Unit5WaystoSuccess課文翻譯大學(xué)體驗(yàn)英語二

1、unit 5 ways to successpassage a my advice to students: education countshundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education.tliey want to know what to study, or whether its okay to drop out of college since thats what i did.a smaller number of parents send messages, seekin

2、g guidance for their son or daughter. how can we steer our child toward success? they ask.my basic advice is simple and heartfelt: get the best education you can. take advantage of high school and college. learn how to learn.it s true that i dropped out of college to start microsoft, but i was at ha

3、rvard for tliree years before dropping out-and id love to have the time to go back. as ive said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. and even then they should reconsider.kathy cridland, a sixth-grade teacher in ohio, wrote to say, sev

4、eral of my students claim that you never finished high school. since you are a success, my students perceive 槨瑜慍?敲猬潟渠郝碟?慣敲洋撰?抽唆?敢轂潼?漕摯捱畤慣桶潟松i finished high school!the computer industry has lots of people who didnt finish college, but im not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropp

5、ing out of high school. i actually dont know any high school dropouts, let alone any successful ones.in my company s early years we had a bright part-time programmer who threatened to drop out of high school to work full-time. we told him no.quite a few of our people didnt finish college, but we dis

6、courage dropping out.having a diploma certainly helps somebody who is looking to us for a job.college isnt the only place where information exists. you can learn in a library. but somebody handing you a book doesnt automatically foster learning. you want to learn with other people, ask questions, tr

7、y out ideas and have a way to test your ability. it usually takes more than just a book.education should be broad, although it s fine to have deep interests, too.in high school tliere were periods when i was highly focused on writing software, but for most of my high school years i had wide-ranging

8、academic interests. my parents encouraged this, and im grateful that they did.althougli i attended a lot of different kinds of classes in college, i signed up for only one computer class the whole time. i read about all kinds of tilings.tlieof hole the in himself lost son 15-year-old her tliat me wr

9、ote parent one computer. he got an a in website design, but other grades were sinking, she said.this boy is making a mistake. high school and college offer you tlie best chance to leani broadly - math, history, various sciences - and to do projects with other kids that teach you first-hand about gro

10、up dynamics. its fine to take a deep interest in computers, dance, language or any otlier discipline, but not if it jeopardizes breadth.if you fall into an obsessive pattern in high school, youve got two problems. one is tliat youre unlikely to change when you go to college. the other is that if you

11、 dont get reasonably good grades, its hard to go to a college that has the highly motivated, capable students who can really help you learn about the world.in college its appropriate to think about specialization. getting real expertise in an area of interest can lead to success - miless the special

12、ty ends up being a dead end or youre not good at. graduate school is one way to get specialized knowledge, although extended college education isnt always a good investment from a purely economic standpoint.pa奉告學(xué)子：教育是關(guān)鍵比爾蓋茨每年都有數(shù)以百計(jì)的學(xué)生給我發(fā)電/郵件，要我就接受教育給他們提建議。他們想知道該學(xué)些 什么，或者可不可以從大學(xué)輟學(xué)，因?yàn)槲揖蜎]有讀完大學(xué)。也有不少家長(zhǎng)給我寫

13、信，為子女尋求指導(dǎo)。他們問：“我們?cè)鯓硬拍馨押⒆右虺晒χ罚?” 我的基本忠告很簡(jiǎn)單，而且是發(fā)自內(nèi)心的：全力獲得最佳教育，充分利用高中和大學(xué)，學(xué)會(huì)如 何學(xué)習(xí)。不錯(cuò)，為創(chuàng)建微軟，我未完成大學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)，不過輟學(xué)之前我已經(jīng)在哈佛呆了三年，而且我真心希 望有天能重返校園。以前我也說過，誰也不應(yīng)該輟學(xué)，除非他堅(jiān)信自己正面臨著個(gè)生僅有 一次的機(jī)會(huì)，但就算在那個(gè)時(shí)候也還是應(yīng)該深思熱慮。在俄亥俄州教六年級(jí)的老師凱西克里德蘭寫道，“我的好幾個(gè)學(xué)生聲稱你根本沒有讀完高中。 因?yàn)槟愠晒α?，我的學(xué)生就覺得他們也可以不必要接受良好的教育?！蔽腋咧挟厴I(yè)了的！計(jì)算機(jī)行業(yè)中確實(shí)有很多人沒有讀完大學(xué)，但是我從來沒有見過有誰高中沒

