When facing a mirror, how do you feel? Proud? Satisfied? Or sad? In fact, most people look the most beautiful just when looking at themselves in the mirror. It is probably because everyone wishes to be flattered, especially by a “fair” mirror. That the reflections in the mirrors show their beauty makes them feel comfortable.
So a suggestion has been given: “Smile to a mirror when you feel lonely.” Of course, if you are really smiling to your heart, you will be glad to enjoy your look, even the spots on it, which are regarded as your own characters. Now, one’s look depends on one’s heart, though at the same time, the mirrors unfair. The spots, however, will not go away unless you clear them. Flattery is never true, it must prevent you from improving yourself. In the end, I would like to say: Let the mirror put its finger on your weak spot, then you may be the most beautiful in the fair life.
English is important in the modern world. It is spoken all over the world. But a few students don’t learn English well. So they want to drop English. I suggest that you shouldn’t give up English, because English is used in many countries as the first or second language. Most business letters are written in English. It is helpful for you to work in the future. If you don’t know English, you will fall behind others in future.
How can you learn English well? First, you should persevere. It’s true that English is sometimes really very difficult for us. But if you have a good method of learning, I think you will be good at it. Both English listening and speaking are the most difficult for almost every beginner. Sometimes, it seems impossible to learn. But I think if you do a lot of practice, you will make progress, you should speak more and listen more often. You’d better speak English with your classmates as often as possible not only in class but also out of class. I advise you to buy a radio, so you can listen to some English programmes over the radio. Then you will travel in the world of English.If you do that, you’ll be able to learn English well easily, and you’ll like English very much.
I hope all of you will become good at English step by step.
My first job was at a cramming school. It was three years ago when I just graduated from junior high school and finished the entrance examination. since I had nothing to do that summer, I decided to find a job, tasting the joy of independence.
I was responsible for answering the telephone and taking the message. I worked eight hours a day, six days a week. The work was not difficult nor heavy to me and I guess I did well. The most delighted thing was perhaps that I could spend the money I earned all by myself.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs. Both types have simply been called "well". In rencent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "wellness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health.
People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body's condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsiblity for matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap may be "well", in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations.
"Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
eg: We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment.
在这个关键时刻我们最好请一位专家来。
短语:
specialist system 专家系统;专家制度
heart specialist 心脏病专家
3. strive v. 努力,斗争
eg: He is hard to strive against disease.
他很努力与疾病斗争。
短语:
strive for 争取,奋斗
strive after 奋斗;争取
strive against 反抗
4. maintain v. 保养,维持
eg: It was supposed to maintain the convertibility of the currency into gold.
它的作用在于保持,货币与金子间的转换。
短语:
maintain in 维持......
maintain contact with 与......保持联系
maintain world peace 维护世界和平
5. monitor v. 监督,监视
eg: He was watching a game of tennis on a television monitor.
他那时正在电视监控器上观看一场网球赛。
短语:
monitor system 监控系统
computer monitor 电脑显示器
fire monitor 防火监控器
patient monitor 病人监护仪
6. handicap n. (身体或智力的)缺陷
eg: Kate didn't abandon herself because of the physical handicap.
凯特并没有因为生理上的缺陷而自暴自弃。
短语:
mental handicap 心理缺陷
physical handicap 生理缺陷
cultural handicap 文化上的障碍
7. resist v. 抵抗,抵制
eg: Many young people could not resist the spiritual pollution.
很多年轻人不能抵制精神污染。
短语:
hard to resist 人见人爱;惹人喜爱
resist no longer 无法抵抗
佳句采摘:
And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.