英语写作论据：名人事例主题1：宽容A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face.They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life. The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why?"The other friend replied: "When someonehurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but whensomeone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it. Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your blessings in stone.主题2：豁达One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son,“How was the trip? ”“Very good, Dad! ”“And what did you learn? ”The son answered, “Isaw that we have a dog at home, and they have four.Wehave a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that hasno end. Wehave imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patioreaches to the front yard, they have a whole horiz on.” Wherthe little boy was finishing, his father was speechless. The boy added,Than ks, Dad, for show ing me how poor we are! ” Is n't it true that it alldepends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, goodhumor and a positive attitude toward life, you've goteveryth ing!奥普拉温弗瑞Winfrey is one of the most successful and richest people in the world today, but shedid n't always have it so easy. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wis. and wasrepeatedlymolested by her cousin, uncle and a family friend. Sheeventually ran away from home, and at age 14 gave birth to a baby boy who shortlydied after. But Win frey's tragic past did n't stop her from becoming the force she istoday. She excelled as an honors student in high school, an d won an oratory contest which secured her a full scholarship to college. Now the entrepreneur andpersonality has the admiration ofmillions and a net worth of $2.9 billion.主题4:乐观主题3 :逆境奋斗Oprah Winfrey (1954 ---)亠寰Kris Carr (1971---) 克莉丝.卡尔In 2003, Kris Carr was a 32-year-old New Yorker just enjoyi ng life. But then, a regular checkup at her doctor's office resulted in a diag no sis of a rare and in curableStage IV can cer, existi ng in her liver and lun gs.In stead of succumb ing to the disease, Carr decided to challenge her diag no sis head on. She attacked her can cer with a brand new nu triti onal lifestyle, and turned her experienee into a series of successful self-help books and docume ntaries. Eve ntually, she laun ched her ownwellness website, which is followed by over 40,000 people. Today, Karr is now revered as one of the most prominent experts on healthy living.Van Gogh is considered one of the greatest artists of all time, yet thepoor guy only sold one pain ti ng the en tire time he was alive: "The Red Vin eyard at Arles," which is now in the Pushk in Museum of Fine Arts inMoscow. Eve n though he made no mon ey, he still pain ted over 900 works of art. Though his persistenee went unnoticed when he was alive, Van Gogh proves you don't n eed exter nal validati on to be proud of the work you create.主题6:勇气Van Gogh (1853 -1890)梵高主题5:执著Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and spokesperson for wome' right to educati on .In retaliati on for her high profile campaig n for education and criticism of the Taliban, she was shot in the head at close range by a Taliba n gunman. She survived the gun shot wound and has become a lead ing spokespers on for huma n rights, educati on and wome n ' rights.In October, 2014, the Nobel committee awarded Malala the Nobel Peace Prize.Her in creased profile and stride nt criticism of the Taliba n caused Taliba n leaders to meet, and in 2012, they voted to kill her. On9 October, 2012, a maskedgunmanentered her school bus and asked Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot at you all. ” Malala was identified andshe was shot with a sin gle bullet which went through her head, n eck and shoulder. Malala survived the initial shooting, but was in a critical condition.A couple of days later, she came out of a coma and resp on ded well to treatment. She was discharged on January 3, 2013 and movedwith her family to a temporary home in the West Midla nds.主题7:勇敢At the time of Joan' childhood, France was seriously divided with a lack of n ati onal un ity .In 1415 King Henry V of En gla nd inv aded France and defeated the French army. Born in obscurity to a peasa nt family, Joa n travelled to Charles, the un crow ned prince of Fran ce, advis ing him to reclaim his French throne and defeat the English. The 17 year old peasant girl was given control over an army and allowed to lead them into battle. With in a year Joa n of Arc had led the French army to victories. Man ytow ns were liberated from En glish con trol. She was later captured and burned at the stake for heresy. Joan of Arc embodied great bravery and humility, her life helped cha nge the course of French history.