英文勵志故事ppt素材

1、英文勵志故事ppt素材我們在做英文勵志故事ppt的時候，難免會需要用到一些英文勵 志故事來作為ppt素材，那么英文勵志故事ppt素材都有哪些呢？一 起來看看吧。Lying with ones Head Pillowed on a Spear,Waiting for Day to BreakIn the Western Jin Dyn astythere were two youngmen .0 ne of them was Zu Ti and the other was Liu Kun .Both of them were men of ideals and integritywho were

2、 chivalrousand of a sanguine disposition.Theynot only wrote excellentarticles but also were fond of practis ing martial arts to keep fit, in order to ren der meritorious service to the coun try.Both of them were chief clerks resp on sible for docume nt administrationin Luoyang.Althoughin appearanee

3、the JinDyn asty had jurisdicti on of the Cen tral Plai ns compris ing the middle and lower reaches of the Haunch and threatened by foreigninvasion.ZuTi and Liu Kun often talked about thecountry& #39;s situati on till late into the ni ght,a nd each time they talking very excitedly again.Liu Kun fell

4、asleep without knowing it,but Zu Ti was too excited to fall asleep."i天，祖逖又和劉琨談得十分興奮，劉琨不知什么時候睡著了,wastela nd.ZuTi jumpedupandkickedLiuKunawake:&qu ot;Liste n.Howin spiri ngtheroosterscrowis.Lets get up and practisedona slope.Fromthe non ,they keptpractis ingswordplay ingvigorouslyandCock-a-doodle

5、-do o,&qu ot;camethe crow of rooster in theen ergetically in the wastela nd every day whe n they heard thefirst crow in the morning.Deeply moved by Zu Tis patriotic passi on 丄iu Kun was determ ined to devote himself to his homela nd.Once he wrote to his family:&qu ot;At the time when the country is

6、in dire peril,I am resolved to dedicate myselt to the service of my countryofte n fear that I might lag behind Zu Ti in renderingservice to the country,and,in fact,Iam behi nd him. &qu ot; The words&qu ot; sleep with my head pillowed on a spear,wait ing for the day to break&q uot;vividly described L

7、iu Kun& #39;s determ in atio n to dedicate himself to the service of the country and to fight the enemy at any time.Later,this set phrase is used to mean maintainingsharpvigila nee and being ready to fight at any time .&qu ot;西晉人祖逖和劉琨，都是性格開朗、仗義好俠的志士。年輕時不 但文章寫得好，而且都喜歡練武健身，決心報效祖國。當時，晉朝表 面上還管轄著中原大地，但實際

8、上已是內憂外患，風雨飄搖了。祖逖 和劉琨一談起國家局勢，總是慷慨萬分，常常聊到深夜。祖逖卻久久沉浸在談話的興奮之中，不能入睡?！班?，喔，喔-”荒原上的雄雞叫了起來，祖逖一躍而起，踢醒了劉琨：“聽，這雄雞啼鳴多么振奮人心呀，快起來練劍吧！ ”于是，兩人操起劍來，在高坡 上對舞。從此，他倆每天清早聽到頭一聲鳴叫，一定來到荒原上抖擻 神練起劍來。劉琨被祖逖的愛國熱情深深感動，決心獻身于祖。一次他給家人的信中寫道：“在國家危難時刻，我經常&squo;枕戈待旦’(枕 著兵器睡覺一直到天明)，立志報國，常擔心落在祖逖后邊，不想他 到底走到我的前頭了 !……”故事出自

9、晉書；祖逖傳?！罢砀甏背鲎詣㈢c親故書， 形象地寫出了劉琨隨時準備殺敵報國的決心。 后來用作成語，形容時 刻警惕敵人，準備作戰(zhàn)。英文勵志故事 ppt素材：畫餅充饑 Relieving Hunger with Pictures of CakesOn ce in the Three Kin gdoms Period (220-280), the duke ofthe Wei, Cao Rui, pla ned to select a very capable man to workfor him. He said to his ministers: Whenchoosing atale nte

10、d pers on, always beware of one with a false reputati on.A false reputatio n is just like a picture of a cake; it can& #39; tease hun ger. Later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting4on eself with un realistic thoughts, without sol ving practical problems.三國時代魏國的皇帝曹睿，準備選拔一個有才能的人到朝廷來做 關。曹睿兌他

11、的大臣說：“選擇人才，不能光找有虛名的人。虛名好 像是畫的一塊餅，只能看，不能解決肚子饑餓的問題啊 ！”后來人們就用“畫餅充饑”這個成語比喻用空想安慰自己，不能 解決實際問題。英文勵志故事ppt素材：東施效顰 Xi Shi, a famous beauty, had a pain in her bosom, so she had a frown on her face whe n she went out. An ugly girl who lived nearby saw her and thought she looked very beautiful. therefore when sh

12、e went home, she also put her hands on her bosom and had a frown on her face.Whe n a rich man in the n eighbourhood saw her, he shut his doors tightly and did not go out. Whe n a poor man saw her, he took his wife and childre n and gave her a wide berth.She only knew Xi Shis frown looked beautiful b

13、ut she did not know the reas on for its beauty.越國苧羅（今浙江諸暨南）有位姓施的美女，因為家住若耶溪西 岸，所以村里人叫她西施。若耶溪東岸也有位姓施的姑娘。她長得很 丑，村里人管她叫東施。有一天，西施心口疼，走路的時候雙手捂住胸部，并且皺著眉頭。村里人見她這個模樣，都同情地說：“瞧這姑娘的模樣，準是疼得難 受，真是可憐！”西施的病態(tài)正好被東施瞧見了。她一邊看，一邊默默記住她難受的姿態(tài)和動作?；氐较獤|后，也模仿西施的模樣，雙手捂住胸部，同 時皺著眉頭。東施的這副模樣，使村里人大吃一驚，富人緊閉大門不出來，窮 人也帶著妻兒躲開。 東施只知道人家皺著眉

14、頭很美，卻不知道為什 么皺著眉頭會美。英文勵志故事ppt素材：鄭人買履Buying shoesA man of the state of Zheng wan ted to buy a pair of shoes.He measured his foot and put the measurementon a chair.Whe n he set out for the market he forgot to bring it alon g. Itwas after he had found the pair he wan ted that this occurred to him.I forgot the measureme nt, said he.He went home to get it but whe n he returned the markethad broke n up and he did not get his shoes after all.Why did n& #39;t you try on the shoes with your feet?He was asked.I d rather trust the measur