环境保护的高中英语作文精品20篇

High school life is so wonderful for me, and I have made many good friends.

We fight for our future together. As there are so many subjects for me to learn,

I spend most of the time studying knowledge. But deep in my heart, I like sports

so much, especially tennis. When I knew our school had tennis club. I felt so

excited and wanted to be part of it. But the problem was that what if I lagged

behind other students in study as I spent the time on this hobby. At last, I

still decided to join tennis club, because I wanted to do something special and

enriched my high school life. I tried hard to make plans for my study. At the

same time, I spared some time to play tennis. I found the balance and enjoyed

the thing l liked.

小鱼弟弟有一个烦恼，前几天，它的爸爸妈妈都神秘失踪了。昨天它亲眼看到一个人扔了一个塑料片，姐姐吃了下去，不过一会儿就死了。不知不觉，只剩小鱼弟弟了。小鱼弟弟钻出头说：“你们不要乱丢垃圾了，环境都被污染了，你们自己也会生病！”

可是，人们并没有改正，反而丢的垃圾更多了。工厂里排出的大量红红的废水；高高的烟囱冒着黑色的浓烟，把蓝蓝的天空穿上了一件灰色的衣裳；树上欢蹦乱跳的小鸟，渐渐地人们也听不到小鸟唱歌的声音……

没过多久，河水变得越来越混浊，像被血染红了一样；瓦蓝的天空越来越灰朦朦；大街上，来来往往的行人都带上的行行色色的口罩，说是为了防一种有毒的”霾“。人们来河里洗东西，越洗越脏。来河里补鱼，河里已经没有鱼了。人们的病情也越来越重，有的得了肺炎，有的得了白血病……人们后悔极了。

而就在我的身边，一个幼儿园的小男孩因为环境的影响，他得了一种血液病，听他妈妈说：“由于环境、空气、过敏性体质的原因他生病了，小男孩要每天打激素才能制止病情的恶化，我去见了那个小男孩，往日圆嘟嘟粉嫩可爱的小脸，现在因为打了激素，整个脸肿得像鼓足了气的汽球往下坠，真希望他早点康复……

小鱼弟弟号召大家一起把河里的垃圾捡起来，河水又变清了，天空又穿上了美丽的蓝衫。低碳出行，少扔垃圾，保护环境。现在我们就一起行动吧！

Environmental protection is a big project, but we can start from around things, do a lot of things to protect the environment.

Our paper every day, do you know the paper is how to? Is made of trees to make paper. Every year around the world to cut down many trees to make paper. I have seen a special TV, save 1500 sheets of paper, you can leave a big tree. The tree is our good friend, it can turn carbon dioxide into oxygen, can reduce the noise, can block the sand, can prevent water loss and soil erosion... Starts from me, saving every piece of paper, children all over the world can save a lot of a lot of paper, you can retain a lot of trees, you can leave a big forest, desert, less and less, more and more pure and fresh air, green more and more. How I wish my hometown mountain more green, and blue, the water environment of our lives forever charactizing a fine spring day.

We used in battery life; it contains lead, if throw it carelessly, section 1 waste batteries can lose one square metre of soil utilization value forever. In many countries, many areas have carried out recycling of waste batteries. In Germany, to buy a new battery, used batteries must be pay back. So, we should to find a "home" for waste batteries. I hope we panzhihua environmental protection departments also set up waste battery recycling. Thoroughly protect the soil so that it can always grow crops.

Save a piece of paper, recycling waste battery section... Although we do is small, but it made great contribution for environmental protection. I hope my classmates from now on, all to do an environmental small guards. There is only one earth, we have to take care of it.

环保是一个很大的工程，但我们可以从身边的小事做起，为保护环境做很多事。

我们每天都要用纸，你知道纸张是怎么来的吗?是用大树来造纸的。全世界每年都要砍掉很多树来造纸。我看过一个专题电视，节约1500张纸，就可以保留一棵大树。大树是我们的好朋友，它可以把二氧化碳变为氧气，可以降低噪音，可以挡住风沙，可以防止水土流失……从我做起，节约每一张纸，全世界的小朋友可以节约很多很多纸，就可以保留很多很多大树，就可以留下一片大森林，沙漠越来越少，空气越来越清新，绿色越来越多。我多希望我的家乡山更青、水更绿，我们生活的环境永远鸟语花香。

