高中英语Unit5《NelsonMandela-amodernhero》文字素材1新人教版必修1高考8

In MemoryOf NormanBethunerade NormanBethune,a memberof themunist Partyof Canada,was aroundfifty whenhe wassentby themunist Partiesof Canadaand the United Statesto China;he madelight oftravellingthousands ofmiles tohelp usin ourWar ofResistance AgainstJapan.He arrivedin Yenanin thespringof lastyear,went towork in the WutaiMountains,and toour greatsorrow dieda martyrathis post.What kindof spiritis thisthat makesa foreignerselflessly adoptthe causeof theChinesepeoples liberationas hisown Itis the spirit ofinternationalism,the spiritof munism,from whichevery Chinesemunist must learn.Leninism teachesthat theworld revolutioncan onlysucceedif the proletariat of the capitalist countries supportsthe strugglefor liberationof thecolonialand semi-colonial peoplesand iftheproletariat of thecolonies andsemi-coloniessupports thatof theproletariat ofthe capitalist countries.rade Bethuneput thisLeninist lineintopractice.We Chinesemunists mustalso followthis linein ourpractice.We mustunite with theproletariat ofall thecapitalistcountries,withtheproletariatofJapan,Britain,theUnitedStates,Germany,Italy andall othercapitalistcountries,for thisis theonly wayto overthrowimperialism,to liberateour nationand peopleand toliberate theother nationsand peoplesoftheworld.Thisis ourinternationalism,the internationalismwith whichwe opposeboth narrownationalism andnarrowpatriotism.rade Bethunesspirit,his utterdevotion toothers withoutany thoughtof self,was shownin hisgreatsense ofresponsibility inhis workand hisgreat warm-heartedness towardsall radesandthe people.Every munistmust learnfrom him.There are not afew peoplewho areirresponsiblein their work,preferring thelight andshirking theheavy,passing theburdensome taskson toothersand choosingthe easyones forthemselves.At everyturn theythink ofthemselves beforeothers.When theymake somesmall contribution,they swellwith prideand bragabout itfor fearthatothers willnot know.They feelno warmthtowards radesand the people butare cold,indifferent andapathetic.In truthsuch peoplearenotmunists,or atleast cannotbe countedasdevoted munists.No onewho returnedfrom thefront failedto expressadmiration forBethunewhenever hisname wasmentioned,and noneremained unmovedby his spirit.In theShansi-Chahar-Hopei borderarea,no soldieror civilianwas unmovedwho hadbeen treatedbyDr.Bethune orhad seenhow heworked.Every munistmustlearnthis truemunist spiritfrom radeBethune.rade Bethunewas adoctor,the artof healingwas hisprofession andhe wasconstantlyperfecting hisskill,which stoodvery highintheEighth RouteArmys medicalservice.Hisexample isan excellentlesson for those peoplewho wishto changetheirworkthe momenttheysee somethingdifferent andforthosewho despisetechnical workas ofno consequenceor aspromisingno future.rade Bethuneand Imet onlyonce.Afterwards hewrote memany letters.But Iwas busy,and Iwrotehim onlyone letterand donot evenknow ifhe everreceived it.I amdeeply grievedover hisdeath.Now weare allmemorating him,which showshow profoundlyhisspiritinspires everyone.We mustall learnthespiritof absoluteselflessness fromhim.With this spirit everyonecan beveryuseful tothe people.A mansability maybe greator small,but ifhe hasthisspirit,he isalreadynoble-minded andpure,a manof moralintegrity andabove vulgarinterests,a manwhois ofvalue tothepeople.Source:From theSelected Worksof MaoTse-tung,Foreign LanguagesPress,Peking1977,FirstEdition1977,VoL V,pp.330-

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