俞敏洪经典语录小草:诵读“经典”——写出“好文章”的源头

诵读“经典”——写出“好文章”的源头

众所周知，写作技巧是我们写好文章的一个有力助手，更确切地说，是我们的一根“拐棍”，但是语言知识积累的重要性也不容忽视，两者是相辅相成，缺一不可的。作为一名语言学习者来说，语言知识积累的重要而且有效的途径便是诵读“经典”。我们应该注重身边的一篇篇美文包括课本以及我们在平时阅读报纸和杂志时给我们留下深刻印象、曾经触动过我们心弦的“经典之作”。长期诵读经典会对我们的英语语言学习以及写作都会有很大的帮助。那今天我们就透过两篇关于介绍类文章的经典之作来感动我们的心怀，改变我们的思维走向，借以提升我们的思想、人生境界吧！

【地点介绍经典美文】

Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, U.S.A, is in the central part of the state, on the Santa Fe River, which flows into the Rio Grands 35 kilometers west of the city. More than two thousand meters above sea level, it lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with the Ortiz Mountains to the southeast.

Santa Fe was founded in 1609 by the Spanish on an old Indian village. In 1680 the Indians seized the place but only held it for twelve years before the Spanish retook it.The city remained under Spanish rule until Mexico won its independence in 1821. From then on it was a Mexican city until 1846 when it was taken over by U.S. troops.

With a population of 48, 953, Santa Fe is now the second largest city in the state. Because of its sunny weather, rich history and surrounding mountains, it is a good place for holiday makers. Besides hunting and skating in the mountains people enjoy shopping in the Indian and Spanish shops, which brings a large income to the city every year. In summer there is an international opera season when operas are shown in a partly-roofed, open-air theatre daily for people from all over the world.

【经典赏析】

全文仅用204个单词就向读者清晰地描画了Santa Fe这个地方的地理位置、人口状况、资源特色、历史变迁等地方特征。全文有详有略，重点突出。不用过多解释，只要你细细品咂，便可悟出其中千般风情、万种滋味。一切赞美的语言便显得那么苍白无力，又显得多余。我们应该做的就只有反复诵读。

【人物介绍经典美文】

Although Princeton, New Jersey, has a world-famous university, it is still a small quiet town. It is not a place where anyone would expect to see strange characters on the street. That is why one woman will never forget the day in 1940 when, as a child, she suddenly saw a funny-looking man coming towards her. “I remember,” she tells her children now, “how wild his white hair looked — as if it had been electrified. He was short. His clothes seemed to be just pulled on to keep him covered, like a blanket to keep one warm. He had a big nose, a short, thick moustache, and deep-set eyes. He was staring, thinking. He almost knocked me down before he saw me. He gave me a friendly smile, and then he walked on and went on thinking. I noticed he had on bedroom slippers. He had forgotten to put on his shoes. He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairy tales and had passed me like a spirit. That night at dinner when I told my family about the strange, funny man I had seen, my father put down his knife and fork, looked at me and said, ‘My child, remember this. Today you saw the greatest man in the world!’”

That man was Elbert Einstein. How and why he had come to Princeton, New Jersey is a story of struggle, success, and sadness.

【经典赏析】

本文写的确实很美、很妙，尤其是对爱因斯坦的描写与介绍。读这段文字时，爱因斯坦形象便清晰、深刻地浮现在我们眼前。相信诵读完这样的经典美文，每每提及伟大人物爱因斯坦时我们总能想起这段描写。

相信大家在鉴赏完这两篇经典之作之后，肯定已经被英语语言的魅力折服了，同时也坚定了背诵经典的信心与决心！希望同学们从现在做起，珍视经典，诵读经典。