材料一  2010年1月11日，2009年度国家科学技术奖励大会在北京人民大会堂隆重举行。中共中央***、***、中央军委主席***向获得2009年度国家最高科学技术奖的中国科学院院士谷超豪、孙家栋颁奖。

材料二  全国文明办主任会议2009年1月4日至5日在北京举行。会议指出，评选表彰道德模范是群众性精神文明创建活动的重要载体，要充分运用这一载体推动道德建设，激发道德意识，引人向善向好。

    "Depend on yourself" is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself.

    There have been many great men in history. Many of them were very poor when they were young, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend on them for education. They tried their best to learn something and never gave up till they became well-known. One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, "I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves."

    Some young men don't try their best to make themselves valuable to the human beings. If they see their weak points and change their ways, they can be successful. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as(只要) they live, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on themselves.