1、名人事例英语写作英语写作论据：名人事例 主题1：宽容 A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: Today my best frie
2、nd slapped me in the face. They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved
3、 my life. The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why? The other friend replied: When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but when someon
4、e does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it. Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your blessings in stone. 主题2：豁达 One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the purpose to show him how poor people
5、can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “Very good, Dad!” “And what did you learn?” The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to
6、 the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon.” When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless. The boy added, “Thanks, it all depends on the way yo
7、u Dad, for showing me how poor we are!” Isnt it true that you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive look at things? If attitude toward life, youve got everything! ：逆境奋斗 主题3 Oprah Winfrey (1954 -) Winfrey is one of the most successful and richest people in the world today, but
8、 she didnt always have it so easy. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wis. and was repeatedly molested by her cousin, uncle and a family friend. She eventually ran away from home, and at age 14 gave birth to a baby boy who shortly died after. But Winfreys tragic past didnt stop her from becoming the force sh
9、e is today. She excelled as an honors student in high school, and won an oratory contest which secured her a full scholarship to college. Now the entrepreneur and personality has the admiration of millions and a net worth of $2.9 billion. 主题4：乐观 Kris Carr (1971- ) In 2003, Kris Carr was a 32-year-ol
10、d New Yorker just enjoying life. But then, a regular checkup at her doctors office resulted in a diagnosis of a rare and incurable Stage IV cancer, existing in her liver and lungs. Instead of succumbing to the disease, Carr decided to challenge her diagnosis head on. She attacked her cancer with a b
11、rand successful series of turned her experience into a new nutritional lifestyle, and own her Eventually, and documentaries. she launched self-help books now is people. Today, Karr followed wellness website, which is by over 40,000 revered as one of the most prominent experts on healthy living. ：执著
12、主题5 1890) Van Gogh (1853 Van Gogh is considered one of the greatest artists of all time, yet the poor guy only sold one painting the entire time he was alive: The Red Vineyard at Arles, which is now in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. Even though he made no money, he still painted over 900
13、 works of art. Though his persistence went unnoticed when he the proud of to dont Gogh proves you need external validation be Van was alive, work you create. 6主题：勇气 )Malala Yousafzai (1997 ala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and spokesperson for womens right to Maleducation. In retaliation for
14、 her high profile campaign for education and criticism of gunman. She a at was close shot range in by the Taliban the Taliban, head she survived the gunshot wound and has become a leading spokesperson for human rights, education and womens rights. In October, 2014, the Nobel committee awarded Malala
15、 the Nobel Peace Prize. Her increased profile and strident criticism of the Taliban caused Taliban leaders to meet, and in 2012, they voted to kill her. On 9 October, 2012, a masked gunman entered her school bus and asked “Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot at you all.” Mal
16、ala was identified and she was shot with a single bullet which went through her head, neck and shoulder. Malala survived the initial shooting, but was in a critical condition. Her father was convinced she would die and told the village to prepare for her funeral. Her critical organs were failing and
17、 she developed an infection. In a coma, she was moved to a hospital in Rwalpindi. Later on the 15 October she was moved to Birmingham in the United Kingdom for further treatment at a specialist hospital for treating military injuries. A couple of days later, she came out of a coma and responded well
18、 to treatment. She was discharged on January 3, 2013 and moved with her family to a temporary home in the West Midlands. 主题7：勇敢 Joan of Arc (1412-1431) At the time of Joans childhood, France was seriously divided with a lack of national French the defeated and France invaded England of V Henry King
19、1415 In unity. army. Born in obscurity to a peasant family, Joan travelled to Charles, the uncrowned prince of France, advising him to reclaim his French throne and defeat the English. The 17 year old peasant girl was given control over an army and allowed to lead them the French army Within had a t
20、o year Joan led of victories. Arc into battle. Many towns were liberated from English control. She was later captured and burned at the stake for heresy. Joan of Arc embodied great bravery and humility, her life helped change the course of French history. 主题8：勤奋 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Benjami
21、n Franklin was a scientist, ambassador, philosopher, statesmen, writer, businessman and celebrated free thinker and wit. Born into a large and poor family, Benjamin was brought up in the family business of candle making and his brothers printing shop. Whenever he could Benjamin would take the opport
22、unity to read and learn about a wide range of subjects, from Greek poems to modern science. Whilst co-workers would take a leisurely lunch break, Benjamin Franklin would pour over books from the bookshop. 主题9：奉献 1910)(1820 Florence Nightingale Born in 1820 into a wealthy family, Florence was educate
23、d at home by her father. She aspired to serve others. In particular she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were respectable an attractive or nursing was opposed not seen at as that time, disapproval, Florence went ahead and trained to be a profession. Despite her parentshelped nurse soldiers duri
24、ng the She Crimean War. to nurse. She volunteered of and the treatment of efforts patients. The revolutionize the service of nursing Florence and her team of nurses were greatly appreciated by the wounded soldiers. 主题10：勇于探索 1823) Edward Jenner (1749 Edward Jenner was an English doctor and the fathe
25、r of immunology. At his time, one known no there were smallpox. At the the of most time, feared diseases was prevent it. Jenner was interested in testing or treatments vaccinations that could a theory that inoculating humans with a strain of the cowpox virus could protect them from smallpox. In 1796
26、, Jenner inoculated a young boy of 8 with cowpox blisters from the hand of a milkmaid who had caught cowpox. The boy contracted a mild fever, but, to Jenners relief, when he gave him various materials, he proved resistant to smallpox. Thus, Jenner had provided a relatively safe way to immunize peopl
27、e from the deadly smallpox virus. ：观察力11主题 Percy Spencer (1894 1970) For instance, the microwave oven did not come about as a result of someone trying to find a better and faster way to cook. It is an accidental by-product of military research. In 1946, while working on the magnetron, a vacuum tube
28、that produces microwaves, Dr. Percy Spencer noticed that radar waves had melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experiments showed that microwave heating could raise the internal temperature of many foods far more rapidly than a conventional oven. This accidental discovery led to the invention of microwa
29、ve oven. 主题12：献身科学 Take Jane Goodall, the British primatologist and anthropologist, who is considered to the years to 38 expert on chimpanzees. Goodall dedicated the be worlds foremost decades-long Her in Tanzania. chimpanzees family study of social and life of wild observation sheds new light on ch
30、impanzees and challenged two long-standing beliefs: were chimpanzees and use construct humans that only could and tools, that vegetarians. Today, Goodall devotes virtually all of her time to advocacy on behalf of chimpanzees and the environment, travelling nearly 300 days a year. 主题13：坚强意志 Abraham L
31、incoln (1809.2.121865.4.15) A good example is Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, who led the country through its Civil War. His will to win the war never flagged despite enormous battle casualties and much political opposition, a substantial amount of it coming from members of his cabinet and from among the Radical Republicans. Unswerving in his goal of restoring the Union, he eventually defeated the secessionists, reunited the nation, abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government. 主题14：坚强意志 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) A prime ex
