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1、常青藤名家散文背诵文选Unit1AGreatFriendAsIamnowaseniorhighschoolstudent,Ihaveagreatmanyfriends,butthereisonewhomIprizeoveralltherest.IfirstmadehisacquaintancewhenIbegantogotoschool.Hehasbeenmyconstantcompanioneversince.Thoughheisseriousinappearance,heneverfailstobeinteresting.Oftenhe
2、isclever,sometimesevenmerryandgay.Heisthemostknowledgeablefriendapersoncouldhave.Heknowsvirtuallyeverylanguageoftheworld,alltheeventsofhistory,andthewordsofallthegreatpoetsandphilosophers.Akindlybenefactor,heisadmiredandenjoyedbyeveryonewhomakeshisacquaintance.Tome,hehasbe
3、enagreatteacheraswellasafriend.Hefirsttaughtmethesecretsofmyownlanguageandthenthoseofothers.Withthesekeysheshowedushowtounlockalltheartsandsciencesofman.Myfriendisendlesslypatient.DullthoughImaybe,Icanreturntohimagainandagain,andheisalwaysreadytoteachme.WhenIambored,heente
4、rtainsme.WhenIamdispirited,heliftsmeup.WhenIamlonely,hekeepsmecompany.Heisafriendnotonlytomebuttomillionsaroundtheworld.ShallItellyouhisname?Hisnameis“reading”.Unit2TheJoyofLabourWisemenofancienttimesandsuccessfulmenoftodayhavetoldusthatlaborissweet.Itsrewardisnotmaterialg
5、ainbutwhatonebecomesbyit.Workdoesmuchmoreforusthanjustgivingusaliving;itgivesusourlifeandthereasonforliving.Therealjoysoflifecomefromdoingsomethinganddoingitwell.Allofushopeforsuccess,butitisillusiveandhardtokeep.Itnearlyalwaysslipsawayfromonelikesandthroughthefingers,like
6、waterthroughaleakypail,unlessitisheldtightbyhardwork,daybyday,nightbynight,yearinyearout.Everyonewhofearsfailureshouldworkharderandharderwithafaithfulheartaslongashelasts.8Unit3We’reJustBeginningCharlesF.Kettering“Wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabookwhosepages
7、areinfinite…”Idonotknowwhowrotethesewords,butIhavealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewanttomakeit.Wecantakethemysterious,hazyfutureandcarveoutofitanythingthatwecanimagine,justasasculptorcarvesastatuefromashapelessstone.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmer.If
8、weplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifourseedispoorandfullofweeds,wereapauselesscrop.Ifwe
