专升本英语重点归纳
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第三课
1. count on: to rely on； depend on 依靠，依赖
You can count on my help. 你可以依赖我的帮助 4. available adj. 可用到的, 可利用的,
Chinese commodities available for export are varied.
中国可供出口的商品种类繁多。 I'm sorry, those overcoats are not available in your colour and size. 对不起,这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。
The lawyer is not available now. 律师现在没空。 approachable
可接近的, 平易近人的, 亲切的 You'll find the headmaster a very approachable person.
你将会发现校长十分平易近人。 9. recall:回忆, 回想, 记起, 取消 Recall the misery of the past and contrast it with the happiness of today.
\想想过去的苦,比比今天的甜。\ retain:保持, 保留
retain an appearance of youth 保有年轻的外貌 remind:提醒, 使想起
Remind me to write to Mother. 提醒我给妈妈写信。 This reminds me of last year. 这使我想起去年的事。 12. intensively adv. 强烈地, 集中地 intensive reading 精读 intensive farming 细耕农业, 集约农业 originally adv. 最初, 原先 originally named Johnston. 他原本名叫庄士顿 19. intimate adj.
亲密的, 隐私的 an intimate letter. 私人信件 initial
最初的, 词首的, 初始的 the initial issue of a magazine 杂志的创刊号 Incredible 难以置信的
gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident 20. look into
向...的里面看, 窥视； 浏览；观察, 调查
run into 偶然遇见，偶然发现 遭遇，陷入（某件事） ran into an old friend. 与一个老朋友不期而遇
His net worth runs into seven figures.他的净值达到了七位数
come into 继承, 获得（遗产）；开始；进入
Tom came into a fortune when his uncle died.
汤姆的叔叔去世后,他得到一大笔钱。
put into 使进入, 把...翻译成 30. doubt的用法
1. doubt当动词时,在<肯定句>中后面可接if或whether。
在否定句及疑问句中可跟that从句。有时在<肯定句>中也能跟that从句,但其含义是\恐怕...不会\。 doubt if (或 whether) he will win. 我怀疑他能否赢。 don''t doubt that he will win. 我毫不怀疑他会成功。 Do you doubt that he will win?
你怀疑他会成功吗 I doubt that he will win. 恐怕他赢不了。 2. doubt of
对...抱怀疑或悲观态度。
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The project began badly and we doubt of its further progress. 这项工程开始就不顺利,我们怀疑能否继续进行。
3. no doubt后接that从句或介词of。
We have no doubt that you will succeed.
We have no doubt of your success. 我们毫不怀疑你会成功。 There is (It is 误) no doubt that you will succeed.
毫无疑问你会成功。 33.虚拟语气
it作形式主语，后面用形容词作表语，即在it is + adj.这样的句型中，当描述主语的表语形容词是advisable, critical，crucial, desirable, essential, imperative, important, incredible, inevitable, necessary, recommend, strange, urgent等形容词时，主语从句的谓语动词多用虚拟语气，如果是现在时，谓语动词用should/would +动词原形(should/would经常省略)；如果是过去时，则用should/would + have done的形式。
虚拟语气: 一、虚拟语气用于名词性从句 1>虚拟语气在宾语从句中的运用。 ① “wish + 宾语从句”表示不能实现的愿望。表示现在不能实现的愿望，从句中的谓语动词用一般过去时；表示将来不能实现的愿望，从句中的谓语动词用“would / could + 动词原形”；表示过去不能实现的愿望，从句中的谓语动词用“had + 过去分词”或“could (should) + have + 过去分词”。例如： I wish that the rain would stop. ② 在表示建议、要求、命令等的动词后的宾语从句中，谓语动词用
“should + 动词原形”或是“动词原形”。例如：
The teacher suggested that we (should) clean the blackboard after class.
