第一篇：英語寫作西方名人例子

Great Souls

? Nelson Mandela

Mandela, the South African black political leader and former president, was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid.Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country.Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the centre of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world.As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial

government and majority rule.He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.(138)

? Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement.He was the pioneer of the resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon total non-violence—which led India to independence and has inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.He is officially honored in India as the Father of the Nation.After assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women's rights, build religious and ethnic amity, and increase economic self-reliance.Above all, he aimed to achieve the

independence of India from foreign domination.Later he campaigned against the British to Quit India.Gandhi spent a number of years in jail in both South Africa and India.(128)

Additionally, Gandhi influenced important leaders and political movements.Leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, including Martin Luther King and James Lawson, drew from the writings of Gandhi in the development of their own theories about non-violence.Anti-apartheid activist and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, was inspired by Gandhi.Prior to becoming President of the United States, then-Senator Barack Obama noted that: Throughout my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things.That is why his portrait hangs in my Senate office: to remind me that real results will come not just from Washington – they will come from the people.(129)

??Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr.was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the

African-American civil right movement.His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.King led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.There, he raised public

consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S.history.By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the VietnamWar, both from a religious perspective.In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end

racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004;Martin Luther King, Jr.Day was established as a U.S.national

holiday in 1986.(192)

? Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950.For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity?s expansion.Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS,leprosy and tuberculosis, children's and family counseling programs, and schools.By the 1970s she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocated for the poor and helpless.She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna in 1980 for her humanitarian work.(122)

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? Susan B.Anthony

Although I am not a feminist, I admire Susan B.Anthony for her daring to hold on to her view even being mocked cruelly by her contemporaries.A tireless civil rights worker, Anthony devoted her life to the work which has guaranteed women‘s basic right, including suffrage and equal protections under law.She believed that men and women are created equal and persevered unremittingly in opening doors and expanding acceptable modes of behavior for women.In the patriarchy society of her time, people considered her unladylike and ridiculous.However, 19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women‘s rights to vote, which established Susan B.Anthony as a bold revolutionary feminist in history.(111)

?Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger sparked the birth control movement with the publication of The Woman Rebel, in which she encourages women to view conception as a choice rather than an obligation.In 1923, her tireless efforts resulted in the establishment of America's first legal birth control clinic, which served as a contraceptive dispensary and research facility under the auspices of the American Birth Control League(one of the groups that eventually morphed into Planned Parenthood).The birth control movement has had far-reaching, worldwide implications, from women's rights to population control to the sexual revolution.(92)

l Bright Minds

? Newton

Newton‘s aim at Cambridge was a law degree.Instruction at Cambridge was dominated by the philosophy of Aristotle but some freedom of study was allowed in the third year of the course.Newton had a golden opportunity to study an abundance of great minds: the philosophy of Descartes, Gassendi, Hobbes, and in particular Boyle.The mechanics of the Copernican

astronomy of Galileo attracted him and he also studied Kepler‘s Optics.It is a fascinating account of how Newton‘s ideas were formed.He collected all these thoughts and developed his own system by which he successfully explained a wide range of previously unrelated phenomena: the eccentric orbits of comets, the procession of the Earth‘s axis, and motion of the Moon as perturbed by the gravity of the Sun, as well as the three laws of motion that made him an international leader in scientific research and the greatest pilot in human‘s civilization.(157)

? Darwin’s Origin of Species

The theory of evolution is one of the great intellectual revolutions of human history.Hundreds of years ago, people were confused with the complexity of different species of the world, and believed that species were created by the mysterious God.However, Darwin did not believe so.After several years' study, he eventually demonstrated that species, however complex seemingly, all evolved by natural selection from simple and preliminary conditions.When Darwin published his famous research results on the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, the book encountered lots of controversies.Members of the religious community, as well as some

scientific peers, were outraged and protested.However, Darwin's idea of evolution eventually defeated the traditional belief and was accepted and acknowledged by some insightful scientists and finally by the society.It is now reverenced as one of the greatest intellectual revolutions of human history.(144)

??Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it.Disturbed by the failure of Ptolemy's geocentric model of the universe to follow Aristotle's requirement for the uniform circular motion of all celestial bodies, Copernicus decided that he could achieve his goal only through a heliocentric model.He thereby created a concept of a universe in which the distances of the planets from the sun bore a direct relationship to the size of their orbits.At the time

Copernicus's heliocentric idea was very controversial;nevertheless, it was the start of a change in the way the world was viewed, and Copernicus came to be seen as the initiator of the Scientific Revolution.(129)

? Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.His achievements include improvements to the

telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism.Galileo's observations about four satellites of Jupiter with his new telescope convinced him of the truth of Copernicus's sun-centered or heliocentric theory.Galileo has been called the “father of modern observational astronomy,” the “father of modern physics,” and “the Father of Modern Science.” Stephen Hawking says, “Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.”(96)

? Christopher Columbus

In 1485, Columbus presented his plans to John II, King of Portugal.He requested he be made “Great Admiral of the Ocean”, appointed governor of any and all lands he discovered, and given

one-tenth of all revenue from those lands.The king submitted the proposal to his experts and rejected it.In 1488 Columbus appealed to the court of Portugal once again, and once again it also proved unsuccessful.Then, Columbus travelled from Portugal to both Genoa and Venice, but he received encouragement from neither.In1486, Columbus presented his plans to Queen Isabella.After the passing of much time, these savants of Spain, like their counterparts in Portugal, pronounced the idea impractical, and advised their Royal Highnesses to pass on the proposed venture.But after endless attempts at establishing a settlement of Hispanism, Catholic Monarchs finally gave him an annual allowance of 12,000 maravedis and furnished him with a letter ordering all cities and towns under their domain to provide him food and lodging with which Columbus successfully initiated widespread contact between Europeans and indigenous Americans and carved out the cross-continental trade market.(183)

