00015-英語(yǔ)二自學(xué)教程-unit5

英語(yǔ)（二）全國(guó)高等教育自學(xué)考試講解人：GraceShaoUnit

5KeepingYourDreamsAliveLifeIsDifficultLifeIsDifficult.

生活是艱辛的。Thisisagreattruth,oneofthegreatesttruths.Itisagreattruthbecauseoncewetrulyseethistruthwetranscendit.Oncewetrulyknowthatlifeisdifficult-oncewetrulyunderstandandacceptit-thenlifeisnolongerdifficult.Becauseonceitisaccepted,thefactthatlifeisdifficultnolongermatters.（承上句）

這是偉大的事實(shí)，是最偉大的事實(shí)之一其偉大之處就在于，一旦我們真正理解了，就能超越這個(gè)事實(shí)。一旦我們真正意識(shí)到生活的艱辛——一旦我們真正理解、接受這一事實(shí)——生活便不再艱辛。因?yàn)橐坏┪覀兘邮芰诉@一事實(shí)，生活的艱辛就不再重要了。TextALifeIsDifficultMostpeopledonotfullyseethistruththatlifeisdifficult.然而大多數(shù)人并沒(méi)有完全理解生活的艱辛。Insteadtheymoanmoreorlessincessantly,noisilyorsubtly,abouttheenormityoftheirproblems,theirburdens,andtheirdifficultiesasiflifeweregenerallyeasy,asiflifeshouldbeeasy.Theyvoicetheirbelief,noisilyorsubtly,thattheirdifficultiesrepresentauniquekindofafflictionthatshouldnotbeandthathassomehowbeenespeciallyvisiteduponthem,orelseupontheirfamilies,theirtribe,theirclass,theirnation,theirraceoreventheirspecies,andnotuponothers.IknowaboutthismoaningbecauseIhavedonemyshare.（承上、總結(jié)的句子）TextALifeIsDifficult相反，他們一直公開(kāi)或者私下抱怨生活中的問(wèn)題太多，負(fù)擔(dān)太重，困難太大了，聽(tīng)起來(lái)就好像生活一向是輕松的，或者說(shuō)好像生活應(yīng)該是輕松的。他們直接或者委婉地表示，他們遇到的困難是一種特殊的痛苦，這種痛苦本不該有的，但是不知道是什么原因，專門(mén)降臨到他們身上，或者偏愛(ài)他們的家人、他們的部落、他們的階層、他們的民族、他們的種族，甚至他們那一類人，而不是降臨到別人身上。因?yàn)槲乙苍?jīng)這樣抱怨過(guò)，所以對(duì)此比較了解。TextALifeIsDifficultLifeisaseriesofproblems.Dowewanttomoanaboutthemorsolvethem?Dowewanttoteachourchildrentosolvethem?生活中會(huì)出現(xiàn)一連串的問(wèn)題，我們要發(fā)牢騷還是想辦法解決呢？我們要傳授孩子們解決問(wèn)題的方法嗎？Disciplineisthebasicsetoftoolswerequiretosolvelife'sproblems.（主題句）Withoutdisciplinewecansolvenothing.Withonlysomedisciplinewecansolveonlysomeproblems.Withtotaldisciplinewecansolveallproblems.自制力是必需的基本工具，它用來(lái)解決我們生活中出現(xiàn)的各種問(wèn)題。沒(méi)有自制力，我們什么問(wèn)題都解決不了。具備某種自制力可以解決某些問(wèn)題，具備了所有的自制力，就可以解決所有的問(wèn)題了。TextALifeIsDifficultWhatmakelifedifficultisthattheprocessofconfrontingandsolvingproblemsisapainfulone.Problems,dependingupontheirnature,evokeinusfrustrationofgrief,sadness,loneliness,guilt,regret,anger,fear,anxiety,anguish,despair.Theseareuncomfortablefeelings,oftenveryuncomfortable,oftenaspainfulasanykindofphysicalpain,sometimesequalingtheveryworstkindofphysicalpain.Indeed,itisbecauseofthepainthateventsorconflictsengenderinusallthatwecallthemproblems.