③Would (had) rather, would just as soon, would sooner, would prefer + 从句结构
这几个句型都表示一种“婉转的责备”，谓语动词用过去式表示现在或将来，用过去完成式表示与过去事实相反。例如：
I'd rather (that) she stayed at home in such a bad health condition. ④expect, believe, think, suspect, imagine等动词的否定或疑问形式的宾语从句中，谓语动词用should + 动词原形。例如：
I never expected that the problem should be so complicated.
2>虚拟语气在同位语从句和表语从句中的运用。
作表示建议、要求、命令等名词的表语从句和同位语从句，从句中的谓语动词用“（should） + 动词原形”。例如：
It is my proposal that he be sent to study further abroad．
3>虚拟语气在主语从句中的运用。 在主语从句中，谓语动词的虚拟语气用“should + 动词原形”的结构，表示惊奇、不相信、理应如此等。常用的形容词：natural， necessary， important， urgent， probable， desirable， advisable, essential，常用的过去分词：required, demanded, suggested, ordered recommended,。例如： It’s necessary that we should have a walk now.
二、虚拟语气在其他场合的运用 1>虚拟语气在as if / as though、even if / even though等引导的表语从句或状语从句中，如果从句表示
的动作发生在过去，用过去完成时；指现在状况，则用一般过去时；指将来状况则用过去将来时。例如：
She loves the children in the kindergarten as if they were her own.
2> 虚拟语气用于句型“It is (about / high) time (that)...”中，定语从句的谓语动词用一般过去时 (be用were) 或should + 动词原形。例如： It is high time (that) we began to work.
3>虚拟语气用在if only引导的感叹句中。例如：
If only he could come tomorrow. 4>虚拟语气用在“for fear that”引起的状语从句中,其形式为should +动词原形（should不能省略）。例如：
She put a blanket over that baby for fear that he should catch cold.
第四课
21、独立主格结构在句中作状语，有自己的逻辑主语, 表示一种伴随的动作或情况。
主语+（副词、介词短语、形容词短语、现在分词、过去分词、动词不定式）+其它。 22. consist of 由…构成： consist in 在于
The beauty of the plan consists in its simplicity.
这个计划妙就妙在简明扼要。 consist with 一致，符合 Theory should consist with practice. 理论应与实践相一致。 30. lay off: 解雇员工; lay down:放弃并投降;规定 …rules; lay out:设计;展览
49. on behalf of 代表, 为了; on sb.'s behalf 以某人的名义; 为了某人; 代表某人
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My husband could not be here tonight, but l want to thank you on his behalf.
我丈夫今晚因故不能前来, 我代表他向你们致谢。
51. access:通路, 访问, 入门; have access to: 有通路，有可能，有权利
The only access to the town is across the bridge.
到镇上唯一的通路是经过一座桥。 Citizens may have free accessto the library.
市民可以自由使用图书馆。 54. for fear that 唯恐, 害怕; In case 万一
Take a hat with you in case the sun is very hot.
倘若太阳很利害，你就把帽子戴上。
in case of 如果；万一 In case of rain they can't go. 万一下雨，他们就不能去了。 56.run down 停掉，耗尽,筋疲力尽 The alarm clock finally ran down. 闹钟终于停了
run into 偶然遇见，偶然发现;遭遇，陷入（某件事） ran into trouble 陷入麻烦 run through 穿透，刺穿 run over: 碾过; 与…相撞、撞倒，浏览
The car ran over a child. 那辆汽车碾过了孩子
run over a speech before giving it. 演说之前浏览一下演讲稿
第五课
25. event 事件;社交场合，活动; （体育运动） 比赛项目; 结果；accident 意外事件, 事故；incident 事件, 事变。
33. survive幸免于, 幸存, 生还 Few survived after the flood.
洪水过后，生还者极少。
The man was very ill, but he survived. 这个人病得很厉害，可是他活下来了。
He survived his wife for many years. 他比妻子多活好多年。(outlive,live longer than ) 例如：
Please take notes while listening to the report.
When explaining it to her, you should be patient.