? John Nash

Before 1950, Adam Smith was respected as ―the father of Game Theory‖, he wrote a famous book named The Wealth of Nations and demonstrated ―perfect competition‖ which was

commonly accepted by people.There is a sentence from the book ―Individual ambition serious the common good‖ which means when each individual pursue his own interests, the benefits of the group will be improved most effectively.However, John Nash, a normal mathematician in Princeton University, created a theory ―Nash Equilibrium‖ which laid the foundation of Game Theory in 1950.He doubted the statement from Adam Smith, and he succeeded.John Nash wrote a 28 pages dissertation to argue a new theory.Due to the fact that personal benefits

conflict each other, the interest of a group will be harmed.To ensure the interests of whole group, individuals should find equilibrium between the personal and group interests.Consequently, John Nash received the Nobel Prize in economics and fundamentally reformed the arena of economics.(160)

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??Alfred Bernhard Nobel-1

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite.To be able to detonate the dynamite rods he also invented a detonator which could be ignited by lighting a fuse.The market for dynamite and detonating caps grew very rapidly and Alfred Nobel also proved himself to be a very skillful entrepreneur and businessman.He later produced ballistite, one of the first smokeless powders.At the time of his death, his will provide his enormous fortune of the major portion of $9 million estate to

institute the Nobel Prize, a yearly prize for merit in physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology, literature, and world peace.The synthetic element nobelium was named after him.(119)

? Thomas Edison

In 19th century, people could only get light from candles, but it suffered from several

disadvantages, including exorbitantly high price and in adequate lightness.Thomas Edison, one of the most prominent inventors in the 20th century, overcame 1500 failure and suitable filament for electric light bulb which were affordable for all people to buy and use.He tried numerous

materials such as iron, copper, aluminum, silver, hair, even his colleague‘s brown beard, but he fails all times.Nevertheless he did not give up and dedicated himself in finding the best material.The belief held by him was that ―we will make the electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn

candles.‖ He had the first successful experiment in 1879, finding that carbon filament can last over 40 hours, but he and his team were not satisfied for that.Through hundreds of tough trying, they finally found carbonized bamboo filament which could last over 1200 hours.Furthermore, the light bulbs invented by Edison with the most suitable filament have not only lighted up the world, but influenced people‘s lives all over the world until now.(185)

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第三篇：英語作文中名人例子

4008111111 英語作文中名人例子

1.成功 / 英雄 / 困難類（被寫的經久不衰！）2.大眾觀點類：（媒體 / 團體 / 主流）

3.謊言 / 現象本質 / 隱私（這個我也不懂）4.動機類（這個說的優點玄乎）5.改變 / 科技 / 創新類

6.了解自身類 7.選擇類

下面就淘選了些經典例子！

1.Bill Gates（比爾蓋茨）

When Bill Gates made his decision to drop out from Harvard, he did not care too much of the result.Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two years later when he and Allen started the engine of Microsoft.Many people did not understand why Gates gave up such a good opportunity to study in the world’s No.1 University.However, with size comes power, Microsoft dominates the PC market with its operating systems, such as MS-DOS and Windows.Now, Microsoft becomes the biggest software company in the world and Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world.用于有放棄就會有所得、勇氣、懂得把握機會類

2.Thomas Edison（托馬斯 愛迪生）

In 1879, after more than 1,000 trials and $40,000, Thomas Edison introduced an inexpensive alternative to candles and gaslight: the incandescent lamp.Using carbonized filaments from cotton thread, his light bulb burned for two days.These bulbs were first installed on the steamship Columbia and have been lighting up the world ever since.用于創造力/科技類、失敗是成功之母、努力、成功 / 英雄 / 困難類

3.Mother Teresa（特雷莎修女）

Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated the majority of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name “Saint of the Gutters.” The devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.She founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India dedicated to serving the poor.Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide.用于大眾觀點類/善良、品性/

4.Diana Spencer（戴安娜王妃）

Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Whales, is remembered and respected by people all over the world more for her beauty, kindness, humanity and charitable activities than for her technical skills.不好意思了，戴安娜王妃，我還真不知怎么用你呢..5.Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela（納爾遜·羅利赫拉赫拉·曼德拉）

Mandela, the South African black political leader and former president, was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid.Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country.Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the centre of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world.As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa‘s antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule.He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.用于英雄、斗爭/大眾觀點類（非暴力）/

6.Beethoven（貝多芬）

Beethoven, the German Composer, began to lose his hearing in 1801 and was entirely deaf by 1819.However, this obstacle could not keep him from becoming one of the most famous and prolific composers in art history.His music, including 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, several senates and so on, formes a transition from classical to romantic composition.用于成功 / 英雄 / 困難類 7.George Bush（喬治 布什）

On January 16, 1991, President Bush ordered the commencement of Operation Desert Storm, a massive U.S.-led military offensive against Iraq in the Persian Gulf.In late 1992, Bush ordered U.S.troops into Somalia, a nation devastated by drought and civil war.The peacekeeping mission would prove the most disastrous since Lebanon, and President Clinton abruptly called it off in 1993.用于成功 / 英雄 / 困難類

8.Jimmy Carter（吉米卡特）

President Carter's policy of placing human rights records at the forefront of America's relationships with other nations contributed to a cooling of Cold War relations in the late 1970s.In 1980, for the first time in seven years, Fidel Castro authorized emigration out of Cuba by the country's citizens.The United States welcomed the Cubans, but later took steps to slow the tide when evidence suggested that Castro was using the refugee flight to empty his prisons.用于成功 / 英雄 / 困難類/斗爭、9.Neville Chamberlain（內維爾張伯倫）

In 1938, British Prime Minister Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler, an agreement that gave Czechoslovakia away to Nazi conquest while bringing, as Chamberlain promised, “peace in our time.”

