考研英语｜名人事例二则

名人事例一：乔治亚华盛顿（ Georgia Washiton）

主题词:逆境( adversity)， 困难( difficulty)，危险( danger)，勇气(courage)

智慧(wisdom)

Besides, surveys conducted by some biographers have also demonstrated

that almost all of the great men and celebrities have built their mansionof success

on the bedrock of adversities.Take Georgia Washiton, one ofthe greatest founding

fathers of the United States of America, as a case in point : to break away from the

British Empire and became an independent country, he led the American War of

Independence. However，problems and challenges suchas inexperience of war,

adverse weather condition,shortage of ammunition and smallbox arose.

Confronted with such an adversity, he became more mature and composed, and

then won the Revolutionary War finally through his courage and wisdom resulted

from supassing adversity.

而且由些传记作者展开的调查也已经发现，几乎所有的伟大的人物和名人都将自

己成功的大厦建立在逆境的基石上，以美国最伟大的开国之父之一乔治亚华盛顿为例，为

了脱离英国的殖民统治建立一个独立的国家，他领导了美国独立战争。但却遇到了诸如战

争经验不足，气候条件恶劣，弹药不足及天花肆虐等各种问题和挑战。面对这样的逆境华

盛顿变得更加成熟镇定并最终用自己战胜逆境的勇气和智慧赢得了这场战争的最后胜利。

名人事例二：林书豪( Jeremy Lin)

主题词：自信confidence)，努力( diligence )，心态( mindset)，顽强( tenacious),

乐观( optimism)

Jeremy Lin, one of the most famous Chinese American basketball players, can

be a good case of how confidence works in thecourse of pursuing success. He was

once a common and little-known player at Harvard University.When fell on his evil

days and became homeless, he could only lived in his friends' home. Without

confidence and diligence, how could he have distinguished himself from other

excellent players and achieved unprecedented success in NBA?

作为最著名的华裔篮球运动员之一的林书豪就是证明自信在追求成功的过程中是如

何起作用的最好的例子。他曾经只是哈佛大学校队的一名普通运动员落魄的时候无家可归，

甚至只能住在朋友的家里。如果没有强大的自信心和自身的努力，他怎么可能在高手如林的

美职篮赛场上脱颖而出并且最终取得史无前例的成功呢?