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2027届安徽省高中英语--应用文挫折与逆境(背诵版)
第一部分:挫折与逆境高分词汇(★★★★)
一、挫折与困难类(替换difficulty,按维度细分)
1. difficulty n. 困难、难题、艰难
2. difficult adj. 困难的、艰难的、不易相处的
3. hardship n. 艰难、困苦、苦难
4. hard adj./adv. 困难的、硬的、努力地
5. setback n. 挫折、倒退、逆流
6. obstacle n. 障碍、阻碍、绊脚石
7. barrier n. 障碍、屏障、壁垒
8. challenge n./v. 挑战、质疑、向…挑战
9. struggle v./n. 挣扎、奋斗、斗争
10. stress n./v. 压力、紧张、强调
11. pressure n./v. 压力、压迫、迫使
12. burden n./v. 负担、重担、使负担
13. crisis n. 危机、紧要关头、转折点
14. disaster n. 灾难、灾祸、不幸
15. tragedy n. 悲剧、灾难、惨事
16. misfortune n. 不幸、厄运、灾难
17. trouble n./v. 麻烦、困难、使烦恼
18. troubled adj. 烦恼的、不安的、混乱的
19. problem n. 问题、难题、困难
20. issue n. 问题、议题、发行
21. dilemma n. 困境、进退两难、窘境
22. failure n. 失败、失败者、故障
23. fail v. 失败、未能、不及格
24. defeat v./n. 击败、战胜、失败
25. loss n. 损失、失去、失败
26. lose v. 失去、输掉、迷失
27. frustration n. 挫折、沮丧、失意
28. frustrated adj. 沮丧的、受挫的、失意的
29. disappointment n. 失望、沮丧、令人失望的事
30. disappointed adj. 失望的、沮丧的
搭配短语:
- face difficulties 面对困难
- overcome difficulties 克服困难
- encounter difficulties 遇到困难
- experience hardship 经历艰难
- suffer hardship 遭受苦难
- suffer a setback 遭受挫折
- a major setback 重大挫折
- overcome obstacles 克服障碍
- remove obstacles 消除障碍
- face a challenge 面对挑战
- meet a challenge 迎接挑战
- struggle with 与……斗争
- struggle for 为……奋斗
- under pressure 在压力下
- under stress 在压力下
- bear the burden 承受负担
- in crisis 处于危机中
- in a dilemma 进退两难
- fear of failure 对失败的恐惧
- end in failure 以失败告终
二、失败与失望类(替换failure,按维度细分)
1. discouragement n. 气馁、沮丧、挫折
2. discouraged adj. 气馁的、沮丧的、灰心的
3. discourage v. 使气馁、使沮丧、阻止
4. despair n./v. 绝望、失望、绝望
5. hopeless adj. 绝望的、没有希望的
6. hopelessness n. 绝望、无望
7. desperation n. 绝望、拼命、不顾一切
8. desperate adj. 绝望的、拼命的、极度渴望的
9. grief n. 悲伤、悲痛、不幸
10. grieve v. 悲伤、悲痛、哀悼
11. sorrow n. 悲伤、悲痛、遗憾
12. sorrowful adj. 悲伤的、悲痛的、遗憾的
13. regret v./n. 后悔、遗憾、懊悔
14. regretful adj. 后悔的、遗憾的、懊悔的
15. sadness n. 悲伤、难过
16. sad adj. 悲伤的、难过的
17. upset adj./v. 难过的、不安的、使不安
18. depressed adj. 沮丧的、抑郁的
19. depression n. 沮丧、抑郁、萧条
20. loneliness n. 孤独、寂寞
21. lonely adj. 孤独的、寂寞的
22. pain n./v. 痛苦、疼痛
23. painful adj. 痛苦的、疼痛的
24. suffering n. 痛苦、苦难
25. suffer v. 遭受、忍受、受苦
26. hurt v./n. 伤害、受伤
27. wound n./v. 伤口、创伤、伤害
28. broken adj. 破碎的、受伤的
29. tear n./v. 眼泪、撕裂
30. cry v./n. 哭、哭泣、叫喊
搭配短语:
- fail to do 未能做
- suffer defeat 遭受失败
- admit defeat 承认失败
- accept defeat 接受失败
- suffer a loss 遭受损失
- feel frustrated 感到沮丧
- express frustration 表达沮丧
- feel disappointed 感到失望
- to one's disappointment 令某人失望的是
- be discouraged 感到气馁
- in despair 绝望地
- fall into despair 陷入绝望
- feel hopeless 感到绝望
- in desperation 绝望地
- desperate for 极度渴望
- express grief 表达悲伤
- deep sorrow 深切的悲伤
- regret doing 后悔做过
- feel sad 感到难过
- suffer pain 遭受痛苦
三、坚持与韧性类(替换perseverance,按维度细分)
1. persistence n. 坚持、持续、固执
2. persist v. 坚持、持续、固执
3. persistent adj. 坚持的、持续的、固执的
4. toughness n. 坚韧、坚强、韧性
5. tough adj. 坚强的、坚韧的、困难的
