内容正文:
新高考高中英语学习—读美文11学知识,积累英语作文写作素材:生而为赢
(含生词、难句、语法等知识点拓展)
说明:这些都是精选的美文和分析(主要选自voa, bbc, cnn经典语篇)。
当然,我不仅仅是提供单纯的语篇,一般列出所有的生词、难句并配上相关拓展。
读者:高中或以上(基本上都是经典名篇,我努力选取易懂的)(孙三五编辑)
导读
没有人想做一个失败者,但又很少有人真正理解赢者的含义。很多人觉得拥有巨额财富,获得至高无上的权力,被别人称赞或追捧,那就是赢者。其实不然,和世俗的成就相比,敢于做真实的自我,善于独立思考和运用自己所学的知识,懂得尊重他人亦不被他人所束缚,有担当,随时都能恰如其分地应对各种状况,这些品质是对赢者更好的定义。
正文
Born to Win生而为赢
Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials—capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being—a productive person, a winner.
The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member o