大学英语六级听力练习 014

 

The importance of confidence

Whatever one does, there is little possobility that one can achieve anything .When faced with hardships,this truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something, or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true,but for mant others, this only shows that they have lost heart. Why do some people often feel frustrated¹ even though they are capable of doing something? I think there are two main reasons. In the first place,these people don't have a correct estimate of themselves. Secondly², it is possible that they exaggerate the difficulties.

In my opinion, one can build up faith in oneself as long as he has the right attitude towards his own abilities. We should neither underestimate nor overestimate³ our abilities. As a proverb says,"where there is a will, there is a way". With confidence, we can ecrtainly cope with any task we are faced with.

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

3 overestimate   

v.估计过高，过高评价

参考例句：

• Don't overestimate seriousness of the problem.别把问题看重了。
• We overestimate our influence and our nuisance value.我们过高地估计了自己的影响力和破坏作用。