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第三章 ISSUE、ARGUMENT 写作素材库 一、Proverbs List 1 教育 A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that individuality is the key to success. The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’ time. Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. The classroom—not the trench—is the frontier of freedom now and forevermore. Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. It is the purpose of education to help us become autonomous, creative, inquiring people who have the will and intelligence to create our own destiny. You see, real ongoing, lifelong education doesn’t answer questions; it provokes them. People will pay more to be entertained than educated. The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure. The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different—to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses. A great teacher never strives to explain his vision—he simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself. If you can read and don’t, you are an illiterate by choice. List 2 While there is life, there is hope 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Nobody lives without faults. 人无完人 what ever you say! 悉听尊便！ Strike while the iron is hot. 打铁趁热；把握良机 When the going gets tough, the tough get going 艰难之路，唯勇者行 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水贵 Dont just bury your head in the sand. 不要回避现实 If you make trouble you will get into trouble. 玩火者必自焚。 A man cannot serve two masters 一仆不能二主 Offense is the b