课件：全新版大学英语综合教程uni.ppt

13 2. Never stop learning. Recently I played a doubles tennis match paired with a 90-year-old. I wondered how things would work out; I shouldnt have. We hammered our opponents 6-1, 6-1! 2. 永不中断学习。最近我和一位90高龄的老者搭档打双人网球。我琢磨着那会是什么结局；可我的担心是多余的。我们以两个6:1击败对手。 stop doing sth 停止做某事 stop to do sth 停止去做某事 work out 可以解决，作出 work away 连续工作 work in 在…工作 work up 整理，逐步建立 hammer our 锤成，推敲出 14 As we were switching sides to play a third set, he said to me, Do you mind if I play the backhand court? I always like to work on my weaknesses. What a fantastic example of a person who has never stopped learning. Incidentally, we won the third set 6-1. 我们交换场地打第三局时，他对我说：“我打反手击球你不介意吧？我向来喜欢多练练自己的弱点。”好一个永不中断学习的精彩实例。顺便说一下，我们6:1赢了第三局。 backhand court 左场区，反手区 work on 继续工作 the third set 第三回合 15 As we walked off the court, my 90-year-old partner chuckled and said, I thought youd like to know about my number-one ranking in doubles in the United States in my age bracket, 85 and up! He wasnt thinking 90; he wasnt even thinking 85. He was thinking number one. 走出赛场，我那90高龄的搭档笑着说：“你也许想知道我在85岁以上年龄段的美国网球双打排名第一！”他想的不是年届90，想的甚至也不是85岁高龄。他想的是第一。 walk off 离开，带走 16 You can do the same if you work on your weaknesses and develop your strengths. To be able to compete, youve got to keep learning all your life. 如果你努力克服自己的弱点，发挥自己的优势，你同样可以做得那么好。要有能力竞争，就得终生学习。 be able to 会，能 17 3. Believe in yourself, even when no one else does. Do you remember the four-minute mile? Athletes had been trying to do it for hundreds of years and finally decided it was physically impossible for humans. Our bone structure was all wrong, our lung power inadequate. 3. 相信自己，哪怕没人相信你。还记得那4分钟跑一英里的往事吗？几百年来，运动员们一直试图实现这一目标，最终人类的身体无法做到。我们的骨结构不适应，我们的肺活量跟不上。 Believe in 相信，信任 try to do sth 尝试做某事/try doing sth 企图做某事 18 Then one human proved the experts wrong. And, miracle of miracles, six weeks after Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, John Landy be