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之前已经有2次失败的考Toefl经历，为了赶秋季的deadline，最后考T时间是11月。
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之前已经有2次失败的考Toefl经历，为了赶秋季的deadline，最后考T时间是11月。
每日更新复习信息，欢迎监督。
TOPIC DISCUSSION
Justin 27日杀T自律日记
10月18号： 美文背诵 Official Guide Page275 Topic 122
Red
默错
Topic122： People should never be satisfied with what they have and should always want something new and something different. Do you disagree? Use your own reason and specific example to support your idea.
That people should never be satisfied with what they have and always want something new and different seems to be a propensity inherent in human nature. We have all read in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice that “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in a possession of large fortune must be want a wife.” This only testifies one aspect, which is also a necessary condition, of human existence.
On the most abstract level, the spirit of dissatisfaction constituted the very force that propelled human civilization forward in the course of human history. Stimulated by the thirst of knowledge from within and challenging with the hardness from without, man has evolved triumphantly from the most primitive to the most advanced and sophisticated. If it had contented our pristine ancestors to dwell in caves or lead a nomadic life, they should have remained some mere vagabond creatures, lurking in the unfriendly forests and in hostile wilderness, forever on the alert so as not to fall prey to ferocious predators. Consequently we can safely conclude that it is precisely man’s inquiring mind and aspiring nature distinguish himself from other animals.
In the modern world, the insatiable desire has given raise to the most spectacular development of science and technology. We know that, with all the material we accumulated, we can live a possible, even a well-to-do life. However, we are fully aware that life of this kind is not the best. Therefore, we travel into the unknown depths of universe to explore its mysteries and we undertake perilous expedition on South Pole under the hope of discovering alternative energy to compensate those which we are already have but which are depleting at an alarming rate. Every single advance in science and technology is the result of mankind’s incessant quest for the new, the different, and the better.
Finally, on the turn of century has witnessed a sustained proliferation of “isms”, both in art and in literature, such as impressionism, expressionism, symbolism, cubism, fauvism, surrealism, structuralism and the like. Why? The reason is simple. This flourishing is a direct response to people’s dissatisfaction with hackneyed and stereotyped model of expression, which expressiveness has been worn away by centuries of overuse. Appreciating classical masterpieces only, say, Mona Lisa by Da Vinci, is a dull job. By contrast, Picasso, the cubist has expressed a profound truth in Guernica with the refreshingly avant-grade freshness and originality. The Existing conditions are always transcended by the new and the different.
Admittedly, there are possible exceptions to this general rule of dissatisfaction. An ancient Chinese saying that “those who are constantly feel satisfied tend to be happy” is quite illustrative in this respect. But I would rather interpret it as implying that people’s sense of happy and satisfied results from what they have achieved, including what is new and what is different. After all, human are by no means the jackdaw in Aesop’s fable who could afford to indulge complacently but vainly in singing and dancing without knowing where his next meal would come form.
