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GMAT之AWA论据集锦5

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It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them.Mark Twain 就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth.Albert Einstein 有些理想曾为我引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是-真、善、美。
The only limit to our realization¹ of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.Franklin Roosevelt 实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist 如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.John Kennedy 美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.Thomas Edison 有所成就是人生唯一的真正的乐趣。
Success covers a multitude of blunders.George Bernard Shaw 成功由大量的失误铸成。
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.Charles Chaplin 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。
A light heart lives long.William Shakespeare 豁达者长寿。
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.Anonymous² 良药苦口利于病。
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. M.T. Cicero,Ancient Roman orator³ and statesman 心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。
The first wealth is health.Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker 健康是人生第一财富。
All the splendor⁴ in the world is not worth a good friend.Voltaire, French thinker 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.Bertrand Russell 乞丐并不羡慕百万富翁，尽管他们一定会羡慕比他们乞讨得多的乞丐。
It is good to have money to buy things that money can buy, but it is better not to lose things money cannot buy.George H Lorimer, American journalist 有钱去买能买得到的东西当然不错，但是不丢失用金钱买不到的东西更好。
Money is a good servant and a bad master.Francis Bacon 金钱是善仆，也是恶主。
No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources.Frankin Roosevelt 任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。
A contented⁵ mind is the greatest blessing⁶ a man enjoy in this world.Joseph Addison, American writer 知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
The supreme⁷ happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.Vitor Hugo 生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。
Do you love life? Then do not squander⁸ time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.Benjamin Franklin 你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin 今天的事不要拖到明天。
The time of life is short, to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.William Shakespeare 人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。
To choose time is to save time. Francis Bacon 合理安排时间是节约时间。
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you give it to others.William A. White, American journalist 自由就是这样的东西，不给予别人，你自己也无法得到。
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington 自由一旦生根，便是株迅猛生长的植物。
Smokers⁹ and nonsmokers cannot be equally free in the same railway carriage.George Bernard Shaw 吸烟者和不吸烟者在同一节车厢里无法享受同样的自由。
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.William Makepeace Thackeray,British novelist 令人愉快的欢笑是房间里的阳光。
He that travels far knows much.John Ray, British scientist 远行者见闻多。
I never consider ease and joyfulness¹⁰ as the purpose of life itself.Albert Einstein 我从来不认为安逸和欢乐就是生活本身的目的。

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1 realization
n.实现；认识到，深刻了解
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We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。 He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。

2 anonymous
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
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Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。 The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

3 orator
n.演说者，演讲者，雄辩家
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He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。 The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。

4 splendor
n.光彩；壮丽，华丽；显赫，辉煌
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Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。 All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

5 contented
adj.满意的，安心的，知足的
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He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。 The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。

6 blessing
n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿
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The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。 A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

7 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
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It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

8 squander
v.浪费，挥霍
参考例句：
Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上。 Every chance is precious，so don't squander any chance away!每次机会都很宝贵，所以不要将任何一个白白放走。

9 smokers
吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。 Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

10 joyfulness

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I never consider ease and joyfulness as the purpose of life itself. 我从不认为安逸和快乐就是生活本身的目的。 I ago consider ease or joyfulness as the purpose of life itself. 我从来不以为安逸和享乐是一生本来的目的。