托福備考故事:在名人的鼓舞下記單詞2

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7. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.---Aristotle
     excellence: 優(yōu)秀;派生詞:excellent (這個單詞本身不難,難的是讓優(yōu)秀成為一種習慣)
     8. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. --Mark Twain
     bowline:張帆索;
     harbour:港口
     9. Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? --Robert Browning
     exceed:超出;超越
     grasp:抓??;獲得
     10.: Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything.--Napoleon Hill
     achievement:成就
     keen:熱切的
     pulsating:搏動的
     transcend:超越
     11. People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.--Norman Vincent Peale
     remarkable:了不起的
     12. What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.---Anthony Robbins
     capability: 能力;派生詞 形容詞 capable
     13. Every human has four endowments- self-awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.--Stephen Covey
     endowment: 天賦;天資
     conscience:良知
     ultimate: 最終的;副詞 ultimately;名詞 ultimatum:最后通牒
     14. All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.--Napoleon Hill
     accomplishment:成就;派生詞:動詞 accomplish
     15. All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. ---Brian Tracy
     vision: 遠見;派生詞:形容詞 visionary
     16. Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. Wayne Dyer
     miserable: 可憐的;悲慘的
     17. You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.--Deepak Chopra
     essentially: 本質(zhì)地;派生詞:形容詞 essential;名詞 essence
     infinite: 無限的;派生詞 名詞 infinity
     access: 進入;達到; have access to 是習慣用語
     18. If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.--Abraham H. Maslow
     deliberately:故意地;派生詞:形容詞 deliberate;名詞deliberation
     19. Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
     solely: 單獨地;完全地
     20. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.--Harry Emerson Fosdick
     self-pity:自憐
     adventurous:喜歡冒險的;
     bundle:捆;包