青春励志美文摘抄600字 励志英语美文 We Can Succeed

励志英语美文 We Can Succeed  

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When Britain's great Prime Minister
Sir Winston Churchill
was young
he attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student
and as matter of fact
had he not been the son of a famous leader
he probably would have been thrown out of the school for his offences. However
he pleted his work at Harrow
went on to the University
and then had a successful career in the British Army
touring both Africa and India. He later was elected prime minister and brought great courage to Britain though his speeches and other work during the dark days of World War II.
Toward the very end of his period as prime minister
he was invited to address the young boys at his old school
Harrow. In announcing the ing of their great leader
the headmaster said
"Young gentlemen
the greatest speaker of our time
our prime minister
will be here in a few days to address you
and you should obey whatever sound advice he may give you at that time."
The great day arrived
and the prime minister appeared at Harrow. After being introduced
Sir Winston stood up - all five feet
five inches and 107 kilos of him! He gave this short but moving speech: "Young men
never give up. Never give up! Never give up! Never
never
never
never! "
Personal history
education
situation - none of these can hold back a strong spirit. Think
for example
of Abraham Lincoln
who was elected president of the United States in 1860. He grew up on a small farm at what was then the edge of the settled part of the United States. He had only one year of regular education. In those early years
his family hardly had a penny and he only read about half a dozen books. In 1832 he lost his job and was defeated when he tried to get elected to the Illinois government. In 1833 he failed in business. In 1834 he was elected to the state government
but in 1835 the woman he loved died. In 1838 he was defeated when he tried to bee a leader in the Illinois government
and in 1843 he was defeated when he tried to enter the U.S. Congress. In 1846 he was elected to Congress but in 1848 lost a second election and was forced out. In 1849 he was refused a job with the national government
and in 1854 he was defeated for the U.S. Senate. In 1856 he was defeated in the election for vice president
and in 1858 he was again defeated for the Senate.
Many people consider Lincoln to be the greatest president of all time. Yet it should be remembered how many failures and defeats marked his early life.
Some of the world's greatest men and women have met huge problems and difficulties at some time in their lives
but have gone on to do great deeds.
Lock him in a damp prison
and you have a John Bunyan.
Bury him in the snows of Valley Fe
and you have a Gee Washington.
Make a musical genius unable to hear
and you have a Ludwig van Beethoven.
Have him born black in a society filled with bitter hate beeen races
and you have a Martin Luther King
Jr.
Have him born of parents who survived a Nazi death camp
destroy his ability to walk when he is four
and you have the concert violin player
Itzhak Perlman.
Call him slow to learn
and write him off as stupid
and you have an Albert Einstein.
had he not been 经典虚拟语句，省略if 译为"他如果不是"
Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔，二战时期英国首相
Abraham Lincold 亚伯拉罕·林肯，美国总统
John Bunyan 约翰·班扬 （17s）世界著名作家
Ludwig van Beethoven 路德维希·凡·贝多芬 世界著名音乐作曲家
Martin Luther King
Jr 马丁·路德·金 美国民权运动领袖
Itzhak Perlman 伊沙克·帕尔曼 小提琴之神
Albert Einstein 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦 伟大物理学家