失败与成功

一、THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FAILURE

Robert H. Schuller

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure, It does mean you haven ’ t succeeded yet.

Failure doesn’t mean you have accomplished nothing, It does mean you have learned something. Failure doesn’t mean you have been a fool, It does mean you had a lot of faith.

Failure doesn’t mean you’ve been disgraced, It does mean you were willing to try. Failure doesn’t mean you don t have it,

It does mean you have to do something in a different way.

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Failure doesn’t mean you are inferior, It does mean you are not perfect.

Failure doesn’t mean you’ve wasted your life,

It does mean you have a reason to start afresh. Failure doesn’t mean you should give up, It does mean you must try harder.

Failure doesn’t mean you ll never make it, It does mean it will take a little longer.

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Failure doesn’t mean God has abandoned you,

It does mean God has a better idea.

【注释】：

1 accomplish [ə'kʌmplɪʃ; ə'kɒm-] vt. 完成；实现；达到

2 disgraced [dis'greist] adj. 失宠的；遭贬谪的

v. 耻辱；贬谪（disgrace的过去式和过去分词） 3 inferior [ɪn'fɪərɪə] n. 下级；次品

adj. 差的；自卑的；下级的，下等的 4 afresh [ə'freʃ] adv. 重新；再度

5abandoned [ə'bænd(ə)nd] v. 抛弃（abandon的过去式和过去分词）

adj. 被抛弃的；无约束的；恣意放荡的；寡廉鲜耻的

【Questions】What can we learn from failure?

【参考译文】

失败的意义

罗伯特·H·舒勒

失败并不代表你是个失败者， 它只表明你尚未成功。 失败并不代表你一无所获， 它只表明你吸取了一次教训。 失败并不代表你很愚蠢， 它只表明你信心百倍。 失败并不代表你无脸见人， 它只表明你百折不回。 失败并不代表你工夫白费，

它只表明你的做事方法尚待改进。 失败并不代表你低人一等。 它只表明你并非完人。 失败并不代表你浪费生命， 它只表明你有理由重新开始。 失败并不代表你应该放弃， 它只表明你要加倍努力。

失败并不代表成功永不属于你， 它只表明你要付出更多的时间。 失败并不代表上帝已经抛弃你， 它只表明上帝还有更好的主意。

二．WHAT IS SUCCESS

What is success?

To laugh often and love much;

To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection①

of children;

To earn the approbation②

of honest critics And endure④

the betrayal⑤

of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To give oneself;

To leave the world a little better,

Whether by a healthy child,

A garden patch⑥

,

Or a redeemed⑦

social condition;

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm And sung with exultation⑧

;

To know even one life has breathed easier， Because you have lived...

This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

【注释】： 1 affection [ə'fekʃ(ə)n] n. 喜爱，感情；影响；感染

2 approbation [,æprə'beɪʃ(ə)n] n. 认可；赞许；批准

3 critics n. 评论家；批评者；吹毛求疵的人（critic的复数）

4 endure [ɪn'djʊə; en-; -'djɔː] vt. 忍耐；容忍 vi. 忍耐；持续

5 betrayal [bɪ'treɪəl] n. 背叛；辜负；暴露

6 patch [pætʃ] n. 眼罩；斑点；碎片；小块土地 vt. 修补；解决；掩饰 vi. 打补丁

n. (Patch)人名；(英)帕奇

7 redeemed [ri'di:md] v. 救赎；赎回；弥补（redeem的过去式） n. 债券收徊溢价 8 exultation [,egz(ʌ)l'teɪʃn] n. 狂喜；得意（等于exultance，exultancy）

【Questions】1 How many aspects do the poem refer to about success? 2 Do you think it is difficult to achieve success from the poem?

【参考译文】

成功的内涵

拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

成功是什么？

笑口常开，爱心永在， 赢得智者的尊重， 孩子们的爱戴； 博得真诚的认可， 容忍损友的背叛； 欣赏美好的东西， 发现别人的可爱。

学会无私地奉献， 给世界增添光彩：

要么培育出健康的孩子， 要么留下花园一块， 亦或是改善社会条件； 尽情娱乐、笑得畅快， 把欢乐的歌唱起来；

甚至知道一个生命活得自在， 因为你的一路走来…… 这就是成功的内涵。