我们生活中用到的电池，它含有铅，如果把它随手乱扔，1节废电池可以使一平方米的土壤失去永远的利用价值。很多国家、很多地区都开展了废电池的回收。在德国，购买新电池的时候，必须将废旧电池交回来。所以，我们应该给给废电池找个“家”。我希望我们攀枝花的环保部门也设立废旧电池回收站。好好的保护土壤，让它可以永远长出庄稼。

节约一张纸、回收一节废旧电池……我们做的虽然是小事，但却为环保做了大贡献。我希望我的同学们从现在开始，都来做一个环保小卫士。地球只有一个，我们都要好好爱护它。

With the development of science and technology, peoples living standards are getting higher and higher, environmental problems are more and more serious, you found it?

Lets talk about water pollution! Gas stations and other factories always put the water without purification to the river, resulting in small fish without home. 50% of our country can not use clean water, this figure is not terrible? So saving water is imminent, you still waste it?

Lets talk about the problem of reducing trees! Now a lot of trees have been cut down by us, so the dust storm came, the flood came, nature to revenge us. We all know that the use of disposable chopsticks are made of trees, if each of us every day can use a pair of disposable chopsticks, one year down can keep ten thousand trees, see this time, you are still presumptuous Behavior?

Lets take a look at the sky, the blue sky is gone, the white clouds are hidden, is it really gone? No, they are just "smoke" by the smoke from the factory.

These are water caused by it? Are our own human beings, if not felling of trees, garbage, a reasonable discharge of purified sewage, I believe our planet will be beautiful. Protect everyone from the earth, let us work together to protect the environment!

随着科技的发展，人们的生活水平也越来越高，环境问题也越来越严重了，你们发现了吗?

咱们就来说说水被污染的问题吧!加油站和其他工厂总是把未经过净化处理的水排放到河里，导致小鱼没有了家。我们国家有百分之五十一的人都无法用到干净的水，这样的数字难道不可怕吗?所以节约用水已是迫在眉睫，你还在浪费吗?

我们再来说说树木减少的问题吧!现在好多树木已经被我们砍伐叻，所以沙尘暴来了，洪水来了，大自然来报复我们了。我们都知道使用的一次性筷子都是用树木做的，如果我们每个人每天可以少用一双一次性筷子，一年下来就可以保留千万棵树木，看到这时，你还在放肆自己的行为吗?

我们再来看看那天空，蓝蓝的天不见了，白白的云也藏起来了，是真的没有了吗?不是的，它们只是被工厂排放的浓烟给“保护”起来了。

这些都是水造成的呢?都是我们人类自己，如果不乱砍伐树木、垃圾，合理排放净化过的污水，相信我们的地球就会很美。保护地球人人有责，让我们一起来保护环境吧!

Our environment is getting worse and worse now. People throw their garbage here and there. Factories make more and more dirty water that has polluted the rivers and lakes. What should we do?

We must find ways to stop pollution. Waste water must be cleaned before it is poured into the river. People shouldn‘t throw away rubbish here and there. We should pick up the garbage around us. We‘d better plant more trees.

I‘m sure if we take care of our environment, our world will be more beautiful!

现在我们的环境越来越糟。人们把他们的垃圾这里和那里。工厂使越来越多的脏水污染了河流和湖泊。我们应该做些什么呢?

我们必须找到方法来制止污染。废水必须清洁之前倒进河里。人们不应该到处扔垃圾。我们应该捡起身边的垃圾。我们最好种植更多的树木。

我相信如果我们照顾我们的环境,我们的世界将会更美丽!

I have busy weekend.In Satday morning,I’m read books and do myhowewoke.In aftenoon,I’m lean my room.In evening,I’m watch TV and movies.In Sunday morning,I’m play basketbaal with my good fiend .

We are very happy.In aftenoon,I’m go to marketpiace buy some food.In evening,I’m go to concert.