40. decline：To express polite refusal.婉拒，谢绝 reject 拒绝; 否决, 驳回, 丢弃 refuse 拒绝, 谢绝; 表示不情愿（做某事)
45. accuse:控告, 谴责, 非难 The police accused him of murder. 警方指控他谋杀。
charge:使承担;收费; 控告 （ in charge of: 负责）
charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers. 使他承担起看护年轻游泳者的任务 The police charged him with car theft. Critics charged the writer with a lack of originality.
警方以偷车罪指控他。评论家指责这位作家缺少独创性 47. account for 导致，引起 Bad weather accounted for the long delay.
长期的延缓是因为坏天气 做出解释，说明：
The suspect couldn't account for his time that night.
嫌疑犯不能说明那天晚上他的时间安排
count on： rely on; depend on:依靠，依赖：
You can count on my help. 你可以依赖我的帮助
56. Angry as he was, he had to smile.
Child as he is, he knows a lot of things.
用带as的倒装结构表示让步意义，表示强烈的对照。 补语＋代词和系动词 副词＋as＋代词和行为动词
倒装结构: 学生容易混淆的是全部倒装与部分倒装。如何区分之，编个顺口溜：副(adv.)介(prep．)提前全倒装，其它句式部分倒；否定提前倒助动，让步状语倒表语；复合句式倒主句不倒装的属特殊。
A、Here comes the bus．(副词提前，全倒装)
B、Here he comes.(代词作主语，不倒装)
C、In front of the house lies a garden.(介词短语提前，全倒装) D、Never shall I do this again.(否定词提前，部分倒装)
E、Young as he is ,he knows a lot.(让步状语从句，表语倒装 F、Only when he told me did I realize what trouble he was in．(only 修饰状语，主句倒装 G、Only he can save the patient.(only修饰主语．不倒装) H、Not only will help be given to people,but also medical treatment will be provided.(否定词提前，部分倒装
第六课
2. condemn sb.'s behaviour 谴责某人的举动
condemn sb. to death 判某人死刑 lecture:严肃地劝导或责备 He always lecturs me about my manners.
总是训斥我的礼貌
reflects on her country's place in history.
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思考她的国家在历史上的地位 3. run out:用完；耗尽： Our supplies finally ran out. 我们的供给终于耗尽了 逐出：强使离去；驱逐： We ran him out of town. 期满：因期满或疏漏而无效： an insurance policy that had run out. 已过期的保险单 5. much less 更不用说 I can hardly walk, much less run. 我几乎走不动，更不用说跑了。 much more 更何况
\theses, much more his lectures.\ “他写的论文很难懂,他的讲座就更难懂了。
14. figure out 算出；了解 We must figure out how to solve the problem.
我们必须想出解决这个问题的办法。
I couldn't figure out who the lady with the sunglasses was.
我想不出那位戴墨镜的夫人是谁。 18. convict vt.（常与of连用）证明有…罪；
He was convicted of murder. 他被判犯有谋杀罪。 25. substitute A for B 用A代 B substitute sb. by [with] another 用别人接替某人
28. incompatible adj.不能和谐共存的
His plan is incompatible with my intentions.
他的计划与我的意图相抵触。 Water is incompatible with fire. 水火不相容。
第七课
take (full) advantage of sth. to do:充分利用某事物去做…
show interest in (对…产生兴趣)
provide sb. with sth.(给某人提供某物)gain profit from …(从…中获得利益)
5. much less 更不用说 I can hardly walk, much less run. 我几乎走不动，更不用说跑了。 much more 更何况
\theses, much more his lectures.\ “他写的论文很难懂,他的讲座就更难懂了。
14. figure out 算出；了解 We must figure out how to solve the problem.
我们必须想出解决这个问题的办法。
I couldn't figure out who the lady with the sunglasses was.
我想不出那位戴墨镜的夫人是谁。18. convict vt.（常与of连用）证明有…罪；He was convicted of murder.
他被判犯有谋杀罪。 25. substitute A for B 用A代 B substitute sb. by [with] another 用别人接替某人
28. incompatible adj.不能和谐共存的
His plan is incompatible with my intentions.
