“平”说英语（1）

“平”说英语  第一期 勤奋专注

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Life is an odyssey(艰辛的跋涉)                                                  By Zhiping Zhao

We were born to be ordinary travellers of this odyssey - a stunning（绝妙的）, unforgettable but wearing(令人疲倦的) journey. When our journey closes with glory(荣耀) and fulfillment（成就）, we have shaped our life with the grater(打磨器) of hard-working and wisdom.

Zhao Yu，a chief technician at Beijing Benz, has shaped his life the way he wanted and covered his unfinished journey with sweat. Being a creative boy, he explored the technology world at a very young age, making dozens of inventions and outstripping(超越) every other boy at the same age in the science field. While he worked as an ordinary worker at Beijing Benz, he taught himself computer and English, so he could read English materials on cars. Hard technical problems can never be left on his desk unsolved. Beijing Benz, impressed by this ordinary worker, promoted him and recognized his achievements with generous awards.

This is a story of an ordinary person, who doesn't possess the sweeping(影响广泛的) power, unparalleled(无与伦比的) wisdom or any other fabled(传奇的) imagination. But, in no less degree, Zhao's dream inspires us with its ordinary but uncommon strength, a strength can be felt in every city, every town and every village of China. 

我10年第一次带文精班，给自己定了一个目标，要把这个班的英语从平均分125提高到135，并争取培养出精华第一个北京文科复读状元。这是一次挑战，我想，如果把复读一年的过程比作一次艰辛的跋涉，那么勤奋专注是取得成功的关键，于是借一次英语作文课，我写了这篇范文，与文精班的同学们共勉。

在文精班，那些天天学习，考试得高分的同学中有很多并不是很聪明，但他们能把未来拉得近在眼前，所以他们能够持续地学习，并从中感受到兴趣，只因他们很早便能把现在与未来看作一个整体。在文精班，压力不是有人比你努力，而是比你牛叉几倍的人依然比你努力。比如当年的北京复读状元王可萌同学，下课铃响了，如果有人和她说话，一般情况下，好半天她才会才会抬起头，迷惑的问：“你说什么？”她还沉浸在对课堂内容的思考中没有出来。考到北大中文系的秦雅萌同学，一直坚持在教室自习到高考前的最后一天，那天我特意来到教室，送给她一首藏头诗：秦时明月汉时关，雅舍小筑书不倦。萌生妙想芳心慰，成于蹉跎百转间。整个班级就在这样的一种氛围下，不断逼近见证奇迹的时刻。

专注这个词，我想英语用single-minded这个词来形容最贴切，就是这样的一种精神，激励着一代又一代的精华学子去梦想，去行动，去坚持，去超越！