值得抄写的短篇美文怎么写？( 六 )

Both the exquisitene of the boccaro teapots made in south China, and the shockingly beautiful sculptures by Clay Sculptor Zhang of Tianjin---aren’t they all smiles of the earth? They are such exquisite treasures that --- even if they look ugly, humble, plain, or whatever --- they no doubt deserve respect and veneration.
Now I understand that no-one, however ordinary, should be condemned to anonymity, and that anyone who adds a dash of colour to life deserves our respect.
7．Home
What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence.It is a place where kindly affections exist among all the members of the family.The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the activities of their parents.Thus all of them are bound together by affection, and they find their home to be the cheeriest place in the world.
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.Every civilized person is a social being.No one should live alone.A man may lead a succeful and prosperous life, but prosperity alone can by no means insure happine.Many great personages in the world history had deep affections for their homes.
Your home may be poor and humble, but your duty lies there.You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable.The greater the difficulties, the richer will be your reward.
A home is more than a family dwelling.It is a school in which people are trained for citizenship.
A man will not render good service to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in proportion as he loves his home, will he love his country.The home is the birthplace of true
patriotism.It is the secret of social welfare and national greatne.It is the basis and origin of civilization.
8． Choice of Companions
A good companion is better than a fortune, for a fortune cannot purchase those elements of character which make companionship a bleing.The best companion is one who is wiser and better than ourselves, for we are inspired by his wisdom and virtue to nobler deeds.
“Keep good company, and you shall be one of the number,” said George Herbert.“A man is know by the company he keeps.” Character makes character in the aociations of life faster than anything else.This fact makes the choice of companions in early life more important even than that of teachers and guardians.
Companionship is education, good or bad; it develops manhood or womanhood, high or low; it lifts the soul upward or drags it downward; it ministers to virtue or vice.Sow virtue, and the harvest will be virtue.Sow vice, and the harvest will be vice.Good companions help us to sow virtue; evil companions help us to sow vice.—William Makepeace Thayer
9． Electricity
The modern age is an age of electricity.People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them.When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.