世纪英语 拓展阅读教程I 第四版 答案 1tuo1_unit10.ppt

UNIT 10 Amazing Willpower Contents Section 1 毅力是梦想的开始,是成功的载体?一件事,无论大小,只要 持之以恒地去做,终究会成功! The Daffodil Principle ByJaroldeen Edwards One Tuesday, my daughter Carolyn drove me to see the . After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church. 主题阅读 On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that said, “Daffodil Garden.” We got out of the car and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up and . Before me lay the most sight. It looked as though someone had taken a great of gold and poured it down over the mountain peak and slopes. 主题阅读 The flowers were planted in majestic, patterns — great ribbons and of deep orange, white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, , and butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted as a group so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique . There were five of flowers. “But who has done this﹖” I asked Carolyn. 主题阅读 “It’s just one woman,” Carolyn answered. “She lives on the . That’s her home.” Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the , we saw a poster. “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking” was the headline. 主题阅读 The first answer was a simple one. “50,000 ,” it read. The second answer was, “One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and a very little brain.” The third answer was, “Began in 1958.” There it was. The Daffodil Principle. For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, 主题阅读 who, more than forty years before, had begun — one bulb at a time — to bring her vis