自考英語復(fù)習(xí)資料：自考英語二作文整理（一）
Don‘t fear to death，the best way to overcome it is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal，until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede，and your life becomes increasingly part of the universal life.不要害怕死亡，克服怕死心理的辦法就是使你的興趣更加廣博，更加超脫具體的個人，直至包圍自我的圍墻一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)地消失，直至你的生命逐漸溶入整個宇宙之中，成為其一部分。
變老階段的暗喻
An individual human existence should be like a river——small at first，narrowly contained within its banks，and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider，the banks recede，the waters flow more quietly，and in the end，without any visible break，they become part of the sea，and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who，in old age，can see his life in this way，will not suffer from the fear of death，since the thing be cares for will continue一個人的生命歷程應(yīng)該是像江河一樣——開始是細(xì)小的，讓兩岸緊緊抱住，然后奔騰直瀉，流過山巖，飛越瀑布，然后河面漸漸變寬，堤岸慢慢后退，水流趨緩，最后不留一絲痕跡地溶入大海，毫無痛苦的失去了自身的存在。垂幕之年這樣看待人生的人，是不會因接近死亡而恐懼和煩惱的，因?yàn)樗矏鄣氖聵I(yè)會繼續(xù)下去。
作者一生三個牽掛
1.The longing for love. He has sought love，first，because it brings ecstasy，next，because it relieves loneliness. Finally，because in the union of love. He has seen，in a mystic miniature，the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.對愛的渴望。他尋求過愛情，首先是因?yàn)樗谷诵淖砩衩裕浯我驗(yàn)樗苁谷藬[脫孤獨(dú)。最后，從融洽的愛中他看到了一種奇妙的微觀形式，向他預(yù)示了圣人和詩人所想象的天堂
2.The search for knowledge. With equal passion he has sought knowledge.對知識的渴求。他以同樣的熱情尋求知識。
3.Unbearable pity for suffering of mankind. Love and knowledge，so far as they were possible，led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought him back to earth. He longs for alleviate the evil，but he can not，and he too suffer.對人類苦難的深深同情。愛情和知識在其可能性的范圍內(nèi)把他帶到了天堂。但憐憫心總是又把他帶回人間。他渴望減少邪惡，但我無能為力，因而他也感到痛苦。
自考英語復(fù)習(xí)資料：自考英語二作文整理（二）
Lesson fifteen Edison：Inventor of Invention
What was the most important contribution of Edison to people？
It is impossible to measure the importance of Edison by adding up the specific inventions with which his name is associated. Far-reaching as many of them have been in their effect upon modern civilization，the total effect of Edison‘s career surpasses the sum of al of them. He did not merely make the incandescent lamp and the phonograph and innumerable other devices practicable for general use；it was given to him to demonstrate the power of applied science so concretely，to understandably，so convincingly that he altered the mentality of mankind. Because of Edison，more than of any other man，scientific research has an established place in our society：because of the demonstrations he made，the money of taxpayers and stockholders has become available for studies the nature. The lighthouse keeper，83 years old，lived alone on a rock island，took care of the lighthouse and the great lamp，which spoke majestic，silent messages of light to the ships at sea. He was a huge old man with a grizzled beard that came down over his chest.
（1）He was hospitable. He welcomed the stranger，Rudolf，warmly，offered him black bread and boiled potatoes，etc. and talked with him earnestly.
（2）The lighthouse keeper loved his work and was devoted to his duty .When the storm was coming，he was busy preparing for the storm，attending to the great lamp in the tower，that dominated the whole region.
（3）He was equable，deliberate. Even when the storm hammered like a battering ram on the walls of the lighthouse，he sat there，gentle and reflective，as if there was nothing happened. Generally，the lighthouse keeper was a deliberate，equable toiler. He loved life without excessive demands.
自考英語復(fù)習(xí)資料：自考英語二作文整理（三）
lessone six What are the three geographical characteristics of Britain？
The beauty of Britain is as hard to define as it is easy to enjoy.
（1）The first characteristic is that it is varied within a small range，It seems that nature has carefully adjusted things-mountains，plants，rivers，lakes，to the scale of the island itself. there is astonishing variety almost everywhere，everything is in miniature. some mountains，for example，although not very high，have all the air of great mountains.
（2）Secondly，surprise goes with variety. the country is full of happy surprises. one can always be pleasantly astonished while traveling.
（3）The third characteristic of the landscape is its exquisite moderation. it has been born of a compromise between wildness and tameness，between nature and man. there is compromise in the surburb，where the inhabitants feel that they have one foot in the city and one in the country. there is also harmony in the country where the cottages fit snugly into the landscape.
