重庆市第十八中学 2014 年高考英语 美文欣赏复习资料 We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all. I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated (污染) by the mistake and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives. The past is gone. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us. Everything who we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new forntiers, in our homes and our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor (努力). 2. Learn from mistakes When you make a mistake, the last thing you want to do is run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger. When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Remember the reason for it, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past can’t be changed. The present is still in your power. Take full advantage of your mistake to achieve yours and aspirations. 3. Mistakes Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes in the pursuit of their goals and aspiration, and who are able to l earn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes you must be willing to pay for them. Mistakes can be enormously valuable, but when you try to get oth...
