文章大意:本文介绍了爱因斯坦成功的原因,是受爸爸讲给他的一个寓言故事的启发。通过这个寓言故事告诉他要以自己为镜子,必须看清自己,知道自己想要追求什么,自己的未来如何,不是取决于别人怎么做而是取决于自己怎么做,所以我们对生活应该有自己的态度。
At the age of 16, Einstein always played with a group of naughty (淘气的) kids. Because he was so busy playing, he didn’t study enough and failed his final exam.
One morning, when Einstein was holding a fishing rod (钓竿) and was about to go fishing with his friends, his father stopped him and said calmly (平静地), “Einstein, you’re so fond of playing all day that you failed your exam. I’m worried about your future. ”
“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but don’t they still go fishing? ”
“My boy, you can’t think like that, ”his dad said. “There is a story that people tell in our hometown. Listen to it now.”
“There were two cats playing on a roof (屋顶). One cat suddenly went down the chimney (烟囱). It caught the other cat quickly. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot (煤灰) on its face, while the other cat’s face was clean. Seeing the soot-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face must be dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat and thought its face was also clean, so it just ran down the street. ”
“Einstein, no one can be your mirror. You have to think for yourself. If you take your cue (提示) from others, you will never learn. ”
Hearing this, Einstein put down his fishing rod and returned to his room. He decided to pay more attention to his study and less attention to what his friends did. This allowed him to be successful.
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26. Binstein was good at his study when he was sixteen years old.
27. Einstein’s father wasn’t worried because his son did the same thing as his friends.
28. The soot-faced cat thought its face must be dirty because it just climbed out of the chimney.
29. Einstein’s father wanted to use the story to tell Einstein that he would never learn if he didn’t think for himself.
30. From the passage, we know the reason for Einstein’s success was that he no longer took others as his “mirror”.