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 　　New Words

　　malpractice: n. 玩忽职守；不法行为；治疗不当

　　eliminate: vt. 消除；排除

　　How to Have One Million Dollars

　　A young man pursued studies at the University.

　　One day he proposed to the president some suggestions about how to improve the university

　　education system malpractice. His opinion was not accepted by the president. So he decided¹ to run a university independently and eliminate these drawbacks.

　　To run the school would require at least one million dollars. Where would he find so much money?

　　Every day he was in the bedroom thinking hard how to get one million dollars. His classmates though he was crazy, dreaming the money would fall from the sky. But the young man didn't think so, firmly believing that he could raise the money.

　　Finally, one day he thought out a way. He called the newspaper that tomorrow he would hold a lecture titled If I Have One Million Dollars. The next day the speech attracted many business people, In presence of the audience and many successful people, he spoke² out his idea. At last. after the speech, a businessman called Philip Armer stood up and said, "Young man you spoke so well. I decide to invest one million dollars as you said. "Thus, with the money the young man ran Armer Polytechnic³ Institute, which is now the predecessor⁴ of famous Illinois Polytechnic Institute. This young man was the philosopher and educator Gunsaulus widely loved and esteemed⁵ later.

　　一位年轻人在大学读书。有一天,他向校长提出了改进大学教育制度弊端的若干建议。他的意见没被校长接受。于是,他决定自己办一所大学,来消除这些弊端。

　　办学校至少需要100万美元。上哪儿去找这么多钱呢?他每天都在寝室内苦思冥想如何能有100万美元。同学们都认为他有神经病,梦想天上掉钱来。但年轻人不以为然,坚信自己可以筹到这笔钱。

　　终于有一天,他想到了一个办法。他打电话到报社说,他准备明天举行一个演讲会,题目叫《如果我有100万美元》。第二天的演讲吸引了许多商界人士。面对台下诸多成功人士,他在台上全心全意发自内心地说出了自己的构想。最后演讲完毕,一个叫菲利普·亚

　　默的商人站了起来,说:“小伙子,你讲得非常好。我决定投资100万,就照你说的办。”就这样,年轻人用这笔钱办了亚默理工学院,也就是现在著名的伊利诺理工学院的前身。这个年轻人就是后来备受人们爱戴的哲学家、教育家冈索勒斯。

　　故事结束了，当年如果冈索勒斯在被校长拒绝后，回到寝室慢慢接受了室友们的想法自暴自弃，也就没有后来的伊利诺理工学院，也没有以后的哲学家、教育家冈索勒斯。

　　梦想就是在你吃饭睡觉都应为之奋斗和努力的目标，而不应该在一次次挫折中消磨了斗志，或许大多数人碌碌不为的原因也就在此。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 polytechnic   

adj.各种工艺的，综合技术的；n.工艺(专科)学校；理工(专科)学校

参考例句：

• She was trained as a teacher at Manchester Polytechnic.她在曼彻斯特工艺专科学校就读，准备毕业后做老师。
• When he was 17,Einstein entered the Polytechnic Zurich,Switzerland,where he studied mathematics and physics.17岁时，爱因斯坦进入了瑞士苏黎士的专科学院，学习数学和物理学。

4 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

5 esteemed   

adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 )；敬重；认为；以为

参考例句：

• The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France. 在法国十分尊重谈话技巧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He esteemed that he understood what I had said. 他认为已经听懂我说的意思了。 来自《简明英汉词典》