英语励志文章1
我们是怎样的一代，我们在经历着怎样的青春，又在怎样的对待时间，不可否认，我们还有年轻的资本，在经历现实的初创，走在了一条考研的路上?
站在路的前端，远远考研的汽笛已经鸣响，考研的风帆已经启航，作为新一轮的考研人我们把目标对准远方。漫漫长路定是荆棘密布，坎坷征途必将困难重重，没有人知道有多少挑战与考验，没有人知道有多少挫折与磨练。只有经历了才知道路途的艰辛，只要走过了才知道自己的坚强，而要想走到最后我们必须坚定信念，必须拥抱梦想。
这个没有硝烟的战场，相信勤能补拙，却只有坚持才能胜利，而笑到最后的才会笑的最好。没有人在开始时就愿意接受失败，没有人在理想中不愿自己坚强，但这条路上必将会有很多人停止了，倒下了，到达终点的勇士只是少数。或许这就是现实，也是差距，谁能不畏路上的荆棘密布，谁能不怕途中的狂风暴雨，谁能抵住一路上的种种诱惑，谁又能忍受漫漫长路的孤独与寂寞，形形色色人生，习惯这样的方式吗，或许别无选择，不悔是自己的信念，选择了就要勇敢的走到底。
天空覆盖着我们所有人的心，阴晴雨雪，变化万千，我想获胜的一个利器便是积极的心态，心态也将决定你的成败。这条路上我们不止一次的困惑与迷茫，不止一次的面对诱惑与孤寂，不止一次的承受压力和焦虑，不止一次的在坚持与放弃中徘徊，而最终我们将以一颗怎样的心态来接受这些，抚平棱角，将是我们成功的关键。放开心去面对一切困难，虽然每天都迎着朝阳，但要把握白昼珍贵的时光，坦然一切，坚持你的理想。
研途观景，我们不会平静，或许无法想象前方的道路还有多远，在想象中也无法体会到所谓的困难有多难，所谓的坚持有多不易，只有现实告诉了我们一切，一切也我们更加了解了自己。平
静思考，面对初期选择时的困惑与迷茫，面对暑期复习时的炎热和烦躁，面对着无数学子报名的压力与恐惧，面对着很多人找工作赚钱时的诱惑和反思，面对着永远复习不完的文字和题海，面对着考场失利的担忧和紧张，面对着客观存在的纷繁复杂的一切，你又作何感想，内心深处的自信与骄傲在这一刻爆发，我们才会清楚自己究竟有多强大。
很少有人能轻松的说一句无所谓而一笑而过，我们兼凡人，走着凡人路，所以不可能一下子变得如此超然与洒脱。考研，让我们都在这种平凡的生活中体会着不凡的经历，领略着不凡的风景。
在这样的一条路上，或惊喜或失望，也许你不会知道下一个阻碍会来自什么地方，内心在空洞中也会产生或多或少的遐想，无尽的担忧也让问题成倍的扩大，变成沉重的负担。问题永远是越解决越少而越拖延越多。我想每个人不需要企盼一帆风顺、一切如意，不需要企图遇到问题都能轻易解决，因为现实的磨砺总会出现，只是当它出现时，能以饱满的斗志来想办法克服，不要逃避，困难也让我们承认自己会遇到问题，承认有很多问题自己很难轻易解决，这也是我们要认识到的一点。
青春是人生的最美财富，纵观整个人生，漫漫长路且是一个过程，一点一滴都是积累。考研是当前的一件大事，但毕竟又只是生命过程中的一段征程。它的确很重要，但却决非全部。所以我们要对人生有一个清晰的认识，对考研有一个清醒的衡量。失败会影响你的心情，学着重视它但不要太在意，沉浸其中的阴影，战胜它不要太清高，学着品味这份艰辛，赞美这段旅途。
明天太阳依旧会照耀你的床前，面对人生的每一天，都可以看作是新的起点，每一刻都可以作为新的开始，所以认真走好每一步，过好每一天。对于考研，我们放眼未来而不要拘束在现在，也许我们会走错一步，但不要停止前行的脚步，把握正确的人生方向，我们就会离目标越来越近。
考研路上也不会缺少好书相伴，哲人的思想为我们指引方向，成功者的事迹也会成为我们的榜样。志同道合的伙伴，在失落时为你撑起一把伞，彼此共勉，快乐取代孤独，温馨代替无助。抱着经历风雨历练的心态去积极面对，风雨就不再可怕，而当我们在风雨中自由歌唱，坦然面对时，我们就学会了坚强，当一切都逝去时我们便可以骄傲的说；我们经历了，走过了，结果已不再重要，我们已成长了??考研，让拼搏的青春化茧成蝶。暖风吹过窗台，催人感觉到夏的味道。一个人呆在久违的私房，或许很久没有这样静心聆听风的声音了。一个气氛恬静的夜晚，我想自己终于有时间品味化茧为蝶的苦涩，感受苦尽甘来的喜悦。生活很玄妙，也许路就在一瞬间转弯，考研，充实我一程。
经历风雨，方见彩虹。为了这一天的到来，我付出了太多的心血与汗水；忍受了太久的孤独与寂寞；承受了太多的苦涩与辛酸?再回首，一切似乎历历在目又好像那么的遥远；再回首，一切似乎都是甜蜜又好像那么的苦涩；再回首，一切似乎都很可爱又好像那么的惨。
英语励志文章2
Enjoy that uniquenesss1. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You do not have to lie to hide the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.
You were meant to be different. Nowhere, in all of history, will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.
If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap2 in history, and something missing from the plan for humankind. Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!
No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort others with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person. No one can be cheerful and light-hearted3 and joyous4 in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.
