新高考高中英语学习—读美文11学知识,积累英语作文写作素材：生而为赢 （含生词、难句、语法等知识点拓展）
说明：这些都是精选的美文和分析（主要选自voa, bbc, cnn经典语篇）。
当然，我不仅仅是提供单纯的语篇，一般列出所有的生词、难句并配上相关拓展。 读者：高中或以上（基本上都是经典名篇，我努力选取易懂的）（孙三五编辑） 导读
没有人想做一个失败者，但又很少有人真正理解赢者的含义。很多人觉得拥有巨额财富，获得至高无上的权力，被别人称赞或追捧，那就是赢者。其实不然，和世俗的成就相比，敢于做真实的自我，善于独立思考和运用自己所学的知识，懂得尊重他人亦不被他人所束缚，有担当，随时都能恰如其分地应对各种状况，这些品质是对赢者更好的定义。 正文
Born to Win生而为赢
Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials—capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being—a productive person, a winner.
The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.
Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.
Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don't pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others; evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them.
Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They don't give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and know it.
A winner's timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.
每个人生来都是一个全新的、独一无二的存在。人人都有生而为赢的能力。每个人都有其独特的观察、聆听、触摸、品味和思考的方式。每个人都有其独特的潜力——能力和局限，都可以举足轻重，富于理性，善于洞察和创新，也就是成为一个成就卓著的人，一个赢者。
“赢者”和“败者”这两个词有很多含义。当我们说一个人是赢者时，并不是说这个人让另外一个人输了。对于我们来说，赢者总是能够真诚地为人处世，无论是作为个人，还是社会的一员，他们都可信、可靠，凡事会积极地做出回应，让人感觉真实。
赢者不会依靠想象自己应该是什么样来度过一生，相反，他们做真实的自我，不会花精力去演戏、假装和操控他人。他们知道爱与假装爱、愚蠢与装傻、博学与卖弄之间的区别。赢者无须隐藏在面具的后面。
赢者无惧独立思考，也无惧运用自己的知识。他们能分清哪些是事实，而哪些只是观点。他们从来不会假装自己无所不知。他们会听取他人的意见，对他们所说的话做出判断，并得出自己的结论。赢者会羡慕和尊重他人，但是不会被他人所局限、破坏、束缚，也不会畏惧他人。
赢者不会假装“无助”，也不会把责任推给别人。相反，他们会为自己的生活承担责任。他们不会虚伪地盛气凌人。赢者做自己的主宰，而且他们深刻地知道这一点。
赢者善于把握时机，能恰如其分地应对各种状况。他们严格地根据收到的信息给出反应，保护当事人的利益、康乐和尊严。赢者深知，万事都有定期，万物都有定时。 词汇
productive [pr??d?kt?v] a. 富有成效的
【拓】produce [pr??dju?s] v. 生产
authentically [???θent?kli] ad. 真正地
【拓】authentic [???θent?k] a. 真正的
credible [?kred?bl] a. 可信的
【拓】trustworthy [?tr?stw??ei] a. 可信赖的
genuine [?d?enju?n] a. 真心实意的
【拓】honest [??n?st] a. 真诚的
demolish [d??m?l??] v. 破坏
【拓】destroy [d??str??] v. 破坏
awe [??] v. 使敬畏
【拓】awesome [???s?m] a. 令人敬畏的
assume [??sju?m] v. 承担；假定
【拓】assumption [??s?mp?n] n. 设想 短语
dedicate oneself to (doing) sth. 致力于（做）某事
【例】We should dedicate ourselves to helping more people in need. 我们应该致力于帮助更多需要帮助的人。