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1、浙江万里学院外语学院《英语阅读（二）》课程自主研究性商务英语阅读作业2姓名赵雪玲学号2013013417专业班级英语1352014年5月-6月7I.Directions:Youaregoingtoread6quotations.Chooseamongthemthreequotations.Findouttheirwritersandwriteashortintroductiontothem.Interpretthequotationsinyourownwordsandtrytoestablishtheirsigni
2、ficancetoyoupersonallyortotheworldweliveintoday.Nowordlimittothisassignment.·1.“Ifallmankindminusonewereofoneopinion,andonlyonepersonwereofthecontraryopinion,mankindwouldbenomorejustifiedinsilencingthatoneperson,thanhe,ifhehadthepower,wouldbejustifiedinsilenci
3、ngmankind.”·2.“Thepeculiarevilofsilencingtheexpressionofanopinionis,thatitisrobbingthehumanrace;posterityaswellastheexistinggeneration;thosewhodissentfromtheopinion,stillmorethanthosewhoholdit.Iftheopinionisright,theyaredeprivedoftheopportunityofexchangingerro
4、rfortruth:ifwrong,theylose,whatisalmostasgreatabenefit,theclearerperceptionandlivelierimpressionoftruth,producedbyitscollisionwitherror.”·3.“Torefuseahearingtoanopinion,becausetheyaresurethatitisfalse,istoassumethattheircertaintyisthesamethingasabsolutecertain
5、ty.Allsilencingofdiscussionisanassumptionofinfallibility.Itscondemnationmaybeallowedtorestonthiscommonargument,nottheworseforbeingcommon.”·4.“Itisnotthecriticwhocounts;notthemanwhopointsouthowthestrongmanstumbles,orwherethedoerofdeedscouldhavedonethembetter.Th
6、ecreditbelongsto[themanwhoisactuallyinthearena,whosefaceismarredbydustandsweatandblood;]whostrivesvaliantly;whoerrs,whocomesshortagainandagain,becausethereisnoeffortwithouterrorandshortcoming;butwhodoesactuallystrivetodothedeeds;whoknowsgreatenthusiasms,thegre
7、atdevotions;whospends7himselfinaworthycause;whoatthebestknowsintheendthetriumphofhighachievement,[andwhoattheworst,ifhefails,atleastfailswhiledaringgreatly],sothathisplaceshallneverbewiththosecoldandtimidsoulswhoneitherknowvictorynordefeat.”·5.“Allmenandwomenh
8、avepassions,naturaldesiresandnobleambitions,andalsoaconscience;theyhavesex,hunger,fear,anger,andaresubjecttosickness,pain,sufferinganddeath.Cultureconsistsinbringingabouttheexpress
