belief--英语专业期末小论文
The Thing in Heart
Abstract:Why we live in such a complicated life, but still struggle to live? And what supports us to deal with all these boring stuffs? I think the answer is the thing in our heart—belief. Belief is the potential power inside our bodies which supports us to lead our life, and the light that lighten our road in front of us. Our team did a survey of belief this term, after the survey I learn that belief is a great part in our spiritual world. This paper is going to tell that belief is an important thing in our life, and the thing we should have.
Keywords: Belief, Power, Life, Success.
Belief is the sun in our heart.
In our life, there are many things that will affect us, including things happy and sad, right and wrong, lucky and unlucky. Then how we solve all these problems, and how we make our decisions. There must be a standard in our minds to give us advices to take actions. Of course, the standard is the belief in our heart.
I never thought about what is my belief before. But when I was going to write this paper I thought many times, then I realized that my belief was not very clearly. I know that when I feel unhappy or there is no hope on my way, I will tell myself to trust that there won’t be hopeless, I can go through it. I think it can also be regard as a belief. This thought just like a light that lead me on my way to grow up. I think many people are like me, they are not sure about what they believe, but they have the thing in their heart that give them power to go through difficulties.
The story about Gou Jian is well known to us, how Gou Jian can stand all these humiliations and beat Kingdom Wu at last, I think we know the reason clearly. Gou Jian won as a result of his determination. He trusted he can win by his perseveranc e. That’s his belief support him to endure the humiliation in Kingdom Wu. Besides, he insisted on sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall to urge himself to make up his mind.
As long as a person firms his belief, he can win and get his success one day. Belief is a strong spiritual, a kind of characteristic to persistent forward, a pioneer of pursue and yearning, a target of fighting and living. It’s a power, a hope which let us lead a better life.
Belief is the thing which can change one’s fate.
We have known that belief always plays an important role in our life. J.K Rowling, now one of the richest women in England, is a good example. She is well known by the book “Harry Potter”, and also because of this book, she get rid of her former poor life. Since she was in childhood, she loves literature, loves writing and telling stories. She never gives up, even though when she divorced and lost her job. She firmly believed that she was a genius for writing stories. With strong belief, she kept writing and succeeded.
Sister Jiang is a well-known hero in war days. “Bamboo stick is made of bamboo, but the will of Communist Party member is made of molten steel.” This is a popular word said by Sister Jiang. She showed that the power of her belief is powerful enough to stand the pain of body. Because of her firm belief, her body sacrificed, but her spirit lived. She realized her value of
life, becoming a hero in our mind.
It’s obviously that belief can change one’s fate. Rowling is a typical case. A person who has no belief or do not stick to belief can only live a mediocre life. However, a person who sticks to his belief can never be down by difficulties. Because the power of belief is amazing, it can change the present situation of the bad, form an incredible crowned, though sometimes the crowned is a different form.
Belief is a magical power.
In the boundless life on the ocean, unavoidably will meet some waves, when we adrift in the winds and waves, raising the sails of belief, it will take us to go to the place we want to. Belief is like the star in the sky which can guide us in the right direction. It’s a magic power which can not only make success, but also make miracles. It’s not rare that some patients beat the disease which no one think can cure. It pulls life back from the edge of death.
Belief is indispensable, when we confront with difficulties, are confused, then take out our potential power—belief to make our way to success.
Sometimes we will feel confused that what we live for, and we are afraid of facing difficulties. In our survey, many students said they don’t have belief, while, I think they have, the belief is their goals, which make them alive. If a person lives, but don’t know why he lives, then he is a failure.
Belief is the thing you believe in and the thing we rely on. These people who had been buried in ruins for more than 100 hours; Helen Keller, the miracle worker reached the height that many normal people can never reach; Beethoven created the Hero Symphony when he was deaf; Edison, after many experiments, finally invented electric light; Socrates died for his belief. There are so many people use their belief to fight with their life. Can’t we say that belief is such a magical thing?
Conclusion: Personally, belief is a thing that does well to us, with belief we can accomplish things better, it will urge us to be better, and it can make us feel we are alive. Belief is an invisible power, which pushes forward us to struggle with fate. When we are lost, it will remove the thought that cause haze, guide the road ahead; when we are lazy, it will remind us, chase us, and tell us the light is just ahead. Belief help us live in complicated world, helps us deal with stuffs. Belief is an important thing in our life and the thing we should have.
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1. individuals, characters, folks 替换people , persons. 2. positive, favorable, rosy, promising, perfect, pleasurable, excellent, outstanding, superior 替换good. rosy ；adj. 蔷薇色的，玫瑰红色的；美好的；乐观的；涨红脸的 3. dreadful, unfavorable, poor, adverse, ill 替换bad（如果bad做表语，可以有be less impressive 替换。） Adverse；adj. 不利的；相反的；敌对的（名词adverseness，副词adversely） 4. an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of, a host of, if not most 替换many. if not most:即使不是大多数 5. a slice of, quite a few 替换some. a slice of:一片，一份 6. harbor the idea that, take the attitude that, hold the view that, it is widely shared that, it is universally acknowledged that 替换think。 harbor v/n庇护；怀有 7. affair, business, matter 替换thing. 8. shared 替换common . 9. reap huge fruits 替换get many benefits. 10. for my part ,from my own perspective 替换in my opinion. 11. Increasing, growing 替换more and more（注意没有growingly这种形式。所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing修饰形容词，副词用increasingly.） 12. little if anything或little or nothing 替换hardly. 13. beneficial, rewarding 替换helpful. 14. shopper, client, consumer, purchaser 替换customer. 15. overwhelmingly, exceedingly, extremely, intensely 替换very. 16. hardly necessary, hardly inevitable…替换unnecessary, avoidable. 17. indispensable 替换necessary. 18. sth appeals to sb., sth. exerts a tremendous fascination on sb 替换sb. take interest in / sb. be interested in. 19. capture one's attention 替换attract one's attention. 20. facet, dimension, sphere 替换aspect. 21. be indicative of, be suggestive of, be fearful of 替换indicate, suggest, fear. 22. give rise to, lead to, result in, trigger 替换cause. 23. There are several reasons behind sth. 替换…reasons for sth. 24. desire 替换want. 25. pour attention into 替换pay attention to. 26. bear in mind that 替换remember. 27. enjoy, possess 替换have（注意process是过程的意思）。 28. interaction 替换communication. 29. frown on sth 替换be against , disagree with sth. 30. as an example 替换for example, for instance. 31. next to / virtually impossible 替换nearly / almost impossible. 32. regarding / concerning 替换about. 33. crucial /paramount 替换important. 34. 第一（in the first place/the first and foremost）；
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