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人生旅途,是否也會被外界左右
思考如何才是真正的成功
沮喪一次又一次的失敗
然而,許多人早就寫下了答案
就像丘吉爾說的:
Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
沒有最終的成功,也沒有致命的失敗,最可貴的是繼續前進的勇氣。
重點解析:
1.Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
沒有最終的成功,也沒有致命的失敗。
final/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
作形容詞
① 最後的
a final warning最後一次警告
a final offer 最後一次出價
作名詞
① 決賽
Last year we got through to the finals.
去年我們進入了決賽。
② 期末考試
When is your Chinese final?
你語文期末考試是什麼時候?
failure/ˈfeɪ.ljər/
作名詞
① 失敗
I feel like such a failure.
我覺得自己太失敗了。
② 沒做到
His failure to return her phone call made her realize that something was wrong.
他沒給她回電話,這使她覺得有什麼事情不對頭。
③ 故障,衰竭
He died of heart failure.
他死於心臟衰竭。
fatal/ˈfeɪ.təl/
作形容詞
① 致命的
This illness is fatal in almost all cases.
這種病幾乎是不治之症。
② 災難性的
He made the fatal mistake of believing what they told him.
他聽信了他們的話,犯了致命的錯誤。
2.It is the courage to continue that counts.
最可貴的是繼續前進的勇氣。
強調語句
It is+某事物/某人,起強調作用,可以翻譯成:正是
It's him that robbed the money!
就是他搶了我的錢!
count/kaʊnt/
作動詞
① 重要
My opinion doesn't count for anything.
我的看法無關緊要。
② 計數
Let's count how many apples we bought together.
讓我們數數咱們一起買了幾個蘋果。
③ 看作
I've always counted Sophia among my closest friends.
我一直把索非亞當作我最知心的朋友之一。
作名詞
總數
We had 450 members at the last count .
根據最近統計,我們有450位成員。