时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:双语有声阅读


英语课

 I love challenging myself. I like to set a goal that seems difficult or even impossible and then do everything I can to reach that goal. It's not always easy, and sometimes I don't reach the goal -- heck, sometimes I don't come anywhere close to reaching it -- but it's still something that I love to do. Sometimes the challenges I take on are physical, such as running a very long distance, and sometimes they're more mental, such as writing a book. Sometimes they're very abstract 1, such as trying to deal with my fear of heights or my uneasiness 2 in crowds. But no matter what kind they are, I feel fortunate that I'm able to identify challenges and then take them on.


我喜欢挑战自己,我喜欢设定看似难以完成甚至不可能实现的目标,然后尽一切努力达到这一目标。这件事不总是容易做到,有时我达不到目标——管他呢,有时与目标还相差甚远——但这仍然是我喜欢做的。有时我迎接的挑战是身体方面的,比如说长跑;有时更多的是精神上的,比如说写一本书;有时非常抽象,比如说努力摆脱恐高或人多时的不安。但无论是什么挑战,我都感觉很幸运能够认清挑战,然后迎接挑战。
I actually meet many of them. I've run one hundred miles in 26 hours, I've written a few novels, and I've done some other things that I didn't think I could do at first. Nowadays, though, after taking on so many challenges, I never really feel that something is impossible -- I pretty much know that anything is possible with the right attitude and enough effort. That's not to say that nowadays I meet every challenge successfully, because I don't. I just don't start out by thinking that I can't do it.
我确实完成过很多挑战,我曾用26小时跑了一百英里,写过几篇小说,还做过一些其他起初以为自己做不到的事情。然而现在,接受过如此多挑战之后,我永远不会感觉有什么是不可能的——我大体上知道,只要态度正确,而且足够努力的话,一切皆有可能。我不是说我现在能成功地应对一切挑战,因为我做不到。我只是不会在做事之前就觉得自己不行。
And I've learned 3 that my attitude towards a challenge is one of the most important keys to meeting it. If I see a challenge ahead and I'm overwhelmed 4 or intimidated 5, then the chances are very good that I won't be successful in meeting it.
我学会了面对挑战的态度是应对挑战最关键的因素之一。如果我看到面前有挑战,就不知所措或者被吓倒了,那应对挑战时很有可能会失败。
If, on the other hand, I see a challenge and immediately start thinking of different ways that I might be able to meet it, the chances are good that I shall meet it successfully.
相反,如果我看到了挑战,马上换个思路,认为自己有能力应对挑战,那我最终很有可能会成功。

adj.抽象的;n.摘要,梗概;vt.提取;摘录要点
  • He is an abstract painter.他是一个抽象派画家。
  • He made an abstract of a long article.他对一篇长文章做了摘要。
n.不安,担忧,不自在
  • Doctors often sense uneasiness in the people they deal with.医生常常会觉察到病人的不安情绪。
  • He felt a species of uneasiness.他有一种不安的感觉。
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
[ overwhelm ]的过去式
  • She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt. 她感到愧疚难当。
  • If (one was) overwhelmed by passion, it could lead to serious blunders. 当感情完全淹没理智时,就可能铸成大错。
v.恐吓;威胁adj.害怕的;受到威胁的
  • We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
  • The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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actio utilis
Agene
air interrupted spark generator
antifume finishing
applied geography
assay balance
automatic jet control valve
autotracker
barbu
basic lead arsenate
beam sharpening
beater tub
bromohyperhidrosis
brothellous
C.&.F.
central input/output multiplexer
channel sand
choroisopleth diagram
clinical pediatric pathology
conops (conops) nubeculosus
cornewall
cyclone water
disceyvous
drive the nail up to the head
duck's egg
elbow tube
ellipse template
Epirus
exiting
false-vacuum
feel them
femininus
fengho stage
ferrodextran
firl
five-in-one ration
fizzers
flat-layer technique
Franklin's bumblebee
free on board train
fuer
fusion-welded wall
glass fragment
gotten dressed
graft versus host reaction
green area
Gymnomycota
hexapartite
hold ups
homological mapping
HPH (high pressure heater)
interesterified lard
iris(plant)
isoquants
jeannine
king's spear
Kootenai, Kootenay
made a name for yourselves
made out her case
megakaryocyte
moclips
modiolus auriculatus
mold control
Mother Goose rhyme
nibbly
nudomania
optimum environmental quality
out of style
overhead walkway
overmiked
palmcorders
Pochala
postfilter
research hypothesis
retaliatory tariffs
rock pediment
roedeans
sisario
skybridge
soundcheck
spectro-angular flux density
startup cost
statera
steering and ignition lock
stethophonometer
summer asthma
surface finish recorder
suspended ring experiment
Svend
torn deckle
tray delivery mechanism
treacle stage
tube bending
valve refacer
variable speed clutch
vicayre
voice recognition board
Vysokaya Gora
warm the bench
warmedup
weak boundary condition
your mum