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1、2. What to choose?. Today more and more high school graduates go on to college. Most young people decide their courses of study for themselves. They do not wait for their parents to tell them what career to choose.For example, Jacks father practices medicine. Even though he wants his son also to bec
2、ome a doctor, he doesnt insist that Jack study medicine when he finishes high school.He believes that Jack must make up his own mind about his courses of study. His wife, on the other hand, disagrees with him. She thinks that Jack should become a doctor, and so he can become a partner with his fathe
3、r.Jack isnt sure what he wants to study in college. One day he feels that hed like to become an engineer. However, the next day he thinks that perhaps he should study business management. . Right now he is studying chemistry, biology, and physics. All of them will be useful if he finally chooses to
4、study medicine in college.Jack likes his fathers attitude, and is grateful that his father isnt forcing him to become a doctor. In some countries parents often decide what careers their children will follow - especially their sons. Tchaikovsky(柴可夫斯基，1840-1893，俄国作曲家), the composer of Swan Lake(芭蕾舞剧天鹅
5、湖 ), was asked to study law. He, however, didnt take an interest in it. Tchaikovsky made a great decision on his own. He gave up his government service later and started to study music. Some people think the young are probably going to be successful because they are doing the things they most want t
6、o do in life. Many people, however, disagree with them.3. MichelangeloMichelangelo(米开朗琪罗， 1475-1564，意大利文艺复兴时期成就卓著的科学家、艺术家) was an Italian artist about 500 years ago. Today he is still remembered as a great sculptor, painter, and architect.Michelangelo came from a poor family. He was trained at an ea
7、rly age like any other craftsman in Italy. At thirteen, he started to work and learn in a workshop. The workshop belonged to one of the leading masters at that time. In the workshop Michelangelo was able to learn all the skills of sculpture. However, he wasnt satisfied, and went on to study the work
8、 of the great masters of the past. Michelangelo worked hard and he mastered one problem after another. . By the time he was 30, he was generally regarded as one of the outstanding sculptors of the age.In 1508, Michelangelo was given a task - to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel(位于罗马梵蒂冈的西斯廷教堂).
9、 At first, he tried to turn down this job, saying that he was not really a painter, but a sculptor. Finally, he agreed to do it. He then shut himself up in the chapel, let no one come near him, and got ready to work alone.It took him four years to complete the paintings on the ceiling. Any ordinary
10、person would find it hard to imagine what Michelangelo had gone through in those four years of hard and lonely work. Michelangelo, while working, had to lie on his back and paint. . As a result, he became so used to looking upward that when he received a letter during that period, he had to hold it
11、over his head to read it. Finally, the paintings were completed. The great and huge paintings on the ceiling and walls of the chapel have ever since become a fascination to people in Italy and all over the world.Michelangelo left us with a great number of sculptures and paintings. . Today his works
12、are still examples for art students to study and follow. Home and overseas visitors cant help but admire these masterpieces.米开朗琪罗 米开朗琪罗大约在 500 年以前是一个意大利艺术家。 今天他仍然被如一位伟大的雕刻家，画家和建筑师。 来自一个贫穷的家庭，米开朗琪罗在意大利像任何其他的工匠一样在很早的年龄被训练。在十三岁时，他开始在工作室中工作而且学习。 在工作室中，米开朗琪罗能够学习雕刻的所有技术。 但是他不满意, 而且外出学习过去的伟大大师的工作。 米开兰基罗认真工
13、作征服一个又一个问题。 当他是三十岁的时候, 他经常被视为杰出的雕刻家之一。 在 1508 年，米开朗琪罗被给予任务油漆西斯庭大教堂的天花板。 起先，他想要回绝这份工作, 说自己不真的一个画家 , 而是一个雕刻家。 但是最后他被迫接受了它。 他然后在教堂中关上了他自己，使没有人来在他的附近，而且准备好独自地工作。 他花四年完成在天花板上的画。 而且任何的平常人想像米开兰基罗在这些四年的困难和孤单的工作中忍耐的是困难的。米开朗琪罗,在工作时,必须躺在他的背部和油漆上。 事实上，他变成如此一直向上看以致于当他在此期间收到了一封信的时候,他必须抬着头向上方读它。 最后，画完成了。那天花板上的画因为教
14、堂从而在全世界对到意大利的旅游者至今已变得有魔力。 米开朗琪罗用很多的雕刻和画留下我们。 今天他的工厂仍然是艺术学生学习的例子,如此的吸引访客仍然忍不住羡慕他们。 .米开朗基罗大约生活在 500 年前，是一位意大利的艺术家。 Today he is still remembered as a great sculptor, painter, and architect. 这句话是：作为一位伟大的雕刻家，画家，和建筑师，今天，他仍被人们所铭记。 as 的意思很多，有作为，由于，好像，当什么时候等等，这里咱们不展开，下次碰到再说。Michelangelo, who came from a poor
15、 family, was trained at an early age like any other craftsman in Italy. 一般在一节的的开头，第一位置就是主语，或者是带修饰语的主语。 你可以这样说： 米开朗基罗出身于一个贫穷的家庭，他像意大利的其他工匠一样从小就接受训练（学手艺） 。 或者不把这句断成两个分句： 出身于一个贫穷家庭的米开朗基罗像意大利的其他工匠一样从小就接受训练（学手艺） 。 At thirteen, he started to work and learn in a workshop which belonged to one of the leadin
16、g masters of the time. 13 岁时，他开始在当时的一位大画家的工作室工作和学习。 master 是大师的意思，leading master 是大师中的领袖人物的意思。可以说米开朗基罗的师从很不错。这位绘画大师名字叫做基尔兰达约，他也是出身于工匠之家，他的作品令人感到亲切，宁静，高尚，对米开朗基罗有很大影响。 这是他画的一副素描名叫: StudyBut he wasnt satisfied, and went out to study the work of the great masters of the past. the work 这里不是工作，而是作品的意思。其他部分翻得很好 By the time he was thirty, he was generally regarded as one of the outstanding sculptors of the age. generally 是普遍的，总的，这里可以翻译为：公认的 of the age 意为：那个时
