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第43章 Don"t Give Up 不言放弃

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心灵寄语

不言放弃,即使爬不上光辉的顶峰,也不会因没有努力过而后悔。即使结果不如所愿,那也是一路风雨兼程的结果,一路走来,起码不会愧对自己。不言放弃,总会有拨开云雾见阳光的一天,追求总有希望。

If we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere1. If we would learn our lessons in school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult. We shall find many of our lessons very hard, but let us consider that the harder they are the better they will do to us if we will persevere and learn them thoroughly.

But there are some among us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say,“I can"t do this.”They never will if they feel so.“I can"t”never does anything worthwhile2;but“I"ll try”accomplishes wonders. Let us remember that we shall meet with difficulties all through life. They are in the pathway3 of everyone. If we will only try and keep trying, we shall be sure to conquer and overcome every difficulty we meet with. If we have a hard lesson today, let us strive to learn it well and then we shall be prepared for a harder one tomorrow. And if we learn to master hard lessons in school, it will prepare us to overcome the hard things that we shall meet in life, when our school days are over.

佚名

请铭记,在人生的道路上,要想成就一番事业,我们必须坚持不懈。要想在学校学好功课,就必须要勤奋,学习时遇到任何困难时都不言放弃。也许我们会发现,许多课程很难学,但是我们要牢记,功课越难,将来对我们的帮助就越大——只要我们能够坚持不懈,完全学会。

但是,我们当中还有一些人,他们一遇到数学难题就准备放弃,他们会说:“我不会做这道题。”如果他们老是这样想,那这道题就永远也做不出来。“我不会”这句话是没有任何价值可言的,而“我会试试”则可以创造奇迹。让我们谨记,人的一生中,总会遇到各种困难。这些难题在每一个人的人生道路上随处可见。倘若我们努力,持之以恒地努力,就一定能够征服我们遇到的每一个困难。假如今天上的课程很难懂,让我们努力学好它,为明天更难的功课打好基础。同样的道理,如果在学校里学会如何处理功课上的难题,它为我们将来离开学校,面对和克服人生道路上的难题做好准备。

词汇空间 ocabulary

1.persevere v. 坚持不懈,锲而不舍

2.worthwhile adj. 值得花时间,有价值的

3.pathway n. 小路,小径

文化链接 Culture Background

“数学”的来源

数学(mathematics;希腊语:μαθηματικ)这一词在西方源自于古希腊语的μθημα(máthēma),其有学习、学问、科学,以及另外还有个较狭隘且技术性的意义—“数学研究”。即使在其语源内,其形容词μαθηματικ(mathēmatikós),意义为和学习有关的或用功的,亦会被用来指数学的。其在英语中表面上的复数形式,及在法语中的表面复数形式les mathématiques,可溯至拉丁文的中性复数mathematica,由西塞罗译自希腊文复数τα μαθηματικ?(ta mathēmatiká),此一希腊语被亚里士多德拿来指“万物皆数”的概念。(拉丁文:Mathemetica)原意是数和数数的技术。我国古代把数学叫算术,又称算学,最后才改为数学。

妙语拾珠

1.If we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere1. If we would learn our lessons in school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult.

请铭记,在人生的之路上,要想成就一番事业,我们必须坚持不懈。要想在学校学好功课,就必须要勤奋,学习时遇到任何困难时都不言放弃。

2.“I can"t”never does anything worthwhile;but“I"ll try”accomplishes wonders.“我不会”这句话是没有任何价值可言的,而“我会试试”则可以创造奇迹。