名人故事（雙語）：成功的秘訣

The secret of success
成功的秘訣

A young man once asked Albert Einstein what the secret of success was. The great scientist told him that the secret of success was hard work.

A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was veryannoyed.

He did not say anything but wrote a few words on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. On it was written:

X=Y+X+Z

"What does this mean?" asked the young man.

"A means success," explained the old scientist. "X stands for hard work, Y stands for good methods, and Y means that you should stop talking and get down to work."

有個年輕人曾經(jīng)問阿伯特.愛因斯坦成功的秘訣是什么，這位偉大的科學(xué)家告訴他成功的秘訣是勤奮。

幾天后這個年輕人又問他同樣的問題，愛因斯坦很惱火。

他一句話也沒說，只是在一張紙上寫下幾個字，遞給那年輕人。年輕人看了紙條，只見上面寫著：

X=Y+X+Z

“這是什么意思?”年輕人問道。

“A表示成功，”這位老科學(xué)家解釋說，“X代表勤奮，Y代表好的方法，Z的意思是別空談，認(rèn)真的工作。”