【阅读理解YearsagowhenIstartedlookingformyfirstjobwiseadviserssaid“Barbarabeenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience．”Howrighttheywere!】

　　阅读理解

　　YearsagowhenIstartedlookingformyfirstjobwiseadviserssaid“Barbarabeenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience．”Howrighttheywere!

　　“Nothinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasm”wroteRalphWaldoEmerson．Itisthepastethathelpsyouhangontherewhenthegoinggetstough．Itistheinnervoicethatwhispers“Icandoit!”whenothersshout“Noyoucan’t!”IttookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofBarbaraMcClintockageneticist(遗传学家)whowonthe1983NobelPrizeinmedicinetobegenerallyaccepted．Yetshedidn’tletuponherexperiments．Workwassuchadeeppleasureforherthatsheneverthoughtofstopping．

　　Weareallbornwithwide-eyedenthusiasticwonderanditisthischildlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchyouthfulairwhatevertheirage．At90cellist(大提琴家)PabloCasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingBach．Asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingershisbentshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes．AsauthorandpoetSamueloncewrote“Yearsmaketheskinoldbuttogiveupenthusiasmmakesthesoulold．”

　　Enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydoregardlessofmoneytitleorpower．PatriciaMcllrathretireddirectoroftheMissouriRepertoryTheaterinKansasCitywasonceaskedwhereshegotherenthusiasm．Shereplied“MyfatheralawyerlongagotoldmeInevermadeapennyuntilIstoppedworkingformoney．”

　　Ifwecannotdowhatweloveasafulltimecareerwecandoitasahobby．ElizabethLaytonofWellsvilleKanwas68beforeshebegantodraw．Thisactivityendedhersadnessthathadtroubledherforatleast30yearsandthequalityofherworkledonecritic(评论员)tosay“IampersuadedtocallLaytonagenius．”

　　Wecan’taffordtowastetearson“might-have-beens”．Weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter“what-can-be”．Weneedtoliveeachmomentwhole-heartedlywithalloursenses－findingpleasureinthesweetsmellofabackyardgardenthesimplepictureofasix-year-oldandthebeautyofarainbow．

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