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1、精品文檔英語寫作論據(jù)：名人事例主題 1：寬容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 sl

2、apped 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 li

3、fe. 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 someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but

4、when someone 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.主題 2：豁達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 po

5、or 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, I sa“w that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reac

6、hes to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon. ” 精品文檔精品文檔主題3:逆境奮斗When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless. The boyadded, Thanks, Dad, fo

7、r showing me how poor we areT Isn'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 everything!Oprah Winfrey (1954 -)奧普拉 溫弗瑞Winfrey is one of the most successful and richest peopl

8、e in the world today, but she didn't always have it so easy. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wis. and was repeated! 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 Winfrey's tragic past didn

9、9;t stop her from becoming the force she is today. She excelled as an honors student in high school, and won an oratory contest 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.主題4:樂觀. Kris Carr (1971

10、-)克莉絲.卡爾In 2003, Kris Carr was a 32-year-old New Yorker just enjoying life. But then, a regular checkup at her doctor's office resulted in a diagnosis of a rare and incurable Stage IV cancer, existing in her liver and lungs. Instead of succumbing to the disease, Carr decided to challenge her dia

11、gnosis head on. She attacked her cancer with a brand new nutritional lifestyle, and turned her experience into a series of successful self-help books and documentaries. Eventually, she launched her own wellness website, which is followed by over 40,000 people. Today, Karr is now revered as one of th

12、e most prominent experts on healthy living.主題5:執(zhí)著Van Gogh is considered one of the greatest artists of all time, yet the poor guy only sold one painting the entire time he was alive: "The Red Vineyard at Arles," which is now in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. Even though he made

13、 no money, he still painted over 900 works of art. Though his persistence went unnoticed when he was alive, Van Gogh proves you don't need external validation to be proud of the work you create.主題6:勇氣alala Yousafzai (1997 -)馬拉拉Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and spokesperson for wom

14、en education. In retaliation for her high profile campaign for education and criticism of the Taliban, she was shot in the head at close range by a Taliban gunman. She survived the gunshot wound and has become a leading spokesperson for human rights, education and women s rights. In October, 2014, t

15、he Nobel committee awarded Malala the Nobel Peace Prize.Her increased profile and strident criticism of the Taliban caused Taliban leaders to meet, and in 2012, they voted to kill her. On 9 October, 2012, a masked gunman entered her school bus and asked" Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, ot

16、herwise I will shoot at you all. Malala was identified and she was shot with a single bullet which went through her head, neck 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 responded well to treatment. She was d

17、ischarged on January 3, 2013 and moved with her family to a temporary home in the West Midlands.s right to主題7:勇敢Joan of Arc (1412-1431)圣女貞德At the time of Joan s childhood, France was seriously divided with a lack of national unity. In 1415 King Henry V of England invaded France and defeated the Fren

18、ch army. Born in obscurity to a peasant family, Joan travelled to Charles, the uncrowned prince of France, advising him to reclaim his French throne and defeat the English.主題8:勤奮The 17 year old peasant girl was given control over an army and allowed to lead them into battle. Within a year Joan of Ar

19、c had led the French army to victories. Many towns were liberated from English control. She was later captured and burned at the stake for heresy. Joan of Arc embodied great bravery and humility, her life helped change the course of French history.Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)本杰明富蘭克林Benjamin Frankli

20、n was a scientist, ambassador, philosopher, statesmen, writer, businessman and celebrated free thinker and wit. Born into a large and poor family, Benjamin was brought up in the family business of candle making and his brother printing shop. Whenever he could Benjamin would take the opportunity to r

21、ead and learn about a wide range of subjects, from Greek poems to modern science. Whilst co-workers would take a leisurely lunch break, Benjamin Franklin would pour over books from the bookshop.主題9:奉獻精品文檔精品文檔主題10:勇于探索Florence Nightingale (1820 -1910)佛羅倫斯南丁 格爾Born in 1820 into a wealthy family, Flore

22、nce was educated at home by her father. She aspired to serve others. In particular she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were opposed - at that time, nursing was not seen as an attractive or ' respectable profession. Despite her parents disapproval, Florence went ahead and trained to be a nu

23、rse. She volunteered to nurse soldiers during the Crimean War. She helped revolutionize the service of nursing and the treatment of patients. The efforts of Florence and her team of nurses were greatly appreciated by the wounded soldiers.Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823)愛德華詹納Edward Jenner was an English d

24、octor and the father of immunology. At his time, one of the most feared diseases was smallpox. At the time, there were no known treatments or vaccinations that could prevent it. Jenner was interested in testing a theory that inoculating humans with a strain of the cowpox virus could protect them fro

25、m 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 contracted a mild fever, but, to Jenners relief： when he gave him various materials, he proved resistant to smallpox. Thus, Jenner had provided a relatively safe wa