6. strength n. 力量、力气、优势
7. strong adj. 坚强的、强壮的、强烈的
8. strong-willed adj. 意志坚强的、固执的
9. willpower n. 意志力、毅力、自制力
10. will n./v. 意志、意愿、将要
11. determination n. 决心、决定、坚定
12. determined adj. 坚定的、有决心的、坚决的
13. determine v. 决定、确定、下决心
14. courage n. 勇气、胆量、勇敢
15. courageous adj. 勇敢的、有勇气的、无畏的
16. brave adj./v. 勇敢的、勇敢面对
17. bravery n. 勇敢、勇气、无畏
18. endurance n. 忍耐力、持久力、耐久
19. endure v. 忍受、忍耐、持续
20. tolerate v. 忍受、容忍、宽容
21. tolerance n. 容忍、宽容、耐力
22. patient adj./n. 耐心的、病人、患者
23. patience n. 耐心、忍耐、容忍
24. confidence n. 信心、自信、信任
25. confident adj. 自信的、有信心的
26. hope n./v. 希望、期望
27. hopeful adj. 有希望的、充满希望的
28. optimism n. 乐观、乐观主义
29. optimistic adj. 乐观的、乐观主义的
30. never give up 永不放弃
搭配短语:
- persist in 坚持
- with persistence 凭借坚持
- inner strength 内在力量
- strength of will 意志力
- willpower to succeed 成功的意志力
- with determination 坚定地
- determined to succeed 决心成功
- show courage 表现出勇气
- have the courage to 有勇气做
- brave the difficulties 勇敢面对困难
- endure hardship 忍受艰难
- endure pain 忍受痛苦
- with patience 耐心地
- lose patience 失去耐心
- never give up 永不放弃
- keep trying 继续努力
- keep going 继续前进
- never lose hope 永不失去希望
- be confident in 对……有信心
- stay positive 保持积极
四、成长与蜕变类(替换growth,按维度细分)
1. growth n. 成长、增长、发展
2. grow v. 成长、生长、增长
3. growing adj. 成长的、增长的、发展中的
4. mature adj./v. 成熟的、使成熟、到期
5. maturity n. 成熟、到期、完备
6. development n. 发展、成长、开发
7. develop v. 发展、成长、开发
8. progress n./v. 进步、进展、前进
9. advance v./n. 前进、进步、推进
10. improvement n. 改进、改善、进步
11. improve v. 改进、改善、提高
12. change v./n. 改变、变化、更换
13. breakthrough n. 突破、重大进展
14. break through v. 突破、冲破、克服
15. overcome v. 克服、战胜、胜过
16. conquer v. 征服、战胜、克服
17. victory n. 胜利、成功、克服
18. success n. 成功、成就、胜利
19. successful adj. 成功的、有成就的
20. wisdom n. 智慧、明智、学识
21. wise adj. 明智的、聪明的
22. learn v. 学习、学会、得知
23. lesson n. 教训、课程、经验
24. experience n./v. 经验、经历、体验
25. experienced adj. 有经验的、熟练的
26. skill n. 技能、技巧、熟练
27. ability n. 能力、才能、本领
28. talent n. 天赋、才能、人才
29. potential n./adj. 潜力、潜能、潜在的
30. future n./adj. 未来、将来、未来的
搭配短语:
- personal growth 个人成长
- grow from 从……中成长
- grow through 通过……成长
- mature into 成长为
- reach maturity 达到成熟
- personal development 个人发展
- make progress 取得进步
- make great progress 取得巨大进步
- self-improvement 自我提升
- break through barriers 突破障碍
- make a breakthrough 取得突破
- overcome difficulties 克服困难
- overcome obstacles 克服障碍
- conquer fear 克服恐惧
- achieve success 取得成功
- learn from 从……中学习
- learn a lesson 吸取教训
- gain experience 获得经验
- develop skills 培养技能
- reach one's potential 发挥潜能
第二部分:挫折与逆境高分句型(★★★★)
一、描述挫折场景
1. The letter arrived on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, and as she tore open the envelope, her hands already trembling, she saw the words We regret to inform you and felt the world shake beneath her feet, for this was the third rejection letter that month, and with each one, her dream of becoming a doctor seemed to move a little further away.
