英語美文朗讀 第538期 Take action and follow your dream

It's hard dealing with the pressure during exams. It's hard taking the heat with deadlines looming. Most people can't do it. They quit chasing their dreams, because it's too hard. That kind of courage and fearlessness, it's hard.

 

考試之際，要應(yīng)對巨大的壓力，這是很困難的事。截止日期近在眼前，要承受巨大的壓力，這是很困難的事。大多數(shù)人做不到，他們停止追尋夢想，因為這太難了。要想擁有勇氣，擁有無畏的心，很難。

 

Breaking bad habits, making new habit starting all over again, that's hard. Most students won't do that. Most people don't have the determination and hunger about them. That kind of courage and fearlessness, only comes with years and years of pushing yourself, stepping outside of your comfort zone, aiming for targets you're not even sure are possible.

改掉壞習(xí)慣，養(yǎng)成全新的習(xí)慣，一切從頭再來，這很困難，大多數(shù)學(xué)生不會這樣做。大多數(shù)人沒有實現(xiàn)夢想的決心和野心。不斷自我鞭策，勇敢地走出舒適區(qū)，努力實現(xiàn)那些你也不知道是否能實現(xiàn)的目標(biāo)，堅持這樣做很多年，才能擁有那樣的勇氣，那樣的無畏。

 

But when you finally decide to take control of your own life, and decide that despite the inevitable obstacles, despite the difficulties you're going to face, despite the years of dedication it's going to take, you make a decision that you're not going to let anything or anyone get in your way.

但是，一旦你認(rèn)定了，你要掌握自己的人生，無論有多少難免的阻礙，無論有多少困難要面對，無論要付出多少年的努力，你都不會讓任何事、任何人阻擋你。

 

So, what if it's hard? It's going to be worth it. It's worth it to show the world I'm not just average like most people. It's worth it to show my friends, family, and teachers that I can become something, that I am capable of achieving great things. I can achieve whatever I want. It's worth it to me to pay this kind of price.

所以，要是這一切很困難怎么辦？沒事，一切都是值得的。讓世界知道，我與眾不同，這是值得的。讓我的朋友、家人、老師知道，我能變得很厲害，我能做成大事，這是值得的。我能實現(xiàn)任何事。付出這樣的代價，是值得的。

 

It really doesn't matter what you're going through. How you deal with it is all that matters. The only way you're going to push past the mountain of obstacles, the late-night studying until 3:00 in the morning, the multiple deadlines that just keep coming and coming, you need to have extraordinary focus, a crystal-clear vision of exactly what it is you're aiming to achieve.

你在經(jīng)歷什么，并不重要，重要的是你如何應(yīng)對它。要想克服無盡的阻礙，熬過挑燈夜戰(zhàn)的時光，應(yīng)對永無止境的截止日期，唯一的辦法，就是你要有異于常人的專注力，你要清楚地知道，自己想要的，到底是什么。

 

Whether it's getting that A grade, or 4.0 GPA, or getting into the most prestigious university in the country, you need to work out exactly how you're going to make it happen. You need to make it the first thing you think about when you wake up. It's only then that you have a chance, because then, when that procrastination starts sliding into your life, you will muster the force to destroy that obstacle.

無論你是想拿到A等成績，還是拿到4.0的績點，還是考上你們國家最優(yōu)秀的大學(xué)，你都需要想明白，你怎樣才能實現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)。你需要把它當(dāng)作最重要的事，每天一起床就開始為它努力。這樣，你才能有機會實現(xiàn)目標(biāo)，因為，如果你這樣做，當(dāng)你拖延癥又犯了的時候，你就會有力量去克服它。

 

Do you think like an A student? Or are you falling back into that C mindset? Your success is completely dependent on how you use the 24 hours in your day. Everyone has the same amount of time. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Will Smith, they all have 24 hours, and you'll see this with the students in your class, the students failing their exams.

你的思維方式，跟拿到A等成績的學(xué)生，一樣嗎？還是說，你又開始退步了，態(tài)度跟那些成績是C等的學(xué)生一樣？每個人擁有的時間都是相等的。比爾蓋茨，沃倫巴菲特，威爾史密斯，這些人，他們擁有的，都是每天24小時而已，你班上的學(xué)生也如此，沒錯，就是那些考砸了的學(xué)生。

 

You'll probably notice the same patterns. They wake up whenever they want to wake up. They might go to class. They might not. It depends if there's something more interesting on Netflix to watch. When their exams are approaching, they don't care. They might start studying the week before, or a few days before, or even just the night before.

也許，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，失敗者都是類似的。他們想什么起床，就什么時候起床。他們可能會去上課，可能會逃課。這一切，取決于Netflix上有沒有什么東西讓他們感興趣。考試即將到來，他們也不在乎。他們可能提前一周才開始學(xué)習(xí)，或者提前幾天，甚至考試前一晚才開始學(xué)習(xí)。

 

Don't fall into that mindset. It's not okay. If you want to get A grades, then make it happen. You have to act like you have all the energy in the world. Because it's no good just thinking as though you're going to make a change. It takes action. Everything that you've ever dreamed of, is nothing with action.

你的心態(tài)不要跟他們一樣，這是有問題的。如果你想得到A等成績，那么，就請你努力實現(xiàn)這個目標(biāo)。你要做出行動，好像自己擁有無限的精力一樣，因為，想做出改變，空想是沒用的，你必須做出行動。你所有的夢想，要是沒有行動，就都只是空中樓閣而已。

 

Everywhere you look, take a look around you. You're surrounded by people that have impressive dreams, but they stay as dreams because they didn't take action. Now look around you again. That iPhone sitting on the table that, Samsung TV on the wall, that laptop you're working on, they were all created by people no different to yourself. It's just that they followed their dreams.

看看你的周圍吧，你周圍的人，他們都擁有很棒的夢想，但是，這些夢想，沒能實現(xiàn)，因為他們沒有采取行動。再仔細(xì)看看你的周圍吧，桌子上的那臺蘋果手機，墻上的三星電視，你正在使用的筆記本電腦，他們的發(fā)明者，跟你沒什么不同，他們只是一直堅持追尋夢想而已。