Eleven months after the signing of the Munich Pact, Germany broke the peace in Europe by invading Poland.A solemn Chamberlain had no choice but to declare war, and World War II began in Europe.不喜歡他，不說了...10.Raoul Wallenberg（瓦倫堡）

Raoul Wallenberg was a young Swedish aristocrat.In 1944 he left the safety of his country and entered Budapest.Over the next year he outwitted the Nazis and saved as many as 100,000 Jews(he was not himself Jewish)from the death camps.In 1945 he was arrested by the Russians, charged with spying, and imprisoned in a Russian labor camp.用于道德類/英雄、自救（Conscience is a more powerful motivation than money,fame and power）

11.George Soros--（喬治 索斯洛）the financial crocodile Soros, who at one stage after the fall of the Berlin Wall was providing more assistance to Russia than the US government, believes in practising what he preaches.His Open Society Institute has been pivotal in helping eastern European countries develop democratic societies and market economies.Soros has the advantage of an insider's knowledge of the workings of global capitalism, so his criticism is particularly pointed.Last year, the Soros foundation's network spent nearly half a billion dollars on projects in education, public health and promoting democracy, making it one of the world's largest private donors.用于大眾觀點類：（媒體 / 團體 / 主流）

12.Paul Revere（保羅）

Our perceptive towards Paul Revere just illustrates this point.According to the romantic legend, he, galloping along of the dark from one farm house to another, alerted the people to the coming British.And of course the story emphasized the courage of one man, made him a hero in our history books.However, his heroism required a matrix of others

who were already well-prepared to mobilize against the oppressor and he was just one part of a pre-arrange plan.Heroes like Revere have no usefulness apart from a society primed to act.用于英雄、斗爭/勇敢/合作類Cooperation

13.Henry Ford（亨利 福特）

Henry ford,one of the most influential inventors in the history, was always inattentive in school.Once ,he and a friend took a watch apart to probe the principle behind it.Angry and upset, the teacher punished him both to stay after school.their punishment was to stay until they had fixed the watch.but the teacher did not know young ford’s genius,in ten minutes,this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home.It is imagination that invigorated Ford to make a through inquiry about things he did not know.He once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire.then he waited to see what would happen.the water boiled and, of course, turned to steam.since the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded.the explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window.Ford’s year of curiosity and tinkering paid off,when he built his imagination of horseless carriage into reality, the history of transportation was changed forever

用于creativity/curiosity/科技類

15.Alexander Graham Bell（亞歷山大 格雷厄姆貝爾）

Not realizing the full impact it would have on society, Alexander Graham Bell introduced the first telephone to an amazed audience at America's Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.Within a year, Bell had installed 230 phones and established the Bell Telephone Company, which was later transformed into AT&T.In 1997, 643,000,000,000 calls were made by people in the United States alone.用于英雄/創造、科技/影響力類

考研政治大題答題技巧

普遍適用規則：

在掌握知識量基本相同的情況下，答題技巧的不同可能使總分相差10到20分。政治的考研試卷中大題的分值占百分之六十，而實際上大題也是技巧性最強的題型。下面向大家介紹大題答題四步曲：第一步：仔細審題。找出本題目是關于哪個學科的哪個章節，在草稿紙上寫下此章節內所有可能與本題有聯系的基本概念及原理。大多數題目是跨章節，甚至跨學科的，要注意思維的發散性。

第二步：解釋每一個概念并寫出原理的基本內容。如果自己寫出的相關概念太多，則視試卷留出的空白撿重要的寫，解釋概念和原理一般不要超過本題答題空間的二分之一。什么？

太多了？不要怕，答多不扣分。但要注意答題時每個概念和原理要作為一段，字跡要工整清晰。好了，本題目分數的一半你已經拿到了，下面進行第三步。

第三步：聯系實際。如果本題是論述題，則根據本題聯系實際中的一些現象，給出評價；如果本題是材料題，則材料就是實際，指出材料中的一些問題，也就是將材料用你學過的關于政治的術語再復述一遍。這部分一定要有，而且要作為一個段落，如果字跡工整的話，即使這一段答得驢頭不對馬嘴，至少也有兩分。第四步：總結。這一部分是絕對送分的，但也要有技巧。要將其作為一個段落，如果此題是論述題，則將整個題目再復述一遍，不要忘了在前面加上一個所以；如果此題是材料題，則提倡材料中好的做法，批評材料中壞的做法。

如果答大題時你能熟練地按上面的四步做，大題方面你至少可以比相同水平的其他人多得n分，不信？ 試用歷史唯物主義的有關原理說明“以德治國”與“以法治國”的關系及其重要意義(2002年政治重中之重)。首先仔細讀題目，題目中已經告訴我們是用馬哲中的歷史唯物主義的幾章的原理，而以法治國和以德治國是鄧論中的內容，因此要考慮將兩個學科結合起來答題。表面上看題目中有兩個基本概念以法治國和以德治國，聯系到馬哲，以德治國便是是道德問題，是上層建筑；以法治國便是法制問題。如此以來，此題需要答的基本概念和原理有：道德，法制，以德治國，以法治國，上層建筑，道德與法制的關系，以法治國和以德治國的關系。然后聯系實際，這一步沒關系，只要稍微寫兩句而且字跡工整便不失大格。最后總結，好像這里把題目重抄一遍不順口，其實只要稍微一改便行：要把以法治國和以德治國相結合。

下面我們看一下標準答案：

1)歷史唯物主義認為道德與法制既有聯系又有區別，二者的區別表現在：道德的概念；法制的概念；道德與法制的關系。

2)歷史唯物主義又認為，社會的經濟基礎決定上層建筑的產生、性質和變化；上層建筑反作用于經濟基礎。社會主義的法律和道德是社會主義上層建筑的重要組成部分，它對經濟基礎的發展有重大意義。

3)以法治國和以德治國又是相輔相成，不可分割的。以法治國的概念；以德治國的概念；以法治國和以德治國的關系。

4)把以德治國和以法治國緊密的結合起來，是建設有中國特色的社會主義的要求，也是社會主義市場經濟的要求。怎么樣，是不是感到大題的簡單了？上面是我總結的幾條關于政治考研的技巧，如果你能真正掌握它，不好意思，你的政治考研分數再也沒有希望低于70分了。論述題：