信是在一个下雨的周二下午到的,当她撕开信封时,手已经在颤抖,她看到我们遗憾地通知你这几个字,感觉脚下的世界在摇晃,因为这是那个月的第三封拒绝信,每收到一封,她成为医生的梦想似乎就又远了一点。
2. He had trained for four years for this race, waking at five every morning, running through rain and snow and heat, giving up weekends and friendships, and as he crossed the finish line in last place, his legs giving out beneath him, he did not cry, but simply stood there, breathing hard, wondering if all this sacrifice had been for nothing.
他为这场比赛训练了四年,每天早上五点起床,在雨雪和酷暑中奔跑,放弃了周末和友谊,当他以最后一名冲过终点线时,双腿在身下失去了力气,他没有哭,只是站在那里,大口喘着气,想知道所有这些牺牲是否都是徒劳的。
3. The small shop had been her father's dream, and after he died, she had taken it over, determined to keep it alive, but now, after two years of falling sales and growing debts, she sat at the desk in the empty shop, holding a For Sale sign in her hand, realizing that sometimes, no matter how hard you try, some things cannot be saved, and that letting go is not failure, but another kind of courage.
这家小店曾是她父亲的梦想,他去世后,她接手了,决心让它活下去,但现在,经过两年销售下滑和债务增长,她坐在空荡荡的店铺里的书桌前,手里拿着出售的牌子,意识到有时候,无论你多么努力,有些东西是无法挽救的,放手不是失败,而是另一种勇气。
4. The exam results were posted on the wall, and he searched for his name, his heart beating fast, and when he found it near the bottom of the list, his face burned with shame, for he had studied harder than he ever had in his life, had given up sleep and social life, had done everything he thought he should do, and still, it was not enough.
考试成绩贴在墙上,他寻找自己的名字,心怦怦直跳,当他在名单底部附近找到时,脸因羞愧而发烫,因为他比一生中任何时候都努力学习,放弃了睡眠和社交生活,做了他认为应该做的一切,但仍然,这还不够。
5. The accident happened in a second — a flash of light, the sound of metal crashing, and then silence — and when she woke up in the hospital, the doctor told her that she would never walk again, and for a long time after that, she lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, feeling not just the loss of her legs, but the loss of the future she had imagined, the dancer she wanted to be, the life she had taken for granted.
事故发生在一瞬间——一道闪光,金属碰撞的声音,然后是寂静——当她在医院醒来时,医生告诉她她再也不能走路了,在那之后的很长一段时间里,她躺在床上,盯着天花板,感到的不仅是失去双腿,还有失去她想象中的未来,她想成为的舞者,她视为理所当然的生活。
6. He had poured his heart and soul into the novel, writing late into the night for three years, filling notebook after notebook, and when the twenty-third publisher sent it back with a standard rejection letter, he sat on the floor of his small apartment, manuscripts scattered around him, wondering if he was not good enough, if the dream that had sustained him for so long was nothing more than a foolish hope.