他的计划与我的意图相抵触。 Water is incompatible with fire. 水火不相容。
第八课
3. get away 脱身，逃脱;离开，走开
get off 起程;开火
get over 做完；痊愈，康复;克服 It took me a long time to get over my cold.
我的感冒过了很久才好。 Can we get over this difficulty? 我们能克服这个困难吗？
get through 接通（电话）让人了解;完成
Get it through to him that he must rest.
要让他了解他该休息了。 4. Birds differ from mammals. 鸟类与哺乳动物不同。 People vary in intelligence. 人的智力因人而异
distinguish 辨别; （常与from, between连用）区别；区分 Can you distinguish between those two objects?
你能区分那两个物体吗?
Speeches distinguishes man from the animals.
言语使人区别于动物。
5. bring about 引起; 致使; 造成; 达成
bring off 实现，完成： bring off a successful advertising campaign. 赢得了一场广告战
bring out 出版；生产；制造 to bring out a new kind of soap bring to 使…恢复知觉 7. take after 相似 She takes after her mother. take off 脱掉（衣服）;（飞机）起飞
I take my hat off to him for the way he arranged the party.
我对他安排社交聚会的方式表示佩服。
The plane took off at three o'clock. 飞机三点钟起飞了。
take down 拿下，拆开；拆散;记下 take down the Christmas tree. take from 减去; 减损; 降低 11. find 找到, 发现, find out发现;揭露；查出 found a solution
Please find out what time the delegation will come.
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请查一查代表团什么时候来。 12. waste away 日益消瘦, 日渐衰弱
use up 用光，用光，耗尽： used up all our money. go off离开, 去世, 消失, 变质 wear out 消瘦, 穿破, 用坏, 疲劳 14. fast 和 rapid 通常可以互换， 然而fast 更多指运动中的人或物， 而rapid 指相关的活动或运动： a fast car; 飞驰的汽车；
a rapid mountain stream; 轻快的山溪；
Quick 大多指花费极少时间或反应或动作的敏捷： Let's eat a quick snack. 让我们吃一顿快餐吧!
16. whole， all， entire， gross， total
这三个形容词所共同的中心意思是“包括每个成分或个体”： a whole town devastated by an earthquake;
地震所破坏的整个镇子； all the class going on a field trip; 参加郊游的全体班级成员； entire freedom of choice; 完全的选择自由；
gross income; 总收入；
the total cost. 全部费用 (partial) 总计，总额，总数 18. now that
Now (that) you are grown up, you should not rely on your parents. 既然你长大了, 就不应该依靠你的父母。
Now(that) he is well again, he can go on with his English study. 既然恢复了健康, 他就可以继续学习英语。
33. Nothing has resulted from his efforts.
他的努力终成泡影。 Smoke arose from the chimney.
烟从烟筒冒出来。
Accidents arise from carelessness. 疏忽大意往往会引起事故的发生。
第十课
21. come up 显现；出现：升到地平线上：提升，接近 The question never came up. 从不曾发生过这个问题 came up and said hello. come up with
宣布或发现; 想出（计划、回答）；作出（反应）；产生 He couldn't come up with an answer. He couldn't come up with an appropriate answer just at the time. 那时他想不出一个合适的答案。 25. ensure保证, 担保; 确保, 确保, 保证
Our precautions ensured our safety. 我们的预防措施保证了我们的安全. We can ensure that the work shall be done in the right way. 我们可以保证把工作做好。 assure 向…保证 ;给予信心；使放心
He assured us that the train would be on time.