第一步：仔細審題。

建議考生找出本題目是關于哪個科學的哪個章節，在草稿紙上寫下此章節內所有可能與本題有聯系的基本概念及原理。大多數題目是跨章節，甚至跨學科的，要注意思維的發散性。第二步：解釋每一個概念并寫出原理的基本內容。如果自己寫出的相關概念太多，建議視試卷留出的空白撿重要的寫，解釋概念和原理一般不要超過本題答題空間的二分之一。什么？太多了？不要怕，答多了不扣分。但考生要注意答題時每個概念和原理要作為一段，字跡要工整清晰。好了，本題目分數的一半你已經拿到了，下面進行第三步。

第三步：聯系實際。

如果本題是論述題，建議考生根據本題聯系實際中的一些現象，給出評價，如果本題是材料題，則材料就是實際，指出材料中的一些問題，也就是將材料用你學過的關于政治的術語再復述一遍。這部分一定有要有，而且要作為一個段落，字跡工整。

第四步；總結。

這一部分是絕對送分的，但也要有技巧。將其作為一個段落，如果此題是論述題，則將整個題目再復述一遍，不要忘了在前面加上一個所以；如果此題是材料題，則提倡材料中好的做法，批評材料中壞的做法。

上面的四步中好像沒有提過辨析題，辨析題就是一個分值較少而且需要判斷的論述題，除了判斷以外，上面的四步同樣適用。但要求考生特別注意的是辨析題的判斷，千萬不要盲目的說其對錯，例如一些題目的前半部分是對的而后半部分產錯的，有的題目說的不會面，這些都要指出。材料題：

如何回答政治材料題

一、政治材料分析題的基本特點：

1、提供情境，包含手段和結果，要求從結果的好與壞來判斷所運用手段是否合理，并要求提出相應的解決辦法。

2、要求規范的答題步驟：先答基本原理，引出配套的方法，進而用方法來分析材料。

3、要求多角度分析所蘊涵的知識。

二、解題的基本思路：

1、從方法入手：先判斷材料所持方法（手段）——根據知識體系中原理和方法（手段）的固定搭配得出基本原理。

2、判斷方法最主要的依據是材料中的重點語句，對重點語句進行范疇歸屬判斷，進而了解所持手段（方法）。

3、審題時應注意題目的限制性要求，并由此得出知識體系的大范圍。

4、應注意材料中的效果，如果效果是積極的，說明所持方法（手段）是正確的；如果效果是消極的，說明所持方法（手段）是錯誤的。

錯誤的情況有很多種，最主要有以下幾種：（1）與正確方法（手段）相對立；（2）主次顛倒；（3）主次不分；（4）割裂本來存在的聯系。

5、應對材料進行層次分析，以便與方法（手段）相對應。找出所包含條件（重點語句），回答時決不能漏掉材料中所包含條件。

三、答題的基本步驟：

1、先回答基本原理

2、其次回答方法（手段）要求

3、把方法細化成幾個方面，與材料層次對接，用材料替代原理，一一對應。

四、檢查階段：

1、應注意材料中所包含的條件是否全部用完，如果沒有用完，說明前面所述知識點還有缺漏，應補齊。

2、檢查重點語句范疇判斷是否正確。

3、檢查步驟是否完整、規范。是否按照：原理———方法———實踐分析的步驟。

五、復習的基本要求：

1、應分層對知識進行整理，分為“是什么”、“為什么”、“怎么辦”三部分，其中，“是什么”和“為什么”屬于基本原理：“怎么辦”屬于方法（手段）。

2、“是什么”主要用與范疇判斷，用以審題中的思路引入，即材料中重點語句范疇判斷，借以得出原理。

3、“為什么”主要指關系、地位和作用、意義等，它是方法（手段）的理論出發點。

4、“怎么辦”是掌握知識點的落腳點，也是材料引入的關鍵。“怎么辦”不能停留在課本的水平上，還應與重大時事、黨的路線、方針、政策相聯系，把黨的路線、方針、政策細化、歸并入課本的基本點。

5、應對所有知識進行規范化整理，一方面，把所有知識分解為基本原理和基本要求（方法或手段）兩大塊；另一方面，按大、中、小三個

角度進行整理，“大”指最基本的原理，“中”指課本的具體要求，“小”指黨的路線、方針、政策（它是課本具體要求的細化）；第

三、應注意知識之間的內在聯系，進行橫向整理，以便多角度地思考問題

分析題答題技巧材料分析題在近幾年考研政治試卷中所占的分值比較重，需要考生加強訓練。

（一）分析題

解答分析題的基本思路和步驟是：

1．仔細審題并抓關鍵詞。大多數分析題是跨章節，甚至跨學科的。答題之前要仔細閱讀題干、材料及問題，答題之前要仔細閱讀題干、材料及問題，了解題目需要回答什么，為什么要這樣回答，怎么回答。要注意思維的發散性。這是做好分析體的第一步，也是最關鍵的一步。找出本題目是關于哪個學科的哪個章節，在草稿紙上寫下此章節內所有可能與本題有聯系的基本概念及原理。對跨章節，甚至跨學科的題目，要注意思維的發散性。審題可以運用以下幾種方法：

（1）逆向審題法：先搞清楚題目問什么？有幾問？然后帶著問題閱讀材料。這樣做可以不必要地重復審題，節省寶貴的考試時間。

（2）尋找關鍵詞：抓關鍵詞語，力求搞清每段材料的中心含義，努力回憶與此相關的課文理論，并注意篩選。

（3）分析層次法：對一大段材料的要分層并弄清每層意思，這種層次性既體現在題干的表述或材料中，也會明確出現在題后的設問中。通過分析，抓住試題的主旨，再按其要求分別回答，這樣可以避免遺漏。

2．閱讀材料并組織答案。在審清題意的基礎上，仔細閱讀題干或者材料。閱讀時可邊閱讀邊劃出材料中帶有結論性或傾向性的話語，或者在草稿紙上寫下相關信息（注意不要沉溺于細節、事例或者數字），同時搜索、提取大腦中平時儲存的相關知識，然后理清思路，組織答案。

