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奴隶,通常指失去人身自由并被他人任意驱使,后引申为受制于某种事物或者行为,丧失了独立自主,自由支配能力的人。依据材料结合所学知识回答下列问题。

材料一

非洲奴隶贸易统计数据柱状图(1501—1875年)

材料二  机械性的工作越来越使人在精神上遭受痛苦,它把男人们和女人们变成了传送带和装配线上“被科学地管理”着的机器上的齿轮。现在产业工人的经济状况虽有所改善,但却被雇来干类似划桨奴隶那样的工作。新兴的劳工运动者们认为应该制定一条国际性的法律。这项国际性口号的确自1890年起造成一年一度的五一节的示威。

——摘自艾瑞克˙霍布斯鲍姆《帝国的时代》

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两棵金银花

赵元波

    ①朋友两年前送给我的那棵栽在院子一角的金银花,四月份就迫不及待地开放了,千万朵金银花你不让我,我不让你,在微风细雨中轻轻地摇曳着。有的含苞欲放,羞答答的细小的白色花蕾散发出若有若无的淡淡香味;有的正在盛开,一簇簇的小花在它们洁白的椭圆形细碎花瓣中伸出小小的花蕊,悠悠的清香,白黄两种颜色既不失单调,又高雅清洁,小雨滴沾在上面,为金银花增添几分姿色,就像邻家的小女孩活泼可爱;有一些花朵开的时间长了,白色的花朵已经变成金黄色,就像姑娘头上戴着的黄色发髻,一枝数朵,给人一种惊喜,一缕清爽,实在是标致极了。这些开放着的花朵在雨中默默地散发着它们特有的香气,把芳香送给从这里经过的每一个人,微风吹来,花枝花朵摇摆起伏,袭人香气简直可迷醉万人。想不到两年的时间,这棵金银花就由纤弱的一棵小苗长成了亭亭玉立的美少女,主干已经有两米来高了,足有大拇指那么粗,在主干上还发出了一些枝桠,这些枝桠柔柔的、嫩嫩的,伸着毛绒绒的头,吐出一丝绿意,左摆右摆地在风中摇着摇着就攀附在了桃树上,一个劲地噌噌直往上长,密密麻麻的卵形的绿叶非常茂盛,以白色的围墙做背景,配合着粉红色的桃花,桃树下一盆盆茉莉、竹子、山茶、文竹、玫瑰、水仙,姹紫嫣红,绿叶红花,色彩鲜丽,显得格外的娇艳动人,特别逗人喜爱,是入画的一景。

    ②看着金银花长得那么盛,花开得那么多,我心里有些后悔。其实朋友把金银花送给我之后,我就只把它栽在院子的一角,想起的话,就给它浇点水,有时连水都忘了浇,更不用说施肥了。超强的生命也让金银花显得不起眼,平凡的花,平凡的花香,甚至常被人忽略,就好像人们总是想得到天山雪莲的高洁,却忘记了山脚下狗尾巴草的万般风情。

    ③钟情于金银花叶子的绿,花儿的美,那淡淡的香味儿,去年我在花盆又扦插了一棵金银花,准备长大后放在客厅里。我希望这棵金银花能够带给我一片葱茏的绿色,淡淡的花香。曾经,我为我的这个设计充满了赏心悦目的憧憬和希冀。为此,我选用了树林里的基土,埋入了最好的基肥,随时不忘给它浇水,精心呵护,一如母亲精心照料刚出生的婴儿。甚至冬天还把它从院子里搬到房子里,白天又从房子里搬到院子里,让它充分享受阳光,乐此不疲。但很遗憾,一年来,它只是窝在花盆里,不长高,也不长粗,它所报答于我的便只是若干枝条和绿叶,看来连花都不会开。

    ④然而,我对它却没有丝毫的抱怨,因为我就知道:它已经尽力了。就是说,它所能够报答于我的,也就是这些了。是的,它有着充足得过分的肥料供应,充足得过分的水的供应,充足得过分的主人的关怀……但没有足够的风,没有足够的地气,更是没有足够的成长的自由,没有足够让根自由伸张的空间!而那些自由,作为主人的我,竟然在很长的时间里茫然无知——居然不知道它还要自由!

    ⑤两棵金银花,一棵在院子里无拘无束自由生长,越长越高,绿树成荫,盘虬卧龙,花香四溢;一棵长在花盆里,虽然受到精心呵护,却似一棵长不高长不大的小草。我们应该知道:有自由的空间,有些小草其实是可以长成一棵树的!

(选自《新华副刊》,略有改动)

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    Last year,I was on a plane with my friend, waiting for it to take off.The pilot's voice was heard throughout the plane “Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen. Our engines don't work.We are going to jump-start them.Once we get them going, we'll get up in the air and see what happens."

    That was all he said."See what happens. Shouldn't we have had a better plan than that?"At that point, I could only laugh nervously. One woman started crying, “OH,no! We are going to crash!”. There are signs of desperation and anxiety, and we hadn't even taken off yet.

    The pilot even seemed unhappy.He told us one engine was working double time and his plan was to get up in the air and see what happens! Then we did.We got up in the air,and what happened?

    Nothing.We arrived in Norfolk, and no sooner had the wheels touched down than applause burst out as everyone on the airplane breathed a sigh of relief.

    All too often, people stop achieving their goals just because they don't have a guaranteed result.But success will never be guaranteed. The best thing that you can do is to just get up in the air and see what happens.

    If your aim is to build a business, then get up in the air and see what happens! Don't give yourself all the reasons why you can't.Do not wait until you have everything you need.You never will.

    If your goal is to start a friendship,say"Hello",get up in the air and see what happens! The results could be very rewarding.If your goal is to learn a new skill, get up in the air and see what happens! It might not be as difficult as you think.It could be fun!