（承上啟下句）Andsincelifeposesanendlessseriesofproblems,lifeisalwaysdifficultandisfullofpainaswellasjoy.TextALifeIsDifficult生活的艱辛之處在于，面對(duì)困難、解決困難的過(guò)程是痛苦的。根據(jù)其性質(zhì)，困難會(huì)使我們感到悲痛、傷心、孤獨(dú)、內(nèi)疚、悔恨、憤怒、恐懼、苦惱或者失望。這些都是讓人不舒服的感覺(jué)，非常不舒服，就如同身體上的疼痛是一樣的，有時(shí)候甚至等同于身體上最大的疼痛。實(shí)際上，正是由于痛苦的原因，事件或者沖突給我們帶來(lái)了所有的問(wèn)題。生活是艱辛的，因?yàn)樗o我們帶來(lái)了無(wú)盡的問(wèn)題，生活不僅有快樂(lè)，也充滿了痛苦。TextALifeIsDifficultYetitisinthiswholeprocessofmeetingandsolvingproblemsthatlifehasitsmeaning.Problemsarethecuttingedgethatdistinguishesbetweensuccessandfailure.Problemscallforthourcourageandourwisdom;indeed,theycreateourcourageandourwisdom.Itisonlybecauseofproblemsthatwegrowmentallyandspiritually.Whenwedesiretoencouragethegrowthofthehumanspirit,wechallengeandencouragethehumancapacitytosolveproblems,justasinschoolwedeliberatelysetproblemsforourchildrentosolve.Itisthroughthepainofconfrontingandresolvingproblemsthatwelearn.（承上啟下句）AsBenjaminFranklinsaid,"Thosethingsthathurt,instruct."Itisforthisreasonthatwisepeoplelearnnottodreadbutactuallytowelcomeproblemsandactuallytowelcomethepainofproblems.TextALifeIsDifficult然而，正是在遇到問(wèn)題并解決問(wèn)題的整個(gè)過(guò)程中，生活才具有意義。問(wèn)題是區(qū)分成功與失敗的關(guān)鍵因素。問(wèn)題賦予我們勇氣和智慧；實(shí)際上，問(wèn)題激發(fā)了我們的勇氣和智慧。我們想促進(jìn)人類精神的發(fā)展，就要發(fā)出挑戰(zhàn)、鼓勵(lì)人們?nèi)ソ鉀Q問(wèn)題，就像在學(xué)校里那樣，我們有意給孩子設(shè)置問(wèn)題，讓他們?nèi)ソ鉀Q。正如本杰明·富蘭克林說(shuō)的那樣，“給我們帶來(lái)傷害的，也會(huì)給我們以啟示?！鼻∏〕鲇谶@個(gè)原因，明智的人們學(xué)會(huì)了不畏懼困難，而是迎接困難，迎接困難帶來(lái)的痛苦。TextABeginAgainTobeginagainmeansyou'retrying.YoucaneitherstartoverandliveyourlifeOrspendtherestofyourlifeslowlydying.Itisneverthefallingthatmakesusfail.Itisneverthepainorthecrying.Youcanneverfailinlife,myfriend,Unlessyougiveuptrying.----BobPerksTextBBeginAgain重新開(kāi)始意味著你不會(huì)放棄。重新開(kāi)始意味著你一直在努力。你可以重新開(kāi)始新的生活，也可以慢慢度過(guò)余生直至終老。跌倒永遠(yuǎn)不是我們失敗的根本原因。痛苦或者痛哭永遠(yuǎn)不是我們失敗的根本原因。你永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)在生活中失敗的，我的朋友，除非你放棄努力?！U勃·坡克TextBBeginAgainItseemslatelythatmoreandmoreofmyfriendsarefacingsomeseeminglyinsurmountablechallengesintheirlives.Afewhavelosttheirjobsandsomehavefailedmarriages.Alltoomanyhavehealthissuesorarebattlingcancer.