3．答題時注意：

（1）凡問現象的問題，首先回答表象，即看到什么，就回答什么，不需太展開，簡要回答即可。隨后，必須回答現象之后隱含的實質（本質），這才是重點。

（2）凡是“分析”、“評述”的，就需要用原理緊扣材料進行分析。一般的思路是先表述相關原理，然后再聯系材料中的現象進行分析、評述，可按是什么、為什么、怎么樣的思路組織答案。

（3）回答問題注意層次性，要行文規范，簡潔干練，表述準確，答案能緊扣要點，切忌東拉西扯、繁瑣冗長。

（二）材料分析題

材料分析在2006年統一歸進了分析題中，其形式獨特，分值比例大，難度也不小，是考生考研中的一大難點，這里就單獨列出再講述一下其答題技巧。考生在解答材料分析題時要注意兩點：一要注重聯系實際，材料歸納出來后，用相關的事實理論做依據進行分析。二是結合理論分析問題時，要盡可能全面。材料涉及幾個點，答題時就要將這幾個點答全，每個點不需要展開太多，但要把基本要點說到。解答材料題時，尤其要注意層次和邏輯，不要自相矛盾，在答案中最好把觀點一一羅列出來，便于閱卷教師找到要點。

解答材料式分析題的基本要求：在理論部分，要求準確選擇與解題有關的基礎知識。這是解

題的主導部分，是命題的出發點、立足點和依據。要準確、簡潔地回答出有關理論知識內容。這一部分答好了，就能為下一步解題做好鋪墊，使后面的分析論述有理有據。

首先，“掐頭取尾”，看題干提示句和題后要求回答的問題。一般的材料題開題就有一句：“下面是一組關于......的材料”，這就給考生在閱讀時獲取什么樣的信息界定了范圍，使閱讀不再盲目，以獲取相關信息為重；然后，再迅速瀏覽題后問題，問題的要求又進一步縮小了信息取舍的范圍，什么是“的”，在這里就確定了。最后，帶著問題閱讀材料。

其次，仔細而快速地閱讀材料。認真研讀試題材料，準確把握材料內容，深挖材料內涵。材料分析題的材料靈活多變，無一固定模式。有文字型的、圖表型的：文字型的可分為摘自報刊、古籍、文件、人物講話，也有命題者描述某種現象，提出幾種觀點的；圖表型的有漫畫、表格、地圖、歷史文物圖片、函數圖等。材料可能是一則，也可能有多則；既有單一類型的，也有文字型、圖表型混合的；材料長短也各異，有的十分簡短，有的篇幅冗長。不管材料以何種形式出現，認真閱讀材料是基礎，掌握其中信息是關鍵。

一般的材料提供信息很多，有主有次，還有重復的，這就提醒考生在做這類試題、閱讀材料時，邊讀邊用鉛筆將含義相同的歸類，并用1、2、3、......標注，對重要的核心句或者關鍵詞，在下面畫線，以備答題時直接應用，避免大量的重復閱讀，造成無為的浪費。第三，利用獲取的信息回答問題。在答題論述時，要求做到觀點和材料的統一。這是解題的主體部分，要求考生用選定的基礎理論知識，聯系題中的材料進行分析論述，把理論與實際、觀點與事實結合起來，即做到事理交融，觀點統帥材料。要緊扣材料分析，或從材料中提煉出觀點，或用觀點分析材料，或用材料論證觀點。防止就事論事，或就理論談理論。第四，簡短有力地做好小結。在小結部分，要牢牢抓住題意，適可而止。這是答題的結尾部分，是解題的落腳點。在結尾時，或針砭時弊，或點明意義，或聯系自身，這些都要從題意出發，恰到好處，總的要求是思路清晰、表述簡練、視角豐富，達到用畫龍點睛、升華主題的目的就可。

第四篇：GRE寫作名人例子

在練習作文的過程中,發現很多人名在很多人名在很多題材的作文中都可以反復用到,在沒有總結這些名字之前,老是寫新文章時就忘記了以前用過的人名的拼寫.所以就開始積累常用人名了.由于論壇里其它形式的資料帖都有了,為求有點新意,能給g友們更快地提升作文,遂決定把本人的人名總結及其適用文章貢獻出來.:)

由于適用的文章是我臨時回憶的,所以肯定不止下面列舉的這些適用文章.歡迎補充!

凡高 Van Gogh: 藝術類文章里引用,如arts and critics, greatness總是超前時代的所以只能由后人評判, history強調individual(因為在藝術歷史領域只能強調individual),還有percive world with different eyes也可以引用這個例子.此人的另類抽象painting風格和當時的審美標準不符,故遭排擠,而幾百年后的critics才發現他的價值.哥白尼 Copernicus:引用題目有:greatness超前時代,挑戰權威(當時是church),history強調individual(因為在科學研究領域只能強調individual).此人是日心說,當時宗教教育說是地心說,死前才公布自已的論斷(因為怕早死).莫扎特 Mozart: greatness只能由后人判斷的反面例子.此人音樂才華在世時就被教皇看重,給以了很多贊助,使其.......畢加索 Picasso: greatness只能由后人判斷的反面例子,arts反映hidden ideas的反面例子.此人是20世紀最偉大的畫家,其畫風格為cubism,很多人說他的畫只反映個人的ideocyncratic,而沒有反映社會的hidden ideas,此人在世時就被判為greatness了.林肯 Abraham Lincoln: history關注individuals,effective leader要隨機應變,justand unjust laws.此人南北戰爭,解放黑奴,沒有他,可能就沒有今天這樣的美國了.據說他在南北戰爭前是不支持解放黑奴的,而之后又支持了.馬丁路德金 Martin Luther King: leaders要有很高的moral and ethical standards, history關注individuals的重要性,just and unjust laws,學習歷史的重要性.此人為黑人獲得與白人相同的權利發起了黑奴運動,他的“I have a dream”演講教育了一代一代人.他的moral and ethical standards是不用說的,沒有這個individual,美國黑人現在可能還要坐在汽車后面的座位.莎士比亞 Shakespeare: greatness由后人評判的反面例子,survive and arts里強調arts可以培養人什么的.此人的介紹我就不多說了.貝多芬 Beethoven: arts的重要性,arts and critics.此人為著名作曲家,'命運'激勵了多少人,當時的critics也批斗過他,因為standards很rigid and stale.希特勒 Hitler:

不能迷信權威啊,學習歷史的重要性啊(不重蹈覆轍),history強調individual啊.此人是著名戰爭狂,由于全國人都迷信他的言論才能坐上首相位置,學習他的例子可以使現在的社會不重蹈他的覆轍,他這個individual也反映當時common people/multitude的普遍value:戰爭主義,chauvinism.加利略 Galileo:不迷信權威,history強調individual(因為在科學研究領域只能強調individual),beginner and expert.當時的expert和authority就是Aristotle,認為物體越重下降越快.而此人證明了其實都是一樣快的.亞力士多德 Aristotle: 和加利略一起舉例.愛因斯坦 Einstein: 不迷信權威.greatness由后人判斷的反面例子.beginner andexpert中expert的劣勢.此人證明了權威牛頓三大定律只能在宏觀世界有效,而不適于微觀世界.其greatness在其在世時就確立了,他曾說過,自從他成名后,就沒能找出一段完整屬于自己的時間來深入思考這個世界了.牛頓 Newton.不迷信權威,greatness由后人判斷.此人是個權威,被愛因斯坦挑戰見愛因斯坦那條.華盛頓 George Washington: history研究individual的重要性.leaders 要有moralstandards.此人為美國開國總統,沒有他開了連續任兩屆總統就得下臺的先河,可能美國在他之后好久都是專制國家,因為當時有人要他當皇帝.凱薩 Caesar.history研究individual的重要性.此人即是亞利山大大帝,所建立的亞力山大帝國地跨三大陸.研究那個帝國如果研究他,只研究multitude怎么能研究得下去?

托馬斯.杰佛森 Thomas Jefferson: 這個有點想不起來用在哪里了.此人說過all men are created

equal->the declaration of independence:

甘地 Gandhi: greatness的文章,leaders and moral standards的文章.此人是印度的建國祖師,坐過很多牢,stoic,情操很高,結果可以只demenstration來和平解放印度.拿破侖 Napoleon: individual的重要性.此人是著名戰爭狂,他的發起的戰爭雖然很荒唐,但卻被法國中場階認為很浪漫,他的individual反映當時的普遍價值觀.肯尼迪 Kennedy: scandals,leaders should have moral standards.此人在位時很大程度緩解了蘇美關系.卻有marital scandals.所以scandals會distract us from

people's real responsibility.羅斯福 Roosevelt(FDR): individual的重要性,領導要聽取群眾意見,隨機應變.此人有兩大貢獻:發動反德戰爭,帶美國走出Depression.沒有他的發動戰爭宣言,可能WWII不會這么快結束.據說一位英國著名經濟學家曾寫信給他說要他采取蘇聯模式來政府介入自由經濟,操控經濟,才使他在1930年代出臺各種政府措施來改善經濟,使得經濟復蘇(大國崛起里說的).成吉斯汗 Genghis Khan: 領導要聽取群眾意思,而不是有強硬持久的原則和目標: 這個也不用介紹了.斯大林 Stalin: 同成吉斯汗.達爾文 Darwin: 挑戰權威.進化論的祖師爺,寫過'the origin of species'.挑戰當時普遍的神創論.孟德爾 Mendel: expert and beginner,data的重要性.因為是expert,因為做了十年研究積累了大量data,才由統計學原理發現了law of Inheritance.瓦特 Watt James: 很多都適用,如creativity很重要啊,興趣很重要而不是老去考慮對社會會有什么貢獻啊.此人發明了蒸汽機,從小喜歡機械,并一直研究.里根 Reagon: 投資類題目適用.他發起了星球計劃.為將來的太空軍備競賽作準備.結果由于工程浩大而放棄,浪費了很多錢,所以投資都應該用在對社會有實在好處上.居里 Mary Curie: 學習歷史人物的重要性,失敗是成功之母.此女人經過十年才找到radium這種元素,并把提取方法毫無保留地與全世界共享,獲得了若貝爾獎.其堅持不懈的品質值得學習,其十年失敗,終成功的例子說明了失敗是成功之母.克里克 Crick: imagination and knowledge.此人很變態,發現DNA結構是由于做夢!

麥克斯維 Maxwell: imagination and knowledge,greatness由后人判斷.此人是著名物理學家,他大膽推測出電磁場理論electromagnetism并給予理論證明,但當時很多人不能相信,在他死后就有人從實驗室證明了他的理論.

第五篇：古今中外名人例子

古今中外名人例子

古今中外名人事例

1、李時珍與《本草綱目》

李時珍，明朝人，是一位偉大的醫學家和藥物學家。李時珍家世代行醫，他的父親醫術很高，給病人看病常常不收診費，就是不愿意讓自己的兒子再當醫生：因為那時候行醫是讓人看不起的職業。李時珍可不這樣想，他暗自下定決心，要向父親那樣為病人治病。

李時珍22歲開始給人看病，一面行醫，一面研究藥物。他發現很多舊的藥物書有不少缺點，于是下定決心重新編寫一部完善的藥物書。為了寫這部藥物書，李時珍不但在治病的時候注意積累經驗，還親自到各地去采藥。他不怕山高路遠，不怕嚴寒酷暑，走遍了盛產藥材的名山。他有時好幾天不下山，餓了吃些干糧，天黑了就在山上過夜。他走了上萬里路，拜訪了千百個醫生、老農、漁民和獵人，向他們學到了許多書本上沒有的知識。他還親口品嘗了許多藥材，判斷藥性和藥效。

他回到老家，花了整整27年的時間，終于編寫成了一部新的藥物書，就是著名的《本草綱目》，這部書有一百多萬字，記載了一千八百多種藥物，每一種都有圖，是中藥書籍中一部偉大的著作，已經被譯成幾國文字，在全世界流傳。

