英語美文朗讀 第401期 It is possible，just watch me

As Ellen Cook puts it, success is like a quiet daily set of tasks. Real real small. It's like that quiet walk to the library, that empty 24/7 library late at night, over and over and over. Or as I sit there studying other great people and I compare their actions with my own actions over and over and over. Or as I sit doing 30 minutes of meditation a day over and over and over. Making the choice to eat foods that enhance my brain neuro-transmitters over and over and over.

 

正如Ellen Cook所言，成功就像每日默默完成的任務(wù)。這些任務(wù)很小，比如每天晚上都自己走去那個空蕩蕩的24小時圖書館，或者我反復(fù)地研究其他優(yōu)秀的人，并把他們的行為和我的進行對比，或者我每天都用30分鐘練習冥想，或者我一直堅持吃健康的、有益于我的大腦神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)的食物。

 

It's a very quiet process where you're doing these simple little tasks but finding love in those simple little tasks. It's not the big thing where you do this one thing and something big happens. Being able to make a success out of your life. It's not purely down to luck. You have more control over it than you think. You can decide to be successful. You can decide to have the fast cars and the big house.

這個過程很安靜，你的任務(wù)很簡單也很小，但是你逐漸喜歡上它們。它們不是什么偉大的事情，不是那種影響深遠的事情。在人生中，獲得成功并不全靠運氣。你對生活的掌控力，比你想象的要強。你可以決定自己是否成功，是否能夠擁有豪車和大房子。

 

And it starts right here with your studying, not because getting good grades is going to bring you success in the future, it's about the work ethic and the attitude you have towards your studying that will transfer to your work after you graduate. It's about believing that you can achieve something and doing whatever it takes to achieve it. It's about fine-tuning the skills you have to zero in on your goals, the skills that you are improving while you're studying.

這一切都是從現(xiàn)在開始的，從你目前的學習開始，這不是因為好成績能讓你在未來取得成功，而是因為你對學習這件事的職業(yè)精神和態(tài)度。在你畢業(yè)之后，它們?nèi)匀荒軌蛴绊懩?。這也是因為，你相信自己能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)夢想，并且用盡全力為之奮斗。這更是因為，你不斷打磨自己的技能，從頭學起，通過學習來不斷提高它們。

 

Work ethic, time management, reading, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, focus, reasoning, persuasion, organization, overcoming obstacles, and self-motivation. These are all skills that all great students have improved and refined over years of efficient and effective studying. And it's these students that have made a decision that when the world is saying that's impossible, you're not capable, your dreams will stay as dreams.

職業(yè)精神，時間管理，閱讀，批判性思維，解決問題的能力，做決定的能力，專注力，推理能力，口才，組織能力，克服困難的能力，自己給的動力，這些都是優(yōu)秀的學生們在多年的高效學習中提高的能力。在全世界都跟他們說不可能、說他們做不到、說他們無法實現(xiàn)夢想的時候，他們能夠做出自己的決定。

 

They have that lone voice that goes, no, you know what, it is possible, just watch me. They have gone through this process of growth, and they have pushed and pushed through all the obstacles that were thrown at them. It's important that you don't think of your studying as though it's all about passing your exams and getting a piece of paper at the end of it all so you can get a good job, because it's so much more than that.

在他們心中，有一個聲音響起。不！一切皆有可能！走著瞧吧！他們經(jīng)歷了成長的過程，無論遇到什么樣的困難，他們都能一一克服。你不要認為學習就是為了通過考試、拿到文憑、得到好工作。這一點很重要，因為學習的意義遠不止于此。

 

And it's the great students that understand this. It's not about your exams. It's about the process and the journey you go on and the skills you refine over the years. It's about when you don't feel like studying but you continue to push through and study anyway. It's doing the things that you need to do, that you know you need to do when you don't feel like doing it, because the reality is, is that most people can study when they're feeling good.

優(yōu)秀的學生，才會明白這個道理。學習不是為了考試，學習的意義在于它的過程本身，在于你這些年來練就的技能。學習就是在你不想學的時候，還能督促自己去學習。學習就是要去做那些你需要做卻不想做的事情。因為，實際上，對于大多數(shù)人來說，在自己狀態(tài)好的時候?qū)W習不是什么難事。

 

Most people can study when they have no distractions, when they're in a quiet environment, when there's pressure put on them as a deadline is approaching. But just being able to study on the highs isn't good enough. You have to be able to study all the time. So learning how to refocus your mind on the lows and knowing the lows are going to end is a huge skill. The process is just as important as the actual prize, because the process is going to make you. The deeper the process, the greater the reward. Just remember the prize is going to be huge.

在沒有令自己分心的事情時，在環(huán)境很安靜時，在沒有截止日期逼近的壓力時，大多數(shù)人都能學習。但是，在高峰時期學習，這還不夠。你要做到在任何時候都能學習。所以，學會在低谷時期專注于學習，并且告訴自己艱難的日子終將過去，這是很重要的能力。過程和結(jié)果一樣重要，因為過程最能塑造你。過程越深刻，收獲越豐富。記住，你將會獲得巨大的收獲。