamsounded the alarm and the villagers gathered in the town squareoverlooking the bay. While the team launched their rowboat and fought theirway through the wild waves, the villagers waited restlessly on the beach, holding lanterns(灯笼) to light the wayback.

An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared throughthe fog and the cheering villagers ran to greet them. Fallingexhausted on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boatcould not hold any more passengers and they had to leaveone man behind. Even one more passenger wouldhave surely overturned the rescue boat and all would have beenlost.

Madly, the captain called for anothervolunteer team to go after the lonely survivor.Sixteen-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother seized hisarms, begging, “Please don’t go. Your father died in a shipwreck 10years ago and your older brother, Paul, has been lost at sea forthree weeks. Hans, you are all I have left.”

Hans replied, “Mother, I have to go. What ifeveryone said, ‘I can’t go, let someone else do it? Mother, thistime I have to do my duty. When the call for service comes,we all need to take our turn and do our part.” Hanskissed his mother, joined the team and disappeared into thenight.

Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans’ motherlike an eternity (永远). Finally, the rescueboat appeared through the fog with Hans standing up in the bow.Cupping his hands, the captain called, “Did you find the lost man?”Hardly able to control himself, Hans excitedly shouted back, “Yes,we found him. Tell my mother it’s my older brother,Paul!”

很多年前，在荷兰的一个小渔村里，一个年轻人教给世人一个无私奉献换得丰盛酬报的道理。村里的人都以渔业为主，所以需要一个志愿营救队在危急时刻抢险。有一天晚上风刮得很猛，阴云密布。突然，一阵大风浪袭来，掀翻了在海上作业的一条渔船。船搁浅遇险后，船员立刻发出求救信号。营救船队的船长收到信号后发出了警报。村民们立刻到城镇广场聚集——那儿可以俯视海湾。当营救队奋力划着船穿越惊涛骇浪时，村民们都在岸边焦急地等候，手持灯笼以便照亮他们的归途。

一个小时后，营救队的小船从迷雾中出现，村民们欢呼着跑去迎接他们。这些志愿营救队员筋疲力尽地倒在沙滩上，他们告诉村民营救船不能容纳更多的遇险渔民，所以不得不留下一个人，因为哪怕超载一个也肯定会翻船，那样一来所有的人都得丧命。

营救队船长急切地要求再组织一批营救队寻找那个孤单的幸存者。这时16岁的汉斯挺身而出。他的母亲抓住儿子的胳膊哀求说：“求求你，不要去，你的父亲死于10年前的一场海难。还有你的哥哥保罗，他已经在海上失踪3个星期了。汉斯，你是我唯一的亲人。”

汉斯回答道：“妈妈，我必须去。如果每个人都说‘我不能去，让别人去吧’那该怎么办？妈妈，这一次我必须履行我的职责。当接到营救的号令时我们都需要担负我们的那一份责任。”他吻别母亲，加入营救队伍消失在夜色中。

又一个小时过去了，可在汉斯母亲看来似乎过了很漫长的时间。终于，营救船冲出迷雾，汉斯就站在船头。船长将双手合拢在嘴边朝小船大声喊道：“你们找到那个失踪的人了吗?”汉斯难以抑制住他的激动大声回答：“是的，我们找到他了。请告诉我妈妈，那人就是我哥哥——保罗。”

Understanding &appreciating

1. In what ways is this articlebeautiful?

Unselfish service must haverewards. /Unselfish service pays off./Helping others means helpingyourself.

2. Can you find severalbeautiful sentences in the article?

● Years ago, in a smallfishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about therewards of unselfish service. 很多年前，在荷兰的一个小渔村里，一个年轻人教给世人一个无私奉献换得丰盛酬报的道理。

● When the call for servicecomes, we all need to take our turn and do our part.当接到营救的号令时我们都需要担负我们的那一份责任。

阅读延伸: Build yourown house wisely 明智地建造你的房子

Words : 281 Minutes: 5

An elderly carpenter (木匠)was ready to retire. He told his employer contractor of his plansto leave the house building business and live a more leisurelylife with his wife enjoying his extended family. Hewould miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could getby.

The contractor was sorry to see his good workergo and asked if he could build just one more house as apersonal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easyto see that his heart was not in his work. He offered poorworkmanship (手工) and used poor qualitymaterials.

It was an unfortunate way to end hiscareer. When the carpenter finished his work and the buildercame to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front door keyto the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my gift toyou.”

