星火英语31-40

Topic 31 信用In this thought-provoking picture, a man, wearing fancy suit and tie, looks at himself in a crannied mirror. However, what he sees is a face full of regrets. The implied meaning of this drawing is that credibility is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.Confucius, the greatest ancient sage in China, once expressed his perspective on credibility, He who lacks credibility cannot be counted on for anything. Credibility is of vital importance for everyone regardless of fortune or status. To begin with, credibility serves as a key criterion in measuring one's real character. For example, a reliable man is more favored when people choose partners. Therefore, the more trustworthy a person is, the higher odds of success he or she will obtain. What's more, credibility takes a long time and great effort to be accumulated but a slight oversight to be destroyed. Hence, the importance of establishing and maintaining one's credibility cannot be emphasized too much.In conclusion, credibility is a person's calling card. Considering its significance and irreparability, one should never run the risk of breaking moral rules for petty profits.Topic 32帮助别人成功As is shown in the above picture, the teacher duck looks happy and proud, seeing the little ducks have learned how to fly under her guidance. This is because teaching gives the teacher duck a strong sense ofaccomplishment. In fact, helping others succeed is a success itself. However, in the modern society we are often sorry to see that people are reluctant to help others, especially a stranger; offering a helping hand seems to be out of accord with the times. Then what's wrong with our society? Some people may say that facing skyrocketing house prices, expensive medical expenditure and soaring commodity prices, they have no choice but to struggle to make a living, and thus it would be impossible to spare a hand to help others. Others may say that they dare not help others because it may bring them into trouble. Therefore, standing by indifferently is their only choice.Is there anything we can do to change this phenomenon? The evaluation criteria for judging one's success should be modified so that offering a helping hand to people in need is encouraged and welcomed in our society all the time.Topic 33人生如棋In the above picture, a chess piece on the chess board asks anxiously Can I retract a false move, please? This picture vividly reveals that life, like playing chess, leaves no room for regrets and what has been done cannot be undone.Just as Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis, put it, It is really too sad that it may happen in life as in chess, where a false move can force us to lose the game, but with this difference, that we cannotbegin a return match. For one thing, people should attach great importance to every step we take because our life of tomorrow will be the result of our attitude and choices we make today. For another, since life is a one-way journey, it is crucial to keep a clear mind of what we really desire from the outset. A good planning will save a lot of regrets later in life.It's no use crying over split milk. However careful we are in making a decision, we all make mistakes somehow. Under such circumstances, the best strategy would be to minimize the damage while learning a lesson from it and then to move on and play better in the next step.Topic 34理想与现实As the picture given depicts, there is a chicken in a plate to be served as a dish. Over the plate, there is a sentence in Chinese which reads I had once achieved success in my time! This picture reveals a message: There exists the disparity between the ideal and the reality.It is very important that the ideal should be based on the reality. Firstly, the ideal out of reality is impossible to achieve. Secondly, with idealistic goals, we will find ourselves at a loss in face of the cruel reality. Last but not least, the impractical ideals will lead to the disappointment and frustration instead of the joy of achievement and success.To make ideals come true, I think that we must base our ideals on reality. Furthermore, we should keep in mind that no pains no gains, and makegreat efforts and strive for it. Hence, I firmly believe that if everybody avoids what the picture describes through his hard work, he is bound to be successful in his life and won't end up in failure.Topic 35直面挫折As the picture given depicts, there is a chicken in a plate to be served as a dish. Over the plate, there is a sentence in Chinese which reads I had once achieved success in my time! This picture reveals a message: There exists the disparity between the ideal and the reality. It is very important that the ideal should be based on the reality. Firstly, the ideal out of reality is impossible to achieve. Secondly, with idealistic goals, we will find ourselves at a loss in face of the cruel reality. Last but not least, the impractical ideals will lead to the disappointment and frustration instead of the joy of achievement and success.To make ideals come true, I think that we must base our ideals on reality. Furthermore, we should keep in mind that no pains no gains, and make great efforts and strive for it. Hence, I firmly believe that if everybody avoids what the picture describes through his hard work, he is bound to be successful in his life and won't end up in failure.Topic 36理论与实际As is depicted in the above drawing, a person is almost drowned, waving for help in the river. In