2013高中英语阅读素材：KEEPING A JOURNAL.doc

KeepingajournalKeepingajournalIfyouareseriousaboutbecomingawealthy,powerful,sophisticated,healthy,influential,culturedanduniqueindividual,keepajournal.Don'ttrustyourmemory.Whenyoulistentosomethingvaluable,writeitdown.Whenyoucomeacrosssomethingimportantk,writeitdown.Iusedtotakenotesonlongsheets,narrowsheets,littlesheetsandpiecesofpaperthrowninadrawer.ThenIfoundoutthatthebestwaytoorganizethoseideasistokeepajournal.I'vebeenkeepingthesejournalssincetheageoftwenty-five.Thedisciplinemakesupavaluablepartofmylearning,andthejournalsareavaluablepartofmylibrary.Imustadmit,ifyougotaglimpseofmyjournals,you'dhavetosaythatIamaseriousstudent.Iamnotjustcommittedtomycraft.I'mcommittedtolife,committedtolearningnewconceptsandskills.IwanttoseewhatIcandowithseed,soil,sunshineandraintoturnthemintothebuildingblocksofaproductivelife.Thefirsttreasureisyourpictures.Takealotofpictures.Don'tlazyincapturingtheevent.Howlongdoesittaketocapturetheevent?Afractionofasecond.Sodon'tmissthhepictures.Whenyou'regone,theywillkeepthememoriesalive.Thesecondtreasureisyourlibrary.Thisisthelibrarythattaughtyou,thatinstructedyou,thathelpedyoudefendyourideals.Ithelpedyoutodevelopaphilosophy.Ithelpedyoubecomnewealthy,powerful,healthy,sophisticated,andunique.Yourlibrary,thebooksthatinstructedyou,fedyourmindandfedyoursoul,isoneofthegreatestgiftsyoucanleavebehind.Thethirdtreasureisyourjournals:theideasthatpickedup,theimformationthatyoumeticulouslygathered.Butofthethree,journalwritingisoneofthegreatestindicationsthatyou'reseriousstudent.Takingpictures,thatisprettyeasy.Buyingabookatabookstore,that'sprettyeasy.Itisalittlemorechallengingtobeastudentofyourownlife,yourownfuture,andyourowndestiny.Takethetimetokeepnotesandtokeepjournal.Youwillbesogladyoudid.Whatatreasuretoleavebehindwhenyougo!Whatatreasuretoenjoytoday!翻译:坚持记日记如果你真想成为一个富有,强大,成熟,健康,有影响力,有修养且独特的人,那就记日记吧.不要相信自己的记忆力.当你听到有价值的东西时,把它记下来;当你遇到重要的事情时,把它记下来.我过去习惯在长纸条,窄纸条,小纸片和丢到抽屉的便条纸上做笔记.后来我发现,整理那些想法的最佳方法就是记日记.从２岁起我一直坚持记日记,这一坚持构成了我学习中重要的一部分,而我的日子也是我的藏书珍贵组成部分.我必须承认,如果你看一