华尔街的赚钱经 实现梦想 最佳时机就是现在(1)

When surveyed, entrepreneurs say 29 is the ideal age to start a business. The average age that entrepreneurs actually start a business is 35.

调查显示，企业家认为29岁是创业的理想年龄。可实际上，企业家创业的平均年龄是 35岁。

There's no perfect age to start living your dreams. Being too young or too old is no excuse. The perfect time to start is right now.

要开始实现你的梦想，根本没有什么理想的年龄。年龄大小都不是理由，最佳时机就是现在，马上开始吧。

These people did.

这些企业家就是这样做的。

Nola Ochs-The Energizer¹ Student

诺拉·奥克斯——较劲的学生

In 1972, Nola Ochs was widowed on her wheat farm in the town of Jetmore, Kansas (population 1000). She tended to her farm with the help of her children.

1972年，诺拉·奥克斯寡居在堪萨斯州杰特摩尔镇（人口 1000）一个种植小麦的农场。她在子女的帮助下照管农场。

In 1978, she realized she wanted more from life. Aged² 68, she signed up for a tennis class at the nearest community college.

那是在1978年时，有一天她突然意识到生活应该多姿多彩。于是她在68岁时，去附近的社区学院报名参加了一个网球班。

After ten years studying everything from agribusiness to the Bible, she was told that she was one class away from an associate degree.

10年下来，从农业综合经营到圣经，她学了一样又一样。后来，她被告知再修一门课程就可以拿到大专文凭了

All she must do was complete college algebra³.

学完学院的代数课程。

With an associate degree she was pleased but not fulfilled. College algebra would not be the end of her scholarly career.

取得大专学位，她很高兴，但并不满足。因为在她看来，拿下高校的代数课，并不意味着她的学习生涯就此结束。

Several years later she decided⁴ to make the two hour trek⁵ to Fort Hays State University. Enrolling⁶ at age 94, she lacked only 30 class hours to earn a bachelor's degree.

几年后，她决定驱车两小时去上富特海斯州立大学。入学时，她已94岁，只差30个课时就能获得学士学位。

In May 2007, at 95, she became the world's oldest college graduate.

到 2007年 5月，在她95岁时，她成为世界上年纪最大的大学毕业生。

Is it time to sit back and enjoy the framed diploma on the farmhouse⁷ wall? Not yet. She started a Master's Degree.

现在该坐下来欣赏挂在农舍墙上，嵌在相框里的一纸文凭了吧？还是不行。她又开始了硕士学位的攻读。

1 energizer   

n.抗抑制剂，情绪兴奋剂；增能器

参考例句：

• He thunk highly of QI of the spleen and stomach in middle energizer. 朱丹溪吸收了李东垣《脾胃论》的思想，临证用药重视中焦脾胃之气。 来自互联网

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 algebra   

n.代数学

参考例句：

• He was not good at algebra in middle school.他中学时不擅长代数。
• The boy can't figure out the algebra problems.这个男孩做不出这道代数题。

4 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。

5 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

6 enrolling   

v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 来自辞典例句
• You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。 来自辞典例句

7 farmhouse   

n.农场住宅（尤指主要住房）

参考例句：

• We fell for the farmhouse as soon as we saw it.我们对那所农舍一见倾心。
• We put up for the night at a farmhouse.我们在一间农舍投宿了一夜。