附上翻译：
人们应该永不满足于他们业已拥有的一切，并应该永远去追求新异之物，这似乎是人类本性中所固有的一个倾向。我们在Jane Austin的《傲慢与偏见》一书中都读到过这样一句话，“这是一个举世公认的真理，即一个腰缠万贯的单身男人必欲迎取一位娇妻。”这仅仅只例示着人类生存的一个侧面，亦即人类生存中的一种必要境况。
在最为抽象的层面上，永不满足的精神构成了推动人类文明在整个人类历史长河中前进的力量所在。出于对知识渴求的内在激励，以及恶劣环境的外在挑战，人类成功地完成了其进化，由最原始的状态嬗变至最高级的和最尖端的境界。倘若我们的原始祖先满足于栖息于洞穴之中，或过一种游牧的生活，他们终将只能成为某些到处飘零、浪迹天涯的生物体，出没于险象丛生的森林或满是敌意的荒野，永远提心吊胆，处处设防，惟恐成为某些食人猛兽的牺牲品。因此，我们可以十分有把握地得出结论说，正是人类勇于求索的心灵及其满怀抱负的本性才使人类有别于其他动物。
在当今世界，人类身上这种永不满足的欲望引发了科技领域最宏伟壮观的发展。我们知道，人类凭借业已积累起来的物质财富，早就可以过上一种过得去的、甚至是甚为富裕的生活。但是，我们也充分地意识到，这种生活并不是最美好的。因此，我们遨游至宇宙不为人知的深处去探索其奥秘；我们也深入到南极进行危险的远征，以期发现可供替换的能源，来弥补我们业已拥有但却正以惊人速度锐减的那些能源。每项科技进步无一不是对新异之物和更美好之物的不懈求索所致。
最后，世纪之交目睹了文艺领域中各种思潮流派持续不断的大量涌现，诸如印象主义，表现主义，象征主义，立体派，野兽派，超现实主义，结构主义等。原因何在？答案十分简单。这种百花齐放的繁荣是对人们的某种不满所做出的反应，人们已不再满足于各种陈腐的、老一套的表达方式，因为它们的表现力由于几个世纪的反复使用而丧失殆尽。要求人们仅仅欣赏古典杰作，比如说Da Vinci的《蒙娜丽莎》，不啻是一桩令人十分乏味的事情。相反，立体派画家毕加索则以一种令人耳目一新的、带有先锋派色彩的清新与原创性在《格尔尼卡》一画中表达了一种深刻的真理。可以说，现存的状况总是在被新异之物所超越。
诚然，对于永不满足这一普遍规律而言，总是有可能存在着例外情形。中国古谚云：“知足常乐”。它在这方面是一个最好的例证。但我更愿意对这一古谚作这样的解读，即人们的幸福感与满足感缘起于他们所已取得的成就，包括已经取得了的“新”和“异”的成就。毕竟，人类决不是伊索寓言中的那只寒鸦，可以自满且虚荣地整日沉湎于唱歌跳舞，却全然不知下一餐食物将从何而来。
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
作者是新东方第一代元老钱坤强，很经典的文章
这篇东西足足花了10个小时来背， 背了以后感觉豁然开朗，并发现我以前写的作文都是不值一看的垃圾，自己看了都想吐。
这篇文章，我每次再翻看，再默写的过程中，都能够领悟到新的文法，真是奇了。
到后来，翻看了次数越多，越是发现自己可能穷尽一辈都写不出这样的美文~~~~~~
需要考托福，雅思的同学也可以看看这篇美文。
Red
默错
Topic122： People should never be satisfied with what they have and should always want something new and something different. Do you disagree? Use your own reason and specific example to support your idea.
That people should never be satisfied with what they have and always want something new and different seems to be a propensity inherent in human nature. We have all read in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice that “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in a possession of large fortune must be want a wife.” This only testifies one aspect, which is also a necessary condition, of human existence.
On the most abstract level, the spirit of dissatisfaction constituted the very force that propelled human civilization forward in the course of human history. Stimulated by the thirst of knowledge from within and challenging with the hardness from without, man has evolved triumphantly from the most primitive to the most advanced and sophisticated. If it had contented our pristine ancestors to dwell in caves or lead a nomadic life, they should have remained some mere vagabond creatures, lurking in the unfriendly forests and in hostile wilderness, forever on the alert so as not to fall prey to ferocious predators. Consequently we can safely conclude that it is precisely man’s inquiring mind and aspiring nature distinguish himself from other animals.
In the modern world, the insatiable desire has given raise to the most spectacular development of science and technology. We know that, with all the material we accumulated, we can live a possible, even a well-to-do life. However, we are fully aware that life of this kind is not the best. Therefore, we travel into the unknown depths of universe to explore its mysteries and we undertake perilous expedition on South Pole under the hope of discovering alternative energy to compensate those which we are already have but which are depleting at an alarming rate. Every single advance in science and technology is the result of mankind’s incessant quest for the new, the different, and the better.
Finally, on the turn of century has witnessed a sustained proliferation of “isms”, both in art and in literature, such as impressionism, expressionism, symbolism, cubism, fauvism, surrealism, structuralism and the like. Why? The reason is simple. This flourishing is a direct response to people’s dissatisfaction with hackneyed and stereotyped model of expression, which expressiveness has been worn away by centuries of overuse. Appreciating classical masterpieces only, say, Mona Lisa by Da Vinci, is a dull job. By contrast, Picasso, the cubist has expressed a profound truth in Guernica with the refreshingly avant-grade freshness and originality. The Existing conditions are always transcended by the new and the different.
