高中1年级 - 杂文 阅读指导

　　　　　　　　　　 Pressure and struggle
　Graphite and diamond are allotropes, anyone who the slightest knowledge of chemistry has known that. However, an American scientist used artificial methods to change the arrangement of atoms under fifty thousand to a hundred thousand atmospheres and the high temperature of 1200 to 2000 degrees Celsius .Then the great scientist made graphite into diamond. It reminds me of what Edison once said” The miracle is often produced under pressure. ”
　The pressure in life is inevitable. One of the greatest writer in 19th century——Balzac, went through a rough road. He was engaged in commercial but failed throwing him in debt. In order to pay the debts, he had no choice but to write from morning to evening day by day to earn money to pay creditors back. He wrote many novels miraculously. Form Balzac’s successful experience, we can see that pressure had an effort on his success but his struggle was an important contributor to his success. We should not live aimlessly. The unexamined life is not worth living. Pressure is always with you, if you have a mission to accomplish. There is no struggle without pressure; there is no success without struggle.
　Now we are under heavy pressure, mostly from society and our family. We always have two choices when we face pressure: either face it bravely or escape from it. After a long time of hard study, who is willing to waste efforts? Students should study hard and struggle under pressure, and pressure will become motivation one day.
　In modern society, each of us should be like diamond, after enduring and high temperature, changing into slimy diamond. If you do it, success will belong to you.
　Dear classmates, you should struggle to overcome laziness in order that you will achieve a big success in the future. The good seaman is known in bad weather.