Share your uniqueness. Let it flow out freely among your family and friends, and the people you meet in the rush and clutter of living, wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given to you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!
See it! Receive it!
Let it inform you, move you and inspire you!
You are unique!
英语励志文章3
如果不是眼角的血丝出卖身体的疲态，任谁也不会料想：在镜头面前侃侃而谈的周思成，清晨六点就已经起床，赶早班机前往上海，在享受了一顿美味的上海本帮菜后，便马不停蹄地赶到沪江总部。
有别于一贯的礼帽造型，当日的周思成将头发吹得格外蓬松，擦了粉底的脸白净通透，嘴唇也泛着微微的红，显然他早已为上镜做足了准备。
在冷风乍起的上海，他依旧习惯喝冰冷的咖啡；在布景之时，他饶有兴致地跟工作人员聊着北京的哥和上海的哥的不同，长沙与上海的天气变化以及琐碎的工作和生活。自诩为“新东方第一名师”的他，少了很多名人的做派和架势。
没有提前对稿，没有经纪人在旁推三阻四，也没有助理帮忙提包端茶送水，单打独斗的周思成很快进入了采访状态，在他看来，这些对于流程的熟稔大多得益于镁光灯的不时眷顾。
20xx年的那期名为“史上最牛英语老师”的《快乐大本营》，让跳着“艳舞”的周思成一夜爆红：镁光灯下的他习惯拿自己的“自恋”开涮，在舞台上毫不客气地与谢娜掐架，这些无一例外地让这个被冠以男版“芙蓉姐姐”称号的老师名声大噪。
四年的时间，他六次登上快乐大本营的舞台，与黄晓明、蔡依林互飙英语，闲不下来的他也成为许多电视节目的常客。他不喜欢炒作，也不喜欢包装，之所以游离于三尺讲台之外，用他自己的话说：“老师是个特别单纯的职业，其实老师做久了以后跟社会上的人比智商是很低的，因为你每天面对的都是学生，你知道的又比他们多，你又要不停地重复，你就是个孩子王而已，而你对于处理事情、安排事务，其实不如公司里面的人。”
蔡依林脚踩高跟鞋一站就是五个钟头，周思成说“她那么努力，我凭什么不努力”；何老师录完节目还请嘉宾们吃饭，亲和得让原本不太理人的周思成，都忍不住改变自己。
他似乎特别善于博采众长，而集合到自己身上却没有过多的违和之感。所谓“缺什么补什么”，这种汲他人之所长的本领，周思成自小就烂熟于胸。
我不是人妖，我就是妖
对于自己的农村背景，周思成没有丝毫隐讳。出生在湖南醴陵的他，童年虽清苦，却不乏苦中作乐的心态。他曾经在黑夜中点亮煤油灯，在蒸腾起的烟雾中把自己臆想成“白素贞”；也因为万分期待伞花飘落的美景，而试图在鞭炮中多塞几把小降落伞，结果笨重地飞不起来。
在现在的周思成看来，这种原始的快乐依旧散发着土腥气，而之所以如今的自己变得时尚新潮，跟父亲当年的“高瞻远瞩”不无关系。在父亲看来，彻底跟土气告别的方式只有一种，就是努力接近一切跟洋气有关的物件。在钢琴，笛子，小提琴中，父子二人选择了小提琴。上世纪九十年代，一把小提琴只要五十块钱，而一堂课也只要八块钱，能花费相对较少的代价步入“洋气”的殿堂，周思成满心欢喜。
为了给小提琴找个搭调的伙伴，周思成又学起了拉丁舞，没想到一学便“泥足深陷”，无法自拔。但当他想敲开北京舞蹈附中的大门，继续“舞男”梦想的时候，却因为近乎苛刻的选材标准被拒之门外，“他们要求下半身要比上半身长12.5厘米 但是我是长10厘米。”
2.5厘米的差距，断送了周思成的“舞男梦”。他只能悻悻地回到家乡，抱着成为一名美声歌唱家的残念，做回一名普通的高中生。但命运之神并没有就此止步，高一那年的一次晚会上，周思成一个人组织排演了八个节目，超大的工作强度，每天声嘶力竭地排练，使他得了严重的声带炎，手术之后他被告知三年都不能讲话，唱美声的梦想随之灰飞烟灭。
被打倒的周思成似乎习惯了命运的捉弄，爬起来继续把不能实现的梦想转化成平日的爱好。虽然嗓子不能发声，但肢体依旧灵活，他参加了高中的舞蹈队，却因为学习成绩好遭人排挤；他试图与学习成绩好的同学为伍，却反倒因为跳舞太好被驱逐。
从小到大，叫周思成“人妖”的人不计其数，但强大的诋毁铸就了他刀枪不入的心脏，甚至不无自嘲地喊出“我不是人妖，我就是妖”的“豪言壮语”。
错过的人和事儿让我很幸福
因为手术后需要注射抗生素的缘故，高中时的周思成体重一下子飙到一百六十多斤，一个不会说话的“土肥圆”，却硬是当上了学校的文艺部长、报社总编、文学社长，甚至广播站长。
他标榜自己就是天才，因为他总是跟别人不一样，到头来却总是很出彩，“我总觉得有人不喜欢你不重要，前提是你心中知道你想成为什么样的人，以后别人会认可你就好了。”
身为锋芒毕露的“风云人物”，高中时的周思成并不为群体所接纳，但高三某天的一个机缘巧合，却为今天留下了一段爱恨交织的泛黄记忆。
一个长相平、没人爱的土胖娃儿，平生第一次被人牵起手，虽然只是用来搪塞别人的幌子，但是触电的感觉却足够让周思成无法自持，甚至说出了“我牵着你的手就不想再放开”的蜜语甜言。没想到偶像剧般的假戏真做真的就此应验，他们在广场上用唇语交谈，也曾许下“背你去爬岳麓山”的诺言。可世事变迁，考上湖南大学的周思成不得已与对方分手，失恋的苦痛让他每次走进岳麓山脚的湖大都心思郁结。
