1, Liang Shiqiu: wit and humor
Liang Shiqiu, a famous writer, is good at speaking. His speech was unique and left a deep impression on people. Liu Zhen, then president, often invited celebrities to give lectures during his teaching at Beijing Normal University. Once, the speaker was late for some reason, and the teachers and students present were impatient. So Serina Liu invited Liang Shiqiu, who was present at that time, to speak a few words to the students. Liang Shiqiu didn't want to play this role, but the headmaster ordered him to go to the podium and said slowly with a helpless expression. "Before playing Beijing Opera, we often found a second-rate or third-rate role before starring, jumped on the stage and added officials, so that the protagonist in the background had sufficient time to prepare. I am now ordered to jump out and increase my official position. " The unusual words caused the audience to burst into laughter and dispersed the unhappiness of teachers and students.
2. "Tung Chee-hwa has set long-term goals for itself."
Tung Chee-hwa 1937 was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in his 60s. Because he can't speak Cantonese and his classmates can't understand his Shanghai dialect, he is often teased. Tung Chee-hwa people are ambitious. They take the initiative to talk with their classmates and learn Cantonese word by word. It only takes a few months to eliminate the language barrier. /kloc-When he was 0/7 years old, he went to England to study again. The money his father sent him was only enough for tuition and living expenses, so during the summer vacation, he had to work, such as serving in a restaurant and shoveling coal in a gas company.
Recalling this experience as a student, Tung Chee-hwa said: "It was a great challenge for me to learn not to speak Cantonese and go to England not to speak English. This challenge gave me a good exercise. I like to set myself a long-term goal. Set a goal, and I will unswervingly work towards it. I have developed it since I was a child.
Such a character. Achieving a good goal is the joy of life. "
3. Nightingale-the greatest woman in English history.
1854, Britain and Russia went to war in Crimea, and nightingale personally went to the front. She cleans, detoxifies and bandages the wounded, changes the medicine on time, improves the food, and often kneels on the ground to scrub the floor and wash the bloody clothes and pants of the wounded. Every night, she has to carry a lamp, check the condition one by one on the 4-kilometer patrol line, sing to the wounded, and send comfort and love without interruption. To this end, she often works more than 20 hours a day, and she is still insisting until now. Thanks to her efforts, the death rate of the wounded dropped from 60% to 0.3%.
Later, she didn't return to China until Britain and Russia stopped fighting and the last soldier left the battlefield. The British people erected a huge bronze statue for her, holding oil lamps. "Lantern Girl" florence nightingale is called "the greatest woman in English history". It was her dedication to medical care that changed the world's view of nurses.
4. "Allen: If it is completed, this is an opportunity."
At the age of 9, a child named Allen started his first job on grandpa's farm-picking up cow dung cakes on the pasture with his bare hands. Most children don't want to do this job because it's dirty, but Allen did a great job. Because of his excellent performance in picking up cow dung cakes. Grandfather gave him a dream job-release the horse. This incident deeply influenced Allen Jr. and made him firmly believe in such a life creed: No matter how humble the job at hand is, as long as it is done well, it is an opportunity.
When he grew up, he began to work as a butcher, earning 1 USD every week. Although the work is humble and the working conditions are bad, he has done well, because he has never changed his life creed: doing well is opportunity. Later, he became an Associated Press reporter, earning $50 a week. Later, he became the first CEO with an annual salary of more than 1.5 million.
5. Yunus: "poor banker" benefits the poor.
From 65438 to 0974, there was a severe famine in Bangladesh, and Yunus, a doctor of economics, came here to experiment with high-yield cultivation methods. 1976 In a survey, he met a destitute woman who made a bamboo stool. This woman can't even earn two dollars a day because she is exploited by the lender. He lent $27 to 42 women in the same situation, hoping that they could use the loan to get rid of the fate of selling labor cheaply.
1979, he established Grameen Bank for this purpose. From 65438 to 0998, Grameen Bank was in trouble because of the flood, but with the unremitting efforts of Yunus, the bank completed the transformation from "classic model" to "Grameen II" in 2004. Yunus's silent dedication benefited countless poor people and won the Nobel Peace Prize.