英文励志故事ppt素材

1、英文励志故事ppt素材我们在做英文励志故事ppt的时候，难免会需要用到一些英文励 志故事来作为ppt素材，那么英文励志故事ppt素材都有哪些呢？一 起来看看吧。Lying with one's Head Pillowed on a Spear,Waiting for Day to BreakIn the Western Jin Dyn astythere were two youngmen .0 ne of them was Zu Ti and the other was Liu Kun .Both of them were men of ideals and integrit

2、ywho were chivalrousand of a sanguine disposition.Theynot only wrote excellentarticles but also were fond of practis ing martial arts to keep fit, in order to ren der meritorious service to the coun try.Both of them were chief clerks resp on sible for docume nt administrationin Luoyang.Althoughin ap

3、pearanee the JinDyn asty had jurisdicti on of the Cen tral Plai ns compris ing the middle and lower reaches of the Haunch and threatened by foreigninvasion.ZuTi and Liu Kun often talked about thecountry& #39;s situati on till late into the ni ght,a nd each time they talking very excitedly again.

4、Liu Kun fell asleep without knowing it,but Zu Ti was too excited to fall asleep."iwastela nd.ZuTi jumpedupandkickedLiuKunawake:&qu ot;Liste n.Howin spiri ngtherooster'scrowis.Let's get up and practisedona slope.Fromthe non ,they keptpractis ingswordplay ingvigorouslyandC

5、ock-a-doodle-do o,&qu ot;camethe crow of rooster in theen ergetically in the wastela nd every day whe n they heard thefirst crow in the morning.Deeply moved by Zu Ti's patriotic passi on 丄iu Kun was determ ined to devote himself to his homela nd.Once he wrote to his family:&qu ot;At

6、the time when the country is in dire peril,I am resolved to dedicate myselt to the service of my countryofte n fear that I might lag behind Zu Ti in renderingservice to the country,and,in fact,Iam behi nd him. &qu ot; The words&qu ot; sleep with my head pillowed on a spear,wait ing for the d

7、ay to break&q uot;vividly described Liu Kun& #39;s determ in atio n to dedicate himself to the service of the country and to fight the enemy at any time.Later,this set phrase is used to mean maintainingsharpvigila nee and being ready to fight at any time .&qu ot;西晋人祖逖和刘琨，都是性格开朗、仗义好侠的志士。年

8、轻时不 但文章写得好，而且都喜欢练武健身，决心报效祖国。当时，晋朝表 面上还管辖着中原大地，但实际上已是内忧外患，风雨飘摇了。祖逖 和刘琨一谈起国家局势，总是慷慨万分，常常聊到深夜。天，祖逖又和刘琨谈得十分兴奋，刘琨不知什么时候睡着了,祖逖却久久沉浸在谈话的兴奋之中，不能入睡。“喔，喔，喔-”荒原上的雄鸡叫了起来，祖逖一跃而起，踢醒了刘琨：“听，这雄鸡啼鸣多么振奋人心呀，快起来练剑吧！ ”于是，两人操起剑来，在高坡 上对舞。从此，他俩每天清早听到头一声鸣叫，一定来到荒原上抖擞 神练起剑来。刘琨被祖逖的爱国热情深深感动，决心献身于祖。一次他给家人的信中写道：“在国家危难时刻，我经常&sq

9、uo;枕戈待旦’(枕 着兵器睡觉一直到天明)，立志报国，常担心落在祖逖后边，不想他 到底走到我的前头了 !……”故事出自晋书；祖逖传。“枕戈待旦”出自刘琨与亲故书， 形象地写出了刘琨随时准备杀敌报国的决心。 后来用作成语，形容时 刻警惕敌人，准备作战。英文励志故事 ppt素材：画饼充饥 Relieving Hunger with Pictures of CakesOn ce in the Three Kin gdoms Period (220-280), the duke ofthe Wei, Cao Rui, pla ned t

10、o select a very capable man to workfor him. He said to his ministers: 'Whenchoosing atale nted pers on, always beware of one with a false reputati on.A false reputatio n is just like a picture of a cake; it can& #39; tease hun ger. 'Later, this idiom came to be used to mean comfo

11、rting on eself with un realistic thoughts, without sol ving practical problems.三国时代魏国的皇帝曹睿，准备选拔一个有才能的人到朝廷来做 关。曹睿兑他的大臣说：“选择人才，不能光找有虚名的人。虚名好 像是画的一块饼，只能看，不能解决肚子饥饿的问题啊 ！”后来人们就用“画饼充饥”这个成语比喻用空想安慰自己，不能 解决实际问题。英文励志故事ppt素材：东施效颦 Xi Shi, a famous beauty, had a pain in her bosom, so she had a frown on her face

12、whe n she went out. An ugly girl who lived nearby saw her and thought she looked very beautiful. therefore when she went home, she also put her hands on her bosom and had a frown on her face.Whe n a rich man in the n eighbourhood saw her, he shut his doors tightly and did not go out. Whe n a poor ma

13、n saw her, he took his wife and childre n and gave her a wide berth.She only knew Xi Shi's frown looked beautiful but she did not know the reas on for its beauty.越国苎罗（今浙江诸暨南）有位姓施的美女，因为家住若耶溪西 岸，所以村里人叫她西施。若耶溪东岸也有位姓施的姑娘。她长得很 丑，村里人管她叫东施。有一天，西施心口疼，走路的时候双手捂住胸部，并且皱着眉头。村里人见她这个模样，都同情地说：“瞧这姑娘的模样，准是疼得难

14、 受，真是可怜！”西施的病态正好被东施瞧见了。她一边看，一边默默记住她难受的姿态和动作。回到溪东后，也模仿西施的模样，双手捂住胸部，同 时皱着眉头。东施的这副模样，使村里人大吃一惊，富人紧闭大门不出来，穷 人也带着妻儿躲开。 东施只知道人家皱着眉头很美，却不知道为什 么皱着眉头会美。英文励志故事ppt素材：郑人买履Buying shoesA man of the state of Zheng wan ted to buy a pair of shoes.He measured his foot and put the measurementon a chair.Whe n he set out

15、 for the market he forgot to bring it alon g. Itwas after he had found the pair he wan ted that this occurred to him.I forgot the measureme nt, said he.He went home to get it but whe n he returned the markethad broke n up and he did not get his shoes after all.Why did n& #39;t you try on the shoes with your feet?He was asked.I 'd rather trust the measureme nt tha n tru