This weekend,I’m very tird ,but I’m enjoy onerselees

天太热了，太阳直射着大地，鸟儿也不飞了，树上的叶子也都蔫了低下了头，知了也不停地叫，就连小狗也趴在地上吐着粗气。

我要去上英语课了，刚走出单元门，一阵热浪迎面而来，走到车站，顿时一个卖冰糕的小店映入了我的眼帘，我买了一支冰糕，清凉的味道回味无穷，我吃得津津有味。啊，垃圾桶里的冰糕已经堆的像一座小山一样了，我把纸也扔在了顶上，这时，“小山”摇了摇头，冰糕纸飘到了地上。

这时，有一位叔叔带着一个小女孩过来也买冰糕，叔叔看到冰糕垃圾箱已经满了，指着不远处的那个垃圾箱说：“去把纸扔在里面。”小女孩迫不及待地走了过去，她走路的样子好像一只可爱的小企鹅。

看到这一幕，我顿时感到手中的冰糕味同嚼蜡、索然无味，地上的冰糕纸好像在生气地对我说：“你一个五年级的小学生，还不如一个三岁小孩哪。”我连忙俯下身子，弯下腰来，捡起冰糕纸，顶着阳光向垃圾桶跑去……

保护环境人人有责，我以后要做一个保护环境的好少年。

美化校园，保护环境与我们日常生活息息相关。我们作为一个中学生，更应该讲公德，保持自己校园的整洁。因为我们才是学校的主人，才是学校卫生的最大受益人。

同学们每天踏进校园，一天大多数时间都在学校度过。试想，如果校园变得垃圾成堆，苍蝇满天飞，不堪入目，那么我们还愿意在学校里学习吗？如今的学校，存在学生们吃零食时所丢的垃圾袋、桌子被乱涂乱画、纸团随处可见的问题。对于这些问题，我们要意识到“学校是我家，环保靠大家”这句话的含义。

如今，学生们大多数都是一副“事不关己，高高挂起”的态度。认为反正不是我扫地，垃圾的多少与我无关。其实，我们要意识到作为一名学生，最基本的公德就是学会养成自觉地把垃圾放进它自己的“家”。不要让它们在外面。不要以为这件事的意义太小，古人云：“莫因善小而不为，莫因恶小而为之”。甚至当有的同学随地吐痰时，如果有人规劝他们一句话，他们反而理直气壮地说：“我只不过吐了一口痰而已，用得着这么小题大做吗？”其实，要知道如果同学们你吐一口，我吐一口，学校不就成为细菌满天飞的环境了吗？我们能在这样的环境安心学习吗？

所以，我们要自觉地保护学校的环境。也不应该在墙上或桌上胡乱涂鸦。

如果你有兴趣学美术的话，请画在画纸上。还有的学校的墙上有一道“风景线”就是墙上有几个脚印。这影响了校容。所以，我们不要让我们的家受到破坏。

如果说学校的公共卫生是一片绿油油的草地，那我们就是维持草地一片绿色的绿叶；如果说学校的公共卫生是一艘轮船，那我们就是支撑整个轮船的零件，可见我们自觉维持学校卫生的习惯是多么重要！

所以，让我们携起手来，你拿一棵草来，你捧一盆花来，你捡去一片纸屑，我擦去一片痰迹。校园将变成人人向往的天堂。

你，听见地球的低叹了吗?

这是一个秘密，天大的秘密，不可告人的秘密——但其实大家都心知肚明。海平面正在上升，蚕食鲸吞，一点一点，升高;万物正在哀哮，流离失所，一点一点，灭亡;地球正在怒吼，蓄势待发，停止继续沉默。

你，知道下一个被铲除的可能就是人类吗?

暖化的地球是我们人类自私贪求一己之利所造成的后果，物种慢慢的消失是地球在杀鸡儆猴。全球暖化，人类有义务负起此担，责无旁贷。节能减碳，就从我们开始。

就从生活开始，平常节能减碳即可处处落实。多步行、搭大众运输工具，比起人人一辆车除了碳排放减少了，道路交通也就得以抒解，宝贵的时间无须多浪费一分于乌烟瘴气的车水马龙中，少了塞车的不耐，自然多了一分愉快;减少使用一些不必要的高耗电量电器，如空调、打电动……除了降碳排放，多走到户外，离开冷气房，放下电玩、电视，走进阳光的洗礼，其实可以得到更多物外之趣;少吃肉，尽量把主要正餐改成谷物、青菜，减少不必要的资源浪费，其实也有益于身体，我们何乐而不为?食衣住行中，处处留心，地球相信可以慢慢治愈。