14、讀完就成功創(chuàng)業(yè)的。 確切地說，我認(rèn)識(shí)的人當(dāng)中根本沒有高中輟學(xué)的，更沒有高中輟學(xué)后事業(yè)成功的。我的公司創(chuàng)立早期，有個(gè)相當(dāng)出色的兼職程序員，聲稱要從高中輟學(xué)來做全職。我們 叫他 不要這么做。.我們公司里確實(shí)有好些人沒有讀完大學(xué)，但我們不希望人們輟學(xué)。誰要想在我們公司謀職，有 畢業(yè)證書肯定會(huì)優(yōu)先考慮。不定只有在大學(xué)才能獲取信息，在圖書館也可以學(xué)習(xí)。但人家遞給你本書并不能自動(dòng)地讓 你學(xué)到東西。你需要向別人學(xué)習(xí)，提問題，將設(shè)想付諸實(shí)施，設(shè)法驗(yàn)證自己的能力。這切，往 往不是讀一-兩本書就可以做得到的。接受的教育應(yīng)該是廣泛的，雖然對(duì)某些領(lǐng)域情有獨(dú)鐘也不失為件好事。讀高中時(shí)，我有段時(shí)間醉心于軟件編寫，但大部分

15、時(shí)間里，我的學(xué)習(xí)興趣相當(dāng)廣泛。我父母 鼓勵(lì)我這么做，對(duì)此我感激不盡。大學(xué)期間，我修了很多不同的課程，但我從頭至尾只選修了 門計(jì)算機(jī)課。我讀書涉獵很廣。有位家長(zhǎng)寫信說，她15歲的兒上“鉆進(jìn)計(jì)算機(jī)無底洞里了“。他的網(wǎng)站設(shè)計(jì)課得了 “a”，但 別的科目分?jǐn)?shù)都在下降，她寫道。這個(gè)孩子犯了 一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。高中和大學(xué)給你提供了最佳機(jī)會(huì)，你可以廣泛學(xué)習(xí)數(shù)學(xué)，歷史， 各種學(xué)科一一有機(jī)會(huì)跟著別的孩子起做項(xiàng)目，親身感受到群體的動(dòng)力。你對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)、舞蹈、語 言或其他任何的科目有深入的興趣也無可厚非，但太偏執(zhí)而舍棄學(xué)習(xí)廣度就不是件好事了。如果高中階段興趣過于集中，你會(huì)面臨兩個(gè)問題。第個(gè)就是進(jìn)了大學(xué)以后你很可能沒法改變。 另

16、個(gè)問題就是如果分?jǐn)?shù)不夠高，你就很難考入大學(xué)，而無法向那些積極性很高，很有才能的學(xué) 生起學(xué)習(xí)，他們可以真正幫助你了解這個(gè)世界。大學(xué)期間可以適當(dāng)考慮專業(yè)的問題。深入掌握自己感興趣的領(lǐng)域的專業(yè)知識(shí)，能夠引導(dǎo)你走向 成功，除非這個(gè)專業(yè)沒有發(fā)展前途，或者你并不很擅長(zhǎng)這個(gè)方面。讀研究生是獲取專業(yè)知識(shí)的 個(gè)途徑，雖然從純經(jīng)濟(jì)角度來看，大學(xué)畢業(yè)后再接受教育不定算是明智的投資。passage b christopher reeve-a real supermanhe wasaster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to

17、 leap tall buildings in a single bound. he was the worlds greatest superhero. when christopher reeve was picked to play this role in films in 1977, audiences across the country cheered with approval. like superman, christopher was dashing, handsome, and strong. like supennan, lie seemed nearly invin

