In early May，about a week before I took my final exam to complete my freshman year，I incorporated the company as"Dell Computer Corporation"，doing business as"PC"s Limited".We moved the business from my condo to a 1000-square-foot office space in a small business center in North Austin.I hired a few people to take orders over telephone and a few more to ful fill them.Manufacturing consisted of three guys with screwdrivers sitting at six-foot tables upgrading machines.Business continued to grow，and I began to think of what the potential could be if I could devote myself to the venture，full-time.
Where I came from，not going to the college is not an acceptable option.Convincing my parents to allow me to leave school would have been impossible.So I just went ahead and did it，whatever the consequences would be.I fl nished my freshman year and left.
People asked me now，"Were you scared？"Sure.
[C]But it turned out，the timing for"PC's Limited"couldn't have been better.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A On January 2，1984，I went back to Austin earIier than I wouId have to attend cIasses，and I did aII the things I need to do to set up a business.
1984年1月2日，我开学前早一点回到了奥斯汀（德克萨斯州首府），我做好了成立新公司的前期准备。
set up建立；装配；开业；竖立。例如：It was to change this that the government set up the CCC.政府成立气候变化委员会就是为了改变这一状况。
B Not Iong after starting the cIasses I was abIe to move from a stuffy room that I shared with a roommate to a condominium with high ceiIings and two bedrooms.
开学后不久，我便从和室友共住的闷热宿舍搬出来，住进了一个高顶双卧的公寓套间。
not long after“不久之后……”，为固定的表达方式。例如：Not long after his return，a local war broke out near his town.他回到家乡后不久，一场区域性的战争在他家乡附近爆发了。
C But it turned out，the timing for"PC's Limited"couIdn't have been better.
而结果证明，那个时候成立“个人电脑有限公司”再好不过。
turn out生产；结果是；关掉；出动；驱逐。在该句之中为“结果是”
的意思。例如：I knew it would turn out to be one of those days
when I overslept.我明白，如果我睡过头，那结果会是很不妙的。
Storms Always Give Way to the Sun 阳光总在风雨后
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生活总是起起伏伏。就像水沏的茶叶，温水不能使茶叶清香，只有经历了沸水的冲泡，起起伏伏，茶叶才能散发出一股清香。任何困难都有它的死亡期，暴风雨过后一定是灿烂的阳光，阳光总在风雨后，如黎明前的黑暗。你的难题终会得到解决。
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What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed？Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them？Why do they win when other sink？
The answer is very simple.It's all in how they perceive their problems.Yes，every living person has problems.A problem-free life is an illusion-a mirage in the desert.Accept that fact.Every mountain has a peak.Every valley has its low point.Life has its ups and downs，its peaks and its valleys.You may not be able to control the times，but you can compose your response.[A]You can turn your pain into profanity or into poetry.The choice is up to you.
You may not have chosen your tough time，but you can choose how you will react to it.For instance，what is the positive reaction to a terrible financial setback Would it be the positive reaction to cop out and run away in this situation Escape through alcohol No！Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary"solution"to the pressing problem.Your reaction to the problem is the last word！What will you let this problem do to you It can make you tender or tough.It can make you better or bitter.It all depends on you.
[B]In the final anaIysis，the tough people who survive the tough times do so because they've chosen to react positively to their predicament.Tough times never last，but tough people do.[C]Tough people stick it out.History teaches us that every problem has a Iifespan.No problem is permanent.Storms always give way to the sun.Winter always thaws into springtime.Your storm will pass.Your winter will thaw.Your problem will be solved.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A You can turn your pain into profanity or into poetry.The choice is up to you.
你既可以把痛苦转换为怨天尤人的诅咒，也可以赋之以诗意，这全在于你自己的选择。
be up to胜任；取决于；轮到……；从事，忙于。在该句中的意思为“取决于”。例如：Pilots say it should be up to them to decide how much fuel their planes have.飞行员们表示要携带多少燃油应该是由他们决定的。
B In the finaI anaIysis，the tough peopIe who survive the tough times do so because they've chosen to react positiveIy to their predicament.
归根结底，坚韧的人之所以能挺过艰难的岁月，是因为他们选择积极地去应对困境。
该句为复杂句，其中包括一个who引导的定语从句，由于先行词为people，和一个because引导的原因状语从句。
C Tough peopIe stick it out.
坚韧的人会始终不懈，坚持到底。
stick it out坚持到底。例如：Success is mine if I stick it out.只要我坚持到底成功就是我的。
The Window 窗户
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两位病人同在一个病房，他们每天都可以通过其中一位病人的细腻描述一起领略“窗外的风景”。四季变换、世间温暖仿佛都在他们的眼前铺展开来，那究竟是怎样的一道风景？或许只有打开心灵的窗户才能领略得到，它温暖的不仅是自己还有周围的人。
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Two men，both seriously ill，occupied the same hospital room.One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.His bed was next to the room's only window.The other man had to spend all his time fl at on his back.
The men talked for hours on end.They spoke of their wives and families，their homes，their jobs，their involvement in the military and a whole lot of things.Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up，he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
[A]The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enIivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
The window overIooked a park with a lovely lake.Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats.Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.