为什么英语作文不打草稿【一】
Long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in the house, either of meat or bread; so he went to his brother, and begged him, in God's name, to give him something for Christmas Day. It was by no means the first time that the brother had been forced to give something to him, and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was.
"If you will do what I ask you, you shall have a whole ham," said he. The poor one immediately thanked him, and promised this.
"Well, here is the ham, and now you must go straight to Dead Man's Hall," said the rich brother, throwing the ham to him.
"Well, I will do what I have promised," said the other, and he took the ham and set off. He went on and on for the livelong day, and at nightfall he came to a place where there was a bright light.
"I have no doubt this is the place," thought the man with the ham.
An old man with a long white beard was standing in the outhouse, chopping Yule logs.
"Good-evening," said the man with the ham.
"Good-evening to you. Where are you going at this late hour?" said the man.
"I am going to Dead Man's Hall, if only I am on the right track," answered the poor man.
"Oh! yes, you are right enough, for it is here," said the old man. "When you get inside they will all want to buy your ham, for they don't get much meat to eat there; but you must not sell it unless you can get the hand-mill which stands behind the door for it. When you come out again I will teach you how to stop the hand-mill, which is useful for almost everything."
So the man with the ham thanked the other for his good advice, and rapped at the door.
为什么英语作文不打草稿【二】
小时候，父亲让我同一老先生学书法，用废旧报纸练字多年，可自己一直没有大的进步。
老先生对父亲说：“如果你让娃儿用最好的纸来写，可能会写得更好。”
从此以后，父亲就按照他说的去做了。果然，我的字大有长进，问其原因。
老先生说，因为你用旧报纸写字的时候，总感觉是在打草稿，即使写得不好也无所谓，以后还有机会，所以就不能完全专心;而用最好的`纸，你就会感觉机会的珍贵，有一种很正式的心态，从而也就比平常练习时更加专心致志，用心去写，所以字也就能够写好。
多年以后蓦然回首，自己走过的人生路程，确实有草稿上练字的那种心态，以至于使许多愿望没能实现。其实就是因为曾经以为自己还是来日方长，所以才一次次地失去难得的机遇，白白地浪费了一张又一张的人生好纸。老是在以一种非介入的心态做事，只是把生活里的许多事情当成演习，而不是真刀真枪的实战，所以就没有完全发挥出自己的潜能和专长，更没有全力以赴地去做事，结果就可想而知了。
许多时候，我们老是在犯这样的错误：总把希望寄托在明天，不珍惜生命;对人生就像写字一样，往往不注重字写得怎样，而只是看花费了多少纸。
生命不应该打草稿，而现实的生活其实也不会给我们打草稿的机会，因为我们所认为的草稿，其实就已经是我们人生的答卷———无法更改，亦无法重绘，所以我们要珍惜每一次机会，认真对待每一天。
别让生命再打草稿，用行动奉献一份爱意给天下的弱者，你的生命价值便得到了延伸，用你的目光呵护道旁的每一株无名小花，你的生命就是原野上的一株大树，用你的心灵去感应树上的每一片绿叶，你的生命从此便获得了安宁与清静。
因为生命因被珍视而美丽。