当然，其实也还有政府、官方、民间各环保团体，都在为拯求地球尽心尽力。补助太阳能发电、轻型电动机车，甚至在官网上提供各种节能资讯，也为我们开启了许多管道爱地球、省荷包;爱心义卖会……环保团体也领着我们学会爱惜生态资源的美好，带我们发现地球的可爱，我们不能没有她。

我，身为一个初中学生，虽然没有多余的时间去参加各类保环活动，但我可以不要浪费资源，不要再加深伤害，我可以在阳台种几颗小小的盆栽，我可以天天为它浇一点水，除一下杂草，让它减少空气含碳量，取而代之的是它吐露的芬芳。我知道这份力量很微薄，我知道几朵小花无法带给世界什么改变，但我也知道只要每个人都愿意付出，付出那一点点的不同，我们可以携手弼平地球的创伤。低碳，让地球不再低叹。

人类称霸地球的几万年，在宇宙浩瀚洪流中看来也不过是小小的一点，我们只是运用了智慧，在此借宿了几宿，但也因此，我们必须再运用我们的智慧，还大自然一个平静舒适的空间——就像当初她借给我们的一样。

节能减碳，我们让地球完好如初，永续经营和万物共生共荣，那就从生活中做起!

[保护环境高中作文

去年冬天，总是能从天气预报上看到“某某地方有雾霾，与前几年的“某某地方天气晴朗”完全不同，我不禁想问：这样的天气是怎样形成的？

走到大街上，我看到各种车辆川流不息地行驶，每辆汽车的后面都有一条长长的烟雾，大街上每分钟就有几十辆汽车驶过，这样一天，会有多少汽车尾气排放到大气中呀！

我继续向北走，看见“太钢”那边的工厂排放出许多浓黑的烟雾，不到几分钟，原来湛蓝的天空变得黑沉沉的，空气中也有了几丝刺鼻的、难闻的气息，使快步走开。

走着走着，我突然发现地上有许多五颜六色的塑料袋，这些塑料袋有的被风吹到天上，好像一个个无人看管的“风筝”，有的被风吹挂到树枝上，像一只只“小鸟”似的停在树枝上。这一幕不禁让我想到在电视上看到在海边飘着的塑料袋有些被水鸟误食后水鸟窒息。

看完这些后，我终于明白了这样的天气是谁造成的——是人类！我想如果再这样下去，人类还会有几百年的生存时间呢？所以，我问大家呼吁：保护环境吧！这样也是在保护我们自己哦！

Today is the first day of the New Year, the morning of fresh air and

sunshine, mother took me to feel the New Years day outside the atmosphere.

Street vehicle comings and goings, flowing very lively, mother took me to

the supermarket to buy things, supermarket bustling, originally people rush to

buy New Year gift! My mother said he wanted to buy a toy, I say: "I is the big

kid dont car these toys, it would save some money to buy school things," then I

will take some learning supplies and a cake billet to do our own cake to

celebrate New Years day. On the way back to my grandmas I saw many shops,

supermarkets in glass written on New Years day wishes everybody happy, return

to my grandmas I took the cake billet and brother in above the text is

made.

Less than half an hour a nifty bright homemade cake will appear in the

present, this is really a happy New Year!

Looking ahead, and some are just a bump on the ground, large tracts of forest were cut down, into peoples lives in the wood products. It is only for their own interests, many animal it to become destitute and homeless. This is not a false illusion, this is the bloody facts.

Once upon a time, a large number of animals and plants in the world were destroyed, and many animals and plants are on the verge of extinction, which is why? This is because the man casually trees, destroy the ecological environment, this is the fundamental reason.

Land resource is one of the three major geological resources (mineral resources, water resources, land resources), is the most basic human production activities and labor objects. Human utilization of land reflects the development of human civilization, but also caused the direct destruction of land resources, which is mainly manifested as unreasonable cultivation caused by soil erosion, land desertification, land salinization of soil and soil pollution and so on, and the soil and water loss is particularly serious, today the world is facing a serious crisis. According to estimates, soil loss of the cultivated land is about 230 tons / year.

Some people think acid rain is a silent crisis, and in the history of the impact our most serious threat to the environment, is a look at the enemy. This is not alarmist. With the increase in industrialization and energy consumption, acid emissions are also increasing, they enter the air, after a series of role in the formation of acid rain.

