在教授GMAT,GRE,TOEFL,雅思,考研,CET這些所有考試的寫作部分時(shí),我常會(huì)給學(xué)生補(bǔ)充一些在寫作中可以用到的名言,同時(shí)我也說過,名言其實(shí)除了引用以外,它最大的能量在于它的舉一反三的功能,也就是我們可以引用名言,還要學(xué)會(huì)改寫名言,最后成為那種說出來后“似曾相識(shí)”的語言,比如,在課堂上,說到“友誼”這個(gè)話題時(shí),我給學(xué)生講了一句話“Friends can be few, but must be well chosen”,很多同學(xué)聽后會(huì)覺得朗朗上口,似曾相識(shí),為什么?其實(shí)這句話并非小寶老師完全原創(chuàng),而且改寫了Samuel Patterson的名言“Books can be few, but must be well chosen”。下面給大家列出我們?cè)诟黝惪荚囍谐S?,并且非常適合改寫的名言。
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character. —— Hosea Ballou, British educator
教育始于母親膝下,孩童耳聽一言一語,均影響其性格的形成?!?guó)教育家何希爾·巴盧
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. —— George Macaulay Trevelyan, British historian
教育造就了一大批人,他們會(huì)讀書,但是不會(huì)區(qū)別什么書值得讀。——英國(guó)歷史學(xué)家喬治·麥考利·特里維廉
Let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to find out the natural bent. —— Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher
初期教育應(yīng)是一種娛樂,這樣才更容易發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)人天生的愛好。——古希臘哲學(xué)家柏拉圖
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food for the body. —— Cicero, Ancient Roman statesman and orator
學(xué)習(xí)對(duì)于頭腦,如同食物對(duì)于身體一樣不可缺少?!帕_馬政治家、演說家西塞羅
Histories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. —— Francis Bacon, British Philosopher
歷史使人明智;詩(shī)詞使人靈秀;數(shù)學(xué)使人周密;自然哲學(xué)使人深刻;倫理使人莊重;邏輯辭學(xué)使人善辯?!?guó)哲學(xué)家弗朗西斯·培根
A free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books. —— Thomas Jefferson, American president
一個(gè)自由的人除了從書本上獲取知識(shí)外,還可以從許多別的來源獲得知識(shí)。——美國(guó)總統(tǒng)杰斐遜
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. —— Thomas A. Edison
天才的百分之一是靈感,百分之九十九是血汗?!獝鄣仙?/span>
Information is power. The information domain is the future battlefield. —— Cebrows Arthur, American economist
信息就是力量,信息領(lǐng)域?qū)⑹俏磥淼膽?zhàn)?!绹?guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家阿瑟
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.—— Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist
如果你很有天賦,勤勉會(huì)使其更加完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉會(huì)補(bǔ)足其缺陷?!绹?guó)女散文家雷諾茲
Success covers a multitude of blunders. —— George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist
成功由大量的失誤鑄就?!?guó)劇作家肖伯納
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. —— Franklin Roosevelt, American president
我們不能總是為我們的青年造就美好未來,但我們能夠?yàn)槲磥碓炀臀覀兊那嗄暌淮??!绹?guó)總統(tǒng)富蘭克林·羅斯福
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