你为什么没成功-你担心被复制(7)

 Why are you not reaching the success?

 

你为什么没有成功？

 

You worry about being copied.

 

你担心被复制。

 

Often we close ourselves off from otherpeople not because we're afraid that they will influence us but that we willinfluence them, that our brilliant ideas will be taken up by someone else and no longer be solely¹ ours.

 

经常，我们会让自己和他人保持距离，并不是因为担心他人会影响自己，而是担心自己会影响他人。我们害怕自己出色的点子被他人占有，不再仅仅属于我们。

 

So we avoid sharing our passions², andspend our energy jealously³ guarding our “secret” rather than simply moving forward.

 

因此，我们避免分享自己的激情，并且花精力谨慎地保守我们的“秘密”，而不是简单地往前走。

 

In the end, we turn our passions intoburdens that become difficult to carry instead of a joy.

 

最后，我们把自己的激情变成一种很难被欢乐所代替的负担。

1 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

2 passions   

激情( passion的名词复数 )； 爱情； [复数]感情（与理智相对而言）； 爱好

参考例句：

• He's a man of violent passions. 他是个性情暴烈的人。
• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions. 二人眉来眼去，以目传情。

3 jealously   

ad.嫉妒的，猜疑的

参考例句：

• A number of men still jealously guard their rights. 很多男人仍在谨慎地维护着他们特权。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）
• His jealously guarded secret was soon common property. 他小心翼翼保守的秘密很快就成为众所皆知之事。