名人励志英语演讲 第84期:为成功做好准备(3)

 　　Once we have defined¹ our idea of success, the experts tell us that we should set some goals and then work out the actions or steps needed to reach them. Analyst² Richard St John, speaker at the Big Ideas forum³ several years ago, did this by asking 500 other participants --who ranged from Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch to Goldie Hawn and Al Gore--to tell him what was their secrets of success. From these interviews, he came up with this list of eight steps:

　　一旦我们对成功有所定义，专家们就会告诉我们要建立目标，并采取相应的措施达成目标。几年前曾在伟大思想论坛演讲的分析家理查德·圣约翰就曾做了一项关于成功的秘诀的调查。这项调查采访了500人，包括比尔·盖茨、鲁伯特·默多克（传媒大亨），还有歌蒂·韩以及阿尔·戈尔（前美国副总统）。通过这些调查，他总结出了成功的八个步骤：

　　Step 1 passion--find something that you are passionate⁴ about that you would do for love, not money, and the dollars will follow.

　　第一步：激情。寻找你所热爱的工作，这样，工作就是出于热爱而不是为了金钱。金钱也会随之而来。

　　Step 2 work--there is no substitute for hard work but if you love the work you do, then it's not so hard. You become a "workaholic".

　　第二步：工作。工作的辛苦是无法避免的，但是如果你热爱自己的工作，自然就不会觉得很辛苦。你也会变成“工作狂”

　　Step 3 good--be very good at something. Practice, practice, practice until you are perfect.

　　第三步：专长。一定要在某一方面十分突出。练习，练习，不断练习直到非常熟练为止。

　　Step 4 focus--on one thing so that all your energy and effort pour in one direction.

　　第四步：专注。锁定一个目标，并为之投入全部精力和努力。

　　Step 5 push--push yourself through shyness, self-doubt, and negative thoughts. And if this is too hard, he says, call your mother and she will do it for you.

　　第五步：鞭策。努力让自己摆脱害羞、自我怀疑和消极思想的困扰。如果做不到这点，那就告诉你的母亲，她会帮助你。

　　step 6 serve--find some way to serve others. Millionaries do this by providing something of value to others willing to pay for it.

　　第六步：服务。寻找为别人服务的机会。百万富翁为别人提供有价值的服务，而那些人也愿意为之偿付金钱。

　　Step 7 ideas--look for ways to keep generating⁵ new ideas and act on the best of them.

　　第七步：思想。不断让自己迸发新思想，并将其中最好的付诸行动。

　　Step 8 persist--never give up no matter what is thrown at you.

　　第八步：坚持。不管有多艰难，永远不言放弃。

1 defined   

adj 定义的; 清晰的

参考例句：

• These categories are not well defined. 这些类别划分得不太明确。
• The powers of a judge are defined by law. 法官的权限是由法律规定的。

2 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

5 generating   

n.发生，产生v.生（儿、女）( generate的现在分词 )；（通过物理或化学过程）发生；生成；引起

参考例句：

• There are many ways of generating a two-dimensional representation of an object. 有很多制作物体二维图的方法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Generating functions are an ideal tool for studying sequences defined by recurrence. 母函数是研究用递推关系来确定的函数的最理想工具。 来自辞典例句