The power of discipline

福建云霄第一中學 沈向華

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難詞探意

1.self-discipline /'self'd?s?pl?n/ n.自律

2.principle /'pr?ns?pl/ n.原則；原理

3.twinkle /'tw??kl/ n.（眼睛的）閃亮；欣喜的神情；閃爍

4.mediocrity /'mi?di'?kr?ti/ n.平庸之人

5.motivated /'m??t?ve?t?d/ adj.有積極性的

I had limited education, limited skills and a limited future.And then I began asking, “Why are some people more 1._________(successful/important) than others?” This question changed my life.

Over the years, I have read thousands of articles on the subjects of success and achievement.It seems that the 2.________(reasons/results) for these accomplishments have been discussed for more than two thousand years.One quality that most experts 3.________(agree on/believe in) is the importance ofself-discipline.Some years ago, I attended a conference inWashington and met Kop Kopmeyer, a legend in the field of success and achievement.Af ter we had chatted for a while, I asked him the question that many people would ask, “Of all the one thousand successprinciplesthat you have 4.________(devoted/discovered), which do you think is the most important?”

He smiled at me with atwinklein his eyes, 5._______(as if/as long as) he had been asked this question many times, and replied without hesitation, “Do what you should do, when you should do it,whether you 6.________(feel like/turn to) it or not.” He added, “There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them works.”

Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness.It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you and makes everything else possible.With self-discipline, the average person can 7.________ as far as his talents and intelligence can take him.But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise abovemediocrity.

When you practice self-discipline, you feel like you are 8.________(in need of/in control of) your life.You feel content andmotivatedbecause you're moving toward your goals.

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Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

Language Study

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Some years ago, I attended a conference in Washington and met Kop Kopmeyer, a legend in the field of success and achievement.幾年前，我去華盛頓參加了一次會議，遇見了Kop Kopmeyer，一位在成功和成就領域的傳奇人物。

【信息提取】a legend in the field of success and achievement為Kop Kopmeyer的同位語，在人物介紹類的書面表達中經常用到。

【句式仿寫】李蘭娟醫生，一位73歲的醫學專家，在抗擊新型冠狀病毒中做出了巨大的貢獻。（the novel coronavirus 新型冠狀病毒）_