他把全部心血都倾注在小说中,三年来写到深夜,填满了一本又一本笔记本,当第二十三家出版社用标准的拒绝信退回时,他坐在小公寓的地板上,手稿散落在周围,想知道自己是不是不够好,那个支撑了他这么久的梦想是否只不过是一种愚蠢的希望。
7. The company announced the job cuts on a Friday morning, and by afternoon, she was clearing out her desk, her colleagues avoiding her eyes, the security guard waiting by the door, and as she carried the box of personal things to her car, she felt not just the shock of losing her job, but a deeper fear — how would she pay the rent, how would she support her family, how would she start over at forty-five, with a resume that suddenly felt out of date.
公司在一个周五早上宣布了裁员,到下午,她正在清理办公桌,同事们避开她的眼睛,保安在门口等着,当她把装着个人物品的箱子搬到车上时,她感到的不仅是失去工作的震惊,还有更深的恐惧——她将如何支付房租,如何养家,如何在四十五岁时重新开始,带着一份突然感到过时的简历。
8. The experiment had failed for the seventh time, the data meaningless, the theory proven wrong, and as the graduate student sat alone in the lab at midnight, the hum of the machines the only sound, she thought of all the other students who had given up, who had moved to easier topics, who had chosen the safe path, and she wondered if she was foolish to continue, if holding on was a virtue or just another word for stubbornness.
实验第七次失败了,数据毫无意义,理论被证明是错误的,当研究生午夜独自坐在实验室里,机器的嗡嗡声是唯一的声音时,她想到了所有其他放弃的学生,他们转向了更容易的课题,选择了安全的道路,她想知道自己继续下去是不是很愚蠢,坚持到底是一种美德还是固执的另一种说法。
9. The team had been ahead for the entire game, had played better than they had ever played, and then, in the final ten seconds, the other team scored, and the championship was lost, and as the players walked off the field with their heads down, the crowd silent, the captain thought of all the early mornings, all the practices, all the pain, and realized that the worst part of losing was not the failure itself, but knowing that they had been so close, that victory had been within reach.
球队整场比赛都领先,踢得比以往任何时候都好,然后,在最后十秒,另一支球队得分了,冠军丢了,当球员们低着头走下场,人群沉默时,队长想到了所有的清晨,所有的训练,所有的痛苦,意识到输球最糟糕的部分不是失败本身,而是知道他们已经如此接近,胜利曾经触手可及。
10. She had moved to the city with a suitcase full of clothes and a head full of dreams, but six months later, she was working three jobs, sharing a tiny room with two strangers, eating instant noodles for dinner, and the city that had once seemed so attractive now felt cold and uncaring, and as she lay awake at night, listening to sirens and traffic, she wondered if she should give up and go home, if she was not strong enough, if dreams were too big for someone like her.
她带着一箱子衣服和满脑子梦想搬到了城市,但六个月后,她打了三份工,和两个陌生人合住一个小房间,晚餐吃方便面,曾经看起来如此迷人的城市现在感到冷漠和无动于衷,当她晚上睡不着,听着警笛声和车流声时,她想知道是不是应该放弃回家,承认自己不够坚强,梦想对她这样的人来说太大了。
二、表达对挫折的看法
1. I firmly believe that difficulty is not the enemy of a good life, but one of its greatest teachers, for it is in the moments of struggle and failure that we discover what we are truly made of, that we develop strength and wisdom that comfort and ease can never provide, and that the people who have faced the greatest hardships are often the most sympathetic, the most resilient, and the most deeply appreciative of life.
我坚信,困难不是美好生活的敌人,而是它最伟大的老师之一,因为正是在挣扎和失败的时刻,我们发现了自己真正的本质,培养了舒适和安逸永远无法提供的力量和智慧,那些面对过最大困难的人往往是最有同情心、最坚韧、最深刻欣赏生活的人。
2. In my opinion, failure is not the opposite of success, but a necessary part of it, for every successful person has failed, often many times, and the difference between those who succeed and those who do not is not that successful people never fail, but that they learn from failure, get back up, and try again, while others let failure define them and stop them from trying.