What a shock! What a shame! If he had onlyknown he was building his own house, he would have done it all sodifferently. Now he had to live in the home he had built nonetoo well.

So it is with us. We build our lives in adistracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to putup less than the best. At important points we do notgive the job our best effort. Then with a shock welook at the situation we have created and find that we are nowliving in the house we have built. If we had realized that we wouldhave done it differently.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think aboutyour house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect awall. Build wisely.

1. contractorn. 承包商 2. leisurely adv. 悠闲地

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1. We build our lives in adistracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up lessthan the best. 在营造生活时，我们的经历被分散到太多的地方，我们只是被动的适应而不会主动行动，而我们自己也不愿意去尽心尽力地营造我们的生活。

2. If we had realized that wewould have done it differently. 如果我们早意识到这一点的话，我们的做法就会完全不同。

一位年迈的木匠准备退休了。他告诉他的老板他准备离开建筑业的打算，他说他想和他的妻子过一种更休闲的生活，享受天伦之乐。他还说他会怀念这里的薪水，但他必须退休了，他的离职他们慢慢就会适应的。

老板对他的这位优秀员工的离去感到非常遗憾，于是问他是否可以盖最后一栋房子作为私下里的帮忙。这位木匠答应了，但显而易见他做事的时候心不在焉。他的手工做的毛毛糙糙，用的材料也是次品。

这样结束他的事业是不幸的。当木匠最后完工，老板来看房子时，他把前门的钥匙交给木匠说，“这是你的房子，是我送给你的礼物。”

震惊！羞愧！如果他早知道是在盖自己的房子，他肯定会做得截然不同的，现在他不得不住在自己建的糟糕透顶的房子里面。

这个道理同样适合我们。在营造生活时，我们的经历被分散到太多的地方，我们只是被动的适应而不会主动行动，而我们自己也不愿意去尽心尽力地营造我们的生活。在重要的时刻我们也没能够尽自己最大的努力做好工作。然后我们吃惊地看到自己做的一切，发现自己就住在自己建造的房屋里。如果我们早意识到这一点的话，我们的做法就会完全不同。

把你自己当成那个木匠。想想你的房子。每天你都会钉个钉子，放块木板或砌一快砖。明智地建造你的房子。

英语励志美文阅读赏析（原创9）

2009-04-1720:15:08| 分类： 校本课程坊（原创 |标签： |字号大中小 订阅

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Reading material:Bianque thephysician扁鹊的医术

Words: 258 Time: 5

Bianque was a famousphysician in ancient China. One day the King of Wei askedhim, “You and your two brothers are all skilled in medicine,which of you is the best?”

Bianque answered, “My eldest brother is the best,the next is my second brother, and the last isme.”

The king asked again, “Then how is it that youare the most famous?”

Bianque replied, “My brother treats adisease when it is just beginning to show symptoms. What he does is toremove the pathogen (病毒)—members of my family canall see that but other people cannot. That’s why he doesn’tenjoy wide recognition. My second brother cures adisease in its early stages. People thus mistake him asonly capable of treating minor illnesses. So he isonly known within this locality and its neighborhood. As forme, I treat a disease when it is already well developed and veryserious. People observe me perform bloodletting by injecting tubesinto vessels (血管) or using medicalointment on the skin, andthus look upon me as well skilled in medicine. So I havebecome well known all over the country.”

The king was quite satisfied and said, “You’vegiven a wonderful explanation.”

This story tells us prevention is better thancontrol, which in turn is better than remedy after the event. It’sa pity that many people fail to see this and try to seekremedies after wrong decisions have brought about greatlosses, which, they will find, may be too late to make upfor.

魏文王问名医扁鹊说：“你们家兄弟三人，都精于医术，到底哪一位最好呢?”

扁鹊答道：“长兄最好，中兄次之，我最差。”

文王再问：“那么为什么你最出名呢?”