2、.身殘志堅張海迪

張海迪 5 歲時因患脊髓血管瘤，高位截癱，她因此沒有進過學校，童年時就開始以頑強的毅力自學知識，她先后自學了小學、中學、大學的專業課程。張海迪 15 歲時隨父母下放聊城莘縣一個貧窮的小山村，但她沒有懼怕艱苦的生活，而是以樂觀向上的精神奉獻自己的青春。在那里給村里小學的孩子們教書，并且克服種種困難學習醫學知識，熱心地為鄉親們針灸治病，在莘縣期間，她無償地為人們治病一萬多人次，受到人們的熱情贊譽。

張海迪身殘志堅，抱著“是顆流星，就要把光留給人間”的堅定信念，忍著常人難以想象的苦痛，自學了英，德，日語。還翻譯了十三萬字的英文小說，寫了大量的文學作品，作出了令世人矚目的成績。

3、炸藥之父———諾貝 爾

諾貝爾的父親是一位頗有才干的發明家，傾心于化學研究，尤其喜歡研究炸藥。受父親的影響，諾貝爾從小就表現出頑強勇敢的性格，他經常和父親一起去實驗炸藥。多年隨父親研究炸藥的經歷，也使他的興趣很快轉到應用化學方面。

1862年夏天，他開始了對硝化甘油的研究。這是一個充滿危險和犧牲的艱苦歷程。死亡時刻都在陪伴著他。在一次進行炸藥實驗時發生了爆炸事件，實驗室被炸的無影無蹤，5個助手全部犧牲，連他最小的弟弟也未能幸免。這次驚人的爆炸事故，使諾貝爾的父親受到了十分沉重的打擊，沒有多久就去世了。他的鄰居們出于恐懼，也紛紛向政府控告諾貝爾，此后，政府不準諾貝爾在市內進行實驗。

但是諾貝爾百折不撓，他把實驗室搬到市郊湖中的一艘船上繼續實驗。經過長期的研究，他終于發現了一種非常容易引起爆炸的物質－－雷酸汞，他用雷酸汞做成炸藥的引爆物，成功地解決了炸藥的引爆問題，這就是雷管的發明。當他滿臉鮮血從爆炸成功的硝煙鉆出時，卻興奮的大叫“我成功了”

諾貝爾一生的發明極多，獲得的專利就有255種，其中僅炸藥就達129種，就在生命的垂危之際，他仍念念不忘對新型炸藥的研究

4、居里夫人的故事

幾十年前，波蘭有個叫瑪妮雅的小姑娘，學習非常專心。不管周圍怎么吵鬧，都分散不了她的注意力。

一次，瑪妮雅在做功課，她姐姐和同學在她面前唱歌、跳舞、做游戲。瑪妮雅就像沒看見一樣，在一旁專心地看書。

姐姐和同學想試探她一下。她們悄悄地在瑪妮雅身后搭起幾張凳子，只要瑪妮雅一動，凳子就會倒下來。時間一分一秒地過去了，瑪妮雅讀完了一本書，凳子仍然豎在那兒。

從此姐姐和同學再也不逗她了，而且像瑪妮雅一樣專心讀書，認真學習。故事之一：簡樸生活 瑪妮雅長大以后，成為一個偉大的的科學家。她就是居里夫人。1895年，居里夫人和比埃爾?居里結婚時，新房里只有兩把椅子，正好兩人各一把。比埃爾?居里覺得椅子太少，建議多添幾把，以免客人來了沒地方坐，居里夫人卻說：“有椅子是好的，可是，客人坐下來就不走啦。為了多一點時間搞研究，還是算了吧。”

從1913年起，居里夫人的年薪已增至4萬法郎，但她照樣“吝嗇”。她每次從國外回來，總要帶回一些宴會上的菜單，因為這些菜單都是很厚很好的紙片，在背面寫字很方便。難怪有人說居里夫人一直到死都“像一個匆忙的貧窮婦人”。

有一次，一位美國記者尋訪居里夫人，他走到村子里一座漁家房舍門前，向赤足坐在門口石板上的一位婦女打聽居里夫人的住處，當這位婦女抬起頭時，記者大吃一驚：原來她就是居里夫人。

.淡泊名利

居里夫人天下聞名，但她既不求名也不求利。她一生獲得各種獎金10次，各種獎章16枚，各種名譽頭銜107個，卻全不在意。有一天，她的一位朋友來她家做客，忽然看見她的小女兒正在玩英國皇家學會剛剛頒發給她的金質獎章，于是驚訝地說“居里夫人，得到一枚英國皇家學會的獎章，是極高的榮譽，你怎么能給孩子玩呢?”居里夫人笑了笑說：“我是想讓孩子從小就知道，榮譽就像玩具，只能玩玩而已，絕不能看得太重，否則就將一事無成。”

5、.宇宙之王霍金是誰

他是一個大腦，一個神奇，一個當代最杰出的理論物理學家，一個科學名義上的巨人。霍金小時候學習能力并不是很強，他很晚才學會閱讀，上學后在班里的成績從來沒超過前十名，而且往往因為作業很不整潔，老師覺得是無藥可救的孩子，同學們也把他當作嘲弄的對象，霍金十二歲的時候，班里的兩個孩子曾用一袋糖果來打賭，說他永遠不能成才，帶有諷刺意味的給他取了個愛因斯坦的綽號，誰知二十多年后，從童年時代起，運動從來就不是霍金的長項，幾乎所有的球類活動他都不行。到牛津的第三年，霍金注意到自己變得更笨拙了，有一兩回沒有任何原因地跌倒。一次，他不知何故從樓梯上突然跌下來，當即昏迷，差一點死去。直到1962年霍金在劍橋讀研究生后，他的母親才注意到兒子的異常狀況。剛過完21歲生日的霍金在醫院里住了兩個星期，經過各種各樣的檢查，他被確診患上了“盧伽雷氏癥”，即運動神經細胞萎縮癥。大夫對他說，他的身體會越來越不聽使喚，只有心臟、肺和大腦還能運轉，到最后，心和肺也會失效。霍金被“宣判”只剩兩年的生命。那是在1963年。起初，這種病惡化得相當迅速。這對霍金的打擊是可想而知的，他幾乎放棄了一切學習和研究，因為他認為自己不可能活到完成碩士論文的那一天。