Admittedly, there are possible exceptions to this general rule of dissatisfaction. An ancient Chinese saying that “those who are constantly feel satisfied tend to be happy” is quite illustrative in this respect. But I would rather interpret it as implying that people’s sense of happy and satisfied results from what they have achieved, including what is new and what is different. After all, human are by no means the jackdaw in Aesop’s fable who could afford to indulge complacently but vainly in singing and dancing without knowing where his next meal would come form.
附上翻译：
人们应该永不满足于他们业已拥有的一切，并应该永远去追求新异之物，这似乎是人类本性中所固有的一个倾向。我们在Jane Austin的《傲慢与偏见》一书中都读到过这样一句话，“这是一个举世公认的真理，即一个腰缠万贯的单身男人必欲迎取一位娇妻。”这仅仅只例示着人类生存的一个侧面，亦即人类生存中的一种必要境况。
在最为抽象的层面上，永不满足的精神构成了推动人类文明在整个人类历史长河中前进的力量所在。出于对知识渴求的内在激励，以及恶劣环境的外在挑战，人类成功地完成了其进化，由最原始的状态嬗变至最高级的和最尖端的境界。倘若我们的原始祖先满足于栖息于洞穴之中，或过一种游牧的生活，他们终将只能成为某些到处飘零、浪迹天涯的生物体，出没于险象丛生的森林或满是敌意的荒野，永远提心吊胆，处处设防，惟恐成为某些食人猛兽的牺牲品。因此，我们可以十分有把握地得出结论说，正是人类勇于求索的心灵及其满怀抱负的本性才使人类有别于其他动物。
在当今世界，人类身上这种永不满足的欲望引发了科技领域最宏伟壮观的发展。我们知道，人类凭借业已积累起来的物质财富，早就可以过上一种过得去的、甚至是甚为富裕的生活。但是，我们也充分地意识到，这种生活并不是最美好的。因此，我们遨游至宇宙不为人知的深处去探索其奥秘；我们也深入到南极进行危险的远征，以期发现可供替换的能源，来弥补我们业已拥有但却正以惊人速度锐减的那些能源。每项科技进步无一不是对新异之物和更美好之物的不懈求索所致。
最后，世纪之交目睹了文艺领域中各种思潮流派持续不断的大量涌现，诸如印象主义，表现主义，象征主义，立体派，野兽派，超现实主义，结构主义等。原因何在？答案十分简单。这种百花齐放的繁荣是对人们的某种不满所做出的反应，人们已不再满足于各种陈腐的、老一套的表达方式，因为它们的表现力由于几个世纪的反复使用而丧失殆尽。要求人们仅仅欣赏古典杰作，比如说Da Vinci的《蒙娜丽莎》，不啻是一桩令人十分乏味的事情。相反，立体派画家毕加索则以一种令人耳目一新的、带有先锋派色彩的清新与原创性在《格尔尼卡》一画中表达了一种深刻的真理。可以说，现存的状况总是在被新异之物所超越。
诚然，对于永不满足这一普遍规律而言，总是有可能存在着例外情形。中国古谚云：“知足常乐”。它在这方面是一个最好的例证。但我更愿意对这一古谚作这样的解读，即人们的幸福感与满足感缘起于他们所已取得的成就，包括已经取得了的“新”和“异”的成就。毕竟，人类决不是伊索寓言中的那只寒鸦，可以自满且虚荣地整日沉湎于唱歌跳舞，却全然不知下一餐食物将从何而来。
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
作者是新东方第一代元老钱坤强，很经典的文章
这篇东西足足花了10个小时来背， 背了以后感觉豁然开朗，并发现我以前写的作文都是不值一看的垃圾，自己看了都想吐。
这篇文章，我每次再翻看，再默写的过程中，都能够领悟到新的文法，真是奇了。
到后来，翻看了次数越多，越是发现自己可能穷尽一辈都写不出这样的美文~~~~~~
需要考托福，雅思的同学也可以看看这篇美文。
报告一下下午5点到10点半的情况， 复习了600个单词， 跟读一篇听力，还加听写一篇老托福的lecture，这篇短的出奇，但音质超烂.
