高考英语写作素材积累
晨读美文记背 Day 7-9
Day 7 Follow Your Dream
梦想太脆弱，有时候不堪现实不经意的一击。但是梦想又那样
有力，能创造从无到有的奇迹。紧紧抓住梦想吧。因为梦想若是死
亡，生命就像鸟儿折断翅膀，再也不能飞翔。紧紧抓住梦想吧，因
为梦想一旦死亡，生命就像荒芜的田野，雪覆冰封，万物不再生长。
There was a young man, born in a poor family. As a result, the boy's
high school career was continually interrupted. Once he was asked to
write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of
someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail
and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch. Then he drew a detailed
floor plan for a 4000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre
dream ranch.
He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On
the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after
class."
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and
asked, "Why did I receive an F?"
The teacher said, "This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like
you. You have no money. You have no resources from your family.
There's no way you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, "If you will
rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your
grade."
The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his
father what he should do. His father said, "Look, son, you have to make
up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important
decision for you."
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
paper, making no changes at all. He stated, "You can keep the F and I'll
keep my dream."
Recollecting the story, my friend Monty and I are now sitting in his
4000-square-foot house in the middle of a 200-acre horse ranch. Two
summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his
ranch. When the teacher was leaving, he said, "Look, Monty, I can tell
you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream
stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you
had enough gumption not to give up on yours."
Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter
what.
念念有词Vocabulary
1．career [kəˈrɪə] n. 经历，生涯，历程
2．ranch [ræntʃ] n. 专业牧场
3．detail [ˈdiːteɪl] n. 细节
4．realistic [rɪəˈlɪstɪk] adj. 实际的，现实的
5．recollect [ˌrekəˈlekt] v. 回想，追忆
6．gumption [ˈɡʌmpʃən] n. 勇气，魄力
译笔生花Translation
追随梦想
从前有一个小男孩，家里很穷，因此他的求学过程并不顺利。
有次老师叫全班同学写报告，题目是长大后的志向。
那晚他洋洋洒洒写了七张纸，描述他的伟大志向，那就是想拥
有一座属于自己的牧马农场，并且仔细画了一张200 亩农场的设计
图，然后在这一大片农场中央，还要建造一栋占地4000 平方英尺的
巨宅。
他花了好大心血把报告完成，第二天交给了老师。两天后他拿
回了报告，第一页上打了一个又红又大的F，旁边还写了一行字：
下课后来见我。
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带着梦想的男孩下课后去找老师：为什么给我不及格？
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老师回答道：你年纪轻轻，不要老做白日梦。你没钱，没家庭
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背景，什么都没有。根本不可能实现这个理想。他接着又说：如
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果你肯重写一个比较不离谱的志愿，我会重打你的分数。
这男孩回家后反复思量了很久，然后征询父亲的意见。父亲只
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是告诉他：儿子，这是非常重要的决定，你必须自己拿定主意。
再三考虑了一周后，他决定原稿交回，一个字都不改。他告诉
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老师：即使不及格，我也不会放弃梦想。
回忆这个故事时，我和朋友蒙提就坐在他的200 亩农场内，坐在
他占地4000 平方英尺的豪华住宅里。两年前的夏天，那位老师带了
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个学生来他的农场露营。离开之前，他说：蒙提，说来有些惭
愧。你读初中时，我曾泼过你冷水。这些年来，我也对不少学生说
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过相同的话。幸好你有这个毅力坚持自己的梦想。
不论做什么事，相信你自己，别让别人击碎你的梦想。
Day 8 The Farmer's Donkey
在生活中，我们难免会遭遇到各种各样的挫折和困难，如果你
因此而气馁，很可能会失去与成功碰面的机缘。要想从这挫折和困
难的枯井里脱身而出，只能是将它们统统抖落，重重地踩在脚下。
别害怕生活压在你身上的重担，因为，我们所遇到的每一个困难，
每一次失败，其实都是人生历程中的一块垫脚石。
One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal
cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was too old and the well needed to be
covered up anyway; so it just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the
donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each
grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing what
was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly.
Then, a few shovel-fulls later, he quieted down completely. The
farmer peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he saw.
