好喜欢乐乐老师，哈哈。我天，这篇文章讲的是美国名人写给儿子的心，句句都是名言啊！！
NO DRIFT、STUPOR
学习的秘诀：That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.
单词：
masterpiece[ 'mɑ:stəpi:s] n. 杰作
awkward ['ɔːkwəd] adj. 笨拙的；不自在的
interfere [ɪntə'fɪə] vt. 干扰；打扰
interfere with 干扰sb/sth.
urge [ə:dʒ] vt.强烈要求
be fond of sb 喜爱某人[fɒnd]宠爱的
strenuous ['strenjuəs] adj.艰苦的
carpentry ['kɑːp(ə)ntrɪ] n. 木匠活
pursuit [pə'sju:t] n. 娱乐；爱好
quest [kwest] n. 追求；寻求
boldly ['bəuldli] adv. 大胆地
make sense of 搞清楚；弄明白
As for关于
presume [prɪ'zjuːm]vt. 推测
above all 首先
take the advice of sb 听取某人的意见
fancy ['fænsɪ] vt.想象
accumulate [ə'kjuːmjʊleɪt] vt.积累
position [pə'ziʃən] n. 地位
competent ['kɒmpɪt(ə)nt] adj. 有能力的；能胜任的
next to = besides 除了
occupation [ɒkjʊ'peɪʃ(ə)n] n. 职业
building up 建设；建立
good taste 良好的品味
shrewdness['ʃru:dnis] n 精明
A low order of mentality智力低下[men'tælɪtɪ]
poignant ['pɒɪnjənt] adj.深刻的；切中要害的
draw on 依赖；仰仗[drɔː]拉
parallel['pærəlel] n.相似之处 = similarity
Louvre['lu:və]卢浮宫
turnip['tɜːnɪp]萝卜
as though好像
decent谦逊的，得体的['diːs(ə)nt]
短语
- be wrapped up in sth 聚精会神于某事[ræp]包住
例： I am sometimes so wrapped up in my work that I forget about the noon meal. - be made for sth 天生是做...的材料，为...而作的
- in the long run/term 从长远角度看
例：If you are made for it nothing could be better. In the long run you will have to come to your own conclusion. - have one's life to lead over 从头再来
- give one's first attention to doing sth 第一时间关注某事
例：If I had my own life to lead over I presume I would still be a writer but I am sure I would give my first attention to learning how to do things directly with my hands. - be carried off one's feet （by....）为...而倾倒
- be adept at sth 做某事很娴熟 [ə'dept] adj.娴熟的
例：Try to make your hand so unconsciously adept that it will put down what you feel without your having to think of your hands.
语法：
动名词：
第一时间关注give one's first attention to doing sth
the secret of/to doing sth
期待做look forward to doing sth
习惯于be used to doing sth
句子：
- You can also learn many good and beautiful things from me, something another cannot as easily offer you.
- That is the way to learn the most, 表语从句that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice 宾从that the time passes.
- If you are made for it nothing could be better. In the long run you will have to come to your own conclusion.
- If I had my own life to lead over I presume I would still be a writer but I am sure I would give my first attention to learning how to do things directly with my hands.
- Next to occupation is the building up of good taste. That is difficult, slow work. Few achieve it. It means all the difference in the world in the end.
- Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything.
- The thing is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor.
- There is a possibility of your having a decent attitude toward people and work. That alone may make a man of you.
- WE READ ,WE TRAVEL,WE BECOME.
