不朽的声音(白领英语轻悦读系列)(含光盘)

本书以时间先后为序选取了48篇古今中外名人不同时期发表的重要演讲及宣言。这些演讲者中有政治家、思想家、军事家、作家、社会活动家等杰出人物，他们的演讲在特定的历史时期影响了本国的甚至世界的发展进程，他们的声音穿越时空，振聋发聩，给人力量，给人知识，令人感慨，发人深思。
　　本书选取的演讲者均具有雄辩的口才和非凡的演讲技巧，他们的文章言辞优美，思维缜密，气势磅礴，文中多次采取了排比、倒装等重要英文句式。通过它我们不但可以学习英语写作知识，可以提高演讲能力，而且还可以学习西方文史知识及重要名人的理论及思想。

The Road to Success成功之路
　　Andrew Carnegie／安德鲁•卡内基
　　安德鲁•卡内基（Andrew Carnegie，1835-1919）：钢铁企业家。生于英国。1848年全家迁居美国匹茨堡。他做过多种X-作，也投资过多种事业。后建立了全美国最大的钢铁机构。他为英美的许多公共机关捐献了数以百万计的巨款。他对社会的较重要的贡献都以他的名字命名。
　　It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the mostsubordinate positions．Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had aserious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career．Thevwere introduced to the broom，and spent the first hours of their business livessweeping out the office．I notice we have janitors and jamtresses nOW in offices．and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of a businesseducation．But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning．the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to trv hishand at the broom．The other day a fond fashionable mother in Michigan asked ayoung man whether he had even seeo a young lady sweep in a room SO grandly asher Priscilla．He said"SO，he never had，and the mother was gratified be3rondmeasure，but then said he，after a pause，“What I should like to see her do issweep out a room．”It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office ifnecessary。I was one of those sweepers myself．Assuming that you have allobtained employment and are fairly started，my advice to you is“aim high”．……