向我们保证火车将会准时到达 The news assured us. 这消息使 我们放心了。
5. bring about 引起; 致使; 造成; 达成
bring off 实现，完成： bring off a successful advertising campaign. 赢得了一场广告战
bring up 照料，教育（小孩 to bring out a new kind of soap bring forward 呈上；提出： bring forward proof.提交证据 7. agree on 对…意见一致 agree with 一致；相符合 agree with sb. 同意某人的话
适宜健康；与…相宜
The liquor did not agree with me. 这酒不适合我喝。
34. in regard of[to] /with regard to 关于
in terms of 以…的观点；就…而 in touch with 同...有联系 in line with 符合
37. bear， endure， stand， suffer， tolerate
bear 更多地适用于承受的能力： I couldn't bear his lying.
suffer 侧重于表示“忍受或经受令人不愉快的、甚至于痛苦的事”。endure 强调“长时间的忍受痛苦而不屈服”。
What can't be cured must be endured.
治不好的病就必须忍受. tolerate 和 stand 都表示“忍受令人生厌的事”
stand 常与 bear 通用，如果用词确切，stand 总包含着“不退让”、“不畏缩”的“忍受”。 40.愉快的,迷人的，可爱的 a lovely meal 愉快的一餐 a lovely cool drink 沁人心脾的冷饮 Your portable computer is a lovely job.
你的手提电脑真不错。 have a lovely time 过得很愉快 others 和some对比使用时, 是“有些”的意思而不是做“其他”讲, Some cleaned the windows, others mopped the floor. 有的擦窗户, 有的擦地板。 the others 是“其余的”意思, 表示在一个范围内的其他全部。 This dictionary is better than the others.
这本字典比别[其余]的好。 the other 是其中的“另一个”, Give me the other one; not this one. 给我那一个, 不是这一个。
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两个中的“另一个”是“the other”; 不定数目中的“另一个”是“another” , This glass is broken. Get me another.
这个杯子坏了, 给我另拿一个来。(在许多杯子中的一个) One ….another
There to be 和 there being 的用法 There+be是一种常见的“表示存在”的句型。 There+be后可接名词或动名词。
There must be rules for the changes. 这些变化一定是有规则的。 There is no knowing what may happen. 谁也不知道将要发生什么事。
下面就there to be 和 there being 的用法做一简要介绍。 １.there to be 的用法 1) 用作动词的复合宾语。 Would you like there to be a picture on the wall?
你喜欢墙壁上挂一张画吗？ We don’ want there to bve any commrade lagging behind. 我们不希望有一个同志掉队。 I don't want there to bwe any misunderstanding between us. 我不希望我们之间有什么误会。 2) 用在It be + adj. for...的结构中 It is impossible for there to be any more chance. 不可能在有机会了。
It was too late for there to be any buses.
时间太晚，不会有汽车了。 We waited for there to be another opportunity.
我们期待着还有下一次机会。 2. there being 的用法 1) 用作介词后的复合宾语 I never dreamed of there being a picture on the wall. 我从未想到墙壁上有幅画。
I was wrong about there being some misunderstanding between us. 认为我们之间有误解是我的错误。2) 作状语用的独立结构
There being nothing to do, we went home.
因为没有什么事要办，我们就回家了。
There being nobody else at hand, I had to do it by myself.
由于身边没有别人，我只得自己干了。
第十一课
1. attach to 加于…之上 No blame attaches to him for the accident.
这个事故他没有受到责备。 We should attach primary importance to the development of economy.
我们要把发展经济的工作放在第一位。
第十二课答案
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A Letter of Apology: 256 Weeton Road, 2nd Floor, Hong Kong 7th June, 2004
Dear David,
I am very sorry that I could not meet you last night. I hope that you did not wait too long outside the New York Theatre. I had to look after my small brother until my mother returned home. She was a long time at the doctor's and she arrived home very late. I ran all the way to the bus-stop, but I had already missed the bus. I decided to get on a tram and I arrived at the New York Theatre at eight o'clock. I did not think that you would still be there because I was three-quarters of an hour late. I do hope that you will forgive me.
Your friend, Peter
A Letter of Congratulation: 55 Fifth Avenue' New York 10003 October 19th, 2002 Mr. Joseph R. Smith 4903 Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60607
Dear Mr. Smith,
As soon as I heard of your election to the board of directors of your firm, I felt I must write you to
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let you know how happy I am in your advancement.
