双语有声阅读：坚持与胜利(8)

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

 

我不知道成功之道,但却知道失败之路的大门向人人敞开。

 

Bill Cosby, American comedian¹

 

比尔.科斯比，美国喜剧演员

 

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts.

 

许多人终于成功只是因为他在反复努力之后遭遇了失败。

 

If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.

 

如果他从来没有失败过，那他就不会知道任何伟大的胜利。

 

Orison Marden, American writer

 

奥里森.马登，美国作家

 

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed² if you don't try.

 

如果你失败了你也许会失望，但如果你不尝试，你就死定了。

 

Beverly Sills, American soprano

 

贝弗利.西尔斯，美国女高音歌唱家

 

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent.

 

无论你秉性如何，保持你的本色;永远不要抛弃你的天赋。

 

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Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed;

 

成为你自己，你将会成功;

 

be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing.

 

否则，你会比一事无成还要糟糕千万倍。

 

Sydney Smith, English writer

 

西德尼.史密斯，英国作家

 

Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered³ by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better.

 

不要因为自己在努力改善生活的过程中而可能取得的微乎其微的成功而气馁，也不要为此伤心痛苦。

 

You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise⁴.

 

当然，你不可能在自己这一代就能创造个人世间的天堂。

 

Who could expect that?

 

谁又能指望那样呢?

 

But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.

 

但是，如果你让生活哪怕是好一点点，你都表现得极为出色了，你的生命也将有所价值。

 

Arnold Toynbee, British historian⁵

 

阿诺德.汤因比，英国历史学家

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

3 embittered   

v.使怨恨，激怒( embitter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• These injustices embittered her even more. 不公平使她更加受苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The artist was embittered by public neglect. 大众的忽视于那位艺术家更加难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 paradise   

n.伊甸乐园，天堂

参考例句：

• My house had a small backyard,the paradise of children.我那幢房子有一个小后院，那是孩子们玩耍的乐园。
• On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。

5 historian   

n.历史学家，编史家

参考例句：

• As a historian,he was most typical of the times in which he lived.作为历史学家，他是他所处时代最有代表性的人物。
• He calls himself a historian,but his books are a mere journalism.他自称为历史学家，但是他的书都是些肤浅的通俗作品。