考研英语背诵.doc

背诵: Complete forthrightness is a sign of vulnerability and naviete, neither of which will earn a politician respect among his or her opponents, and that opponents will use to every advantage against the honest politician. It is wrong-headed to equate moral behavior in politics with the simple notions of honesty and putting the other fellow’s needs ahead of one’s own--or other ways that we typically measure the morality of an individual’s private behavior. Those who claim the effectiveness politicians need not concern themselves with morality fail to appreciate that essful political leadership, if it is to endure, ultimately requires a certain measure of public morality--that is, serving the society with its best interests as the leader’s overriding concern. Passive viewing of videos or of web pages is no indication that any significant learning is taking place. Bee-bop music pioneer Thelonius Monk was renowned for his eccentric manner of speech, dress, and behavior. Even as a young student, Frank Lloyd Wright took to carrying a cane and wearing a top hat and a cape. And who could argue that musicians Prime and Micheal Jackson, two of the most creative forces in popular music, are nothing if non-conforming in every way. By definition creativity requires nonconformity. In other words, any creative act is necessarily in nonconformance with what exists. Artists draw inspiration not