The significant inscription1 found on an old key "If I rest, I rust2" would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted3 with the slightest taint4 of idleness. Even the most industrious5 might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder6 that, if one allows his faculties7 to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.
Those who would attain8 the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agriculture --- every department of human endeavor.
Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury9 of achievement. If Hugh Miller10, after toiling11 all day in a quarry12, had devoted13 his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have become a famous geologist14. The celebrated15 mathematician16, Edmund Stone, would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his spare moments to idleness. Had the little Scotch17 lad, Ferguson, allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads18, he would never have become a famous astronomer19
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Labor20 vanquishes21 all --- not inconstant, spasmodic, or ill-directed labor, but faithful, unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring success.
1 inscription
n.（尤指石塊上的）刻印文字，銘文，碑文
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The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.銘文已磨損，無法辨認(rèn)了。 He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
2 rust
n.銹；v.生銹；(腦子)衰退
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She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的銹。 The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水會(huì)使鐵皮屋頂生銹。
3 afflicted
使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的過去式和過去分詞 )
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About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全國(guó)40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。 A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一陣可怕的、跟饑餓差不多的不安情緒折磨著馬丁·伊登。
4 taint
n.污點(diǎn)；感染；腐壞；v.使感染；污染
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Everything possible should be done to free them from the economic taint.應(yīng)盡可能把他們從經(jīng)濟(jì)的腐蝕中解脫出來。 Moral taint has spread among young people.道德的敗壞在年輕人之間蔓延。 <A hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNifoRm.html>蘇州作文培訓(xùn)班</a>
5 industrious
adj.勤勞的，刻苦的，奮發(fā)的
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If the tiller is industrious,the farmland is productive.人勤地不懶。 She was an industrious and willing worker.她是個(gè)勤勞肯干的員工。
6 reminder
n.提醒物，紀(jì)念品；暗示，提示
參考例句：
I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到圖書館的催還單。 It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.總是得發(fā)給她一份最后催繳通知，她才付應(yīng)該交的房租。
7 faculties
n.能力( faculty的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；全體教職員；技巧；院
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Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他雖年屆九旬，但頭腦仍然清晰。 All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中，你的全部才能已起到了作用。 來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
8 attain
vt.達(dá)到，獲得，完成
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I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科學(xué)的方法 來達(dá)到這一目的。 His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他為實(shí)現(xiàn)人生目標(biāo)所下的苦功是值得稱贊的。
9 treasury
n.寶庫(kù)；國(guó)庫(kù)，金庫(kù)；文庫(kù)
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The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.財(cái)政部原則上反對(duì)這些提案。 This book is a treasury of useful information.這本書是有價(jià)值的信息寶庫(kù)。
10 miller
n.磨坊主
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Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。 The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技術(shù)嫻熟的磨坊主用雪橇殺死了上百萬頭獅子。
11 toiling
長(zhǎng)時(shí)間或辛苦地工作( toil的現(xiàn)在分詞 )； 艱難緩慢地移動(dòng)，跋涉
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The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 這位激昂的演說家把無所事事的富人同終日辛勞的工人階級(jí)進(jìn)行了對(duì)比。 She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她覺得自己像只甲蟲在地里掙扎，心中涌滿憤恨。
12 quarry
n.采石場(chǎng)；v.采石；費(fèi)力地找
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Michelangelo obtained his marble from a quarry.米開朗基羅從采石場(chǎng)獲得他的大理石。 This mountain was the site for a quarry.這座山曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)采石場(chǎng)。
13 devoted
adj.忠誠(chéng)的，忠實(shí)的，熱心的，獻(xiàn)身于...的
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He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他為祖國(guó)的教育事業(yè)貢獻(xiàn)了一生。 We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我們對(duì)這個(gè)題目進(jìn)行了長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的充分討論。
14 geologist
n.地質(zhì)學(xué)家
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The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地質(zhì)學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了許多裸露的化石。 He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地質(zhì)學(xué)家，被他的老朋友們看做是這門行當(dāng)中最好的一位。
15 celebrated
adj.有名的，聲譽(yù)卓著的
參考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格蘭最負(fù)盛名的年輕畫家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.觀眾團(tuán)團(tuán)圍住了這位著名的小提琴演奏家。
16 mathematician
n.數(shù)學(xué)家
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The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背對(duì)著照相機(jī)的人是位數(shù)學(xué)家。 The mathematician analyzed his figures again.這位數(shù)學(xué)家再次分析研究了他的這些數(shù)字。
17 scotch
n.傷口，刻痕；蘇格蘭威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消滅，阻止；adj.蘇格蘭(人)的
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Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.這種謠言在事實(shí)面前將不攻自破。 Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是蘇格蘭威士忌。
18 beads
n.（空心）小珠子( bead的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；水珠；珠子項(xiàng)鏈
參考例句：
a necklace of wooden beads 一條木珠項(xiàng)鏈 Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前額上掛著汗珠。
19 astronomer
n.天文學(xué)家
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A new star attracted the notice of the astronomer.新發(fā)現(xiàn)的一顆星引起了那位天文學(xué)家的注意。 He is reputed to have been a good astronomer.他以一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的天文學(xué)者聞名于世。
20 labor
n.勞動(dòng)，努力，工作，勞工；分娩；vi.勞動(dòng)，努力，苦干；vt.詳細(xì)分析；麻煩
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We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我們從不延誤付給他勞動(dòng)報(bào)酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艱苦勞動(dòng)兩周后，他已經(jīng)疲憊不堪了。
21 vanquishes
v.征服( vanquish的第三人稱單數(shù) )；戰(zhàn)勝；克服；抑制
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