With every shovel-full of dirt that hit his back, the donkey would shake it
off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the
animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off, to the shock and
astonishment of everyone.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to
getting out of the well is to stop wailing, and not let the dirt bury you, but
to shake it off and take a step up. Each one of our troubles is a stepping-
stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never
giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
念念有词Vocabulary
1．abandon [əˈbændən] v. 遗弃，放弃
2．piteously [ˈpɪtɪəslɪ] adv. 可怜地，慈悲地
3．figure out 思考，计算
4．retrieve [rɪˈtriːv] v. 找回，重新得到
5．shovel [ˈʃʌvl] n. 铁锹；v. 铲
6．wail [weɪl] v. 悲叹，哀嚎
7．peer [pɪə] v. 凝视，窥视
8．astounded [əˈstaʊndɪd] adj. 震惊的
9．trot [trɒt] v. 疾走，快步走
译笔生花Translation
井中之驴
一日，农夫的驴子掉进了一口枯井里。它凄惨地叫了几个小
时，与此同时农夫努力地思考该如何处理。最后，他认为这头驴太
老了，而且这口井也该填上，花力气把这头驴弄上来很不值得。
他找来所有的邻居帮忙。他们每个人都拿了一把铁锹，开始往
井里扔土。驴子意识到将要发生什么，于是发出了痛苦的哀嚎声。
然而，几锹土下去之后，驴子平静了下来。农夫向井里望去，
他被眼前的景象惊呆了：每当有一锹土落在驴背上的时候，它就会
把土抖掉，踩在脚下。
当邻居们不断地把土扔到井里的时候，驴子就会把土抖掉踩在
脚下。很快，驴子脚下的土就和井口一样高了，于是，它大摇大摆
地从井里走出来，惊呆了周围的每一个人。
生活可能会把各种各样的土加在你的身上。从井中走出的秘密
就在于停止悲叹，不要让土把你掩埋，抖掉身上的土，向上走一
步。生活中遇到的每一次麻烦都是你向上攀登的台阶。只要不放
弃，不停止奋斗，即使最深的井你也可以走出来。抖掉身上的土，
向上走一步！
DAY 3 Adrift
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每当遇到不顺心的事情，我们就会选择抱怨。抱怨自己的倒
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霉，抱怨自己的不幸。你的注意力全部集中在了那倒霉的事情
上，你失去了方向，失去了勇气，失去了分析事情的能力。其实，
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这世上比你不幸的人还有很多很多，有时间抱怨，倒不如鼓起勇
气，分析困难，找到解决问题的方法。
In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his
sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was floating in a life raft,
alone. When three fishermen found him seventy-six days later (the
longest anyone has survived a shipwreck on a life raft alone), he was still
alive.
His account of how he survived is fascinating. But the thing that
caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope
seemed lost, when there seemed no point in continuing the struggle, when
he was suffering greatly, when his life raft was punctured and after more
than a week struggling with his weak body to fix it, it was still leaking
air. Giving up would have seemed the only sane option.
When people survive these kinds of circumstances, they do
something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going.
Many people in similarly desperate circumstances give in or go mad.
Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the guts
to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.
"I tell myself I can handle it," wrote Callahan in his
narrative. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I
tell myself these things over and over, building up fortitude…"
I wrote that down after I read it. It struck me as something important.
And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed far off
or when my problems seemed too overwhelming. And every time I've
said it, I have always come back to my senses.
The truth is our circumstances are only bad compared to something
better. But others have been through much worse. I've read enough
history to know you and I are lucky to be where we are, when we are, no
matter how bad it seems to us compared to our fantasies. It's a sane
thought and worth thinking.
So whatever you're going through, tell yourself you can handle it.
Compared to what others have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to
yourself over and over, and it will help you get through the rough spots
with a little more fortitude.
念念有词Vocabulary
1．life raft 救生筏
2．shipwreck [ˈʃɪprek] n. 船舶失事，海难
3．puncture [ˈpʌŋktʃə] v. 用针扎，扎破
4．sane [seɪn] adj. 明智的，理智的
5．option [ˈɒpʃən] n. 选项，选择
6．desperate [ˈdespərət] adj. 绝望的，拼死的
7．gut [ɡʌt] n. 勇气
8．overwhelming [ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ] adj. 压倒性的，无法抵抗的
9．odds [ɒdz] n. 不平等，机率
10．handle [ˈhændl] v. 处理，对付
11．narrative [ˈnærətɪv] n. 叙述
12．fortitude [ˈfɔːtɪtjuːd] n. 坚韧
13．come back to one's senses 恢复理智，苏醒过来
译笔生花Translation
逆境求生
1982 年，斯蒂文·克莱恩独自一人乘着帆船航行在大西洋上。突
然，帆船触到了什么东西，沉了下去。斯蒂文乘着救生筏，一个人
在海上漂流。76 天以后（这是船失事后，个人独自漂流在救生筏上
生还的最长纪录）当三位渔民发现他的时候，他仍然活着。
他生还的经历波折离奇。但是引起我的兴趣的是当希望已经消
失，继续挣扎下去看起来毫无意义，而且他已经遭受了很多的痛
苦，尽管他已经挣扎着花了一周多的时间修理救生筏，但是他的救
生筏依然漏气，似乎放弃是唯一的选择的时候，他是如何生存下来
的。
那些经历这些恶劣环境而活下来的人会自我激励以求生存。而
许多人在这种绝望的困境中会选择放弃，甚至会发疯。尽管困难重
重，那些幸存者依然能够找到继续下去的勇气。
克莱恩在他的自传中写道：我告诉自己我可以战胜困难。和其
他人相比，我是幸运的。我无数次的这样对自己说，增加我的毅
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力
读到这儿的时候，我把这句话写了下来。我认为这句话很重
要。当目标看起来很遥远或者问题看起来很严重的时候，我会对自
己说同样的话。而每当我这样对自己说的时候，我又重新找回了勇
气。
如果把我们所处的环境同更好的相比，我们的处境总是很糟
糕。但是，其他人经历的事情也许更糟糕。我已经读了很多东西，
足以证明无论我们在哪儿，我们处在什么时代，或者现在的情况相
对于我们的梦想来说看起来多糟糕，你我都是幸运的。这种态度很
好，也很值得我们思考。
所以无论你正经历着什么，告诉你自己你可以战胜困难。同别
人所经历的相比，你是幸运的。反复告诉你自己，那么你的毅力就
可以帮助你度过那些艰难的时刻。
