09-10第一学期大学英语口语考试短文

1. Waste

Mankind is wasting things everywhere and every day. Wherever we

turn, we can see that paper, bottles and cans are thrown away; food is wasted just because of its poor taste; clothes are discarded

simply due to their old fashion. Not only are things and money are

wasted, but natural resources are abused as well. Trees are cut down merely f or fuel; wildlife is killed simply for food; oil, coal and minerals are exploited in a bad way. It is time to call for an end to waste.

We must save natural resources and make full use of them; otherwise human beings will be faced with the scarcity of natural resources and suffer from the pollution caused by waste.

2. No Pains, No Gains

The height which great men reach and keep is not attain ed by a sudden flight.

Most of us feel envious of the famous and successful people. We do not understand why they are so popular and honored while we are mere simple common folks. In our misconception,we think that people are prosperous because they are especially gifted or that they are “just lucky”.

All these have taken root in our stubborn minds, and we refuse to believe that most great men have a mind which is the same as, or perhaps even simpler and duller than ours.

Yet, their triumphs are great. Why? Because they are apt to fight difficulties with perseverance and without fatigue, undergo sufferings without minding the wounds; they realize that hardships form the road which they must pass through before reaching their destination. Their endurance is more powerful than that of ours for the simple reason that they submit without complaint to each storm in life.

3. Rome Was Not Built in a Day

The good old proverb, “Rome was not built in a day,” reminds us that great things are never done without much time and labor. It takes us back to Rome, the capital of the greatest empire of the

ancient world and the most brilliant city of ancient times. Indeed, Rome was built through the labors of many a great man who had been striving against difficulties.

As human beings, we are eager to win merits for ourselves. It is,

however, only patience as well as endurance that can help us to succeed in performing great deeds; for difficulties are in fact unavoidable, unless we do not engage in anything at all.

Young people are, however, mostly impatient. Brave as they may be in the beginning, they often give up halfway in the face of what seems to be insurmountable. Most of such a type can hardly expect to succeed.

4. Don’t Give Up

If we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that

we must persevere. If we would learn our lessons in school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come across anything difficult. We will find many of our lessons very hard, but let us consider that the harder they are the better they will be for us if we will persevere and learn them thoroughly.

But there are some among us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say, “I can’t do this.”They never will if they feel so. “I can’t”never does anything worthwhile; but “I’ll try” accomplishes wonders. Let us remember that we will meet with difficulties all through life. They are in the pathway of everyone. If we will only try and keep trying, we will be sure to conquer and overcome every difficulty we meet. If we have a hard lesson today, let us strive to learn it well and then we will be prepared for a harder one tomorrow. And if we learn to master hard lessons in school, it will prepare us to overcome the hard things that we will meet in life when our schooldays are over.

5. Time is a Bank

Each of us has a bank whose name is TIME. Every morning, TIME credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as loss, whatever of this you have failed to invest in good purposes. It carries over no balances. It allows no overdraft.