Question 39 to 43: Listen to a part of geology class.
Look at our geographical map, and you will see the middle third of North American continent, on the Rocky Mountain almost to the Mississippi River----- is pretty flat. This is the great plain. This kind of area sometimes called a prairie, sometimes called a steppe------ S-T-E-P-P-E. The defining features are level terrain, dry climate, and an absence of trees. The great plains are actually the former bed of the shallow inland sea. Over millions years, sediment left by glaciers, water and winds, smoothed out the dry sea bed.
As I said, the Great plains are bordered on the west on the Rocky Mountain. It is really the rocky that are responsible for formation of the grass land. The mountain is so high that they block the heavy moist air traveling eastward from the Pacific Ocean. Lighter, dryer air passes the mountain. Until people intervened with irrigation and farm, only grass can grow in this dry, windy plain. In fact, we can divide the Great Plain into 3 zones. In the west, where is driest and windiest, the grass is very short. In the eastern zone, there is more rain and the grass grows as 360 centimeters. In the middle third, there is a mix of grass species that grow to an intermediate height.
Continent 大陆 Mississippi 密西西比 grand, grant prairie 大草场 terrain 地带，地形
Border n.边缘，边界V. 接近，毗邻 block N。障碍物v.阻塞,封锁 intervene v.插手，干涉
红色听不出，绿色打错
Look at our geographical map, and you will see the middle third of North American continent, on the Rocky Mountain almost to the Mississippi River----- is pretty flat. This is the great plain. This kind of area sometimes called a prairie, sometimes called a steppe------ S-T-E-P-P-E. The defining features are level terrain, dry climate, and an absence of trees. The great plains are actually the former bed of the shallow inland sea. Over millions years, sediment left by glaciers, water and winds, smoothed out the dry sea bed.
As I said, the Great plains are bordered on the west on the Rocky Mountain. It is really the rocky that are responsible for formation of the grass land. The mountain is so high that they block the heavy moist air traveling eastward from the Pacific Ocean. Lighter, dryer air passes the mountain. Until people intervened with irrigation and farm, only grass can grow in this dry, windy plain. In fact, we can divide the Great Plain into 3 zones. In the west, where is driest and windiest, the grass is very short. In the eastern zone, there is more rain and the grass grows as 360 centimeters. In the middle third, there is a mix of grass species that grow to an intermediate height.
Continent 大陆 Mississippi 密西西比 grand, grant prairie 大草场 terrain 地带，地形
Border n.边缘，边界V. 接近，毗邻 block N。障碍物v.阻塞,封锁 intervene v.插手，干涉
红色听不出，绿色打错
额。。lz加油～～
早上6点起床，6点半读到8点半，300个单词，上课上到12点，2：00pm起床，图书馆呆到到7点20分。
做阅读，30分，拿了27分。感觉Delta有点简单。再默写了一些戴云教主的完美开头
还有听力和口语没练呢，纠结。等下再干
做阅读，30分，拿了27分。感觉Delta有点简单。再默写了一些戴云教主的完美开头
还有听力和口语没练呢，纠结。等下再干
昨天招新，算上课程忙了一整天。。。。。现在要每天12小时补回来
我4级不过，到现在都还没复习，我要向lz学习。
摆明就要向你学习啦~！！！
摆明就要向你学习啦~！！！
最近比较忙比价忙，没更新
羡慕你的大毅力...点先可以做到?
Justin是一个电视频道吧~
真心祝愿你成功啦~！
谢谢LS. 最近苦练Ing，还不见起色。走前一步，退2步那样。传说中的瓶颈
体个标题“Justin 27日杀T自律日记”，，中以为侧田咩做添。。。
本帖最后由 NRjustin 于 2009-11-8 00:33 编辑
:3ouuoia T是TOEFL，最近练模考不是杀T了，是被T杀了，还是每天都被T杀
:3ouuoia T是TOEFL，最近练模考不是杀T了，是被T杀了，还是每天都被T杀