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1、常青藤名家散文背诵文选Unit1AGreatFriendAsIamnowaseniorhighschoolstudent,Ihaveagreatmanyfriends,butthereisonewhomIprizeoveralltherest.IfirstmadehisacquaintancewhenIbegantogotoschool.Hehasbeenmyconstantcompanioneversince.Thoughheisseriousinappearance,heneverfailsto
2、beinteresting.Oftenheisclever,sometimesevenmerryandgay.Heisthemostknowledgeablefriendapersoncouldhave.Heknowsvirtuallyeverylanguageoftheworld,alltheeventsofhistory,andthewordsofallthegreatpoetsandphilosophers.Akindlybenefactor,heisadmiredandenjoyedbyev
3、eryonewhomakeshisacquaintance.Tome,hehasbeenagreatteacheraswellasafriend.Hefirsttaughtmethesecretsofmyownlanguageandthenthoseofothers.Withthesekeysheshowedushowtounlockalltheartsandsciencesofman.Myfriendisendlesslypatient.DullthoughImaybe,Icanreturntoh
4、imagainandagain,andheisalwaysreadytoteachme.WhenIambored,heentertainsme.WhenIamdispirited,heliftsmeup.WhenIamlonely,hekeepsmecompany.Heisafriendnotonlytomebuttomillionsaroundtheworld.ShallItellyouhisname?Hisnameis“reading”.Unit2TheJoyofLabourWisemenofa
5、ncienttimesandsuccessfulmenoftodayhavetoldusthatlaborissweet.Itsrewardisnotmaterialgainbutwhatonebecomesbyit.Workdoesmuchmoreforusthanjustgivingusaliving;itgivesusourlifeandthereasonforliving.Therealjoysoflifecomefromdoingsomethinganddoingitwell.Allofu
6、shopeforsuccess,butitisillusiveandhardtokeep.Itnearlyalwaysslipsawayfromonelikesandthroughthefingers,likewaterthroughaleakypail,unlessitisheldtightbyhardwork,daybyday,nightbynight,yearinyearout.Everyonewhofearsfailureshouldworkharderandharderwithafaith
7、fulheartaslongashelasts.8Unit3We’reJustBeginningCharlesF.Kettering“Wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabookwhosepagesareinfinite…”Idonotknowwhowrotethesewords,butIhavealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewanttomakeit.Wecantake
8、themysterious,hazyfutureandcarveoutofitanythingthatwecanimagine,justasasculptorcarvesastatuefromashapelessstone.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmer.Ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifourseedispoorandfullofweeds,wereapauselesscrop.Ifwe
