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，小時候在哈羅公學上學。當時他可不是個好學生，要不是出身名門，他可能早就因為違反紀律被開除了。謝天謝地，他總算從哈羅畢業(yè)了，在那里犯下的錯誤并沒影

4、響到他上大學。后來，他憑著軍旅生涯中的杰出表現(xiàn)當選為英國首相。他的才思、智慧、公民責任感以及在二戰(zhàn)痛苦而黑暗的時期拒絕投降的無畏勇氣，為他贏得了美名。他非凡的決心，不僅激勵了整個民族，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束時，他應邀前往母校哈羅公學，為滿懷報國之志的同學們作演講。校長說：“年輕的先生們，當代最偉大的演說家過幾天就會來為你們演講，他提出的任何中肯的建議，你們都要聽從?！蹦莻€激動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，她努力學習

13、以使自己接受到最好的教育。她的學習成績在班上始終名列前茅，一路奮斗終于進入了斯坦福大學法學院，并以優(yōu)異的成績從法學院畢業(yè)。盡管奧康納勤奮刻苦，但在20世紀50年代，她仍然受到女人身份的制約。即使斯坦福大學的學位有良好的聲譽，她仍被整個法律界拒之門外，因為事務所寧愿聘請才干稍遜的男性，也不愿冒險破例雇傭一位女律師。然而，桑德拉戴奧康納并未放棄夢想。她執(zhí)著地堅持下去，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，對很多問題

14、，例如墮胎和婦女權利，都起到了極為關鍵的作用。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現(xiàn)。很多人因為害怕失敗而不敢全心嘗試。而成功的秘訣在于內心燃燒的欲望——一種堅定不移的意志和專注力——從而激發(fā)行動的決心，即使疲憊，即使失敗，也會繼續(xù)準備，繼續(xù)前進。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成功才至關重要！”Focusonbecomingmeknowledgeable.Focusongradualconsistentprogre

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