Nowadays, Hollywood movies dominate the market and many young people take

these superheroes characters as their idols. So some people start to feel

disappointed about the local culture, because they havent seen its essence. As

the world gets globalization, it is in need of building peoples sense of local

cultural heritage.

The preservation of our cultural heritage is the necessary task. The

culture contains the essence of Chinese peoples spirit, which has been tested

by time. When people admit our culture, we will be proud of being part of the

country, so as to enhance the unity and have the desire to make a contribution

to the society. The loss of cultural heritage will destroy a country, which can

be seen in history.

As the young generation faces the cultural shock in the globalization, so

they are easy to deny the local culture, because they know little about it. Thus

school should implant the education of culture and the government has named a

day called Chinese Cultural Heritage Day, in the purpose of advocating the

essence of local culture. When children grow up, they will fight for protecting

the culture.

After I go to school, teachers always tell me to study hard, so that I can

be the excellent student. But now I have grown up, I have my own idea. The

reason for me to study hard is to return my parents’ love. When they are old, I

can make a lot of money and let them have a better life.

环境保护对我们来说并不是一个新问题，我国政府也早就提出了明确的治理目标。作为现实生活中的每一个普通人，虽然不可能都直接从事环保工作，但我们完全可以从小事做起，从我做起。

Environmental protection is not a new problem for us, our government has already made clear the goal of governance. As every ordinary people in real life, although not directly involved in environmental protection work, but we can start from the minor matter, begin from me.

当看到洗手间的水龙头在滴水时，是不是能够举手关上呢?当电池用完后能否分类收藏处理而不是随手扔掉呢?当购物时能否自觉不使用超薄塑料袋呢?一件件小事虽然都很不起眼，但却体现我们究竟具备了多少环保意识。

When you see the Restroom faucet in water, Shi Bushi can raise close? When the battery is exhausted can classified processing rather than throw it away? When shopping can consciously do not use thin plastic bags? A trivial thing though is very humble, but we have the number of environmental consciousness.

回收1吨废纸可再造出800千克好纸，可以挽救17棵大树。回收20个废餐盒可以造出一个漂亮的笔筒。回收一个玻璃瓶节省的能量，可使灯泡亮4个小时。回收1个铝罐就等于节约了半个铝罐的石油。所以我们应将垃圾分类安放，由有关部门回收后再生产再利用!

Recycling 1 tons of waste paper can be recycled 800 kilograms of paper, can save 17 trees. Recovery of the 20 waste boxes can create a beautiful pen. Recycling one glass bottle to save energy, can make the light bulb for 4 hours. Recovery of the 1 aluminum cans is equal to saving half an aluminum cans of oil. So we should put garbage classification, by the relevant departments after the recovery of reproduction!

只要我们从自己做起，从小事做起，大家共同努力，持之以恒，就一定能为社会、也为自己留下一片碧水蓝天，我希望人人都能自觉保护环境，让我们的生活环境更加美好。

As long as we start from ourselves, from the little things, we work together, will be able to persevere, to society, but also for myself a blue sky, I hope everyone can consciously Protect environment, to make our living environment more beautiful.

地球是我们人类的家园，也是人类的母亲。我们应该保护我们的家园，她需要我们的爱护，需要我们的保护，需要我们的热爱！

地球，她在我的童年里是那么的美丽，那么的清秀；可是在这些年来，她变了，好像变成了一个饱经风霜，年迈沧桑的老人家，长满了皱纹，她那邹巴巴的脸上露出失望和憔悴。

她的样子深深的刺痛了我，悲伤和愤怒缠绕在我的身上；我走进家乡。曾经一切的一切全部都没了，小山坡上翠色欲流的小树林变成了枯黄的树根，土地那绿得靓丽的衣裳早已不见，变得破烂不堪，这儿一条缝，那儿一个洞；小桥上，旁边清澈见底的小溪变成乌黑发臭的水沟；石子建成的小石路堆满了垃圾……

生活我们的家园快没了，养我们的地球濒临绝境，我们应该为建设地球出一份力，为家园多添一分希望。

1893年，孙中山先生亲自起草了著名的政治文献《上李鸿章书》，他提出，中国欲强，须“急兴农学，讲究树艺”；辛亥革命以后，孙中山提出了在中国北部和中部大规模进行植树造林的计划。1924年，他在广州演讲《三民主义》时反复强调：“我们研究到防止水灾和旱灾的根本方法都是要造林植树，要造全国大规模的森林。”此后，在他的许多著作和讲演中，反复强调毁林的危害性和植树造林的重要性。

一次太空的飞行，宇宙飞船成功飞上太空，宇航员们在太空上观看地球，不禁发出感叹，其中一名宇航员也说道：”我们的地球太可爱了，也太容易破碎了！“

建设地球不但需要这些伟人，还需要我们这些老百姓！

同学们，让我们一起建设地球，让我们的母亲重新舒展笑容！

Dear Li Hong,

I haven’t heard from you for quite a long time. How have you been these

days?

