吉林 王天宝

How to Hold the Opportunity

如何把握机遇①

吉林 王天宝

□语篇导读

机遇是成功人士不可或缺的条件,它对于每个人来说都是公平的。机遇往往就在面前,只要有发现它的慧眼和把握它的能力,就能更好地利用机遇。如果不具备条件,机遇自然会与你擦肩而过。智者会及时发现更多的机遇,牢牢把握住每次机遇。当然,要想把握住更多的机遇,需要不断提高自身的素养!

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes.For the most part,the same air is available to everyone,and everyone needs it.Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves.Others breathe in the air and use the energy to make a magnificent life for themselves.

Opportunity is the same way.It is everywhere.Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success.Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value.So many people are so anxious to“get in on the ground floor”of opportunity,as if the opportunity will do all the work.That's impossible.

Just as you need air to breathe,you need opportunity to succeed.It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity,however.You must make use of that opportunity.That's not up to the opportunity.That's up to you.It doesn't matter what“floor” the opportunity is on.What matters is what you do with it.

◆词语沉淀

1.survive/sə'vaɪv/v.幸存；活下来

2.sustain/sə'steɪn/vt.维持；支撑

3.magnificent/mæg'nɪfɪs(ə)nt/adj.高尚的；壮丽的；华丽的

4.seize/siːz/v.逮住；咬住

5.take...for granted视……为理所当然

6.act upon对……起作用；按……行事

◆典句赏析

1.The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.我们呼吸的空气是如此易得,以至于我们视它为理所当然。

(1)句中的we breathe为定语从句,修饰先行词the air,作先行词的定语。

(2)so...that...是固定句型搭配,意思是“如此……,以至于……”,句中的that引导的是结果状语从句。

【即时尝试】你说的话如此重要,以至于我会永远记住它。

2.Everyone needs it.每个人都需要它。

everyone为不定代词,意思是“每个人”。该词作主语时,其谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。need在这里作实义动词,意思是“需要”,后面可以接名词、代词、动词不定式或动名词作宾语。

【即时尝试】每个人都需要一些时间学会如何使用电脑。

3.Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success.然而仅凭机遇是不足以创造成功的。

enough在这里作形容词,意思是“足够的；充分的”。enough to do sth.是较为常见的搭配结构,意思是“足以做某事”。

【即时尝试】你的钱足以买一座大房子了。

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译文助读

我们呼吸的空气是如此易得,以至于我们视它为理所当然。但没了空气我们却存活不了几分钟。从很大程度上来说,每个人呼吸到的空气都是一样的,并且每个人都离不开空气。有些人靠空气来维持生命,但他们只会坐在那里自怨自艾。另外一些人吸进空气,利用空气提供的能量为自己开创壮丽的人生。

机遇也是如此。它无处不在。然而仅凭机遇是不足以创造成功的,必须抓住机遇并采取行动才能实现其价值。有许多人一得到机遇,就急着要成功,好像有了机遇就万事大吉,那是不可能的。

正如你需要空气来呼吸,你也需要机遇来获得成功。但是只有呼吸新鲜空气的机遇远远不够。你必须好好利用机遇。这并不取决于机遇,而是取决于你自己。你在什么时候得到机遇并不重要，重要的是你怎样把握机遇。