Spoken English Passage

目录

 Passage1 Success in Life 

 Passage2 Learning: a Lifelong Career

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 Passage1 Success in Life 

Success means different things for different people. Some may equate it with fame, some with wealth and still some with accomplishments.

For me, it means fulfilling one's dreams. Whatever your dreams are, you have a goal there and then focus all your attention on it.

Dreams bring you hope and happiness. In the process of struggling for it, you cry, sweat, complain or even curse, but the joy of harvesting makes you forget all the pains and troubles you have gone through. So an old proverb says that the sweetest fruit is one that has undergone the bitterest ordeal.

There are several keys to success. First, your goal must be practical and practicable. If you set your goal too high, chances are that you will never attain it. Next, you have to make a plan of doing it. You can take some steps to realize it. Since the process is quite tough, you need to be diligent, patient and persevering.

Even if you meet with some difficulties or frustrations, just take them in your stride. You can always tell yourself that there is nothing insurmountable. With this will and determination, success is sure to wait for you at the end of the tunnel!

成功对于不同的人来说意义不同。一些人将它等同于声望，有人将它等同于财富 另一些人将它等同于成就。

对我来说，成功意味着完成一个人的梦想。不管你的梦想是什么，你有一个目标 并且为之倾注心力。

梦想带给你希望和幸福。在为之奋斗的过程中，你流泪，流汗，抱怨甚至诅咒， 但是收获的快乐会令你忘却着所有你所经历的痛苦与艰辛。所以一句老话说最甜 蜜的果实是在最艰苦的奋斗后得来的。

这里有一些成功的秘诀。首先，你的目标必须现实可行。如果你制定的目标太高， 你也许会永远无法达到。再者，又必须为之制定计划。你可以分步骤地实现他。 因为过程将是艰苦的，你必须勤奋，耐心，坚持不懈。

即使你遇见了困难与挫折，也要将之克服。你要总是告诉自己没有什么事不能克 服的。带着这样的决心，成功必然在道路的尽头等着你。

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 Passage2 Learning: a Lifelong Career

As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our mental power and expand our intellectual capacity.

Constant learning supplies us with fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgement. Continuous learning is the best way to keep pace with the times in the information age.

It is a common misunderstanding to regard school as the only place for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be an endless process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world changing so fast, to stop learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind.

Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization. Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.

学习之于心灵，就像食物之于身体一样。摄取了适量的营养食物，我们的身体得 以生长而肌肉得以发达。同样地，我们应该日复一日不断地学习以保持我们敏锐 的心智能力，并扩充我们的智力容量。

不断的学习提供我们用不尽的燃料，来驱使我们磨利我们的推理、分析和判断的 能力。持续的学习是在信息时代中跟时代并驾齐驱的最稳当的方法。

视学校为汲取知识的唯一场所是种常见的谬误。相反地，学习应该是一种无终止 的历程，从生到死。由于世界一直快速地在变动，只要学习停顿数日就将使人落后。

缺少学习将不可避免地导致心灵的停滞，甚至更糟地，使其僵化。因此，为了保 持心理年轻，我们必须将学习当作一生的事业。