All of your friends have felt that, in spite of the great difficulties you have faced in your climb up through the ranks, the outstanding ability we all recognized in you could not go unacknowledged. This advancement is certainly your due, and I think your firm should also be congratulated on taking advantage more fully of your exceptional talents.
A Letter of Friendship： 6188 Maple Street Dallas, Texas 75201 May 15, 2003
Dear Ruth,
Why don't you write Of course, you're busy with the close of school so near; but do take time to assure me that you will be here for my birthday. You have a standing invitation to attend all my birthday celebrations, and this is to warn you not to fail to attend this one. Mother says that you must stay at least two weeks -- and Mother must be obeyed.
Don't forget your tennis racket. The court is better than ever this spring. Don and Ted pronounce it \have done the perfecting. And by way of warning: Ted slings a mean racket this year -- so you'd better be in practice. He plays rings around me.
Please write immediately to tell me when to park the family bus at the station. I must run now, or be late to English class.
Your pal, Betts
1122 Maple Wood Houston, Texas, 77002 May 22, 2003 Dear Betts,
It's a shame that business has kept me from answering your last letter. Your note makes me feel guilty, and I pause in my mad rush to say -- hold everything till that streamliner pauses at your station at half past five next Saturday afternoon. Tell your mother I may not \but that I'll make her glad to be rid of me. As for Ted, say I'm out of practice- but unafraid.
I'm five minutes late -- but I'll make that committee meeting. Good-bye till Saturday.
Ruth
A Letter of Inquiry： Foreign Language Department Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P.R. China
Director Lodging Office
University of Birmingham B15 2TT England Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a Chinese teacher and I am teaching English in the English Department of Xl'an Jiaotong University. In the coming October, I will go to your university to further my studies in the English Department.
I have learnt from the magazine of Birmingham University published
by the Guild of Students that I must apply for my accommodation in advance. Since I am coming alone, I prefer a
room in a flat on the campus. I'd like to share the flat with five students 'from different countries so that I can gain more cultural background knowledge.
I am just writing to ask a favour of you. If not possible, what kind of accommodation could you offer me?
Your kind help would be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Ming Li
A Letter of Thanks： Rosedale, California July 15, 1999
Dear Mrs. Moore,
You may be sure that I shall always continue to enjoy the week which I have just spent in your home with Louise. You did everything possible to make us happy. The parties, the picnics, and the lunches were all so delightful and gay that I can never thank you enough for all the trouble you took for us.
Mother and I are already counting the days until Louise will be here with us. Tell her that I will write to her tomorrow.
Gratefully yours, Mildred Mason
About the Mobile Phone
Human creativeness is boundless. With the advance of science and
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technology, a completely new means of communication -- the Mobile Phone -- came to the world, which, being not fixed in one place like ordinary phones, greatly facilitates telephone communication.
The mobile phone spreads so rapidly, first from businessmen to office workers, then to township enterprise managers, then to journalists and then nowadays to people of all trades and professions. At present, it seems that nowhere we do not hear the musical ringing of the mobile phone. People at first buy phones for convenience and later for fashion. To occupy this increasingly big market, the manufacturers are worrying their brains into making various types of phones, large or small, colored or black and white, multi-functional or with video cameras, to satisfy the needs. New fashions appear almost every day.
However, it is a great pity that the inventors of the mobile phone did not expect the negative effects caused by their scientific merits. Because of the abuse of the mobile phone, aircraft mechanism refuses to work properly, libraries are no longer so quiet, restaurants are filled with noisy phone talk, teaching is incessantly interrupted by the signals...
Here, in the picture, a concert is going on. The pianist is supposed to be playing Beethoven's symphony when, all of a sudden, a man with a tie stood up, talking loudly over his mobile phone and telling his friend that he was attending a concert of classical music. The audience
shuddered with panic and the pianist was nearly shocked to death.
It is not infrequent that the above scene happens in public places. True, human beings have the right to enjoy modern civilization, nevertheless, should they know how to conduct themselves in the modern civilized society?