扁鹊答道：“我长兄治病，是治病于病情发作之前。由于一般人不知道他事先能铲除病因，所以他的名气无法传出去，只有我们家的人才知道。我中兄治病，是治病于病情初起之时。—般人以为他只能治轻微的小病，所以他的名气只及于本乡邻里。而我扁鹊治病，是治病于病情严重之时。一般人都看到我在经脉上穿针管来放血、在皮肤上敷药等大手术，所以以为我的医术高明，名气因此响遍全国。”

文王说：“你说得好极了。”

故事告诉我们，事后控制不如事中控制，事中控制不如事前控制。可惜大多数人均未能认识到这一点，等到错误的决策造成了重大的损失才寻求弥补。有时是亡羊补牢，为时已晚。

阅读延伸: Food forthought想一想

Words: 210 Time: 4

There was a little boy with a bad temper. Hisfather gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time helost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. Thefirst day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then he drovethe nails fewer and fewer. He discovered it was easier to holdhis temper than to drive those nails into the fence.Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. Hetold his father about it and the father suggested that the boy nowpull out one nail for each day that he was able tohold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally ableto tell his father that all the nails weregone.

The father took his son by the hand andled him to the fence. “You did well, my son. But you look atthe holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When yousay things in anger, they leave a scar just like thisone. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. Itwon’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is stillthere.”

HELP

1. tempern. 脾气 2. nail n.钉子 3. hammerv. 用锤子敲

4. discoverv. 发现 5. scar n.伤疤

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1. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar justlike this one. 当你气愤地说出什么话时，他们就会留下这样一块疤痕。

2. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’tmatter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is stillthere. 就像在一个人身上扎一刀再把它拔出来，不管你说多少次对不起，伤口仍在那里。

有一个小男孩脾气可大了。他的父亲给了他一包钉子并对他说，他每发一次脾气，就在后栅栏上钉一个钉子。第一天，小男孩在栅栏上钉了37个钉子。后来钉钉子的次数逐渐减少。男孩发现克制自己不发脾气比把钉子钉入栅栏内容易。终于有一天小男孩一次脾气都没发。他告诉了父亲。父亲这次让小男孩哪天没有发脾气，那天就拔出一个钉子。日子一天天过去了，终于又有一天小男孩告诉父亲钉子全拔出来了。

父亲拉着儿子的手走到栅栏前。他说：“儿子，你干得不错，但看看栅栏上的洞。栅栏永不再是原来的栅栏了。当你气愤地说出什么话时，他们就会留下这样一块疤痕。就像在一个人身上扎一刀再把它拔出来，不管你说多少次对不起，伤口仍在那里。”

英语励志美文阅读赏析（原创10）

2009-05-0519:19:30| 分类： 校本课程坊（原创 |标签： |字号大中小 订阅

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Reading material: Lament for blind following 盲从的悲哀

Words: 289 Time: 6minutes

Feng Zhi-kai, a famous painter, wrote about whathappened to him as follows:

“Once I drew a picture about a man leading twosheep with two ropes. A gentleman told me to get rid ofone rope. He said: ‘Lead one and the others willfollow.’ I then realized I still had a lot to learn and began toobserve as much as I could. My investigation showed it wastrue. Even if the leading sheep headed towards the slaughterhouse(屠场) the others followed steadily. Later I found the samewas true of ducks. Hundreds of ducks can be driven withone of them as a leader. You don’t have to bind them withropes on the water, for they will automatically comeone after another to gather. If you want them toland, you have only to make one or two of them to doso. All the others will follow, none of them will leave the flockeven if there are other channels to go elsewhere—none choosing to go its own way.”

What is described here is about animals’ blindfollowing. But it is not limited to such low-level animals. It isalso true for human beings.

Frankly speaking, it is notlamentable(可悲的，惋惜的) for sheep and ducks because they are inferioranimals with no ability of thinking. Human beings, however,are superior animals capable ofthinking—the most intelligent of all creatures. Why should theyalso follow suit so blindly? Isn’t it really lamentable? Ofcourse, there are exceptions—some of them are wise enough to keep a thoughtfulmind, never to follow blindly. But they are often,regretfully, isolated by others, oreven worse, become the targets of publiccriticism.

That’s another aspect of the lament.

丰子恺先生有这样一段文字：

“有一回我画一个人牵两只羊，画了两根绳子。有一位先生教我：‘绳子只要画一根。牵了一只羊，后面的都会跟来。’我恍然自己阅历太少。后来留心观察，看见果然如此：就算走向屠场，也没有一只羊肯离群而另觅生路的。后来看见鸭也如此。赶鸭的人把数百只鸭放在河里，不需用绳子系住，群鸭自能互相追随，聚在一块。上岸的时候，赶鸭的人只要赶上一两只，其余的都会跟上岸。即使在四通八达的港口，也没有一只鸭肯离群而走自己的路的。”

