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Unit 2
Song of the soul
All Great Journeys Start with a Dream
We all have dreams. Usually, while we’re asleep. Such dreams could be more hurtful than helpful. For example, imagine dreaming you’re eating shredded wheat, only to wake up and find half the mattress gone! Well, I’m not talking about that type of dream. Rather, I’m thinking about one’s vision, aspiration, or fervent hope for the future. Our dream is the song of our soul. Life without one is reduced to a hollow existence. But life with a dream is filled with meaning and purpose.
例句:
He nurses an aspiration to be a poet.
他心怀当诗人的愿望。
reduced
adj. 减少的；[数] 简化的；缩减的 同义词: adj. [经]减少的；[语][数]简化的；缩减的 cut , lessened
例句:
But these innovations have reduced his use of diesel by only around 25%.
break out in [into] a cold sweat出一身冷汗
@your name
而即便使用了这些革新措施后，他的柴油用量也仅仅减少了25%左右。
break out into
迸发出；长出（嫩芽等） 同义词: 迸发出；长出（嫩芽等）
give off , send forth
短语:
Break Out Into Sobs咽咽呜呜
To break out into perspiration捏一把汗
more hurtful than
更多r的伤害 例句: Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
愤怒总是比引发它的事件本身更具杀伤力。
vision
n. 视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力 vt. 想象；显现；梦见 同义词:
n. [生理][眼科]视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力
sight , imagination , eye , seeing , eyesight
vt. 想象；显现；梦见
image , envision
aspiration
n. 渴望；抱负；送气；吸气；吸引术 同义词: n. 渴望；抱负；呼气；吸引术 longing for , eagerness
Most of us have a dream, aspiration, or heart’s desire. But the trouble is most of us have the on / off switch of our dream set to OFF. Whenever we say, “I can’t,” we set the switch to OFF. Whenever we believe we can, we set the switch to ON. Simple, isn’t it? Just because I believe I can do something doesn’t mean there won’t be any problems. But once I believe I can do it, I will seek solutions for every problem I stumble on. And since it is a law of life that we find what we look for, if I look for solutions, I will find them. Any worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing. Once I realize I can do it, the next step is to make a commitment. As soon as we make a commitment, great power is released. What seemingly were insurmountable hurdles are now reduced to obstacles of laughable insignificance.
Our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great. We don’t have to become the world’s greatest pianist, an Olympic medal winner, or an internationally acclaimed superstar. An aunt of mine sold gloves in a department store for most of her life. Her dream was to be the friendliest and most helpful salesperson around. Year after year, the same customers would return and deliberately seek her out. She brightened everyone’s day and touched the lives of thousands. Was her dream any less significant than that of a prominent person? Of course not, but we all have the power to follow a dream that will make a difference to us and those we meet. Before our dreams can come true, don’t we have to dream? Isn’t there a good reason for dreaming? After all, how can we travel any further than our dream? How can we become any greater than our dream? Author of As a Man Thinketh, James Allen expressed the same idea, “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”
Besides being the drummer and chief lyricist for the rock band “Rush”, Neil Peart is also an author and philosopher. Look at how beautifully he expresses the relationship between life and a dream: “Life is just a candle and a dream must give it flame.” Richard M. DeVos, the founder 百度文库f Amway Corp., also writes about the flame of hope: “No life is more tragic than that of the individual who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping, but never giving it a chance to happen. He nurses the flickering dream, but never lets it break out into flame.”
Song of the soul
All Great Journeys Start with a Dream
We all have dreams. Usually, while we’re asleep. Such dreams could be more hurtful than helpful. For example, imagine dreaming you’re eating shredded wheat, only to wake up and find half the mattress gone! Well, I’m not talking about that type of dream. Rather, I’m thinking about one’s vision, aspiration, or fervent hope for the future. Our dream is the song of our soul. Life without one is reduced to a hollow existence. But life with a dream is filled with meaning and purpose.
例句:
He nurses an aspiration to be a poet.
他心怀当诗人的愿望。
reduced
adj. 减少的；[数] 简化的；缩减的 同义词: adj. [经]减少的；[语][数]简化的；缩减的 cut , lessened
例句:
But these innovations have reduced his use of diesel by only around 25%.
break out in [into] a cold sweat出一身冷汗
@your name
而即便使用了这些革新措施后，他的柴油用量也仅仅减少了25%左右。
break out into
迸发出；长出（嫩芽等） 同义词: 迸发出；长出（嫩芽等）
give off , send forth
短语:
Break Out Into Sobs咽咽呜呜
To break out into perspiration捏一把汗
more hurtful than
更多r的伤害 例句: Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
愤怒总是比引发它的事件本身更具杀伤力。
vision
n. 视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力 vt. 想象；显现；梦见 同义词:
n. [生理][眼科]视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力
sight , imagination , eye , seeing , eyesight
vt. 想象；显现；梦见
image , envision
aspiration
n. 渴望；抱负；送气；吸气；吸引术 同义词: n. 渴望；抱负；呼气；吸引术 longing for , eagerness
Most of us have a dream, aspiration, or heart’s desire. But the trouble is most of us have the on / off switch of our dream set to OFF. Whenever we say, “I can’t,” we set the switch to OFF. Whenever we believe we can, we set the switch to ON. Simple, isn’t it? Just because I believe I can do something doesn’t mean there won’t be any problems. But once I believe I can do it, I will seek solutions for every problem I stumble on. And since it is a law of life that we find what we look for, if I look for solutions, I will find them. Any worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing. Once I realize I can do it, the next step is to make a commitment. As soon as we make a commitment, great power is released. What seemingly were insurmountable hurdles are now reduced to obstacles of laughable insignificance.
Our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great. We don’t have to become the world’s greatest pianist, an Olympic medal winner, or an internationally acclaimed superstar. An aunt of mine sold gloves in a department store for most of her life. Her dream was to be the friendliest and most helpful salesperson around. Year after year, the same customers would return and deliberately seek her out. She brightened everyone’s day and touched the lives of thousands. Was her dream any less significant than that of a prominent person? Of course not, but we all have the power to follow a dream that will make a difference to us and those we meet. Before our dreams can come true, don’t we have to dream? Isn’t there a good reason for dreaming? After all, how can we travel any further than our dream? How can we become any greater than our dream? Author of As a Man Thinketh, James Allen expressed the same idea, “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”
Besides being the drummer and chief lyricist for the rock band “Rush”, Neil Peart is also an author and philosopher. Look at how beautifully he expresses the relationship between life and a dream: “Life is just a candle and a dream must give it flame.” Richard M. DeVos, the founder 百度文库f Amway Corp., also writes about the flame of hope: “No life is more tragic than that of the individual who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping, but never giving it a chance to happen. He nurses the flickering dream, but never lets it break out into flame.”