Unit 2 Section Ⅰ Starting out &Understanding ideas—comprehending-2021-2022学年新教材高中英语选修第一册【金版新学案】教师用书（外研版）

Napoléon declared①，“Victory belongs to the most persevering.” Through careful research we find perseverance depends upon three things—purpose，will and enthusiasm②.He who has a purpose is always concentrating on what he is doing.By the will，the hope and the plan can be realised.Enthusiasm keeps the interest up，and makes the difficulties seem small. Life is in a sense③ a battle.The man who thinks to get on④ only by smartness and by laziness meets failure at last.Perseverance is the main driving force for the strong­willed people to move forward，and holds the key to the treasure houses⑤ of knowledge from which great men have got its wealth both of wisdom and of moral worth. Great men never wait for opportunities；they make them.They seize upon⑥ whatever is at hand，work out their problems，and master the situation.The greatest thing a man can do in this world is make the most of the stuff⑦ that has been given to him and make great contributions.This is success and there is no other. One of the important lessons of life is to learn how to get victory out of defeat.It takes courage and stamina，when mortified by humiliating disaster，to seek in the ruins the elements of future conquest.Yet this measures the difference between those who succeed and those who fail.We cannot measure a man by his failures.We must know what use he makes of them.The man who has not fought his way upward and does not bear the scar of desperate⑧ conflict does not know the highest meaning of success.,　　 拿破仑曾经说：“成功属于最坚韧不拔的人。”通过仔细研究，我们发现毅力取决于三方面——目标、意志和激情。一个有目标的人总是专注于他正在做的事情。有了意志，期望和计划才能得以实现；激情可使人的兴趣持续下去，并藐视困难。 从某种意义上讲，人生是一场战斗。仅仅妄想通过小聪明和懒惰来取得成功的人最终都会遭遇失败。毅力是那些意志坚定的人前进的主要推动力；毅力是打开知识宝库的钥匙，在这里，伟大的人可以从中获取智慧和道德的财富。 伟大的人们从不坐等机会；他们会自行创造。他们会抓住一切手边的机会，解决遇到的难题，并且自己掌控局面。在这个世界上，一个人所能做的最伟大的事情就是从给予他的有限的东西之中进行最大可能的发掘。这便是成功，仅此而已。 人生最重要的一课便是学会如何从失败之中迈向成功。身负失败的屈辱和不幸，我们需要勇气和毅力在失败的废墟中寻找未来获胜的要素。而这恰能衡量出成功者与失败者的不同。我们不能用失败来衡量一个人。我们必须了解他如何从这些失败中吸取教训。一个不思上进、没有绝望挣扎的伤痕烙在心头的人，无法体会成功的最高意境。 多积词汇 ①declare vt.表明；宣称；断言 ②enthusiasm n．