丰子恺先生在这里说的是动物们的盲从，然而，无数事实证明，盲从并不是低等动物们的专利，作为高等动物的人何尝不是如此呢？

说实话，羊和鸭子只不过是没有思维的低等动物，故它们的盲从并不可悲。而人是有思维的高等动物，“万物之灵”也盲从，实在是可悲至极！当然，也有清醒的智者，他们绝不盲目追随。可遗憾的是，清醒的智者又常常陷入孤立，成为众矢之的，这又是一种悲哀。

阅读延伸: Kangaroos and thecages袋鼠与笼子

Words: 216 Time: 4 minutes

One day the staff members of a zoo calleda meeting to discuss the problem—how to deal with thekangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to theconclusion that the cage was placed too low and decidedto raise it from one to two meters high. But the nextday the kangaroos were still at large and they again raisedthe cage to three meters.

Quite beyond their expectation the nextmorning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about. They werealarmed and determined to go to all the length by raisingthe cage to the height of ten meters.

Later a giraffe, while chatting with somekangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raisingyour cage?”

“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if theycontinue forgetting to fasten the cagedoor.”

In our daily life we often have too many thingsto do at the same time. Among them some are important andothers less important; some urgent and the rest can wait.In this case to fasten the door is more important andto raise the cage is less important. Preference for thelatter will no doubt lead nowhere.

The nature of doing things is none otherthan a wise choice among these things.

HELP

1. conclusionn. 结论 2. expectationn. 期望，预期

3. determinedadj. 决心的 4. urgentadj. 紧急的

5. preferencen. 偏爱

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1. They were alarmed and determined to go to allthe length by raising the cage to the height of tenmeters. 他们大为紧张，决定—不做二不休，将笼子的高度加高到10米。

2. The nature of doing things is none other thana wise choice among these things. 做事的本质就是抓事情的“本末”、“轻重”、“缓急”。

有一天，动物园的管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了，于是开会讨论，一致认为是笼子的高度过低，所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的1米加高到2米。结果第二天他们发现，袋鼠还是跑到外面来，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到3米。

没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面，于是管理员们大为紧张，决定—不做二不休，将笼子的高度加高到10米。

一天，长颈鹿和几只袋鼠在闲聊，“你们看，这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子？”长颈鹿问。

“很难说。”袋鼠说，“如果他们再继续忘记关门的话！”

生活中我们往往会有很多的事情要做，事有“本末”、“轻重”、“缓急”，关门是本，加高笼子是末，舍本而逐末，当然就不得要领了。

做事的本质就是抓事情的“本末”、“轻重”、“缓急”。

写作佳句背诵（10）

1. But scientists say his idea would haveworked. 但是科学家说他的想法应该起了作用。

2. Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings arestill with us today. 达·芬奇的许多名画仍然在我们中间流传。

3. More and more families have had their own homecomputers in order to help their children’s study.为了支持孩子的学习，越来越多的家庭购买了个人电脑。

4. They have not yet become popular in everydaylife. 它们并没有成为人们日常使用的工具。

5. To most children, looking after themselveswhen studying alone in a foreign country is a bigchallenge. 对大部分孩子来讲，一个人在国外学习，照顾自己对他们是一个大的挑战。

6. Make sure that you are ready forit. 确保你已准备好了。

7. He knew that he had found the kind of man hewanted. 他知道他已找到了他所需要的人。

8. I know I can believe you with manythings. 我知道我能在许多方面相信你。

9. Life today has brought newproblems. 现代生活带来了新的问题。

10. Every person must help to fightpollution. 每一个人必须帮助与污染作斗争。

11. But some people didn't believe that a littleboy could write such beautiful music. 但是一些人不相信这么小的孩子能够写出如此美的音乐。

12. During his short life he studied music andtaught music and played music and wrote music.在他有限的生命里，他研究音乐、教音乐、弹奏音乐、写音乐。

13. Harry told his father what he hadseen. 他告诉了他爸爸他的所见。

14. The police arrested the man.警察逮捕了那个男人。

15. He was afraid of them, so he tried to runaway. 他很害怕。他尽力逃跑。

16. But no one believed hisstory. 但是没有人相信他的故事。

17. Popular music in America is what everystudent likes. 在美国每一个学生都欣赏流行音乐。

18. Pop or popular music singers make muchmoney. 流行音乐歌手挣钱很多。

19. A lawyer, an artist and a musician got lostin the woods. 一个律师、一个艺术家、一个音乐家在树林中迷路了。

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