中英双语阅读372：Success Is a Choice 成功是一种选择
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Success Is a Choice
成功是一种选择
Adversity happens to all of us, and it happens all the time. Some form of major adversity is either going to be there or it's lying in wait just around the corner. To ignore adversity is to succumb to the ultimate self-delusion.
我们每个人都可能遭遇困境，而且它时常发生，有些灾祸不是即刻发生就是藏于角落以待时机。而忽视逆境则无异于彻头彻尾的自我欺骗。
But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatness despite facing hurdles so steep that easily could have crashed their spirit and left them lying in the dust. Moses was a stutterer, yet he was called on to be the voice of God. Abraham Lincoln overcomes a difficult childhood, depression, the death of two sons, and constant ridicule during the Civil War to become arguably our greatest president ever. Helen Keller made an impact on the world despite being deaf, dumb, and blind from an early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio.
但是你必须认识到，历史上有许许多多的事例，都讲述了克服重重困难之后才成为卓越不凡之人。而他们曾面对的困难如此之大，以至于足以轻易粉碎他们的意志，并让他们流落于尘俗之中。摩西曾有口吃，但他后来却成为传播上帝福音的使者。亚伯拉罕·林肯战胜了童年的艰难困苦、绝望沮丧、丧失两子之痛以及内战中纷至沓来的嘲弄，最终成为美国历史上无可争辩的最伟大的总统。海伦·凯勒从小就双目失明，双耳失聪，又是个哑巴，但她还是对世界产生了深刻彩响。而窗兰克林·罗斯福则患有小儿麻痹症。
There are endless examples. These were people who not only looked adversity in the face but learned valuable lessons about overcoming difficult circumstances and were able to move ahead.
类似的例子不胜枚举。这些人不仅大胆地直面逆境，而且从中学到了征服困境的宝贵经验，然后能够勇往直前。
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