By Allbutt/蘇新寬（編）

◆語篇導(dǎo)讀

人人都有自己的宏偉計劃和美好夢想，但是大部分人總是會計劃落空，夢想也難于實現(xiàn)，其原因是沒有切實可行的計劃和努力完成計劃的恒心。因此我們應(yīng)規(guī)劃好每天要做的事情，并認真付諸實施，總想走“捷徑”并不是成功之路！

Everybody has a dream or a goal.How to make it true and reach it?Make a plan，work the plan.

Your planhas got tobe clear.Don't go to bed without a plan that you're going to handle the next day.You have to work at it every day.Success is never an accident.I want you to understand that it's not going to happen by luck.Success iscause and effect，not magic luck or magic fairy dust.Success is easy to realize ifyou make a plan and finish the plan every day.Whenever the plan doesn't work，you change the plan.That's called failure，learning a lesson and changing it.If you do the work and do it fora long enough time，you'll be successful.Whatever your bold dream is，if you plan and think about it every single day，if you do a little every single day，you are going towake upone day and your dream willcome true.An easy way is a lie.It doesn't get you there.And if you want totake an easy road，it won't take you to where you want to be.To reach goals and overcome difficulties andbe the best of yourselfwill not happen by itself.It will not happen bylooking for an easy way.There is no easy way，there is only hard work，late nights，early mornings，practice，repetition，study，sweat，blood and discipline（自制力）.Discipline，the root of all good qualities，defeats the thousand excuses that say“not today”， “not now”， “I need a rest”， “I'll do it tomorrow”.There is only one way，the way of discipline.

◆語塊收藏

have got to do sth.必須做某事

cause and effect因果關(guān)系

a long enough time足夠長的時間

wake up活躍起來；更感興趣

come true實現(xiàn)；成為現(xiàn)實

take an easy road走捷徑

be the best of yourself做最好的自己

look for an easy way尋找捷徑

◆典句欣賞

1.Don't go to bed without a plan that you're going to handle the next day.制訂好第二天要做的事情的計劃再去上床休息。

not...without...是固定詞組，意為“沒有……就不……”，without是介詞，如果后面跟動詞時，動詞要用“動詞原形+ing”形式。that you're going to handle是that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾名詞plan。

2.I want you to understand that it's not going to happen by luck.我想讓你們明白這并不是僥幸發(fā)生的。

本句是一個復(fù)合句。that it's not going to happen by luck是動詞不定式to understand所帶的賓語從句，that是引導(dǎo)詞；happen是不及物動詞，意為“發(fā)生”，多指偶然發(fā)生的事；by luck是固定短語，意為“僥幸”。

3.Success is easy to realize if you make a plan and finish the plan everyday.如果你制訂好計劃并每天都執(zhí)行這一計劃，成功就會很容易實現(xiàn)。

本句是復(fù)合句。if在這里意為“如果”，引導(dǎo)一個條件狀語從句。主句Success is easy to realize還可以用To realize success is easy或It's easy to realize success表示。

◆理解自測

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子的正（T）、誤（F）。

1.It's important to make a clear plan for every day.（ ）

2.Sometimes we succeed by luck.（ ）

3.Starting and stopping often isn't a good habit.（ ）

4.An easy way can help us realize our dreams.（ ）

5.The passage tells us how to succeed.（ ）

◆詞句微練

根據(jù)所給漢語句子，完成下列英語句子。每空詞數(shù)不限。

1.你必須在星期二之前制訂好計劃。

You___________________by Tuesday.

2.不管怎樣，做最好的自己。

Anyway， ____________________________.

3.魚兒離不開水。

Fish______________________________.

4.如果你練習(xí)游泳的時間再長一點兒，你就會成為一名優(yōu)秀的游泳者。

If you practice swimming_________________________________________，you'll be a good swimmer.

5.我想加入足球俱樂部的愿望實現(xiàn)了。

My wish to join the football club____________________________________.

6.無論他什么時候回來，讓他給我打電話。_______________________________，ask him to call me.

7.今天早晨我醒來時，爸爸正在看報紙。

My father was reading newspaper__________________________this morning.

8.認真完成作業(yè)，別想著找捷徑。

Do your homework carefully，don't_________________________________.