霍金的病情漸漸加重。1970年，在學術上聲譽日隆的霍金已無法自己走動，他開始使用輪椅。直到今天，他再也沒離開它。永遠坐進輪椅的霍金，極其頑強地工作和生活著。1991年3月，霍金在一次坐輪椅回柏林公寓，過馬路時被小汽車撞倒，左臂骨折，頭被劃破，縫了13針，但48小時后，他又回到辦公室投入工作。又有一次，他和友人去鄉間別墅，上坡時拐彎過急，輪椅向后傾倒，不料這位引力大師卻被地球引力翻倒在灌木叢中。雖然身體的殘疾日益嚴重，霍金卻力圖像普通人一樣生活，完成自己所能做的任何事情。這位量子引力的大師級人物，多次在微弱的地球引力左右下，跌下輪椅，幸運的是，每一次他都頑強地重新“站”起來。1985年，霍金動了一次穿氣管手術，從此完全失去了說話的能力。他就是在這樣的情況下，極其艱難地寫出了著名的《時間簡史》，探索著宇宙的起源。

6、假如給我三天光明

海倫?凱勒是美國著名作家和教育家。一八八二年，在她一歲多的時候，因為發高燒，腦部受到傷害，從此以后，她的眼睛看不到，耳朵聽不到，后來，連話也說不出來了。

她在黑暗中摸索著長大。七歲那一年，家里為她請了一位家庭教師，也就是影響海倫一生的蘇利文老師。蘇利文在小時候眼睛也差點失明，了解失去光明的痛苦。在她辛苦的指導下，海倫用手觸摸學會手語，摸點字卡學會了讀書，后來用手摸別人的嘴唇，終於學會說話了。

蘇利文老師為了讓海倫接近大自然，讓她在草地上打滾，在田野跑跑跳跳，在地里埋下種子，爬到樹上吃飯；還帶她去摸一摸剛出生的小豬，也到河邊去玩水。海倫在老師愛的關懷下，竟然克服失明與失聰的障礙，完成了大學學業。

一九三六年，和她朝夕相處五十年的老師離開人間，海倫非常的傷心。海倫知道，如果沒有老師的愛，就沒有今天的她，決心要把老師給她的愛發揚光大。於是，海倫跑遍美國大大小小的城市，周游世界，為殘障的人到處奔走，全心全力為那些不幸的人服務。

一九六八年，海倫八十七歲去世，她終生致力服務殘障人士的事跡，傳遍全世界。她寫了很多書，她的故事還拍成了電影。蘇利文老師把最珍貴的愛給了她，她又把愛散播給所有不幸的人，帶給他們光明和希望。

7、.高爾基寧肯挨打也要讀書

高爾基是前蘇聯大文豪，列寧稱他是“無產階級藝術的最杰出的代表人物”。他出生在沙俄時代的一個木匠家庭，4歲喪父，寄養在外祖母家。因為家庭極為寒，他只讀過兩年小學。10歲時就走入冷酷的“人間”。他當過學徒，搬運工人，守認人，面包師。還兩度到俄國南方流浪，受盡苦難生活的折磨。但他十分喜歡讀書，在任何情況下，他都要利用一切機會，撲在書上如饑似渴地讀著。如他自己所說：“我撲在書，就像饑餓的人撲在面包上一樣。”他為了讀書，受盡了屈辱。10歲時在鞋店當學徒，沒有錢買書，就到處借書讀。那時的學齡前徒，實際上是奴仆：上街買東西，生爐子，擦地板，洗菜帶孩子……每天從早晨干到半認。在勞累一天之后，用自制的小燈，堅持讀書。老板娘禁止高爾基讀書，還到閣樓上搜書，搜到書就撕碎。因為讀書，還挨過老板娘的毒打。高爾基為了看書，什么都能忍受，甚至甘愿忍受拷打。他說過：“假如有人向我提議說：?你去廣場上用棍棒打你一頓！?我想，就是這種條件，我也可以接受的。”由于高爾基一生如饑似渴地讀書，勤奮不懈地努力，他寫下了大量有影響的作品：《海燕》、《鷹之歌》、《母親》、《克里姆?薩姆金的一生》、《童年》、《人間》、《我的大學》。除此之外，還寫了劇本和大量的政論、特寫、文

8、發明家愛迪生

愛迪生8歲上學，但僅僅讀了三個月的書，就被老師斥為“低能兒”而攆出校門(因“愚鈍糊涂”被勒令退學了)。從此以后，他的母親是他的“家庭教師”，決定自己教兒子讀書識字，并教育他要誠實、愛祖國、愛人類。由于母親的良好的教育方法，使得他對讀書發生了濃厚的興趣。，一次他在火車上做實驗時，列車突然顛簸，使一塊磷落在木板上，引起燃燒。列車員趕來撲滅了火焰，也狠狠地給了他一個耳光，打聾了他的左耳，他被趕下了火車，那時愛迪生才16歲

愛迪生一生共有約兩千項創造發明，為人類的文明和進步做出了巨大的貢獻。他每發明一樣東西，都要進行無數次的試驗，失敗，再試驗，但他從不氣餒。在進行電燈鎢絲試驗時，他失敗了一千多次，依舊堅持不懈。最終成功解決了電燈泡的鎢絲問題，獲得了“人類光明的使者”的美譽。愛迪生的文化程度極低，對人類的貢獻卻這么巨大，這里的“秘訣”是什么呢？他除了有一顆好奇的心，一種親自試驗的本能，就是他具有超乎常人的艱苦工作的無窮精力和果敢精神。當有人稱愛迪生是個“天才”時，他卻解釋說：“天才就是百分之一的靈感加上百分之九十九的汗水。”

愛迪生一生只上過三個月的小學，他的學問是靠母親的教導和自修得來的。他的成功，還應該歸功于母親自小對他的諒解與耐心的教導。原來被人認為是低能兒的愛迪生，長大后成為舉世聞名的“發明大王”。