能让自己不生气的办法只有一个：逃离校园。但对于依旧不能说话的周思成来说，校园外的一切都是那么可望而不可及，他本可以窝在宿舍睡懒觉、玩游戏、看大片，但为了早日摆脱周身的土气，为了有朝一日可以穿上李维斯的牛仔裤，他义无返顾地投身“词海”，将英语视为救赎的`稻草，一天十三个小时的背诵近乎走火入魔。
但就是因为这一年的拼命，周思成拥有了旁人无法企及的词汇储备，这无疑是一个“变压力为动力，化腐朽为神奇”的成功范例。如若没有当初失恋的刺激，或许就没有如今的“英语大王”，在他看来“不会有一件事或者一个人让你幸福，反而那些错过的人和错过的事儿给的那些指引，让你去找到正确的事儿和正确的人”。
扩展：周思成励志语录
一、没有什么东西可以让你不幸，我们能做的就是通过自己的努力得到属于自己的幸福；
二、只有经历更痛，就不会知道什么叫做痛了；
三、什么事都不可以中途放弃，黎明前都是最黑暗的时刻；
四、上帝为你关闭一扇窗时也必定会为你开一扇。当上帝没有为你做成一件事情时你不要因此而沮丧，这是因为有更合适的事情在等着你。
五、我唯一能向你们炫耀的，就是我的勤奋。
六、孤独是好的，在奋斗的过程中尤为重要，只有我们忍受了别人负荷不了的孤独，我们才能收获别人无法企及的成功。
七、你们已经听了七个半小时的英语，你看你们还是好好地啊，没有什么问题，就像我收了那位同学的手机，他现在大概已经忘了自己有手机了吧。所以，重要的是你对自己行为的自控能力。
八、你们无聊的时候，就炫富消遣一下咯。
英语励志文章4
I have a few candles stored in a drawer in my dining room. They’re meant for romantic dinners and special occasions, but since the arrival of our three children they have lain unnoticed among the napkins and other things. They are waiting to be taken out and lit to share their glow with anyone who will take the time to bask in their brilliance.
Are not our souls like those candles, patiently waiting for someone to come and let us be ourselves? We are all waiting for our own moments to shine; we each have a special light, unmatched by any other.
Candles are made up of wax and a wick; we have bodies, but our essence lies in our minds and souls. Candles are unique in their colors, shapes and designs. Our life histories and experiences are the backdrops of who we are, but our minds are like candle wicks, and make our passions flame. Unlike the candles in my drawer, who get used or not used depending on my whims, we control our own thoughts, and how brightly we will burn or dimly we will shine.
Is your soul candle dimmed by circumstance or lack of passion and direction? Is it hidden in a drawer of stress, worry or resentment? Make a choice to let yourself shine the way you were meant to shine.
英语励志文章5
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.
We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it.
Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
英语励志文章6
It is the road you take that decides your destiny but not your destiny that decides the road you take.
The question is: Are you satisfied with who you are? Are you doing what you are capable of doing? Do you get excited about what you are going to do when you get up in the morning? It is high time you asked these questions that reflect the truth about your life. More often than not we have the ability to achieve much greater things, but we get caught in the average things in life and waste our potential. Each one of us has immense ability. But most of us fail to use it. Why?
