智慧背囊 超越自我-04-迎接挑战

[00:01.16]Summon Up Courage迎接挑战
[00:04.32]There were two men both decided¹ to get a horse.
[00:09.17]One man found a red horse with much spirit.
[00:12.87]The other chose one more docile².
[00:15.50]They would go riding together every day.
[00:18.15]It so happened on the route they would take around the countryside,
[00:22.73]there was a ditch about eight or nine feet wide,
[00:25.58]after a time it was apparent that the red horse’s spirit could not be shaken.
[00:31.28]When coming up to this gap in the trail he hurled³ it the first time.
[00:35.98]Because of the spirit in him he was quick to respond and jumped it with no problem.
[00:41.69]Yet the more docile horse would balk⁴ every time he came to the edge.
[00:46.61]He wasn’t sure of the distance;
[00:48.82]he would stand on the edge trembling with indecision and doubt
[00:52.86]because the distance to him looked too great.
[00:55.73]Then one day after awhile,
[00:58.25]coming up to the ditch and watching his companion take it with ease,
[01:02.51]something happened within him, a knowing was born that he could too.
[01:07.35]So with agility⁵ and ease he gracefully⁶ bounded over the barrier.
[01:12.37]Life is much like the two horses.
[01:15.32]When we as people come up against trials or situations
[01:19.61]we just don’t feel like we can make the distance
[01:22.44]or that it just is too big and we don’t know if we’ll make it,
[01:26.63]we balk standing⁷ on the edge trembling.
[01:29.25]It’s not until we depend upon the spirit within.
[01:32.30]Then we are able to make it with ease.
[01:35.04]Until we quit looking at the obstacle or trial through our eyes,
[01:39.44]they will always seem too big for us.
[01:41.95]But there is a spirit within us that can judge the distance to the other side
[01:46.89]and will give us the strength to make it through it.
[01:49.73]As long as we let it.
[01:52.57]It all comes to a choice whether we look for the spirit within
[01:56.32]or just stand on the edge and balk.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 docile   

adj.驯服的，易控制的，容易教的

参考例句：

• Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。
• He is a docile and well-behaved child.他是个温顺且彬彬有礼的孩子。

3 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 balk   

n.大方木料；v.妨碍；不愿前进或从事某事

参考例句：

• We get strong indications that his agent would balk at that request.我们得到的强烈暗示是他的经纪人会回避那个要求。
• He shored up the wall with a thick balk of wood.他用一根粗大的木头把墙撑住。

5 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。

6 gracefully   

ad.大大方方地；优美地

参考例句：

• She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。