Never,?ever?give?up!
永不言弃！
As?a?young?boy,?Britain's?great?Prime?Minister,?SirWinston?Churchill,?attended?a?public?school?calledHarrow.?描写爱情的诗句He?was?not?a?good?student,?and?had?he?notbeen?from?a?famous?family,?he?probably?would?havebeen?removed?from?the?school?for?deviating?from?therules.?Thankfully,?he?did?finish?at?Harrow?and?hirrors?there?did?not?preclude?him?from?going?on?tothe?university.?He?eventually?had?a?premier?armycareer?whereby?he?was?later?elected?prime?minister.He?achieved?fame?for?his?wit,?wisdom,?civic?duty,?and?abundant?courage?in?his?refusal?tosurrender?during?the?mirable?dark?days?of?World?War?II.?His?amazing?determination?helpedmotivate?his?entire?nation?and?was?an?inspiration?worldwide.
英国的伟大首相温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士，小时候在哈罗公学上学。当时他可不是个好学生，要不是出身名门，他可能早就因为违反纪律被开除了。谢天谢地，他总算从哈罗毕业了，在那里犯下的错误并没影响到他上大学。后来，他凭着军旅生涯中的杰出表现当选为英国首相。他
的才思、智慧、公民责任感以及在二战痛苦而黑暗的时期拒绝投降的无畏勇气，为他赢得了美名。他非凡的决心，不仅激励了整个民族，还鼓舞了全世界。
Toward?the?end?of?his?period?as?prime?minister,?he?was?invited?to?address?the?patriotic?youngboys?at?his?old?school,?Harrow.?The?headmaster?said,"Young?gentlemen,?the?greatest?speakerof?our?time,?will?be?here?in?a?few?days?to?address?you,?and?you?should?obey?whatever?soundadvice?he?may?give?you."?The?great?day?arrived.?Sir?Winston?stood?up,?all?five?feet,?five?inchesand?107?kilos?of?him,?and?gave?this?short,?clear-cut?speech:"Young?men,?never?give?up.?Nevergive?up!?Never?give?up!?Never,?never,?never,?never!"
在他首相任期即将结束时，他应邀前往母校哈罗公学，为满怀报国之志的同学们作演讲。校长说：“年轻的先生们，当代最伟大的演说家过几天就会来为你们演讲，他提出的任何中肯的建议，你们都要听从。”那个激动人心的日子终于到了。温斯顿爵士站了起来唾弃——他只有 5 英尺狗狗不吃饭 5 英寸高，体重却有 107 公斤。他作了言简意赅的讲话：镌的读音“年轻人，要永不放弃。永不放弃！永不放弃！永不，永不，永不，永不！”
Personal?history,?educational?opportunity,?individual?dilemmas?-?none?of?the?can?inhibit?astrong?spirit?committed?to?success.?No?task?is?too?hard.?No?amount?of?preparation?is?too?longor?too?difficult.?Take?the?example?of?two?of?the?most?scholarly?scientists?of?our?age,?AlbertEinstein?and?Thomas?Edison.?Both?faced?immen?obstacles?and?extreme?criticism.?Both?werecalled?"slow?to?learn"?and?written?off?as?idiots?by?their?teachers.?Thomas?Edison?ran?away?fromschool?becau?his?teacher?whipped?him?repeatedly?for?asking?too?many?questions.?Einsteindidn't?speak?fluently?until?he?was?almost?nine?years?old?and?was?such?a?poor?student?that?somethought?he?was?unable?to?learn.?Yet?both?boys'?parents?believed?in?them.?They?worked?intenlyeach?day?with?their?sons,?and?the?boys?learned?to?never?bypass?the?long?hours?of?hard?workthat?they?needed?to?succeed.?In?the?end,?both?Einstein?and?Edison?overcame?their?childhoodpercution?and?went?on?to?achieve?magnificent?discoveries?that?benefit?the?entire?worldtoday.