在我看来,失败不是成功的反面,而是成功的必要组成部分,因为每个成功的人都失败过,往往很多次,成功者和不成功者的区别不在于成功者从不失败,而在于他们从失败中学习,重新站起来,再试一次,而其他人让失败定义他们,阻止他们尝试。
3. It is my belief that the most harmful thing we can do for young people is to protect them from all failure and disappointment, for in doing so, we take away their chance to develop toughness, to learn that they can survive hard times, to discover that failure is not the end of the world, but simply a detour on the road to growth, and that a person who has never failed is a person who has never truly tried.
我深信,我们能为年轻人做的最有害的事情就是保护他们免受所有失败和失望,因为这样做,我们剥夺了他们培养韧性的机会,让他们学习自己可以在困难中生存,发现失败不是世界末日,而只是成长道路上的绕道,一个从未失败过的人是一个从未真正尝试过的人。
4. I hold the view that how we respond to setbacks shows more about our character than how we handle success, for success is easy — it brings praise, confidence, and forward movement — while setbacks demand something deeper: patience, humility, courage, and the willingness to look honestly at our mistakes and learn from them, and the true measure of a person is not how high they climb, but how high they bounce when they hit bottom.
我认为,我们如何应对挫折比如何处理成功更能揭示我们的品格,因为成功很容易——它带来赞美、信心和前进的动力——而挫折需要更深层的东西:耐心、谦卑、勇气,以及诚实地看待我们的错误并从中学习的意愿,衡量一个人的真正标准不是他们爬得多高,而是他们触底时反弹得多高。
5. From my perspective, one of the most dangerous ideas in our culture is the belief that success should come easily and quickly, that if you are talented and work hard, you should not have to struggle, and that therefore struggle is a sign that you are not good enough, when in reality, struggle is the normal price of achievement, and the people who achieve the most are often those who have struggled the longest and the hardest.
在我看来,我们文化中最危险的想法之一是成功应该轻松快速地到来的想法,如果你有才华并努力工作,你就不应该挣扎,因此挣扎是你不够好的标志,而实际上,挣扎是成就的普遍代价,取得最多成就的人往往是那些挣扎最久最努力的人。
6. I am convinced that there is a kind of wisdom that can only be gained through suffering, a depth of character that can only be built in the fire of hardship, and that while we would never choose hard times for ourselves or for the people we love, we can look back at the hardest moments of our lives and recognize that they were also the moments that shaped us the most, that taught us the most, that made us who we are.
我深信,有一种智慧只能通过苦难获得,有一种品格的深度只能在逆境的烈火中锻造,虽然我们永远不会为自己或我们爱的人选择艰难,但我们可以回顾生命中最艰难的时刻,认识到它们也是塑造我们最深、教会我们最多、使我们成为我们自己的时刻。
7. It seems to me that the fear of failure is often more disabling than failure itself, for failure, when it comes, is limited — it has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and we survive it, we learn from it, we move on — but the fear of failure is endless, a constant background noise that stops us from taking risks, from trying new things, from going after the dreams that matter most, and in the end, the fear of failure causes more failure than failure itself.
在我看来,对失败的恐惧往往比失败本身更令人无力,因为失败,当它来临时,是有限的——它有开始、中间和结束,我们从中幸存,从中学习,继续前进——但对失败的恐惧是无尽的,是一种持续的背景噪音,阻止我们冒险,阻止我们尝试新事物,阻止我们追求最重要的梦想,最终,对失败的恐惧比失败本身造成的失败更多。
8. I strongly believe that setbacks are not random or meaningless, but opportunities in disguise, for they force us to stop, to reevaluate, to consider paths we would never have considered if things had gone smoothly, and many of the greatest successes in history came not from unbroken progress, but from the ruins of failure, from people who refused to accept defeat and found the seed of something better in their setbacks.
我坚信,挫折不是随机或无意义的,而是伪装的机会,因为它们迫使我们停下来,重新评估,考虑如果事情顺利我们永远不会考虑的道路,历史上许多最伟大的成功不是来自不间断的进步,而是来自失败的废墟,来自那些拒绝接受失败并在挫折中找到更好东西种子的人。
9. As far as I am concerned, there is no shame in failing, for failure is simply evidence that you tried, that you cared enough to risk something, that you stepped outside your comfort zone, and the real shame lies in never trying, in playing it safe, in living a small life because you were too afraid to reach for a bigger one, and we should celebrate effort and courage, even when they do not bring success, for they are the foundation of all eventual achievement.
