吉林 王天寶

How to Hold the Opportunity

如何把握機遇①

吉林 王天寶

□語篇導讀

機遇是成功人士不可或缺的條件,它對于每個人來說都是公平的。機遇往往就在面前,只要有發(fā)現(xiàn)它的慧眼和把握它的能力,就能更好地利用機遇。如果不具備條件,機遇自然會與你擦肩而過。智者會及時發(fā)現(xiàn)更多的機遇,牢牢把握住每次機遇。當然,要想把握住更多的機遇,需要不斷提高自身的素養(yǎng)!

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes.For the most part,the same air is available to everyone,and everyone needs it.Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves.Others breathe in the air and use the energy to make a magnificent life for themselves.

Opportunity is the same way.It is everywhere.Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success.Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value.So many people are so anxious to“get in on the ground floor”of opportunity,as if the opportunity will do all the work.That's impossible.

Just as you need air to breathe,you need opportunity to succeed.It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity,however.You must make use of that opportunity.That's not up to the opportunity.That's up to you.It doesn't matter what“floor” the opportunity is on.What matters is what you do with it.

◆詞語沉淀

1.survive/s?'va?v/v.幸存；活下來

2.sustain/s?'ste?n/vt.維持；支撐

3.magnificent/m?g'n?f?s(?)nt/adj.高尚的；壯麗的；華麗的

4.seize/si?z/v.逮??；咬住

5.take...for granted視……為理所當然

6.act upon對……起作用；按……行事

◆典句賞析

1.The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.我們呼吸的空氣是如此易得,以至于我們視它為理所當然。

(1)句中的we breathe為定語從句,修飾先行詞the air,作先行詞的定語。

(2)so...that...是固定句型搭配,意思是“如此……,以至于……”,句中的that引導的是結果狀語從句。

【即時嘗試】你說的話如此重要,以至于我會永遠記住它。

2.Everyone needs it.每個人都需要它。

everyone為不定代詞,意思是“每個人”。該詞作主語時,其謂語動詞要用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。need在這里作實義動詞,意思是“需要”,后面可以接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式或動名詞作賓語。

【即時嘗試】每個人都需要一些時間學會如何使用電腦。

3.Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success.然而僅憑機遇是不足以創(chuàng)造成功的。

enough在這里作形容詞,意思是“足夠的；充分的”。enough to do sth.是較為常見的搭配結構,意思是“足以做某事”。

【即時嘗試】你的錢足以買一座大房子了。

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譯文助讀

我們呼吸的空氣是如此易得,以至于我們視它為理所當然。但沒了空氣我們卻存活不了幾分鐘。從很大程度上來說,每個人呼吸到的空氣都是一樣的,并且每個人都離不開空氣。有些人靠空氣來維持生命,但他們只會坐在那里自怨自艾。另外一些人吸進空氣,利用空氣提供的能量為自己開創(chuàng)壯麗的人生。

機遇也是如此。它無處不在。然而僅憑機遇是不足以創(chuàng)造成功的,必須抓住機遇并采取行動才能實現(xiàn)其價值。有許多人一得到機遇,就急著要成功,好像有了機遇就萬事大吉,那是不可能的。

正如你需要空氣來呼吸,你也需要機遇來獲得成功。但是只有呼吸新鮮空氣的機遇遠遠不夠。你必須好好利用機遇。這并不取決于機遇,而是取決于你自己。你在什么時候得到機遇并不重要，重要的是你怎樣把握機遇。