Tag Archives: 困难

Dwayne Johnson (职业摔角手)

“When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘Why Me?’ Just say ‘Try Me.’”

– Dwayne Johnson, Professional Wrestler

「当你面临困难的处境,不要说『为何是我?』,说『来试试我。』」– 道恩‧强森 (职业摔角手)

  • 道恩‧强森 (1972- ) 为美国职业摔角手,外号 The Rock (巨石强森),是 WWE 人气最高的选手之一,赢得冠军头衔达 16 次之多,他的知名度让他转战电影业,处女秀为 The Scorpion King (魔蝎大帝)。

William Thomson (物理学家)

“When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.”

— William Thomson, Physicist

「当你与困难面对面时,等待你的是一个新发现。」– 威廉·汤姆森 (物理学家)

  • be up against… 面对困难的问题或人物。例:We are up against an undefeated team. (我们面对的是一支没尝过败绩的队伍。)
  • 威廉·汤姆森 (1824-1907) 是北爱尔兰出生的英国数学物理学家、工程师,也是热力学温标 (绝对温标) 的发明人,被称为热力学之父,受英国皇室封「开尔文勋爵」(Lord Kelvin)。

Harry Emerson Fosdick (牧师)

“He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick, Pastor

「没体验过困苦的人不认识勇敢,没遇过灾难的人不需要勇气。仅管神祕,我们最爱的人格特质,生长自混著各种不同麻烦的土壤。」– 哈利‧佛斯迪克 (牧师)

  • hardship (n.) 困境,艰难。hardihood (n.) 大胆,勇敢。calamity (n.) 灾难,大祸。mysterious (adj.) 神祕的。though (conj.) 虽然,即便。characteristic (n.) 特质,特征。
  • 哈利‧佛斯迪克 (1878-1969) 是美国基督教自由派牧师、教师、著作家,写了超过 30 本书,电台每周均转播他的节目,是「新自由主义」最具影响力的人物。

Richard DeVos (安丽创办人)

“The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.”

— Richard DeVos, Amway Co-founder

「竖立在一个人和他所想要中间的,通常只是要尝试的意愿,以及相信它可能成真的信念。」– 理查.狄维士 (安丽创办人)

  • merely (adj.) 仅仅,只是。faith (v.) 信念,信心。
  • 理查.狄维士 (1926- ) 是安丽日用品公司 (Amway) 总裁及创办人、NBA 球队奥兰多魔术的拥有者,据 2012 年富比士杂志的报告,他资产净值 50 亿美金,为美国第 60 富有、全球第 205 富有的人。

Nelson Mandela (前南非总统)

“For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.”

— Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa

「对我而言,生存是处理困难、环境,并克服它们的能力。」– 纳尔逊‧曼德拉 (前南非总统)

  • survival (n.) 生存,存活。例:Nothing will guarantee your survival once you leave this building. (你一旦离开这建物,没有东西能保证你的存活。) cope (v.) 对付,应付。例:She finds it difficult to cope with her husband’s mother. (她发现与丈母娘很难相处。)
  • 纳尔逊‧曼德拉 (1918-2013) 为南非第一位全民公投选上的总统,年轻时身为反对党武装组织的领袖,因反抗种族隔离而被捕入狱 27 年,他在 71 岁获释后领导多党协商,达成多元族群的民主共识,并在 1993 年获得诺贝尔和平奖。

Mary Kay Ash (化妆品先驱)

“Every failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out. The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace ‘if I can, I hope, maybe’ with ‘I can, I will, I must.'”

— Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur

「每一个失败、障碍及困境,都是一个潜在的机会,成功在很多时候是失败的里外翻转。我们今天最大的污染源是负面思维,剔除负面态度并相信你可以做任何事,把『如果我可以、我希望、或许』替换为『我可以、我将要、我必须』。」– 玫琳凯‧艾施 (化妆品先驱)

  • disguise (n.) 假扮,伪装。例:The translator turned out to be a spy in disguise. (那翻译原来是一名间谍。) inside out 里外相反。例:You are wearing the t-shirt inside out. (你的汗衫穿反了。) negativity (n.) 负面想法及态度。eliminate (v.) 消除,根除。
  • 玫琳凯‧艾施 (1918-2001) 是化妆品公司 Mary Kay (玫琳凯) 的创办人,帮助女性职员成功一直为该公司的宗旨,她的成功故事在美国被广泛研究。

Ann Landers (专栏作家)

“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye, and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'”

— Ann Landers, Advice Columnist

「如果有人问我哪一个建议对人们最有用,那就是:当麻烦出现时,视它为人生不可避免的一部分,把头高高抬起,直视麻烦然后说:『我比你巨大,你无法击倒我。』」– 安‧兰德斯 (专栏作家)

  • consider (v.) 视…;认为。例:I consider you to be my best friend. (我视你为我最好的朋友。) inevitable (adj.) 不可避免的。例:A conflict down the road seems inevitable. (未来冲突的发生似乎无可避免。) squarely (adv.) 直接地,端端正正地。例:She hit him squarely on the nose. (她不偏不倚地打中他的鼻子。)
  • 安‧兰德斯 (1918-2002) 是美国家喻户晓的笔名,其真名为 Eppie Lederer,她的 “Ask Ann Landers” 专栏接受读者来信提问生活问题,曾在北美各报纸同时刊登长达 47 年之久。