1. There is no exact purpose for your life.
2. You underestimate yourself.
3. You are too busy to think about any-thing.
4. You are in a comfortable zone.
5. You fear failure.
Ask yourself, what difference am I making in the lives of others? Would you be happy and satisfied with what you have achieved? Are you following your passion? You must find what you love and what gives you fulfillment.
Don’t be afraid to make a new beginning. Go deep and explore the possibilities. As you go deeper and deeper, you begin to add meaning to your life.
英语励志文章7
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
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Some people go through life standing at the excuse counter.
They say they’d like to do this or that, but then they offer all the excuses in the world for why they can’t do whatever it is. No matter what the excuses are, the only thing that is usually limiting them is their own self-perception.
If I’ve learned anything, I’ve learned that a person —any person —may do anything they set their mind on doing. The things you need are willingness to work for what you want, patience to learn what you need to know and, most important of all, belief in yourself. You only need a seed, and then your faith in yourself will grow with you as you move forward.
If your self-perception is that you can’t accomplish something because you’re not smart enough, then take the time to learn what you need to know, and then your self-perception will change.
If your self-perception is that you can’t accomplish something because you never finish anything you start, then go and finish something and change your self- perception.
If your self-perception is that you’re too lazy, too busy, too unworthy, too unfocused, too depressed, or too dependent on others to accomplish great things, then you’re right. You are that because you believe you are, but in fact, you can change that! Life is change, and the past doesn’t equal the future. Your reality today is the result of your past beliefs and actions. Change your beliefs and actions, and you will change your future. Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right. You are what you think.
Think about that the next time you need an excuse.
英语励志文章8
If you could choose what kind of world to live in, what kind of world would you choose? If you could decide what would happen tomorrow, with what kinds of things would you fill it?
