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英语写作论据 名人事例英语写作论据 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 friend 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 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 someone 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 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 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 Dad for showing me how poor we are Isn t it true that it all depends on the way you look at things If you have love friends family health good humor and a positive attitude toward life you ve got everything 主题 3 逆境奋斗 Oprah Winfrey 1954 奥普拉 温弗瑞 Winfrey is one of the most successful and richest people in the world today but she didn t 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 Winfrey s tragic past didn t stop her from becoming the force she 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 克莉丝 卡尔 In 2003 Kris Carr was a 32 year old New Yorker just enjoying life But then a regular checkup at her doctor s 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 brand new nutritional lifestyle and turned her experience into a series of successful self help books and documentaries Eventually she launched her own wellness website which is followed by over 40 000 people Today Karr is now revered as one of the most prominent experts on healthy living 主题 5 执著 Van Gogh 1853 1890 梵高 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 works of art Though his persistence went unnoticed when he was alive Van Gogh proves you don t need external validation to be proud of the work you create 主题 6 勇气 Malala Yousafzai 1997 马拉拉 Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and spokesperson for women s right to education In retaliation for her high profile campaign for education and criticism of the Taliban she was shot in the head at close range by a Taliban gunman She survived the gunshot wound and has become a leading spokesperson for human rights education and women s rights In October 2014 the Nobel committee awarded Malala 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 Malala 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 A couple of days later she came out of a coma and responded well 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 圣女贞德 At the time of Joan s childhood France was seriously divided with a lack of national unity In 1415 King Henry V of England invaded France and defeated the French 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 into battle Within a year Joan of Arc had led the French army to victories 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 本杰明 富兰克林 Benjamin 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 brother s printing shop Whenever he could Benjamin would take the opportunity 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 Florence Nightingale 1820 1910 佛罗伦斯 南丁 格尔 Born in 1820 into a wealthy family Florence was educated at home by her father She aspired to serve others In particular she wanted to become a nurse Her parents were opposed at that time nursing was not seen as an attractive or respectable profession Despite her parents disapproval Florence went ahead and trained to be a nurse She volunteered to nurse soldiers during the Crimean War She helped revolutionize the service of nursing and the treatment of patients The efforts of Florence and her team of nurses were greatly appreciated by the wounded soldiers 主题 10 勇于探索 Edward Jenner 1749 1823 爱德华 詹纳 Edward Jenner was an English doctor and the father of immunology At his time one of the most feared diseases was smallpox At the time there were no known treatments or vaccinations that could prevent it Jenner was interested in testing a theory that inoculating humans with a strain of the cowpox virus could protect them from smallpox In 1796 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 Jenner s relief when he gave him various materials he proved resistant to smallpox Thus Jenner had provided a relatively safe way to immunize people from the deadly smallpox virus 主题 11 观察力 Percy Spencer 1894 1970 帕西 斯宾塞 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 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 microwave oven 主题 12 献身科学 Jane Goodall 珍 古道尔 Take Jane Goodall the British primatologist and anthropologist who is considered to be the world s foremost expert on chimpanzees Goodall dedicated 38 years to the study of social and family life of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania Her decades long observation sheds new light on chimpanzees and challenged two long standing beliefs that only humans could construct and use tools and that chimpanzees were 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 Lincoln 1809 2 12 1865 4 15 亚伯拉罕 林肯 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 贝多芬 A prime example is Ludwig van Beethoven the greatest German composer He began to lose his hearing when he was only 26 which brought him to the brink of despair But he came to term with his deafness in a positive way In a letter to his friend he wrote I will seize fate by the throat It will not wholly conquer me Relying on his memory of sounds he finished his most enduring and beautiful works including the monumental Ninth Symphony 主题 15 敢于质疑 Andreas Vesalius 1514 1564 安德雷亚斯 维萨里 Take Andreas Vesalius the founder of modern human anatomy Before him the theories of Galen a prominent physician in ancient Greek had dominated human anatomy for more than 1 300 years Andreas Vesalius by dissecting human bodies discovered that Galen s theories had been based upon animal anatomy rather than the human and thus were inaccurate In 1543 he published The Fabric of the Human Body which for the first time gave a detailed illustration of human bones and organs 主题 16 创造性 Laennec 1781 1826 雷奈克 The invention of stethoscope illustrates the power of imagination It is said that Doctor Laennec while taking a walk saw some children playing with long hollow sticks They held their ear to one end of the stick while the opposite end was scratched with a pin The stick transmitted and amplified the scratch Inspired by this he built the first stethoscope using a hollow wooden cylinder to diagnose various chest conditions 主题 17 兴趣爱好 Luciano Pavarotti 1935 2007 帕瓦罗蒂 Interest should be the first consideration when one chooses his field of study When Luciano Pararotti was young he loved singing but his parents desired that he find something more financially secure than a singing career So he entered a teachers college and became a teacher after graduation But Pavarotti didn t excel at teaching and gradually grew bored with the vocation At the same time music was calling to him Two years later he gave up teaching and chose to be a singer and eventually became the greatest opera singer of his generation God may have kissed Pavarotti s vocal cord but it is interest that led him to the top in opera singing 主题 18 敢于创新 Bruce Lee 1940 1973 李小龙 Consider Bruce Lee the late king of kung fu In the long history of martial arts what most martial artists did was to follow and imitate Bruce Lee however didn t follow his predecessors blindly but did something new he added philosophy western boxing and fencing to create a new form of martial arts Jeet Kune Do which is seen as his greatest contribution to martial arts 主题 19 敢于创新 Isadora Duncan 1878 1927 伊莎多拉 邓肯 Another example is Isadora Duncan She moved away from rigid ballet technique and towards what she perceived as natural movement She took inspiration from ancient Greece art and combined it with an American love of freedom This is exemplified in her revolutionary costume of a white Grecian tunic and bare feet It was this philosophy and new dance technique that earned her the title of the creator of modern dance 主题 20 独特目光 Coco Chanel 1883 1971 香奈儿 One must always be different to make considerable contribution in any field Consider the success of Coco Chanel the French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand In 1909 she opened her first business a hat shop The shop sold simple streamlined hats that were the complete opposite of the big elaborate headdresses then in fashion It turned out that her instinct was right Ladies in Paris were ready for a change and Chanel s hats became an instant success 主题 21 远见卓识 William Henry Seward 1801 1872 威廉姆 亨利 西华 德 William Henry Seward the U S Secretary of State is a good example On March 30 1867 he completed negotiations with Russia which involved the purchase of Alaska for 7 2 million or approximately two cents per acre The purchase was mocked by the publ