He was a person who has great ambition but little ability, arrogant to a degree unusual even in the ranks of job-hunters. However, he was tripped up all the way through those stressful interviews, he let slip the dream job. This painfully-bought self-knowledge becomes a fortune which is of endless benefit to his whole life. He realizes: when you are caught in a dilemma, others might lend you a hand, but only you can help yourself out. He begins to explore and extend a talent he discovered in himself and has a deep need to turn this talent into reality. It is a relief to know that perseverance eventually gave him the result that he had long desired for but fate had earlier denied him. Now, he finds in himself a man of eye, and brain. Therefore, when coming down in the world, don’t grow dejected; when coming up in the world, don’t get swollen-headed.
譯文：他曾經(jīng)是一個(gè)眼高手低、志大才疏的人，其傲慢程度之大甚至在整個(gè)求職大隊(duì)中也是十分少見的。但是，緊張的面試過(guò)程讓他頻頻出錯(cuò)，他與自己夢(mèng)寐以求的工作失之交臂。通過(guò)沉重的代價(jià)換來(lái)得自知之明變成了一筆讓他受益終生的財(cái)富。他意識(shí)到：在你身陷困境時(shí)，別人或許會(huì)幫你一把，但只有你才能真正幫自己從中擺脫出來(lái)。他開始發(fā)掘并擴(kuò)展自己身上所顯露的天才，并渴望把這種才智變成現(xiàn)實(shí)。令人寬慰的是，他的堅(jiān)持最終使他如愿以償，把他先前由于時(shí)運(yùn)不濟(jì)無(wú)法得到的東西給了他。如今的他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己是一個(gè)有眼光、有頭腦的工作能手。可見，潦倒不堪時(shí)勿喪志，飛黃騰達(dá)時(shí)莫忘形。
同學(xué)們看到上面這篇作文后，是否覺(jué)得寫的相當(dāng)精彩。實(shí)際上，這篇短文所用句型和短語(yǔ)均出自于大家剛剛學(xué)過(guò)的《新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)讀寫教程》第四冊(cè)第二單元Section A的課文。
第一句是從課文三十四行提煉的句型：Sb. is a …person/is in…, adj./p.p. to a degree unusual even in the ranks/world/family of…
第二句所用短語(yǔ)是課文第三段十四行：to trip sb. up
第三句所含短語(yǔ)出自第七段五十一行：painfully-bought self-knowledge
第四句句型是從文章第一段第三四行提煉出來(lái)：Sb.else might do/have done sth. but only sb. can do/could have done sth. else.
第五句短語(yǔ)來(lái)自第五段三十六行：to explore and extend a talent he discovered in himself 和第七段首句 to have a deep need to do sth.
第六句所用句型出自文章第八段首句：It is a relief to know that life/fate eventually /at last gave sb. sth. it had earlier denied him/her.
第七句來(lái)自第八段第五十六行：to find in himself a man of
最后一句出自第四段二十八行：to come down in the world
可見，只要同學(xué)們勤于思考，善于舉一反三，學(xué)以致用，用同樣的句型短語(yǔ)，一定會(huì)有更多出彩的文章涌現(xiàn)。
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