the meantime, a man on the bank is wondering whether he should save the drowning person, because he takesit as ill manners to touch others in public, much less to give artificial respiration.Obviously, the man's rigid and ridiculous thought reminds us of the importance of combining theory with practice. Theory is knowledge intended to explain something about life and world, with which we can know more and more about the world we live in. However, what's more important is that we should know how to apply the theory to practice. Also, we should oppose to the most harmful dogmatism.As college students, we should attach more importance to the connection between theory and practice. To know how to use knowledge is a kind of ability, which is more important to a certain extent. After all, the aim to acquire varied theories is primarily to solve problems in reality. Topic 37利益与良心As is illustrated in the picture, a man stands on his conscienceand exerts all his strength to reach profit that hangs high above. This picture vividly demonstrates that in the modern society, a number of people chase all kinds of interests against their conscience. In everyone's life, the choice between righteousness and profit is an inevitable and major issue.As we all know, profit is what everyone desires. It's necessary for people to pursue profit in order to make a living. Meanwhile, righteousness is the foundation and basis of all interests. However, onecannot eat the cake and have it too. Thus, the ancients teach us to remember what is right at the sight of profit and lay down our life for righteousness, which are both our nation's traditional virtues.It is everyone's right to pursue legitimate interests to meet individual's needs. At the same time, the relevant profit for the living and development of an individual must meet certain social aggregate demand. Furthermore, achieving personal interests should be on the premise that one should fulfill obligations for others and the society, that is, put righteousness ahead of profit. In a word, it is significant for us to correctly handle the relationship between righteousness and profit.We should endeavor to enable ourselves to be noble and virtuous.Topic 38财富与幸福From the picture, we can see a belt embedded with a golden heart. Obviously, the belt is made costly to express love to someone. It seems that the more wealth is given, the deeper love will be presented that is to say, wealth represents happiness.Wealth has always been what some people long for. It is true that most of them try to acquire wealth by means of honest labor. Their efforts greatly contribute to the welfare of society and to the accumulation of their own wealth, which may bring them happiness.But does possessing wealth guarantee being surely happy? Not necessarily. There is no doubt that wealth brings much more thingsespecially in the modern society. These things can improve a person's life. But wealth does not always go hand in hand with happiness. Wealth may encourage those weak-willed people to be addicted to some harmful habits such as drug taking or gambling, thus bring about their own ruin. Also a person may lose his reason and go astray if he passionately devotes to seeking wealth.Wealth can not necessarily bring happiness, therefore, one can never count on wealth to achieve happiness.Topic 39正确对待失败In the picture, a boy has just finished a long-distance race, and he tells his father in great disappointment, I've got the last place. To our great surprise, his father, patting the child on the head, answers firmly, It doesn't matter, my boy. Failure is never the worst thing.I believe that this enlightening and thought-provoking picture conveys two layers of meanings. In the first place, failure is not such a bad thing as it seems to be, as in every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage, and every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. If we manage to rise to our feet every time we fail, that is our greatest glory. In the second place, the worst thing, in my mind, should be the one that we should do but never have the courage and determination to do, which will be a great pity for life.Up until now I finally realize that I should not regret if I fail I wouldregret if I never ever take part in. From now on I will believe in what I am doing and let nothing hold me up in my work even if I may fail, because those who have never failed can't be great.Topic 40 信念的力量What the picture is trying to convey is very conspicuous. It shows that a rock climber is trying hard to climb a cliff. What impresses us most in this picture is the power of faith. Having faith in oneself, one can do anything even beyond the imagination. If one has self-faith, there is a real possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships. This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have not enough faith in themselves.Why can some people achieve their goals even they are confronted with seemingly impossible tasks? I think faith works. These people believe in themselves and belief can stimulate courage. With faith and courage, people will pursue their dreams with more perseverance until they succeed.In my opinion, one should build up faith in himself that he has great ability and can do anything well. We should neither underestimate nor overestimate our abilities. As a proverb says, Where there is a will, thereis a way. With faith in ourselves, we can certainly cope with any task we have to face.。