翻譯專業(yè)資格一級(jí)筆譯模擬試題（六）

The men of history were not perpetually looking into the mirror to make sure of their own size. Absorbed in their work they did it. They did it so well that the wondering world saw them to be great, and labeled them accordingly. To live with a high ideal is a successful life. It is not what one does, but what one tries to do, that makes a man strong.

Eternal vigilance, it has been said, is the price of liberty. With equal truth it may be said, Unceasing effort is the price of success. If we do not work with our might, others will; and they will outstrip us in the race, and pluck the prize from our grasp.

Success grows less and less dependent on luck and chance. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.

The great and indispensable help to success is character. Character is crystallized habit, the result of training and conviction. Every character is influenced by heredity environment and education. But these apart, if every man were not to a great extent the architect of his own character, he would be a fatalist, an irresponsible creature of circumstances.

(摘自 On Achieving Success by Hemingway)

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歷史偉人確定自己的價(jià)值靠的不是不斷地照鏡自盼，而是靠對(duì)工作的無(wú)限投人。他們的成就如此卓著以致驚訝的世人將他們視為偉人。高品質(zhì)的生活需要的是崇高的理想。一個(gè)人的強(qiáng)大并不取決于他做了些什么，而是他盡力去做了什么。

曾有此一說(shuō)永恒的警覺(jué)是自由的代價(jià)。同理可說(shuō)不斷的努力是成功的代價(jià)。我們?nèi)舨槐M力工作，別人則會(huì)努力，而且他們會(huì)在這場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽中超越我們，從我們手中奪走獎(jiǎng)品。

成功愈來(lái)愈不依賴運(yùn)氣和機(jī)會(huì)。缺乏自信是我們大部分人失敗的原因。

成功至關(guān)重要的輔助因素是性格。性格是具體化的習(xí)慣，是不斷訓(xùn)練和強(qiáng)化信念的結(jié)果。每種性格都受遺傳、環(huán)境和教育的影響。但是除了這些以外，如果每一個(gè)人在某種程度上不是他自己性格的創(chuàng)造者，他就是個(gè)宿命論者，是個(gè)對(duì)現(xiàn)狀不負(fù)責(zé)的人。