中石油职称英语课文讲稿第课22.docVIP

　　23. The Strenuous[a.勤奋的] Life. 勤奋的生活 　　Gentlemen, 　　先生们： 　　1. In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the State[国家] which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently[(preeminent):adj.卓越的,杰出的] and distinctly[(distinct):adj.不同的,有区别的] embody[vt.体现] all that is most American in the American character[特征], I wish to preach[v.宣讲,] not the doctrine[n.学说] of ignoble[adj.不光彩的,可耻的] ease[v.安逸] but the doctrine[n.学说] of the strenuous[a.勤奋的;] life; the life of toil[苦干] and effort; of labor and strife[n.奋斗]; to preach[v.宣讲] that highest form of success which comes not to the man who desires[(desire):vt.渴望，期望 ] mere[adj.仅仅] easy peace but to the man who does not shrink[v.退缩] from danger, from hardship[n.艰难,困苦], or from bitter toil[苦干], and who out of these wins the splendid[adj.极好的] ultimate[adj.最终的] triumph[n.胜利]. 1、在向你们--西部最大城市的公民，为国家培育了林肯和格兰特的国家的公民，最能体现美国精神的公民-讲话时，我想谈的不是贪图安逸的人生哲学，而是要向你们宣讲勤奋生活论--即过勤奋苦干的生活，过忙碌奋斗的生活。我想说，成功的最高境界不属于满足安逸的人们，而是属于那些在艰难险阻面前从不畏惧终获辉煌的人们。 分析：shrink from 从…退缩 单词：preeminently=卓越的 ；distinctly=清楚地；embody=具体表达； character=特征； preach=宣讲； doctrine=学说； ignoble=不光彩的；ease=安逸；toil=苦干； strife=奋斗； desire= ； shrink退缩 ；hardship= 艰难；bitter= 艰苦； splendid= 辉煌；ultimate=最后的 ；triumph=胜利 2. The timid[adj.胆怯的] man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts[(distrust):n.不信任] his country, the overcivilized man, who has lost the great fighting, masterful[a.主人翁] virtues[(virtue):n.美德], the ignorant[adj.无知的,愚昧的] man and the man of dull[a.迟钝的 mind, whose soul[n.灵魂] is incapable of feeling the mighty[adj.巨大的] lift[n.鼓舞] that thrills[(thrill):v.激励] stern[坚强的] men with empires[(empire):n.帝国] in their brains--all these, of course, shrink from seeing the nation undertake[vt.承担] its new duties; shrink from seeing us build a navy[n.海军] and army adequate[adj.足够的] to our needs; shrink from seeing us do our share of the worlds work by bringing order out of chaos[n.混乱,混沌] in the great, fair tropic islands from which the valor[n.勇气] of our soldiers and sailor