就我而言,失败没有羞耻,因为失败只是你尝试过的证据,你足够在乎去冒险,你走出了舒适区,真正的羞耻在于从不尝试,在于谨慎行事,在于过着渺小的生活,因为你太害怕去追求更大的生活,我们应该庆祝努力和勇气,即使它们没有带来成功,因为它们是所有最终成就的基石。
10. I take the view that toughness is not a quality that some people are born with and others are not, but a skill that can be learned and practiced, like any other, and that every time we face a setback and keep going, every time we fail and try again, every time we are knocked down and get back up, we are strengthening our toughness muscle, making it a little stronger, a little more reliable, until eventually, we become the kind of people who can weather any storm.
我认为,韧性不是一些人天生就有而另一些人没有的特质,而是一种可以学习和练习的技能,就像任何其他技能一样,每次我们面对挫折并继续前进,每次我们失败并再试一次,每次我们被击倒并重新站起来,我们都在加强我们的韧性肌肉,让它变得更强一点,更可靠一点,直到最终,我们成为那种可以经受任何风暴的人。
三、面对挫折的行动与呼吁
1. In conclusion, setbacks and difficulties are not interruptions to the good life, but essential parts of it, for they are the forge in which character is shaped, the classroom in which wisdom is learned, the soil in which strength and toughness take root, and the question is not whether we will face hardship — for we all will — but how we will face it, what we will learn from it, and who we will become because of it.
总之,挫折和逆境不是美好生活的中断,而是它的重要组成部分,因为它们是塑造品格的熔炉,学习智慧的课堂,力量和韧性扎根的土壤,问题不在于我们是否会面对困难——因为我们都会——而在于我们将如何面对它,我们将从中学到什么,以及因为它我们将成为什么样的人。
2. Let us remember that every person we admire — every great leader, artist, scientist, athlete, business person — has a story of failure behind their success, that the path to achievement is never straight, but winding, steep, and full of detours, and that the difference between the people who inspire us and the people we never hear about is often simply that the inspiring ones kept going when everyone else would have stopped.
让我们记住,我们钦佩的每个人——每个伟大的领袖、艺术家、科学家、运动员、企业家——在他们的成功背后都有一个失败的故事,成就之路从来不是笔直的,而是蜿蜒、陡峭、充满绕道的,那些激励我们的人和我们从未听说过的人之间的区别往往仅仅在于,激励我们的人在其他人都会停下来的时候继续前进。
3. I call upon everyone facing setbacks today to be gentle with themselves, to recognize that failure is not a judgment on their worth, but simply a result that did not go as planned, to allow themselves to feel the disappointment and the sadness, but not to live there, to remember that after the darkest night always comes the dawn, and that this setback too shall pass.
我呼吁今天面对挫折的每个人对自己温柔一点,认识到失败不是对他们价值的评判,而只是一个没有按计划进行的结果,允许自己感受失望和悲伤,但不要住在那里,记住最黑暗的夜晚之后总是黎明,这个挫折也会过去。
4. It is my sincere hope that parents and educators will teach children not just how to succeed, but how to fail, how to lose, how to handle disappointment, how to get back up after being knocked down, for these are the most important skills for adult life, far more important than any grade or test score, and a child who has never learned to fail is a child who has never learned to truly live.
我真诚地希望家长和教育工作者不仅教孩子如何成功,还要教他们如何失败,如何输,如何处理失望,如何在被击倒后重新站起来,因为这些是成年生活中最重要的技能,远比任何成绩或考试分数重要,一个从未学会失败的孩子是一个从未学会真正生活的孩子。
5. The benefits of facing and overcoming difficulty are well documented — people who have experienced moderate hardship tend to be tougher, more sympathetic, more satisfied with life, and better able to handle future challenges than those who have not, and while we should never seek out suffering, we should also not fear it, for it is often exactly what makes us stronger, wiser, and more complete human beings.