26、y to immunize people 精品文檔精品文檔from the deadly smallpox virus.精品文檔For instance, the microwave oven did not come about as a result of someone 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

27、produces microwaves, Dr. Percy Spencer noticedthat radar waves had melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experiments showed that microwave heating could raise the internal temperature of many foods far more rapidly than a conventional oven. This accidental discovery led to the invention of microwave ove

28、n.主題12:獻身科學Jane Goodall珍古道爾Take Jane Goodall, the British primatologist and anthropologist, who is considered to be the world ' foremost expert on chimpanzees.Goodall dedicated 38 years to the study of social and family life of wild chimpanzeesin Tanzania. Her decades-long observation sheds new

29、light on chimpanzees and challenged two long-standing beliefs:主題13:堅強意志that only humans could construct and use tools, and that chimpanzees were vegetarians. Today, Goodall devotes virtually all of her time to advocacy on behalf of chimpanzees and the environment, travelling nearly 300 days a year.A

30、braham Lincoln (1809.2.121865.4.15)亞伯拉罕林肯主題14:堅強意志A good example is Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, who led the country through its Civil War. His will to win the war never flagged despite enormous battle casualties and much political opposition, a substantial amount of it

31、coming from members of his cabinet and from among the Radical Republicans. Unswerving in his goal of restoring the Union, he eventually defeated the secessionists, reunited the nation, abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government.Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)貝多芬A prime example is L

32、udwig van Beethoven, the greatest German composer. He began to lose his hearing when he was only 26, which brought him to the brink of despair.But he came to term with his deafness in a positive way. In a letter to his friend, he wrote, “I will seize fate by the throat. It will not wholly conquer me

33、!” Relyin主題15:敢于質(zhì)疑memory of sounds, he finished his most enduring and beautiful works, including the monumental Ninth Symphony.Andreas Vesalius (1514 - 1564)安德雷亞斯 維薩里主題16:創(chuàng)造性Take Andreas Vesalius, the founder of modern human anatomy. Before him the theories of Galen, a prominent physician in ancient

34、 Greek, had dominated human anatomy for more than 1,300 years. Andreas Vesalius, by dissecting human bodies, discovered that Galen's theories had been based upon animal anatomy rather than the human and thus were inaccurate. In 1543, he published The Fabric of the Human Body, which for the first

35、 time gave a detailed 川ustration of human bones and organs.Laennec (1781 -1826)雷奈克The invention of stethoscope 川ustrates the power of imagination. It is said thatDoctor Laennec, while taking a walk, saw some children playing with long, hollow主題17:興趣愛好sticks.They held their ear to one end of the stic

36、k while the opposite end was scratched with a pin. The stick transmitted and amplified the scratch. Inspired by this, he built the first stethoscope using a hollow wooden cylinder to diagnose various chest conditions.Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)帕瓦羅蒂Interest should be the first consideration when on

37、e chooses his field of study. When Luciano Pararotti was young, he loved singing, but his parents desired that he find something more financially secure than a singing career. So he entered a teachers ' college and became a teacher after graduation. But Pavarotti didn' t excel at teachirand

38、gradually grew bored with the vocation. At the same time music was calling to him. Two years later he gave up teaching and chose to be a singer and eventually became the greatest opera singer of his generation. God may have kissed Pavarotti vocal cord, but it is interest that led him to the top in o

39、pera singing.主題18:敢于創(chuàng)新Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973)李小龍Consider Bruce Lee, the late king of kung fu. In the long history of martial arts, whatmost martial artists did was to follow and imitate. Bruce Lee, however, didn' t follohis predecessorsblindly but did something new - he added philosophy, western

40、boxing and fencing to create a new form of martial arts: Jeet Kune Do, which is seenas his greatest contribution to martial arts.主題19:敢于創(chuàng)新Isadora Duncan (1878 - 1927)伊莎多拉 鄧肯Another example is Isadora Duncan. She moved away from rigid ballet technique and towards what she perceived as natural movemen

41、t. She took inspiration from ancient Greece art and combined it with an American love of freedom. This is exemplified in her revolutionary costume of a white Grecian tunic and bare feet. It was this philosophy and new dance technique that earned her the title of the creator of modern dance.主題20:獨特目光

42、Coco Chanel (1883-1971)香奈兒One must always be different to make considerable contribution in any field. Consider the success of Coco Chanel, the French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand.In 1909, she opened her first business, a hat shop. The shop sold simple, streamlined hats that were

43、 the complete opposite of the big, elaborate headdresses then in fashion. It turned out that her instinct was right. Ladies in Paris were ready for a change and Chanel ' s hats becameuccesstant主題21:遠見卓識德W川iam Henry Seward (1801 - 1872)威廉姆亨禾西華William Henry Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State, is a good example. On March 30, 1867, he completed negotiations with Russia, which involved the purchase of Alaskafor $7.2 million, or approximately two cents per acre. The purchase was mocked bythe public a