If you had the power to decide what types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select? If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your expectations be?
In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way. You do have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and circumstances come your way.
The world you experience is the world that your dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely resonate. The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect to see.
The universe is filled with endless possibilities, and those possibilities keep growing with every minute. The way you live determines which of those possibilities will come into your life.
With your thoughts, your actions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind of world you live in. The way you live is closely mirrored in the world you see.
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Today is an excellent day for small improvements. Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it just a little. There’s no need to make a huge change, just a small one, something you can do right now.
If you called just one additional customer each day, over the course of the next month you would talk to about 20 new people. If you learned just one more new word each day, in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.
Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments. Look around you. Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it just a little bit better.
In a marathon race, each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way.
Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after that. Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big difference.
英语励志文章10
People often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to preserve millions of books, documents and records.
Why do we have libraries? What good are these documents and history books? Why do we record and save the actions of men, the negotiations1 of government officials and the events during wars?
We do it because, sometimes, the voice of experience can cause us to stop, look and listen. Sometimes, past records, when understood in the right way, can help us decide what to do and what not to do. If we are ever to create lasting peace, we must seek its origins in human experience and in the records of human history.
From the stories of courage and devotion of men and women, we create the inspirations of youth. History records the suffering, the self-denial2, the devotion, and the heroic deeds of people in the past. These records can help us when we are confused and when we really need peace.
The main purpose of history is to create a better world. History gives a warning to those who promote war, and inspiration to those who seek peace.
In short, history helps us learn. Yesterday’s records can keep us from repeating yesterday’s mistakes. And from the pieces of mosaic4 assembled5 by historians come the great murals6 which represent the progress of mankind.
英语励志文章11
我运用唯物辩证法的对立统一法则，对上述几种关系作了较为系统深入的分析，得出了一些在教学法上有所创新、对教学实践有指导意义的见解。我认为，教学活动是要解决学生已有知识技能和待学知识技能的矛盾；教学过程是学生在教师的指导帮助下，运用已有知识技能掌握待学知识技能的过程；在教学过程中，教师和学生的关系是主导作用与主体作用的关系。由于学生的已有知识技能不足以使自身独立地掌握待学知识技能，非有教师的指导帮助不行，教师的主导作用在教学中有决定性作用：决定学生发挥主体作用的程度，决定学生掌握待学知识技能的好坏。但学生掌握待学知识技能的过程，终究是学生自身的实践和认识过程，教师的主导作用必须转化为学生的主体作用。综上可见，学生的学有赖于教师的教，教师的教有待于转化为学生的学；只有教促进了学，教才算是起了应起的作用，外因才算是通过内因而发生了作用。如果教未能促成学，责任应在教师。
教师的主导作用怎样才能转化为学生的主体作用？这需要对学生的主体作用作出深入的辩证分析，有个深刻透彻的理解。学生的主体作用可分解为自动地学和能动地学两个方面。自动地学又可分为自觉地学和自发地学两个方面；能动地学又可分为高效地学和独立地学两个方面。为了使学生自动地学，必须使学生对学习既有志，又有趣；志以使学生自觉地刻苦地学习，趣以使学生自发地乐于学习。为了使学生能动地学，必须使学生既有正确的学习方法，又有自学能力；学习方法正确，就能高效地学，有了自学能力，就能独立地学。既自动地学，又能动地学，学生就会逐步摆脱对教师的依赖，充分发挥主体作用，成为学习的主人。可见，志、趣、方、能是学生发挥主体作用的四根支柱，帮助学生树立这四根学习支柱，乃是教师的主导作用转化为学生的主体作用的途径。
1985年秋，华中师范大学与广西师范大学主办以教授专家为主的中南地区英语教学法讨论会，邀请我担任大会主讲人之一。我从英语教学的角度作了题为《教师的主导作用必须转化为学生的主体作用》的报告，反应很好，大会总结时称赞我的发言“既是教学法报告，又是辩证法报告；在运用辩证法指导教学法研究上，很有启发意义。”我进一步将讲稿整理成为针对各科教学的文章，对实现转化的前提、途径、手段、条件作了系统论述，在《广西教育通讯》上发表。 内参双月刊《桂林市文化研究》（现名<<桂林发展研究>>）将题目改为《要重视发挥教师在社会主义精神文明建设中的作用》予以刊登。我还写了一篇《帮助学生树立四根学习支柱》，在中国中小学外语教学研究会第四次年会大会上宣读， 《中小学外语》1988年3期首篇刊载。 以上两文分别获得桂林市教育学会一等奖和桂林市社科联三等奖。
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When someone looks into your eyes they should see something alive within you. Having a dream is like owning a lighthouse1 which directs you on your journey.
