unit1-never ever give up 課文翻譯

1、Neverevergiveup!永不言棄！AsayoungboyBritainsgreatPrimeMinisterSirWinstonChurchillattendedapublicschoolcalledHarrow.Hewasnotagoodstudenthadhenotbeenfromafamousfamilyheprobablywouldhavebeenremovedfromtheschoolfdeviatingfromthe

2、rules.ThankfullyhedidfinishatHarrowhiserrstheredidnotprecludehimfromgoingontotheuniversity.Heeventuallyhadapremierarmycareerwherebyhewaslaterelectedprimeminister.Heachievedfamefhiswitwisdomcivicdutyandabundantcourageinhi

3、srefusaltosurrenderduringthemiserabledarkdaysofWldWarII.Hisamazingdeterminationhelpedmotivatehisentirenationwasaninspirationwldwide.英國的偉大首相溫斯頓丘吉爾爵士，小時(shí)候在哈羅公學(xué)上學(xué)。當(dāng)時(shí)他可不是個(gè)好學(xué)生，要不是出身名門，他可能早就因?yàn)檫`反紀(jì)律被開除了。謝天謝地，他總算從哈羅畢業(yè)了，在那里犯下的錯(cuò)誤并沒影

4、響到他上大學(xué)。后來，他憑著軍旅生涯中的杰出表現(xiàn)當(dāng)選為英國首相。他的才思、智慧、公民責(zé)任感以及在二戰(zhàn)痛苦而黑暗的時(shí)期拒絕投降的無畏勇氣，為他贏得了美名。他非凡的決心，不僅激勵(lì)了整個(gè)民族，還鼓舞了全世界。TowardtheendofhisperiodasprimeministerhewasinvitedtoaddressthepatrioticyoungboysathisoldschoolHarrow.Theheadmastersaid“Y

5、ounggentlementhegreatestspeakerofourtimewillbehereinafewdaystoaddressyouyoushouldobeywhateversoundadvicehemaygiveyou.“Thegreatdayarrived.SirWinstonstoodupallfivefeetfiveinches107kilosofhimgavethisshtclearcutspeech:“Young

6、mennevergiveup.Nevergiveup!Nevergiveup!Nevernevernevernever!“在他首相任期即將結(jié)束時(shí)，他應(yīng)邀前往母校哈羅公學(xué)，為滿懷報(bào)國之志的同學(xué)們作演講。校長說：“年輕的先生們，當(dāng)代最偉大的演說家過幾天就會(huì)來為你們演講，他提出的任何中肯的建議，你們都要聽從?！蹦莻€(gè)激動(dòng)人心的日子終于到了。溫斯頓爵士站了起來——他只有5英尺5英寸高，體重卻有107公斤。他作了言簡(jiǎn)意賅的講話：“年輕人，要永不放棄

7、。永不放棄！永不放棄！永不，永不，永不，永不！”Personalhistyeducationalopptunityindividualdilemmasnoneofthesecaninhibitastrongspiritcommittedtosuccess.Notaskistoohard.Noamountofpreparationistoolongtoodifficult.Taketheexampleoftwoofthemostschol

8、arlyscientistsofourageAlbertEinsteinThomasEdison.Bothfacedimmenseobstaclesextremecriticism.Bothwerecalled“slowtolearn“writtenoffasidiotsbytheirteachers.ThomasEdisonranawayfromschoolbecausehisteacherwhippedhimrepeatedlyfa

9、skingtoomanyquestions.Einsteindidntspeakfluentlyuntilhewasalmostnineyearsoldwassuchapostudentthatsomethoughthewasunabletolearn.Yetbothboysparentsbelievedinthem.Theywkedintenselyeachdaywiththeirsonstheboyslearnedtoneverby

10、passthelonghoursofhardwkthattheyneededtosucceed.IntheendbothEinsteinEdisonovercametheirchildhoodpersecutionwentontoachievemagnificentdiscoveriesthatbenefittheentirewldtoday.dwithhons.ButdespiteallofherhardwkSraDayOConnwa

11、sstillawomaninthe1950s.EvenwiththeprestigeofherdegreefromStanfdshewasrejectedfromtheentirelawcircuitasfirmspreferredtohirelessqualifiedmenratherthanriskhiringafemalelawyerwhichwasunprecedented.YetSraDayOConnrefusedtogive

12、uponherdreams.ThroughsheerpersistenceshewaseventuallynominatedthenappointedthefirstwomanSupremeCourtJusticeoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Theresheactedasacrucialvoteonissueslikeabtionwomensrights.桑德拉戴奧康納成長于既沒自來水也沒電的養(yǎng)牛場(chǎng)，她努力學(xué)習(xí)

13、以使自己接受到最好的教育。她的學(xué)習(xí)成績?cè)诎嗌鲜冀K名列前茅，一路奮斗終于進(jìn)入了斯坦福大學(xué)法學(xué)院，并以優(yōu)異的成績從法學(xué)院畢業(yè)。盡管奧康納勤奮刻苦，但在20世紀(jì)50年代，她仍然受到女人身份的制約。即使斯坦福大學(xué)的學(xué)位有良好的聲譽(yù)，她仍被整個(gè)法律界拒之門外，因?yàn)槭聞?wù)所寧愿聘請(qǐng)才干稍遜的男性，也不愿冒險(xiǎn)破例雇傭一位女律師。然而，桑德拉戴奧康納并未放棄夢(mèng)想。她執(zhí)著地堅(jiān)持下去，終于得到提名并被任命為美國第一位女性最高法院大法官。她任職期間，對(duì)很多問題

14、，例如墮胎和婦女權(quán)利，都起到了極為關(guān)鍵的作用。Manypeoplesimplysaythattheywantsomethingbuttheydonotexpendthesubstantialefftrequiredtoachieveit.Manypeopleletthethreatoffailurestopthemfromtryingwithalloftheirheart.Thesecretofsuccessisbaseduponabu

15、rninginwarddesirearobustfiercewillfocusthatfuelsthedeterminationtoacttokeeppreparingtokeepgoingevenwhenwearetiredfail.Asawisesayinggoes:“Itsnothowmanytimesyoufalldownthatmatters.Itshowmanytimesyougetbackupthatmakessucces

16、s!“很多人只是嘴上說他們想要什么東西，但并不真正地付出大量努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)。很多人因?yàn)楹ε率《桓胰膰L試。而成功的秘訣在于內(nèi)心燃燒的欲望——一種堅(jiān)定不移的意志和專注力——從而激發(fā)行動(dòng)的決心，即使疲憊，即使失敗，也會(huì)繼續(xù)準(zhǔn)備，繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。正如一句箴言所說：“你摔倒了多少次并不要緊；你能多少次重新站起來對(duì)成功才至關(guān)重要！”Focusonbecomingmeknowledgeable.Focusongradualconsistentprogre

17、ss.Maintainthestrongwilltokeepgoingevenwhenyouaretiredwanttoslacktheoddsseemtoolarge.“Keepyoureyesontheprize!““Wheretheresawilltheresaway!“Withhardwkdeterminationdedicationpreparationyoucantranscendanyhicapaccomplishanyf