Advertisement on TV
A woman takes a stained clothing item to a smartly dressed man who then washes the stain away with miracle washing powder. The immediate response from the woman is that this brand of washing powder is indeed superior to all other brands. Such is one of the typical commercial ads that are repeatedly shown on TV every evening. Towards this, people hold different attitudes.
Those who maintain positive opinions believe that TV ads help to bring into public view a good deal of news, mostly commercial, which might otherwise have remained unknown. Those who hate TV ads say that most of the ads, especially their repetition, have reached the point of irritation and they are just a waste of time.
In my opinion, both views are lop-sided. On the one hand, TV ads, in the form of artistic pictures, are presented in such a fantastic way and with such witty language that they not only seduce customers to buy their products, but also give people enjoyment. On the other
hand, not all ads are trustworthy. A certain number of them are deceitful.
To sum up, ads seek to influence our decisions and tell us what to do usually with the aim behind them being to enrich some business. To resist this influence so as to make wise decisions, we must rely on our own judgment and ability to reason.
Cultivate Your Reading Habit
We may say with certainty that the more one reads, the better one understands; and that the better one understands, the more one is inclined to read. In other words, from reading comes understanding, and from understanding comes more reading. The reading habit is actually cultivated by reading itself. Now let us discuss the question of what to read. There are books on various subjects -- history, literature, philosophy, science, fine arts, etc. When you are to choose from among a vast number of subjects the best books to read, you will feel quite at sea. I therefore suggest that, before you proceed to read any book, you try to find out what others have done before you, that is read the results of other people's labour first. Usually newspapers or magazines are always your convenient guide to the world of best writings.
Another problem is how to read. Here, I would offer two suggestions, concentration and reflection. You cannot well understand what is said in books unless you concentrate your mind on what you read. And then you must think over what you have read. This is reflection which
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helps to summarize your reading. To a great extent, concentration and reflection are interdependent.
A reading habit thus formed will prove valuable to you. Whenever you have spare time, you will resort not to places of pleasure, but to the bookshelves, you will not feel lonesome when you are alone, because you can see all kinds of characters moving and acting on the pages, and you can hear all kinds of good counsel. In the long run, your imaginative power will be increased, your esthetic sensibility heightened, your vocabulary enlarged, and finally your ability of writing tremendously improved.
Health and Wealth, Which Do You Prefer?
\old saying which the majority applaud. As a rule, the wealthier you are, the weaker is your health, but this cannot be applied to all.
To begin with, a person that has health can afford to challenge all hardships. For example, manual workers are usually stout and energetic. With their energy, they earn their living. Although such an occupation brings little reward as compared with the energy they have exerted, they enjoy life whatever things may be.
Moreover, business is based on health. Students in good health can absorb knowledge more readily. In good health, scientists can tackle complex technical problems and achieve more success.
Frequently we find millionaires cling close to their doctors for they seldom have enough exercises to bring forth better health. Their lack of exercises slackens the readiness of growth of the antibodies to resist the attack of diseases.
So, my argue is that health is more important than wealth for if we do not have health, what can we benefit from wealth?
Honesty Is Gold
Honesty means speaking the truth and being fair and upright in act. He who lies and cheats is dishonest. Those who gain fortunes not by hard labour but by other means is dishonest.
Honesty is a good virtue. If you are honest all the time, you'll be trusted and respected by others. A liar is always looked down upon and regarded as a black sheep by the people around. Once you lie, people will never believe you even if you speak the truth.
However, in the tide of commodity economy today, it seems that more and more people believe in money at the sacrifice of honesty. To them, among such things as health, beauty, m6ney, intelligence, honesty, reputation and talent, honesty is the only thing that can be cast away. They don't understand or pretend not to understand that honesty is the biggest fortune humans own, and that it is the prerequisite for doing everything well. I think these people are to be pitied.
