【正文】 只有你自己才能把歲月描畫成一幅難以忘懷的人生畫卷。歲月是有情的，假如你奉獻(xiàn)給她的是一些色彩，它奉獻(xiàn)給你的也是一些色彩。努力過后，才知道許多事情，堅(jiān)持堅(jiān)持，就過來了。有時(shí)候覺得自己像個(gè)神經(jīng)病。在紛雜的塵世里，為自己留下一片純靜的心靈空間，不管是潮起潮落，也不管是陰晴圓缺，你都可以免去浮躁，義無反顧，勇往直前，輕松自如地走好人生路上的每一步3. 花一些時(shí)間，總會看清一些事。 if you keep holding on to the sides of the pool, you (will) never learn.8) The future of a nation depends in a large measure upon the quality of education and training.ThemeRelated Writing1) Write a narrative essay (of about 150 words) about your pursuit of a dream or someone’s experiences in making his / her dream e true. Sample essayLi Hui, my friend in high school, was born into a worker’s family. She began to dream of being a cartoon artist from her childhood. To her disappointment, her parents strongly opposed her career choice, because the cost of her education would be too high for the poor family, and they were worried about the job opportunities for a cartoon artist. However, Li Hui would not change her mind. She worked hard to perfect her skills and searched persistently for ways to realise her dream. Just before she finished high school, the chance came: a famous art school was holding a cartoon drawing petition. The first three winners would be given a scholarship to study cartoon drawing at the school. Li Hui told herself not to let the chance slip through her fingers. She readily participated and won the second place. She is now studying there and I feel certain that her dream will e true. (156 words)2) People may have different opinions about the key factors for success. Write a short essay (of about 150 words) and share your opinions with your classmates.Sample essay:In my opinion, before a person bees successful, he or she should fully understand the basic elements of success: petence, determination and optimism. For a person to succeed, he or she has to face great petition and excel in his or her chosen career. The person needs to demonstrate and prove his or her petence in dealing with problems. Without petence, the person can neither stand out among the crowd nor attract the attention of those who hold the keys to the doors of opportunity and advancement.Yet ability alone cannot guarantee success. Often enough, things do not go the way we have planned and failure is unavoidable no matter how intelligent or capable we may be. In such cases one needs to remain firm and optimistic, always believing that hard work will eventually pay off. If the person gives up halfway, success will never knock at the door. (149 words)Enhance Your Language AwarenessWords in Action ▇ Working with Words and Expressions1. In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.■Answers:1) objective 2) current 3) adopt 4) exhibit 5) capture6) integrated 7) outstanding 8) strategies 9) convince 10) striving/strive 11) diagnosed 12) side 13) spaced 14) thick 15) painful 16) eventually 17) fascinating 18) confidence 19)label 20) creations2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blankfilling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ■Answers:1) at rest 2) dropped out 3) drying out 4) drop in5) dawned on 6) falls away 7) drowned out 8) on the sidelines 9) falling out 1