Chase your dreams

陜西西安市慶華中學(xué) 劉恩鎖

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難詞探意

1. formulation /,f??mju'le?∫n/ n. 構(gòu)想；規(guī)劃

2. sabotage /'s?b?tɑ??/ v. 故意妨礙

You are never too old, too poor, too young, or too sick to live your dreams.If you have been inspired to start chasing your dreams, here are several things you should know about the journey.

Perfect timing is a myth

There will always be an excuse for you to keep waiting for the perfect set of circumstances to appear in your life.Don't put off living your dream until tomorrow.

This is where dreamers often get stuck, the taking action part. A dream might seem like something that you want to hold onto and take with you throughout every aspect of your life. In reality,dreams are great to have, but living them is the game changer.

Dreaming is theformulationof a thought and living the dream is taking that thought into actions that will produce the dream. If all the great dreamers in the world kept their dreams in the formulation stage we might not have things such as computers, phones, or cars. Think of the roles that those dreams play in all of our lives.

Obstacles will appear

If Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, had given up when he had his first major obstacle in 2006, who knows where Facebook would be today? He instead chose to meet his obstacles and continued to the next phase of changing how we all communicate in the world today.

There is no fast and easy way

Sometimes people want to go so fast that theysabotagethe speed of their dreams. The greatest dreams are the ones that are the most challenging.

There is a transition phase that has to take place when you go from chasing to actually living the dream. When you honor your dream and quit moving fast, your mistakes are minimized and the successes are magnified.

A. Focus on the formulation

B. Actions make dreams come true

C. There is no easy button to living them.

D. Think about your dream when you wake up every day.

E. If you are going to be a dream chaser, start chasing your dreams now.

F. When you are chasing your dream, be prepared to meet with obstacles.

G. Dreams are just dreams until you decide they are going to be something more.

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Fill in each blank with a proper sentence from the sentences below the text.

主題應(yīng)用·語(yǔ)庫(kù)構(gòu)建

Ⅰ. 話題詞匯

夢(mèng)想類別及實(shí)現(xiàn)方法

dream 夢(mèng)想

realize 實(shí)現(xiàn)

achieve 實(shí)現(xiàn)；達(dá)到

accomplish 完成

successful 成功的

doctor 醫(yī)生

teacher 教師

engineer 工程師

scientist 科學(xué)家

soldier 士兵；軍人

powerful 強(qiáng)有力的；有影響力的

come true 實(shí)現(xiàn)

insist on 堅(jiān)持

persevere 堅(jiān)持

determination 決心

patience 耐心

devotion 奉獻(xiàn)

regardless of 不管

pay off 成功；奏效

人物評(píng)價(jià)類

able 有才能的

active 積極的；活躍的

aggressive 有進(jìn)取心的；侵略的

aspiring 有抱負(fù)的

ambitious 有雄心的

modest 謙虛的

creative 有創(chuàng)造力的

reliable 可靠的

dependable 可靠的

efficient 效率高的

well-educated 受過(guò)良好教育的

determined 果斷的；堅(jiān)定的

precise 一絲不茍的；細(xì)致的

responsible 負(fù)責(zé)任的

sensible 明智的

tireless 孜孜不倦的

considerate 體貼的

devoted 有獻(xiàn)身精神的；忠誠(chéng)的

demanding 苛刻的

be highly thought of 受到高度評(píng)價(jià)

overcome the difficulty 克服困難

have a gift for... 對(duì)……有天分

work hard at... 致力于……

set sb a good example 給某人樹立了榜樣

夢(mèng)想能帶來(lái)的影響

have a great influence/impact/effect on... 對(duì)……有重大影響

make a difference 起（重要）作用

make great contributions to... 對(duì)……做出重大貢獻(xiàn)

devote oneself to... 獻(xiàn)身于……

save the world from starvation 使世界免受饑餓

Ⅱ. 話題金句

1. In my life, I've faced poverty, hunger, and discrimination, but I didn't let them hold me back.

在我的一生中，我面對(duì)過(guò)貧窮、饑餓和歧視，但我沒(méi)有讓它們阻礙到我。

2. Despite the challenges they may be facing—they, too, can persevere.

盡管他們可能面臨挑戰(zhàn)——他們也可以堅(jiān)持下去。

3. If you start to regard problems as your allies rather than your opponents, life will start to dance with you in the most amazing way.

如果你開始把問(wèn)題當(dāng)作你的盟友而不是對(duì)手來(lái)處理的話，生活將會(huì)以最神奇的方式與你共舞。

4. You are never too old, too poor, too young, or too sick to live your dreams.

你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)因?yàn)樘稀⑻F、太年輕，或者太虛弱而無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想。

5. Dreams are just dreams until you decide they are going to be something more.

夢(mèng)想只是夢(mèng)想，直到你決定讓它們開花結(jié)果。

6. A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream.When you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you obtain it.

沒(méi)有一顆心會(huì)因?yàn)樽非髩?mèng)想而受傷。當(dāng)你真心想要某樣?xùn)|西時(shí)，整個(gè)宇宙都會(huì)聯(lián)合起來(lái)幫助你獲得它。

7. Dreams don't abandon thosewhopursuedreams painstakingly. As long as you never stop pursuing, you will bathe in the brilliance of the dream.

夢(mèng)想不拋棄苦心追求夢(mèng)想的人。只要不停止追逐，你們就會(huì)沐浴在夢(mèng)想的光輝之中。

8. Do not, for one failure, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.

不要因?yàn)橐患〉氖拢头艞壞阍瓉?lái)決心想達(dá)到的目的。

9. If the boat of your dream doesn't come to you,swim to it.

若夢(mèng)想之船沒(méi)有靠過(guò)來(lái)，就努力向它游過(guò)去。

10. High expectation is the key to everything.

遠(yuǎn)大理想是開啟萬(wàn)物的鑰匙。

11. Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者，事竟成。

12. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

去奮斗，去追求，去發(fā)現(xiàn)，但不要放棄。

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