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1、英语经典散文欣赏热情成就未来Yearsago,whenIstartedlookingformyfirstjob,wiseadvisersurged,"Barbara,beenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience." Howrighttheywere.Enthusiasticpeoplecanturnaboringdriveintoanadventure,extraworkintoopportunityandstrangersintofriends. "No
2、thinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasm,"wroteRalphWaldoEmerson.Itisthepastethathelpsyouhangintherewhenthegoinggetstough.Itistheinnervoicethatwhispers,"Icandoit!"whenothersshout,"No,youcan't." IttookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofBarbaraMcClintock,ageneticistwhowonthe1983Nob
3、elPrizeinmedicine,tobegenerallyaccepted.Yetshedidn'tletuponherexperiments.Workwassuchadeeppleasureforherthatsheneverthoughtofstopping. Weareallbornwithwide-eyed,enthusiasticwonderasanyoneknowswhohaseverseenaninfant'sdelightatthejingleofkeysorthescurryingofabeetle. Itisthischi
4、ldlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchayouthfulair,whatevertheirage. At90,cellistPabloCasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingBach.Asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingers,hisstoopedshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes.Music,forCasals,wasanelixirthatmadelifeaneverendingad
5、venture.AsauthorandpoetSamuelUllmanoncewrote,"Yearswrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul." Howdoyourediscovertheenthusiasmofyourchildhood?Theanswer,Ibelieve,liesintheworditself."Enthusiasm"comesfromtheGreekandmeans"Godwithin."AndwhatisGodwithinisbutanabidingsense
6、oflove--properloveofself(self-acceptance)and,fromthat,loveofothers. Enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydo,regardlessofmoneyortitleorpower.Ifwecannotdowhatweloveasafull-timecareer,wecanasapart-timeavocation,liketheheadofstatewhopaints,thenunwhorunsmarathons,theexecutivewhohandcr
7、aftsfurniture. ElizabethLaytonofWellsville,Kan,was68beforeshebegantodraw.Thisactivityendedboutsofdepressionthathadplaguedherforatleast30years,andthequalityofherworkledonecritictosay,"IamtemptedtocallLaytonagenius."Elizabethhasrediscoveredherenthusiasm. Wecan'taffordtowastetea
8、rson"might-have-beens."Weneedtoturnthetearsintosweatas
