名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第158期:跨越物質(zhì)的藩籬 讓世界今非昔比(15)

[00:00.41]It's about not being satisfied with the latest achievement, the latest gold star, 這就要求我們不要滿足于自己目前取得的成績，不滿足于剛剛獲得的金星榮譽(yù)獎(jiǎng)?wù)拢? [00:06.20]because the one thing I know about a body of work is that it's never finished. 因?yàn)槲抑肋@樣的事業(yè)是永無止境的。 [00:12.40]It's cumulative. It deepens and expands with each day that you give your best, 它需要日積月累，隨著你每日竭盡全力地回報(bào)祖國 [00:19.42]each day that you give back and contribute to the life of your community and your nation. 并為社會(huì)做貢獻(xiàn)而深化、拓寬。 [00:26.22]You may have setbacks and you may have failures, but you're not done. You're not even getting started, not by a long shot. 你們也許會(huì)遇到挫折和失敗，但這不意味著你們的工作已經(jīng)結(jié)束，你們甚至還沒有開始。 [00:34.47]And if you ever forget that, just look to history. 如果你忘記這一點(diǎn)，就請(qǐng)回頭看看歷史。 [00:37.11]Thomas Paine was a failed corset maker, a failed teacher and a failed tax collector 托馬斯·潘恩曾經(jīng)是一個(gè)失敗的緊身衣裁縫，一個(gè)失敗的老師，一個(gè)失敗的稅務(wù)員， [00:44.41]before he made his mark on history with a little book called "Common Sense" that helped ignite a revolution. 但他最后卻名垂青史，他的那本名叫《常識(shí)》的小書引發(fā)了一場革命。 [00:53.11]Julia Childs didn't publish her first cookbook until she was almost 50. 茱莉亞·查爾德知道將近50歲時(shí)才出版了她的第一部烹飪書。 [00:57.27]Colonel Sanders didn't open his first Kentucky Fried Chicken until he was in the 60s. 桑德斯上校直到60多歲才開辦了第一家肯德基餐廳。 [01:02.47]Winston Churchill was dismissed as little more than a has-been 溫斯頓·丘吉爾（英國政治家及作家）在擔(dān)任首相之前曾經(jīng)遭罷免， [01:07.10]who enjoyed Scotch a little bit too much before he took over his Prime Minister and saw Great Britain through its finest hour. 只因?yàn)樗悬c(diǎn)過于偏愛蘇格蘭威士忌，并且輸?shù)袅诉_(dá)達(dá)尼爾海峽；接任首相后，他卻帶領(lǐng)英國步入了全盛時(shí)期。 [01:15.00]No one thought a former football player stocking shelves at the local supermarket 誰也沒有想到，整天忙著給超市貨架上貨的前足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員會(huì)重返他喜愛的賽場， [01:19.55]would return to the game he loved to become a Super Bowl MVP 一舉成為美國橄欖球超級(jí)杯大賽最佳選手， [01:22.30]and then come here to Arizona and lead your Cardinals to their first Super Bowl. Your body of work is never done. 然后來到亞利桑那，帶領(lǐng)你們的紅雀隊(duì)首次沖進(jìn)超級(jí)杯。所以，你們的事業(yè)永無止境。 [01:34.38]Each of them at one point in their life didn't have any title or much status to speak of, 他們中的每一個(gè)人，在生命中的某一時(shí)刻，都沒有響亮的頭銜和顯赫的地位值得炫耀。 [01:41.56]but they had passion; a commitment to following that passion wherever it would lead, and to working hard every step along the way. 但他們有激情，他們追隨者這種激情，并在整個(gè)過程中努力走好每一步。

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