最近，越來(lái)越多的朋友在生活上面臨著似乎難以克服的挑戰(zhàn)。有幾個(gè)朋友失業(yè)了，有幾個(gè)遭遇了婚姻失敗，太多的人遇到了健康問(wèn)題或者正在同癌癥作斗爭(zhēng)。TextBBeginAgainIdon'tknowifitisdesperationthatcausesthemtoturntomeforadviceorwhethertheyhavecometovalueourfriendship.Butitisdifficult,tosaytheleast,toofferwordsofhopewhenalltheyfeelishopelessness.Theyexpectanswers,somemagicwavingofawand,oraroadmaptogetthembackontheirfeetagain.我不知道是不是因?yàn)榻^望他們才來(lái)向我征求意見(jiàn)的，還是因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)絹?lái)越珍視我們之間的友誼、、但是至少可以說(shuō)，他們感到無(wú)助的時(shí)候，是很難說(shuō)出給他們以希望的話語(yǔ)的。他們期待著我做出回答，就像有魔法的魔杖一般，或者像路線圖專樣，能夠帶他們走出困境。TextBBeginAgainIhaveoftenstruggledwithwhattosay.MostlybecauseIhavefacedmanyofthesamechallengesinmyownlife,IrememberhowemptyIfeltaftersomeonecheerfullyofferedwordslike,"Keepyourchinup!""Thingswillgetbetter!""Hanginthere!""it'salwaysdarkest…,"etc.我經(jīng)常不知道該說(shuō)什么好，這主要是因?yàn)槲易约阂苍?jīng)遇到過(guò)同樣的問(wèn)題。我仍然記得當(dāng)時(shí)有人鼓勵(lì)我的話，“振作起來(lái)！”、“一切都會(huì)好起來(lái)的！”、“別放棄！”、“現(xiàn)在總是最黑暗的時(shí)候??”等等，可是我的腦子里仍然是一片空白。TextBBeginAgainYes,eventhosewhowerequicktoquotetheBibletomefoundmequiteunreceptiveatthetime.是的，即使有些人反應(yīng)很快，引用《圣經(jīng)》里的話來(lái)開(kāi)導(dǎo)我，我當(dāng)時(shí)仍然不肯接受。Now,asaninspirationwriter,beingthoughtofasaresourceofhopeoragood(orbad)exampleofwhattodoinlife,Ihaveevenmorepeoplecontactingme.現(xiàn)在，我是一名靈感作家，被人們認(rèn)為是希望的源泉，在生活上給人們樹(shù)立了好的（或者壞的）榜樣，有很多人聯(lián)系我。So,whatdoIsay?我說(shuō)什么呢？TextBBeginAgain"WhatcanIdo,Bob?I'velostmyjob.Whatdoyousuggest?""Beginagain.""Hewalkedoutonme.Mywholeworldjustended.WhatshouldIdo?""Beginagain.""Bob,Iknowbothyoursonandyourwifehadcancer.Ifoundoutmywifedoes,too.Whatdidyoutellthem?""Beginagain."TextBBeginAgain“鮑勃，我該怎么辦??？我失業(yè)了，你有什么建議？”“重新開(kāi)始?！薄八麙仐壛宋?，我的整個(gè)世界都結(jié)束了，我該怎么辦??？”“重新開(kāi)始?！薄磅U勃，我知道你的兒子和妻子都患有癌癥，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我妻子也患癌癥了。你當(dāng)時(shí)跟他們說(shuō)什么了？”“重新開(kāi)始?！盩extBBeginAgainItalmostsoundstoosimple.Iimagineinthedarkesthoursofone'slife,thosewordswouldseemuselessoruncaring.Butitisindeedtheanswer.聽(tīng)起來(lái)簡(jiǎn)直太簡(jiǎn)單了。我想在人一生中最黑暗的時(shí)刻，這些詞語(yǔ)似乎是無(wú)濟(jì)于事，或者是冷漠無(wú)情的，但這的確是答案。Alllifechallengesbringaboutanending-andthechanceforabeginning.Ajoblosspresentsano