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success. Thomas Paine 失敗乃成功之母。 3. For man is man and master of his ,是自己命運(yùn)的主人。 4. The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates 混混噩噩的生活不值得過(guò)。蘇格拉底 5. Living without an aim is like sailing without a pass. John Ruskin 生活沒(méi)有目標(biāo),猶如航海沒(méi)有羅盤(pán)。 羅斯金 6. What makes life dreary is the want of motive. Gee Eliot 沒(méi)有了目的,生活便郁悶無(wú)光。 喬治埃略特 7. Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. Lincoln 卓越的天才不屑走旁人走過(guò)的路。他尋找迄今未開(kāi)拓的地區(qū)。 8. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. Balzac沒(méi)有偉大的意志力,便沒(méi)有雄才大略。 巴爾扎克 9. The good seaman is known in bad ,方顯英雄本色。 10. An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. Robert Louis Stevenson生活的目標(biāo),是唯一值得尋找的財(cái)富。 史蒂文森 ⑶ Warming up by discussing Oxymoron (矛盾修辭 ) Today we shall read an article entitled A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE. What do you think of this title? Is there anything unusual about it? Yes, Oxymoron is used in the title. But what is Oxymoron? Oxymoron (or oxymora) are literary figures of speech usually posed of a pair of neighbouring contradictory words (often within a sentence). However this is not always the case. The Webster Dictionary defines oxymoron as a bination of contradictory or incongruous words. Oxymorons can be used for dramatic effect, for example: Hell39。s Angels and deafening silence. They can also be ical, such as in civil engineer. Clearly this is not an oxymoron in the true and strict sense, but the suggestion that it is oxymoronic is humorous. Examples of Oxymoron O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches! John Donne, Devotions on Emergent Occasions It was the best of times, It was the worst of times. Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities You39。d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap. Dolly Parton I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain I am a deeply superficial person. Andy Warhol The only new thing in this world, is the history you did not know. Harry Truman A joke is a very serious thing. Winston Churchill The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. . Fields To lead the people, walk behind them. LaoTzu I39。m so tired, I can39。t sleep. Kurt Cobain Pennyroyal Tea 2. Prereading by getting to know facts and defining Before we read the text, let’ s first get to know some facts about Australia. ● Facts of Antarctica: Antarctic