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1. Instead of blowing away with the wind， they arose against it to achieve great heights.
blow away：吹走；驱散
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2. Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympa-thetic breeze.
at the mercy of：受……支配
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心灵的语言
A Simple Way to Make a Good First Impression
戴尔？卡耐基 / Dale Carnegie
At a dinner party in New York， one of the guests， a woman who had inherited money， was eager to make a pleasing impression on everyone. She had squandered a modest fortune on sables， diamonds and pearls. But she hadn’t done anything whatever about her face. It radiated sourness and selfishness. She didn’t realize what everyone knows： namely， that the expression one wears on one’s face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one’s back.
Charles Schwab told me his smile had been worth a million dollars. And he was probably understating the truth. For Schwab’s personality， his charms， his ability to make people like him， were almost wholly responsible for his extraordinary success； and one of the most delightful factors in his personality was his captivating smile.
Actions speak louder than words， and a smile says， “I like you， you make me happy. I am glad to see you.” That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So， naturally， we are glad to see them.
A baby’s smile has the same effect. Have you ever been in a doctor’s waiting room and looked around at all the glum faces waiting impatiently to be seen？ Dr.Stephen K. Sproul， a veterinarian in Raytown， Missouri， told of a typical spring day when his waiting room was full of clients waiting to have their pets inoculated. No one was talking to anyone else， and all were probably thinking of a dozen other things they would rather be doing than“wasting time” sitting in that office. He told one of our classes：