主题&勤奋Benjamin Fran klin (1706-1790) 本杰明•富兰克林Benjam in Fran kli n was a scie ntist, ambassador, philosopher, statesme n,writer, bus in essma n and celebrated free thin ker and wit. Born into a large and poor family, Benjam in was brought up in the family bus in ess of can dlemaki ng and his brother ' prin ti ng shop. When ever he could Benjamin would takethe opport unity to read and learn about a wide range of subjects,from Greek poems to modern scienee. Whilst co-workers would take a leisurely lunchbreak, Benjamin Franklin would pour over books from the bookshop.Flore nee Nighti ngale (1820 -1910)佛罗伦斯•南Born in 1820 into a wealthy family, Flore nee waseducated at home by her father. She aspired to serve others. In particular she wanted to become a nu rse. Her pare nts were opposed -at that time, nursing was not seen as an attractive or respectable ' profession. Despite her parents ' disapproval,Flore nee went ahead and trained to be a nu rse. Shevolunteered to nurse soldiersduring the Crimean War. She helped revoluti onize the service of nursing and the treatme nt of patie nts. The efforts ofFlore nee and her team of nu rses were greatly appreciated by the woun dedsoldiers.主题10:勇于探索主题9:奉献丁格尔-1823）爱德华•詹纳Edward Jenner was an En glish doctorand the father of immuno logy. At histime, one of the most feared diseaseswas smallpox. At the time, there wereno known treatme nts or vacci natio nsthat could preve nt it. Jenner was interestedin testing a theory that inoculating humanswith a strain of the cowpox virus could protect them from smallpox. In 1796, Jenner inoculated ayoung boy of 8 with cowpox blisters from the hand of a milkmaid who had caughtcowpox. The boy con tracted a mild fever, but, to Jenner' relief, whe n he gave him various materials, he proved resista nt tosmallpox. Thus, Jenner had provided a relatively safe way to immunize people fromthe deadly smallpox virus.Percy Spe ncer (1894 -1970)帕西•斯宾塞For in sta nee, the microwave ove n did not comeabout as aresult of some one trying to find a better and faster way to cook.It is an accidental by-product of military research. In 1946,while working on the magnetron, a vacuum tube that produces microwaves, Dr. PercySpencer noticed thatEdward Jenn er (1749主题11:观察力radar waves had melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experiments showed thatmicrowave heating could raise the internal temperature of many foods far morerapidly tha n a conven ti onal ove n. This accide ntal discovery led to the inven ti on of microwave ove n.Take Jane Goodall, the British primatologist and anthropologist, who is con sidered to be the world ' foremost expert on chimpa nzees. Goodall dedicated 38 years to the study of social and family life of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Her decades-long observation sheds new light on chimpa nzees and challe nged two Ion g-sta nding beliefs: that only huma ns could con struct and use tools, and that chimpa nzees were vegetaria ns.Today, Goodall devotes virtually all of her time to advocacy on behalf of chimpa nzees and the en vir onment, travelli ng n early 300 days a year.(1809212 - 1865415)亚伯拉罕•林主题12:献身科学主题13:坚强意志Abraham Lincoln肯A good example is AbrahamL incoln, the 16th preside nt of the Un ited States, who led the country through its Civil War. His will to win the war n ever flagged despite enormous battle casualties and muchpolitical opposition, a substa ntial amount of it coming from members of his cab in et a nd from among the Radical Republica ns. Un swerv ing in his goal of restori ng the Union, he eve ntually defeated the secessi oni sts, re un ited the n ati on, abolished slavery and stre ngthe ned the federal gover nment.主题14:坚强意志Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) 贝多芬A prime example is Ludwig van Beethove n, the greatest Germa n composer.He bega n to lose his heari ng whe n he was only 26, which brought him tothe brink of despair. But he cameto term with his deafness in a positive way. In a letter to his friend, he wrote, “will seize fate by the throat.It will not wholly conquer me! ” Relying on his memory of sounds, he finished his most enduring and beautiful works, including the monumental Ninth Symph ony.主题15:敢于质疑Andreas Vesalius (1514 --- 1564)安德雷亚斯维萨里Take An dreas Vesalius, the foun der of moder n huma n anatomy. Before him the theories of Galen, a prominentphysician in ancient Greek, haddomin ated huma n an atomy for more tha n 1,300 years.An dreas Vesalius, by dissecting humanbodies, discovered that Galen's theories had been based upon animal an atomy rather tha n the huma n and thus were in accurate. In 1543, he published The Fabric of the HumanBody, which for the first time gave a detailed illustratio n of huma n bones and orga ns.主题16:创造性Lae nnec (1781 —1826) 雷奈克The invention of stethoscope illustrates the powerIt isof imagination.said that Doctor Laennec, while taking a walk, sawsomechildren playing with long, hollow sticks. They heldtheir ear to one end of the stick while the opposite end was scratched with a pin. The stick tran smitted and amplified the scratch. In spired by this, he built the first stethoscope using a hollow woode n cyli nder to diag nosevarious chest con diti ons.。