During the coming winter vacation, I’m going to Beijing for a tour. As I

have never been to Beijing before, I’d like you to be my guide. I hope you can

show me around the Great Wall, the Summer Palace and some other places of

interest. What’s more, during my visit I hope to stay together with you in your

house so that we can have a good talk about our life and studies. What do you

think of my idea? I would like to know your opinion.

Please give my best regards(问候) to your parents.

Yours sincerely,

Liu Ming

现在我们随处可见的快递已经能够证明网购、收快递已经成为了人们日常生活的一部分。据调查，大部分人会因为快递包装垃圾回收价钱不高而选择丢弃。

用一个形象的比喻，包装快递所用的胶带，一年能够缠绕地球500圈。由此可见，急速发展和扩张的快递业，在改变人们生活方式的同时，也附带了环境污染的极大隐患。

地球是我们所有人的家园，环境保护是我们所有人都应该关注的，我们对于环境的保护和思考绝对不能停止。我们很多时候很多不经意的行为都有可能对环境造成污染，随手丢弃一小张纸片，在我们看来是很随意的事情，但是其实可以想一下，如果我们每一个人都这么随手丢弃一张纸片，那么这个影响就不是很随意了。

直到目前为止，地球仍然是我们生活唯一的家园，我们不能够总是去妄想在宇宙中在寻找一个和地球一样的星球，我们想的应该是如何保护好这个唯一的家园，不让她过多的遭受到破坏，或许这是全人类都应该思考的问题。注重经济与生态效益并重，承担环保的责任，把可用垃圾循环使用落到实处。

今天是星期天，天气晴朗，阳光明媚，我在小区里散步。阵阵风儿吹过，空气是那么清新。

可是正当我走着走着，前面那位年轻人把自己喝的矿泉水瓶子扔在了地下，向我身边走过，我立刻喊他：“大哥哥，你为什么扔瓶子，这是不环保。“保护环境，人人有责，”你没看到这路旁的宣传语吗？你为什么还扔瓶子。”那个年轻人说：“我的事要你管，小屁孩。”我说：“我虽然是小孩，但我很环保不扔东西，你不仅扔东西，还不文明。”这时有几个人围了上来年轻人不好意思地说：“对！我不应该扔东西，谢谢你！小朋友是你教会了我要环保。”说着年轻人走过去捡起那瓶子把瓶子扔到了垃圾桶里，我高兴地笑了，周围的人也投来了赞许的目光。

这时，我脑子里闪过一个念头，要是设立一个环保节该多好啊！

保护生态环境，大家都应该知道，是的，每个人都有责任保护，每棵树木，每个动物，这样才能继续我们的生活。也不要乱扔垃圾，见到纸屑弯腰捡起，这些都是每个人应做的。

那么，既然已经知道了，为什么还是没有记住这些话，还是随随便便动不动就扔在地上一片废纸呢。这是因为她懒，不愿意跑的大老远再把垃圾扔进桶内，正是因为这样，我们区内的环境才会变差，气味才会变得如此难闻，再加上……就更……

所以，我们要保护环境。

记得有一次我出去玩，走到那里，臭气弥漫了周围，抬头往上看，飞虫还在上面乱飞呢。

那臭味真难闻，零食带，水果核……这几种的味道加在一起，就更别提了，每天在这样的环境下成长，真难受，真觉得缺少新鲜的`空气，想通通空气，可是，他们不听话，还不知道难受，继续……

所以，我们要保护环境，让现在的环境永远消失在我们的眼前。

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”

一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边 见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的 脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面， 而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉 底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 气。苏格拉底问： “当你闷在水里的时候你最想要的是什么?”年轻人回答说： “空气。 ”苏格拉底说： “那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功， 你就能够获得它!没有其他的秘密了。 ”