18、cible. he skied, sailed, flew planes, went scuba diving, rode horses, played tennis-and did it all with skill and ease. no one could imagine christopher reeve any other way.all that changed on may 27,1995. christopher was in virginia with his wife, dana morosini, and their young son, wid. he had ent

19、ered a three-day horse riding competition 42-year-oldtlie shape, fine in be to appeared express, eastern horse, his there. christopher looked equally fit and relaxed.the competition was going well for christopher. he wasnt in the first place, but he wasnt in the last, either. on his tliird obstacle

20、in a two-niile jumping event, however, tlie commmiication between horse and rider broke down somehow. without warning, eastern express stopped short, but christopher kept going. he pitched forward over the horses head, landing on his own head-not moving, not even breathing.christopher had broken his

21、 spinal cord near the base of his skull, resulting in paralysis from the neck down. he could not speak. he could not even breathe on his own. at tlie time, doctors gave him only a 50-50 chance of surviving at all.despair filled christopher reeves heart. he thought perhaps it would be best if he simp

22、ly gave up. dying seemed like the easiest and least painful tiling to do. he thought it might be best for his family, too. then he saw his wife dana standing next to him, saying, you re still you, and i love you.from that moment on, christopher thought only about living. gatliering his courage, he b

23、egan to fight for his life. a few days later, christopher underwent an operation that helped restore some feeling to his upper body. still, doctors emphasized his limitations. he would never walk again. he would never even breathe again without the aid of a respirator.christopher set out to prove th

24、e doctors wrong. first of all, lie wanted to breathe on his own. five months after the accident, lie asked to be taken off the respirator. he managed just 10 feeble breatlis before being reconnected to the breathing tube. refusing to be discouraged, christopher took a few more breaths the next day.

25、by the fourth day, he was able to breathe seven minutes without assistance. after three months, he could sustain himself for 90 minutes at a time. by the end of 1995, he was able to go home. soon after that, christopher felt ready to face the world again. he had a message to spread. he wanted to tel

26、l people that no matter what challenges they faced, they shouldnt give up. christopher began to make public appearances. he gave a motivational speech in toronto. he spoke at a boston university graduation. wherever christopher appeared, his speeches met with standing ovations-and many teary faces.c

27、hristopher also went back to work. clearly he couldnt play the roles hed played in tlie past. instead he turned to directing. his first film, in the gloaming, proved he had not lost his creative spark.despite his brave attitude, christopher has had his share of down times. in the year following his

28、accident, he had problems with blood clots. later, he developed pneumonia.one day while doing physical therapy, he fell to the floor and broke his arm.every day he struggled with the reality of his condition. in the morning, i need 20 minutes to cry, he told a reporter. after nighttime dreams of run

29、ning and playing with 植?潺?集?敲揭攜玻故（t%蕖胞整?瑜?慷敷勝?淌?愁敷瑛慨?棒晚?？but after the tears, christopher always whispered, and now, forward! with those words, christopher reeve proved that although he had lost control of his body, he still had his courage, his spirit, and his inner strength. in that sense, he stil

30、l wasand always would besuperman!pb克里斯托弗里夫一真正的超人他“比飛馳的子彈還快，比火車頭更有力，輕輕躍就能跳上高大的建筑物。”他就是全世界 最偉大的超極英雄。1977年，克里斯托弗里夫出演超人系列電影，全國(guó)觀眾歡呼喝彩?？死?斯托弗活躍、英俊、強(qiáng)壯，如影片中的超人，而且似乎戰(zhàn)無不勝。他滑雪，駕船，駕駛飛機(jī), 潛水，騎馬，打網(wǎng)球，無不是技藝高超，揮泗自如。誰也無法想象克里斯托弗會(huì)是另外種樣 子。1995年5月27日，切都改變了。當(dāng)時(shí)克里斯托弗和妻子達(dá)納莫羅西尼帶著年幼的兒子威 爾住在弗吉尼亞州。他參加了 項(xiàng)為期三天的馬術(shù)比賽。他的坐騎“東方快車”看上去狀態(tài)頗 佳。42歲的克里