你的成功始于此

Your Success Starts Here

翻译

Would you bet on the future of this man?

你愿意赌赌看这个人的未来吗？

He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.

他五十三岁了，成年之后的大部分生活都是在债务和不幸的失败中挣扎度过。

A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

战争留下的创伤让他的左手不能正常活动，而且他常常身陷囹圄。

Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

也不知道是什么原因的驱动下，他决定写一本书。

The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years.

结果这本书成了吸引全世界读着超过三百五十年的绝世佳作。

That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote.

这位曾经的罪犯就是塞万提斯，这本书是《唐吉柯德》。

And the sotry poses an interesting question: Why do some people discover new `vitality` and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

这个故事引出了一个有趣的问题：为什么有些人在他们人生的最后阶段才找到真正的活力和创造力，而有些人很久之前就找到了。

We've all know people run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

我们都知道有些人还没有走到人生一半的路就已经失去了动力。

I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there.

我不是在说那些没能达到顶峰的人，我们不可能人人都到达顶峰。

I'm talking about people who have stopped learning or growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

我是说那些常常由于适应了过去的年岁带来的一成不变的态度和观点，而停止学习和成长的人们。

Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives.

事实上，我们中的大部分人，都在逐步地缩小人生地多样性。

We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder.

我们在自己的专业领域获得成功，然后就被困在其中。没什么能给我们带来惊喜，我们失去了好奇心。

But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.

但是如果我们愿意去学习的话，机会到处都是。

The things we learn in `maturity` `seldom` involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change.

我们在成熟时期学习到的东西很少包含信息和技能。我们学者忍受那些我们不能改变的事物。

We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us -- an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

我们学者避免自怜自艾，我们学着不管自己如果努力地取悦他人，有些人永远不会爱我们--这是个开始会困扰我们，但最后会释然的想法。

With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life.

带着高昂的动力和激情，我们能够继续学习。然后我们就能知道拥有人生的意义是有多么重要。

However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos, whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.

然而，只有当我们对比小小的自我更大的目标作出奉献时，我们才能实现人生的意义，不管是对爱的人、同胞、工作还是其他道德观念。

Many of us equate "commitment" with such "caring" occupations as teaching and nursing.

我们很多人把“奉献”等同于“照顾别人”的职业比如老师和护士。

But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.

但做好任何平凡但工作本身已经是一种令人钦佩但奉献了。

People who work toward such excellence -- whether they are driving a truck, or running a store -- make the world better just by being the kind of people they are.

那些朝着这样的美德努力的人--不论他们是卡车司机还是商店管理员--都能够做好自己是这个世界变得更美好。

They've learned life's most valuable lesson.

他们已经学会了人生最有价值的一课。

生词统计

单词	音标	翻译
vitality	vaɪˈtæləti	n. 活力、生命、生命力
mature	məˈtʊrəti	n. 成熟、到期、完备
seldom	ˈseldəm	adv. 很少、不常见

原文阅读

Would you bet on the future of this man?

He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.

A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years.

That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote.

And the story poses an interesting question: Why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

We've all know people run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there.

I'm talking about people who have stopped learning or growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder.

But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.

The things we learn in maturity seldom involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change.

We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us -- an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life.

However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos, whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.

Mnay of us equate "commitment" with such "caring" occupations as teaching and nursing.

But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.

People who work toward such excellence -- whether they are driving a truck, or running a store -- make the world better just by being the kind of people they are.

They've learned life's most valuable lesson.

# 你的成功始于此

# Your Success Starts Here

# 翻译

# Would you bet on the future of this man?

# He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.

# A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

# Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

# The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years.

# That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote.

# And the sotry poses an interesting question: Why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

# We've all know people run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

# I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there.

# I'm talking about people who have stopped learning or growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

# Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives.

# We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder.

# But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.

# The things we learn in maturity seldom involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change.

# We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us -- an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

# With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life.

# However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos, whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.

# Many of us equate "commitment" with such "caring" occupations as teaching and nursing.

# But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.

# People who work toward such excellence -- whether they are driving a truck, or running a store -- make the world better just by being the kind of people they are.

# They've learned life's most valuable lesson.

# 生词统计

# 原文阅读

你的成功始于此

Your Success Starts Here

翻译

Would you bet on the future of this man?

He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.

A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years.

That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote.

And the sotry poses an interesting question: Why do some people discover new `vitality` and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

We've all know people run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there.

I'm talking about people who have stopped learning or growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives.

We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder.

But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.

The things we learn in `maturity` `seldom` involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change.

We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us -- an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life.

However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos, whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.

Many of us equate "commitment" with such "caring" occupations as teaching and nursing.

But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.

People who work toward such excellence -- whether they are driving a truck, or running a store -- make the world better just by being the kind of people they are.

They've learned life's most valuable lesson.

生词统计

原文阅读