In short, honesty is gold. Honest, your reputation will become great; dishonest, your name will be spoiled and your personality degraded. Therefore, we should never make such an excuse, as \little dishonesty is only a trifle thing.\We should eradicate immediately the seed of dishonesty once it is sowed in our minds.
How Important Is Money?
No one would argue, I think, that money is unimportant. There are certain things that human beings need -- food, shelter, medical care and these things cost money. But if one has enough money to live on, to pay for the basic essentials of life, is it important to have a lot more money than that Will your life improve in proportion to the amount of money that you have
Well, there is no denying that money can buy a lot. Maybe you do not need much money to pay for a simple shelter, but how about if you want a nice big apartment in a nice neighborhood, or if you want to buy a house
In fact, people do get on each other's nerves if they are crowded together in a small kitchen, if a married couple cannot but share a room with their parents, if children are not allowed to have a little privacy of their own.
Moreover, it is nice to get a little pleasure out of life, a little fun from time to time. Unfortunately, many of the fun things that you can do today cost money. In modern cities, for example, on any night,
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outstanding performers appear in night clubs and on concert stages. Furthermore, you can dine on foods from every corner of the world in the restaurants. So how can it be that many people in modern cities do not have fun
Simple, they do not have the money to take advantage of all these attractions.
So, is money the road to happiness Not really. Large numbers of people work every day, work overtime, work weekends, and make a lot of money. Are they happy
No. They have no time to form or maintain friendship, no time to enjoy themselves.
Surely everyone has thought at times, \would be the happiest person in the world.\remember that money is only a means to an end, not the end itself.
My Dormitory Room
My dormitory room is on the second floor. It is small and crowded. The dark green wails and the dirty white ceiling make the room seem dark, and thus even smaller than it is. As you walk into the room, you are stopped short by my bed, which fills half of the room. The two large windows over the bed are hidden by heavy dark gold drapes. Against the wall on your left, pushed into a corner behind the head of the bed, is a large bookcase which is crammed with papers, books, and knick-knacks, Wedged in between the bookcase and the wall opposite the bed is a small grey metal desk. It has a brown wooden chair which seems to fill the
left end of the room. Stuffed under the desk is a wooden wastepaper basket overflowing with paper and debris. The wall above the bookcase and desk is completely taken up with two small posters. On the right hand of the room is a narrow closet with clothes, shoes, hats, tennis racquets, and boxes bulging out of its sliding doors. Every time I walk out of the door, I think, \like to live in a closet.\
My Dream
Everyone has a lot of dreams. Some people want to be rich, dreaming of becoming millionaires overnight. Others want to be famous, dreaming of suddenly jumping to great fame. I have a lot of dreams, too. When I was a young girl, I dreamed of becoming a scientist like Hua Luogen in future. However, I knew very well that I could not succeed without painstaking efforts. So I studied hard in the middle school and college in order to attain my goal.
After graduating from college, I found a job as a teacher. Although I was very busy with teaching, I never gave up my goal. I read a lot of books to get more knowledge. I made experiments to practise and apply what I had learnt from the books. Sometimes, I was so deeply indulged in my research that I forgot my meals and time. Now I have made great progress. Several of my research papers have been published. The methods proposed in my papers have been proven to be valuable for the solution of some problems. I am very happy. The
ladder of becoming a scientist is still far ahead, but I have climbed the first rung anyway.
On Failure
Everyone expects to succeed in whatever he/she does. Unfortunately no one is always successful in all his / her life, not even such great people as Marx, Mao, Madam Currie and Einstein. Different people hold different attitudes towards failure. Some people become discouraged and are even defeated by failure, while some other people learn lessons from failure and continue their efforts.
There is no denying that failure is a bad thing, but \turn to good things.\on how we deal with it. If we are pessimistic, we will lose heart. If we are optimistic, we will see hope. I really have sympathy for those who, being badly hurt by failure, lose self-confidence and confidence in life. However, I have even greater admiration for those who, being stimulated by failure, go on straight forward to achieve success.
I believe in the saying \the mother of success.\try again, If I fail again. I will try and try again.
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