书城外语转个弯人生更开阔
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第14章 成功的DNA密码 (13)

有一种广为流传的说法,许多年轻人知道本杰明?富兰克林的职业生涯后,都很受鼓舞。年仅12岁的富兰克林便离开学校,闯荡天涯。刚出校门,他只是埋头看书。不过,没过多久他便发现,自己光靠读书成不了学识渊博的人。意识到这点后,他马上采取了措施。上学的时候,富兰克林就弄不懂数学。在数学上无可救药的富兰克林甚至还有两次放弃的经历,最后离开学校时,富兰克林早已对数学彻底绝望。然而没过多久,这个印刷学徒就体会到了贫乏的数字知识所带来的重重困难。面对在学校期间让他头昏脑涨的“算术”,大约14岁的富兰克林第三次发起挑战,并最终体会到掌握数学带来的方便与快乐。随后,在一本囊括几何学入门知识的航海著作中,富兰克林真正理解了书中的真谛,因此感受到了 “数学的无穷魅力”。我们还听人说,为了改进写作技巧,富兰克林后来还学习了一门类似的课程,并最终成为同时代的杰出人物。年仅16岁的富兰克林,写文章的水平已经达到登峰造极的程度。有一次,富兰克林私下里把自己的文章寄到他哥哥的报社,很多人误认为是一些文学界知名人士的杰作。

通常,那些克服障碍、劣势和挫折的人才能获得最大的成功。

心灵小语

刚刚踏上漫长、艰苦的成功之路时,你不会感到轻松,道理就像船只在海上航行一样。你一定要按照希望着陆的地方确定航程,并好好利用一切有益的环境。

记忆填空

1. I was at first everybody’s__. I was abused, called all sorts of nicknames, had to sweep out the office, build fires in__, run errands, post bills, carry papers, wait on the editor, in__ I led the life of a genuine printer’s devil; but when I__ them at length that I had learned to set type and run the press, I got promoted, and another boy was__ to succeed to my task, with all its decorations.

2. It is a long, rough__ at first, but, like the ship on the ocean, you must lay your course for the place where you hope to__, and__ advantage of all favoring circumstances.

佳句翻译

1. 三点后,我身心疲惫、步履蹒跚地去睡觉。

译______________

2. 假如一些年轻人遇到事情便轻易放弃的话,我期待他们从我的经历中得到鼓舞和力量。

译______________

3. 那些克服障碍、劣势和挫折的人才能获得最大的成功。

译______________

短语应用

1. I persuaded my father to let me leave my home in Dudley, Mass., and strike out for myself.

strike out:狠打;出击;敲打出(火花等)

造______________

2. The most successful man is he who has triumphed over obstacles, disadvantages and discouragements.

triumph over:获得胜利

造______________

不要忽略那些小想法

Don’t Ignore That Little Thought

卡罗琳?加兰果 / Caroline Jalango

What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you ignore it because you thought that it was just a little thought?

Have you ever considered what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts, or if you had paid more attention to it?

Imagine a scenario, where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light bulb is turned on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought catches your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to discard it, but wait a minute!

That thought could be the potential beginning of the success you have so much yearned for. As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a realization, a solution, a conclusion, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has long eluded you.

It is almost as if a divine being has whispered the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality thereby bringing illumination to your life. It is like finding the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle.

This becomes an AHA moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that little but powerful thought.