白領(lǐng)英語晨讀經(jīng)典365 138 I’m Unique 我是獨(dú)一無二的
我是自然界最偉大的奇跡。
I am nature's greatest miracle.
自從上帝創(chuàng)造了天地萬物以來，沒有一個(gè)人和我一樣，我的頭腦、心靈、眼睛、耳朵、雙手、頭發(fā)、嘴唇都是與眾不同的。言談舉止和我完全一樣的人以前沒有，現(xiàn)在沒有，以后也不會(huì)有．雖然四海之內(nèi)皆兄弟，然而人人各異。我是獨(dú)一無二的造化。
Since the beginning of time never has there been another with my mind, my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hair, my mouth. None that came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. All men are my brothers yet I am different from each . I am an unique creature.
我不可能像動(dòng)物一樣容易滿足，我心中燃燒著代代相傳的火焰，它激勵(lì)我超越自己，我要使這團(tuán)火燃得更旺，向世界宣布我的出類拔萃。
Although i am of the animal kingdom,animal rewards alone will not satisfy me. Within me burns a flame which has been passed from generations uncounted and its heat is a constant irritation to my spirit to become better than i am , and i will , i will fan this flame of dissatisfaction and proclaim my uniqueness to the world.
我是獨(dú)一無二的奇跡。
I am unique creature of nature .
物以稀為貴。我獨(dú)行特立，因而身價(jià)百倍。我是千萬年進(jìn)化的終端產(chǎn)物，頭腦和身體都超過以往的帝王與智者。
I am rare, and there is value in all rarity; therefore, i am valuable . I am the end product of thousands of years of evolution; therefore, i am better equipped in both mind and body than all the emperors and wise men who preceded me. The lack of it would mean failure in reaching a certain goal. Success seldom comes easily on the first try. What separates the successful from the unsuccessful is persistence. Successful people also fail from time to time, but they don’t let their failure defeat their spirit. Successful people learn from defeats, revise their strategy as needed and try again and again until they succeed. Unsuccessful people try something once or twice and when it fails, they give up, usually passing the blame on to someone or something else, and learn nothing from their own experience.
Successful people expect periodic defeats, learn what went wrong and why, don’t waste looking for someone to blame, make necessary adjustments, and try again. If you are persistent, you will almost inevitably succeed. If you are not persistent, you will almost certainly fail.
[注釋]：
persistence: the act of persisting 毅力
revise: to reconsider and change or modify 修改
strategy: 策略
periodic: happening or appearing at regular intervals 定期的
inevitably: invariably occurring or appearing; predictable 不可避免的