春夏秋冬的英语个人经历、教育机会、个人困境，这些都不能阻挡一个全力以赴追求成功的、有着坚强意
志的人。任务再苦，准备再长，难度再大，都不能让他放弃自己的追求。就以本时代最有学问的两位科学家——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和托马斯·爱迪生为例，他们都曾面临巨大的障碍和极端的批评，都曾被说成“不开窍”，被老师当成笨蛋而放弃。托马斯·爱迪生还曾逃学，因为老师嫌他问的问题太多而经常鞭打他。爱因斯坦一直到将近 9 岁才能流利地说话，学习成绩太差，有些人认为他都已经学不好了。然而，这两个男孩的父母都相信他们。他们坚持不懈地每天和儿子一起努力，孩子们也了解到，要想成功，就绝不要怕付出长期而艰辛的努力。最终，爱因斯坦和爱迪生都摆脱了童年的困扰，进而作出了造福当今全世界的伟大发现。
Consider?also?the?heroic?example?of?AbrahamLincoln,?who?faced?substantial?hardships,?failuresand?repeated?misfortunes?in?his?lifetime.?Hisbackground?was?certainly?not?glamorous.?He?wasraid?in?a?very?poor?family?with?only?one?year?offormal?education.?He?failed?in?business?twice,?suffereda?nervous?breakdown?when?his?first?love?diedsuddenly?and?lost?eight?political?elections.?Later?inlife,?he?suffered?profound?grief?over?the?tragicdeath?of?three?of?his?four?children.?Yet?his?strong?willwas?the?spur?that?pushed?him?forward,strengthening?his?optimism,?dedica
tion?and?determination.?It?intensified?and?focud?hifforts?and?enabled?him?to?triumph?over?the?overwhelming?failures?and?profound?difficultiesin?his?life.?A?hundred?years?later,?people?from?around?the?world?commend?Abraham?Lincoln?食之无味asthe?greatest?American?president?of?all?time.
再如亚伯拉罕·林肯这个英雄的典范，他一生面临了无数艰辛、失败和接二连三的不幸。他的出身和经历真是一点也算不上光鲜。他在一个非常贫困的家庭长大，只受过一年正规教育。经商两度失败，初恋爱人的突然离世也使他精神崩溃，还在八次政治选举中落马。此后，他的四个孩子有三个不幸去世，令他悲痛欲绝。然而，坚强的意志鞭策着他，推动他前进，使他更加乐观、投入、坚毅。这让他得以全力以赴，一次次战胜生命中的巨大困难和挫折。一百年之后，世界各地的人们都赞颂亚伯拉罕·林肯，认为他是有史以来最伟大的美国总统。
Just?like?Churchill?and?Lincoln,?only?tho?who?"keep?their?eyes?on?the?prize",?tho?who?upholda?committed?and?focud?will?and?spirit,?will?find?their?endeavors?successful.?Many?artists,statesmen,?writers?and?inventors?have?had?the?
same?experience.?They?achieved?prosperitybecau?they?possd?a?fierce?will?to?keep?preparing?and?working?and?a?passion?to?succeed.They?attained?success,?not?becau?it?was?easy,?but?becau?they?had?the?will?to?overcomeprofound?obstacles?and?to?work?diligently?in?the?pursuit?of?their?goals.
与丘吉尔和林肯一样，只有那些“执着地追求成功”的人，那些保持始终如一的精神意志的人，才会通过自身的努力，获得成功。许多艺术家、政治家、作家和发明家都有同样的经历。他们之所以能取得这样的成就，是因为他们拥有强烈的意愿，不懈地准备、奋斗，并保持对成功的激情。他们取得了成功，并不是因为成功很容易，而是因为他们拥有克服重重障碍的意志，为了追求目标而勤奋努力。
After?growing?up?on?a?cattle?ranch?without?running?water?or?electricity,?Sandra?Day?O'Connorfought?to?achieve?the?best?education?possible.?Consistently?graduating?at?the?top?of?her?class,she?worked?her?way?into?Stanford?Law?School,?where?she?graduated?with?honors.?But?despiteall?of?her?hard?work,?Sandra?Day?O'Connor?was?still?a?woman?in?the?1950s.?Even?with?theprestige?of?her?degree?fr
om?Stanford,?she?罗摩神was?rejected?from?the?entire?law?circuit?as?firmspreferred?to?hire?less?qualified?men?rather?than?risk?hiring?a?female?lawyer,?which?wasunprecedented.?Yet?Sandra?Day?O'Connor?refud?to?give?up?on?her?dreams.?Through?sheerpersistence?she?was?eventually?nominated?and?then?appointed?the?first?woman?SupremeCourt?Justice?of?the?United?States?of?America.?There,?she?acted?as?a?crucial?vote?on?issues?likeabortion?and?women's?rights.
