Read World Famous Quotes to Learn English (Motivational Quotes)

Author: (Taiwan) Chen Rongji
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Publish Date: 2004-06-15
Features: This book was compiled and annotated by the editor while serving as an English teacher at the Taiwan Police College and Taoyuan Shengcheng Commercial Vocational School. It was created to provide supplementary reading materials for students. The content includes 500 famous quotes from writers, educators, philosophers, politicians, and other notable figures from around the world, as well as proverbs. The book is organized into five chapters based on the nature of the quotes: "Moral Character and Self-Cultivation," "Learning," "Ambition and Perseverance," "Dealing with Affairs," and "Social Conduct." Each quote is presented in both English and Chinese, with its source cited. To help readers fully understand the meaning of each quote, additional annotations are provided, listing difficult English words, their phonetic transcriptions (IPA), their parts of speech in the sentence, and their English and Chinese explanations.
Table of Contents:
1. Moral Character and Self-Cultivation
2. Learning
3. Ambition and Perseverance
4. Dealing with Affairs
5. Social Conduct