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1、Never,?ever?give?up!永不言棄!As?a?young?boy,?Britain's?great?Prime?Minister,?SirWinston?Churchill,?attended?a?public?school?calledHarrow.?He?was?not?a?good?student,?and?had?he?notbeen?from?a?famous?family,?he?probably?would?havebeen?removed?from?the?school?for?deviating
2、?from?therules.?Thankfully,?he?did?finish?at?Harrow?and?hiserrors?there?did?not?preclude?him?from?going?on?tothe?university.?He?eventually?had?a?premier?armycareer?whereby?he?was?later?elected?prime?minister.He?achieved?fame?for?his?wit,?wisdom,?civic?duty,?and?abun
3、dant?courage?in?his?refusal?tosurrender?during?the?miserable?dark?days?of?World?War?II.?His?amazing?determination?helpedmotivate?his?entire?nation?and?was?an?inspiration?worldwide.英國的偉大首相溫斯頓·丘吉爾爵士,小時(shí)候在哈羅公學(xué)上學(xué)。當(dāng)時(shí)他可不是個(gè)好學(xué)生,要不是出身名門,他可能早就因?yàn)檫`反紀(jì)律被開除了。謝天謝地,他總算從哈羅畢業(yè)了,在那里犯下的錯(cuò)誤
4、并沒影響到他上大學(xué)。后來,他憑著軍旅生涯中的杰出表現(xiàn)當(dāng)選為英國首相。他的才思、智慧、公民責(zé)任感以及在二戰(zhàn)痛苦而黑暗的時(shí)期拒絕投降的無畏勇氣,為他贏得了美名。他非凡的決心,不僅激勵(lì)了整個(gè)民族,還鼓舞了全世界。Toward?the?end?of?his?period?as?prime?minister,?he?was?invited?to?address?the?patriotic?youngboys?at?his?old?school,?Harrow.?The?headmaster?said,"Young?gentlemen,?
5、the?greatest?speakerof?our?time,?will?be?here?in?a?few?days?to?address?you,?and?you?should?obey?whatever?soundadvice?he?may?give?you."?The?great?day?arrived.?Sir?Winston?stood?up,?all?five?feet,?five?inchesand?107?kilos?of?him,?and?gave?this?short,?clear-cut?speech:
6、"Young?men,?never?give?up.?Nevergive?up!?Never?give?up!?Never,?never,?never,?never!"在他首相任期即將結(jié)束時(shí),他應(yīng)邀前往母校哈羅公學(xué),為滿懷報(bào)國之志的同學(xué)們作演講。校長說:“年輕的先生們,當(dāng)代最偉大的演說家過幾天就會(huì)來為你們演講,他提出的任何中肯的建議,你們都要聽從?!蹦莻€(gè)激動(dòng)人心的日子終于到了。溫斯頓爵士站了起來——他只有5英尺5英寸高,體重卻有107公斤。他作了言簡意賅的講話:“年輕人,要永不放棄。永不放棄!永不放棄!永不,永不,永不,永不!
7、”Personal?history,?educational?opportunity,?individual?dilemmas?-?none?of?these?can?inhibit?astrong?spirit?committed?to?success.?No?task?is?too?hard.?No?amount?of?preparation?is?too?longor?too?difficult.?Take?the?example?of?two?of?the?most?scholarly?scientists?of?ou
8、r?age,?AlbertEinstein?and?Thomas?Edison.?Both?faced?immense?obstacles?and?extreme?criticism.?Both?werecalled?"slow?to?learn"?and?written?o