新名人事例英语写作

英语写作论据：名人事例

主题1：宽容

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face.

They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life. The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied: "When someonehurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but whensomeone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it. Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your blessings in stone.

主题2：豁达

One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son,

“How was the trip? ”

“Very good, Dad! ”

“And what did you learn? ”

The son answered, “Isaw that we have a dog at home, and they have four.

Wehave a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has

no end. Wehave imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio

reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horiz on.

” Wherthe little boy was finishing, his father was speechless. The boy added,

Than ks, Dad, for show ing me how poor we are! ” Is n't it true that it all

depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good

humor and a positive attitude toward life, you've got

everyth ing!

奥普拉温弗瑞

Winfrey is one of the most successful and richest people in the world today, but she

did n't always have it so easy. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wis. and wasrepeatedly

molested by her cousin, uncle and a family friend. She

eventually ran away from home, and at age 14 gave birth to a baby boy who shortly

died after. But Win frey's tragic past did n't stop her from becoming the force she is

today. She excelled as an honors student in high school, an d won an oratory con

test which secured her a full scholarship to college. Now the entrepreneur and

personality has the admiration of

millions and a net worth of $2.9 billion.

主题4:乐观

主题3 :逆境奋斗

Oprah Winfrey (1954 ---)

亠寰Kris Carr (1971---) 克莉丝.卡尔

In 2003, Kris Carr was a 32-year-old New Yorker just enjoyi ng life. But then, a regular checkup at her doctor's office resulted in a diag no sis of a rare and in curable

Stage IV can cer, existi ng in her liver and lun gs.

In stead of succumb ing to the disease, Carr decided to challe

nge her diag no sis head on. She attacked her can cer with a brand new nu triti onal lifestyle, and turned her experienee into a series of successful self-help books and docume ntaries. Eve ntually, she laun ched her own

wellness website, which is followed by over 40,000 people. Today, Karr is now revered as one of the most prominent experts on healthy living.

Van Gogh is considered one of the greatest artists of all time, yet the

poor guy only sold one pain ti ng the en tire time he was alive: "The Red Vin eyard at Arles," which is now in the Pushk in Museum of Fine Arts in

Moscow. Eve n though he made no mon ey, he still pain ted over 900 works of art. Though his persistenee went unnoticed when he was alive, Van Gogh proves you don't n eed exter nal validati on to be proud of the work you create.

主题6:勇气Van Gogh (1853 -1890)梵高

主题5:执著

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and spokesperson for wome' right to educati on .In retaliati on for her high profile campaig n for education and criticism of the Taliban, she was shot in the head at close range by a Taliba n gunman. She survived the gun shot wound and has become a lead ing spokespers on for huma n rights, educati on and wome n ' rights.

In October, 2014, the Nobel committee awarded Malala the Nobel Peace Prize.

Her in creased profile and stride nt criticism of the Taliba n caused Taliba n leaders to meet, and in 2012, they voted to kill her. On9 October, 2012, a maskedgunmanentered her school bus and asked Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot at you all. ” Malala was identified and

she was shot with a sin gle bullet which went through her head, n eck and shoulder. Malala survived the initial shooting, but was in a critical condition.

A couple of days later, she came out of a coma and resp on ded well to treatment. She was discharged on January 3, 2013 and movedwith her family to a temporary home in the West Midla nds.

主题7:勇敢

At the time of Joan' childhood, France was seriously divided with a lack of n ati onal un ity .In 1415 King Henry V of En gla nd inv aded France and defeated the French army. Born in obscurity to a peasa nt family, Joa n travelled to Charles, the un crow ned prince of Fran ce, advis ing him to reclaim his French throne and defeat the English. The 17 year old peasant girl was given control over an army and allowed to lead them into battle. With in a year Joa n of Arc had led the French army to victories. Man ytow ns were liberated from En glish con trol. She was later captured and burned at the stake for heresy. Joan of Arc embodied great bravery and humility, her life helped cha nge the course of French history.

主题&勤奋

Benjamin Fran klin (1706-1790) 本杰明?富兰克林Benjam in Fran kli n was a scie ntist, ambassador, philosopher, statesme n,

writer, bus in essma n and celebrated free thin ker and wit. Born into a large and poor family, Benjam in was brought up in the family bus in ess of can dle

maki ng and his brother ' prin ti ng shop. When ever he could Benjamin would take

the opport unity to read and learn about a wide range of subjects,

from Greek poems to modern scienee. Whilst co-workers would take a leisurely lunch

break, Benjamin Franklin would pour over books from the bookshop.

Flore nee Nighti ngale (1820 -1910)佛罗伦斯?南

Born in 1820 into a wealthy family, Flore nee was

educated at home by her father. She aspired to serve others. In particular she wan

ted to become a nu rse. Her pare nts were opposed -at that time, nursing was not see

n as an attractive or respectable ' profession. Despite her parents ' disapproval,

Flore nee went ahead and trained to be a nu rse. She

volunteered to nurse soldiers

during the Crimean War. She helped revoluti onize the service of nursing and the treatme nt of patie nts. The efforts of

Flore nee and her team of nu rses were greatly appreciated by the woun ded

soldiers.

主题10:勇于探索

主题9:奉献

丁格尔

-1823）爱德华?詹纳

Edward Jenner was an En glish doctor

and the father of immuno logy. At his

time, one of the most feared diseases

was smallpox. At the time, there were

no known treatme nts or vacci natio ns

that could preve nt it. Jenner was interested

in testing a theory that inoculating humanswith a strain of the cowpox virus could protect them from smallpox. In 1796, Jenner inoculated a

young boy of 8 with cowpox blisters from the hand of a milkmaid who had caught

cowpox. The boy con tracted a mild fever, but, to Jenner

' relief, whe n he gave him various materials, he proved resista nt to

smallpox. Thus, Jenner had provided a relatively safe way to immunize people from

the deadly smallpox virus.

Percy Spe ncer (1894 -1970)帕西?斯宾塞

For in sta nee, the microwave ove n did not comeabout as a

result of some one trying to find a better and faster way to cook.

It is an accidental by-product of military research. In 1946,

while working on the magnetron, a vacuum tube that produces microwaves, Dr. Percy

Spencer noticed that

Edward Jenn er (1749

主题11:观察力