At every turn we come across its mystery. At each new level we become more of the person we were meant to become. In lonely times, when we pass through a storm of disappointment, we find our faith is unshaken, our strength still strong.
Believe in your faith. Set the vision before your eyes. Write down your most sincere dreams and when the opportunity comes, step into your dream. It may take one season or more, but the result is the same. Make big dreams and then go out and make them realities. The highest hopes of the dreamer are revealed with every step taken in their journey to the impossible. For a season we must protect the dream so that it can grow quietly on the inside. But if we tenderly care for our deepest expectations, slowly but surely the dream will become new life.
Dreaming is an act of faith. The light of your expectations will cast off the shadows of a disbelieving world. God has given us the dreamer as a gift to light an unbelieving world.
Find your treasure within and cherish2 it. Tomorrow is waiting for you to take the first step.
英语励志文章13
以前从未碰过电脑，甚至26个英文字母都不认识，47岁农村妇女陈芳应却利用在南城一家英语教育培训机构工作之余的时间，坚持每天自学英语。一年多下来，她的词汇量接近1500个，英语能力达到初级水平(相当于通过大学英语4级)，并能够与外教流利地交流。
陈芳应来自安徽省桐城农村，今年47岁，文化程度只有初一的水平。20xx年6月前一直在老家打零工的陈芳应第一次和丈夫、儿子一起来东莞找工作，但由于年龄过大屡屡遭拒。后来通过人才市场找到在英语教育培训机构做清洁的工作，这份工作要求并不低。据该机构的负责人稂辉介绍，中心有一个要求，为了保持中心良好的英语学习氛围，中心要求员工在公共区域尽量讲英语。为了保住工作，陈芳应不得不学起英语来。
20xx年9月底，培训中心给了陈芳应一个内部网站的学习账号，允许她在做完本职工作之后上网站学习英语。陈芳应很开心，但她那时根本不会使用电脑。但她慢慢摸索，学会了灵活使用键盘与上网。自此，陈芳应开始正式学习英语的生涯。她从音标与字母的读音，渐渐到学习句子、段落、文章。
虽然热情很足，但陈芳应的学习时间非常短，通常只有中午与傍晚休息时的各1个小时，“为节省时间，我吃饭的速度很快”。在晚上9点下班后，陈芳应还会自觉加班学习到9点半过后。
一次，晚上10点半过后，陈芳应还未回家，她的丈夫打电话给她，才知道她又在自学英语，于是就有些责怪她，“你都这么大的年纪了，学习英语还有什么用”。
陈芳应反驳道，“你儿子以后娶媳妇，若会面对两种婆婆，一种是勤快努力上进的婆婆；一种是饭后把碗一推，就去打麻将的婆婆，你觉得他会喜欢哪一种。而且我学英语以后还可以教孙子”。慢慢地，她的丈夫对她学英语也不再反对了。
陈芳应的笔记本上，用黑色与红色笔写得满满的，还标注日期与英语水平等级。据稂辉介绍，该中心的英语水平分为16个等级，目前陈芳应已达到了第6级，也就是初级水平，这相当于大学英语四级的水平。中心一位叫Justin的外教与陈芳应用英语对话后评价说：“她的发音比较标准，也比较勤学好问。”
曾有一位老板得知陈芳应的情况后，决定高薪聘请她过去做保姆。“工资比现在要高，但我拒绝了。”陈芳应称，通过这件事，她第一次认识到要提升自己个人价值。陈芳应表示，一开始自己学英语也是为了以后能够教孙子，但她现在有了更长远的打算，“我现在的最大目标是学到英语的最高等级，以便将来有机会去英语国家看一看。”