英语学习摘抄笔记

Excerpts: If you could fly to France in one minute, you could go straight into the sunset, right from noon. Unfortunately, France is too far away for that. But on your tiny planet, my little prince, all you need do is move your chair a few steps. You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like…

“One day,” you said to me, “I say the sunset forty-four times!”

And a little later you added:

“You know—one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…”

“Were you so sad, then?” I asked, “on the day of the forty-four sunsets?” But the little prince made no reply.

Feeling: Sometimes we may be confronted with sadness but we should try to find a way to get rid of it or to let off those who hurt us. Never give way to sadness.

Excerpts: To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.// It has done me good, because of the color of the wheat fields. Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world.// And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.// It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.//

Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose//

Feeling: When we judge something, we should judge it by heart. Everything is unique and nonesuch for someone. We wander in this world and finally we find our beloved one and cherish what we love.

For the little prince , his little planet belongs to him. Although it is insignificant in the universe, and has to watch out for the baobabs all the time, he still cherish them.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull 海鸥乔纳森

At first Jonathan thought: “ My father was right. I must forget this foolishness. I must fly Home to the Flock and be content as I am, as a poor limited seagull.” He seemed to surrender to his predestination.

And then “he climbed two thousand feet above the black sea, and without a moment for thought of failure and death, he brought his forewings tightly in to his body, left only the narrow swept daggers of his wingtips extended into the wind, and fell into a vertical dive.” He forgot what had promised himself and what remained in his heart was only passion and ambition. Sometimes determination don’t determine everything. Once you have tried, despite your failure, you still feel proud and have zeal for more chances. That’s the way people change their life.

If we don’t spread every effort to challenge ourselves, we will never be able to see the panorama of the sky or to find our own pieces of sky to fly under. If you want to be explorer, then be one! If you have a dream, then find no excuses! Only when we try to fly do we realize we may fly that high. There is no limitation for a sincere dreamer.