心灵小语
困难再大，要敢于应战，只有经历大浪淘沙才能独领风骚。所以，面对困难，我们能做的，不是埋怨，不是嗟叹，不是推诿，而是保持冷静，主动应战，在坚定信念中激发热情，在苦练内功中不断提高能力，这才能战胜困难。
Learning for Better Understanding
Listen to the passage, and then try to answer the following questions.
1.Who is the most powerful enemy of human beings?
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2.What is the only shield to people's memory?
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3.What do we need to do in the face of struggle?
Chunks in Practice
Listen to the following passage twice and then fill in the blanks
with appropriate words.
1. There lies______him, if he wishes, a golden age of peace and______. He has only to conquer his______enemy—himself.
2. It is very imprudent to walk______life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the______, but with this shield, however the Fates may play, we march always in the ranks of______.
Learning for Better Understanding
If you don’t understand this article, you can listen again.Then try to
write a summary that is no more than 30 words.
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美腿与丑腿
The Handsome and Deformed Leg
本杰明·富兰克林 / Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林（1706—1790），18世纪美国最伟大的科学家，著名的政治家和文学家。他生于北美洲的波士顿，幼年家境贫穷，一生只受过两年正式教育。八岁入学，十岁辍学，此后又当了近十年的印刷工人。但他自学从未间断过，从自然科学、技术方面的读物到著名科学家的论文以及名家作品，无不涉猎。
1726年，他出版了《穷查理历书》，当时被译成十二种文字，畅销欧美各国，也奠定了他在文学上地位。独立战争爆发后，他参加了第二届大陆会议和《独立宣言》的起草工作。
1790年4月17日，深夜11点，富兰克林溘然逝去。他一生最真实的写照是他自己所过的一句话“诚实和勤勉，应该成为你永久的伴侣。”本文是作者于1780年创作的，当时他正在法国为国事奔走，却仍然有闲情雅致写这种轻松的文章，此文足以窥见作者美国式的幽默和机智。
Practicing for Better Learning
Read the article quickly and answer the following questions.
What is the most important thing for us in this article?