面对和克服逆境的好处是有据可查的——经历过适度困难的人往往比那些没有经历过的人更坚韧、更有同情心、对生活更满意,更能应对未来的挑战,虽然我们永远不应该寻求苦难,但我们也不应该害怕它,因为它往往正是使我们更强大、更明智、更完整的人的东西。
6. Let us be grateful not just for the victories, but for the defeats, not just for the easy days, but for the hard ones, not just for the times we flew high, but for the times we stumbled, for it is in falling that we learn to fly, in failing that we learn to win, in breaking that we learn what we are truly made of, and a life without struggle is a life without depth, without growth, without the chance to become who we were meant to be.
让我们不仅感恩胜利,也感恩失败,不仅感恩轻松的日子,也感恩艰难的日子,不仅感恩我们翱翔的时刻,也感恩我们绊倒的时刻,因为正是在跌倒中我们学会飞翔,在失败中我们学会胜利,在破碎中我们了解自己真正的本质,没有挣扎的生活是没有深度、没有成长、没有机会成为我们注定要成为的人的生活。
7. As we move through the unavoidable setbacks of life — the rejections, the losses, the disappointments, the moments when we feel like giving up — let us remember that we are stronger than we know, that we have survived every hard thing that has ever happened to us, that we carry within us the strength of all the people who have loved us and believed in us, and that this setback, no matter how big it feels today, is just one chapter in a story that is still being written.
当我们应对生活中不可避免的挫折——拒绝、损失、失望、我们想放弃的时刻——时,让我们记住我们比自己知道的更强大,我们从发生在我们身上的每一件艰难的事情中幸存下来,我们内心承载着所有爱过我们和相信我们的人的力量,这个挫折,无论今天感觉多么大,都只是一个仍在书写的故事中的一章。
8. I urge everyone who has failed, who has been knocked down, who feels like they cannot go on, to take one small step forward today — not a giant leap, not a complete turnaround, just one small step: one phone call, one revised resume, one new attempt, one conversation, one moment of self-kindness — for it is these small steps, one at a time, that eventually carry us through the darkest valley and back into the light.
我敦促每个失败过、被击倒过、觉得自己无法继续的人,今天向前迈出一小步——不是一个巨大的飞跃,不是一个彻底的转变,只是一小步:一个电话,一份修改后的简历,一次新的尝试,一次对话,一个自我同情的时刻——因为正是这些小步骤,一次一步,最终带我们穿过最黑暗的山谷,回到光明中。
9. The time has come for us to redefine success, not as the absence of failure, but as the willingness to keep trying despite failure, not as never falling, but as always getting back up, not as a straight line to the top, but as a winding journey full of detours, setbacks, and comebacks, and to celebrate not just the winners, but everyone who has the courage to try, to risk, to fail, and to try again.
现在是我们重新定义成功的时候了,不是没有失败,而是尽管失败仍愿意继续尝试,不是从不跌倒,而是总是重新站起来,不是一条直达顶峰的直线,而是一段充满绕道、挫折和复出的蜿蜒旅程,不仅庆祝赢家,也庆祝每个有勇气尝试、冒险、失败并再试一次的人。
10. In closing, I would like to leave you with this thought: the strongest trees are not those that grow in calm weather, but those that grow in the wind; the hardest steel is not made without fire; the most beautiful butterflies do not become what they are without first being confined in a dark cocoon. And so it is with us. Our greatest strength is forged in our hardest moments, our deepest wisdom is born in our greatest struggles, our most beautiful selves emerge from the ashes of failure. Do not fear the fire. Walk through it. You will come out stronger, wiser, and more beautiful than ever before. The setback is not the end. It is the beginning of who you are becoming.
最后,我想留给你们这样一个想法:最强壮的树不是在平静的天气中生长的,而是在风中生长的;最坚硬的钢不是没有火就炼成的;最美丽的蝴蝶不是没有先被关在黑暗的茧中就变成它们现在的样子的。我们也是如此。我们最大的力量是在最艰难的时刻锻造的,我们最深的智慧诞生于我们最大的挣扎,我们最美丽的自我从失败的灰烬中浮现。不要害怕火。穿过它。你会比以往任何时候都更强大、更明智、更美丽。挫折不是结束。它是你正在成为的人的开始。
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