佚名/Anonymous
What is success?
I am not going to try to define success.I think a precise definitio n is impossible.Is it winning a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games or winn ing Wimbledon,or being awarded a Nobel Prize?What else?I believe pers onal success could be anything at all--it does not have to involve publi c recognition.Who is more successful?A millionaire who is unhappy,or an unnoticed person who has led a simple,happy life?The simplest defin ition of success I think is "to set out to do something and to succeed in doing it" .It really doesn't matter what,or how humble the undert aking is.
Believe you can succeed and you will.Achieving success in whatever endeavor you choose may be the goal of life.Because it gives you freedo m from worry.Could that be?
Success means different things to every one of us.Some people belie ve it is measured in financial terms,i.e.having wealth;others believe it is helping others rather than helping themselves.A bit of both perha ps!Or it could be simply achieving for achievement's sake.Success is s uch a personal thing.To many people it is the very root of their being--the reason for existing is to achieve something worthwhile in our live s.To the vast majority of the population it doesn't matter much whethe r they want to be successful or not;that's OK by me,as long as that i s what you really want and you are happy with life.However,most people want and are motivated to a great extent by public recognition and a rel entless pursuit of achievement.How many people are really happy?How ma ny people are really doing what they want to with their lives?(Incident ally,the ability to imagine makes us different from animals).
No matter what motivates you personally...whatever you choose to do with your life,don't expect instant success.The years of struggle,co mmitment and learning in excelling at whatever endeavor or trade you cho ose,is no easy task.I would wholeheartedly agree with that statement.It takes a lot of courage,character and discipline to achieve success i n any field.Nearly all successful people have doubted themselves at som e point and wanted to give up.Yet they carried on.So many people give up within an inch or two away from the gold in the seam down the mine--a whisker away from success.One thing is for sure:success breeds success,as it gathers a momentum of its own and you get on an inning streak wh en everything seems to fit into place.
I like all of the following quotations.They all stand for what succ ess means to me personally.So I'll share them with you...
"Success is the continuous journey towards the achievement of prede termined worthwhile goals." "To live your life in your own way.To rea ch the goals you've set for yourself.To be the person you want to be--that is success."
什麽是成功？
我並不打算詮釋成功的概念，我認為要下一個精確的定義是不可能的。成功是在奧運會上贏得金牌或贏得溫布爾登大獎賽，或被授予諾貝爾獎，或是其他的什麽嗎？我認為，個人的成功其實可以是任何事情——它不必得到公眾的認可。不快樂的百萬富翁，或者被忽視卻過著簡單而又快樂生活的人，誰更成功呢？關於成功最簡單的定義，我認為是“開始做某件事，並在做的過程中獲得成就感”。至於具體做什麽，做的事情有多麽渺小，都不重要。
相信自己能成功，你就會獲得成功。也許，生活的目標就是，無論你選擇哪個方麵，都努力地去完成。因為它能使你從煩惱中解脫出來，不是嗎？
對於我們每一個人來說，成功的意義都有所不同。一些人認為要用金融數目來衡量，比如，擁有的財富；另一些人認為是樂於助人，而不是幫助自己。也許兩者兼而有之，或者，隻是為了達到目的而已。成功是個人的事。對很多人來說，成功是他們生存的根本——我們存在的理由就是要去完成生命中一些有價值的事。對很大一部分人來說，成功與否無關緊要；在我看來，也無所謂，隻要這是你真正想要的，並能快樂地生活就好。但是，很多人渴望並激勵自己去追求公眾的認可和殘酷的競爭得到的成果。多少人會真正快樂呢？多少人是真正在做他們想做的事呢？（附加一句，有能力想象使我們有別於動物。）
不論是什麽激發你個人的追求，不管你選擇一生做什麽，都不要期待立刻成功。在任何你選擇進入或從事的行業領域中，堅持多年的奮鬥，努力和學習工作都不是一件容易的事。我完全同意這個觀點，要想在任何一個領域獲得成功，都需要勇氣、品質和自律精神。所有成功的人幾乎都曾在某方麵懷疑過自己，並想過要放棄。但是，他們堅持了下去。在離礦井中的金礦層僅有1～2英尺的時候，很多人卻放棄了，他們與成功僅有一步之遙。可以肯定的是：成功孕育成功，因為它自身積累了動力，當萬事俱備時，你便獲得了飛速成功的機會。
我喜歡下麵這些語錄。它們都能代表我個人對成功的理解，因而，我將與你們一起分享……
“成功是向預先確定的有價值的目標不斷前進的旅程。”“用自己的方式生活，達到自己設定的目標，做自己想做的人——這就是成功。”
1.A millionaire who is____,or an unnoticed person who has____a simple,happy life?The simplest definition of success I think is "to____out to do something and to succeed in doing it".It really doesn't____what,or how humble the undertaking is.
2.However,most people____and are motivated to a great extent by public recognition and a relentless pursuit____achievement.How many____are really happy?How many people are really____what they want to with their lives?
3."Success is the continuous journey____the achievement of pre determined worthwhile goals."
1.關於成功最簡單的定義，我認為是“開始做某件事，並在做的過程中獲得成就感”。
2.對於我們每一個人來說，成功的意義都有所不同。
3.成功是向預先確定的有價值的目標不斷前進的旅程。
1.Incidentally,the ability to imagine makes us different from anim als.
different from：與……不同；不同；不同於；與……區別
2.They all stand for what success means to me personally.
stand for：代表；代替；意味著；主張；支持