单词与词组   Words and phrases

    ①potential   n. 潜力

    ②creatively   adv. 创造性地

    ③productive   v. 能产的

    ④authenticity    n. 真实性

    ⑤authentic   a. 真实可信的

    ⑥credible    a. 可靠的 

    ⑦actualize    v. 实现 

    ⑧unprecedented   a. 空前的

    ⑨evaluate    v. 评估

    ⑩bound   a. 被束缚的 

    ⑾awed   a. 表示敬畏的 

    ⑿spontaneous   a. 自发的 

    ⒀zest   n. 热情 

    ⒁compassionate   a. 富同情心的 

    ⒂adversity   n. 逆境 

    Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. He is born with what he needs to win at life. Each person in his own way can see, hear, touch, taste, and think for himself. Each has his unique potentials①, his capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creatively② productive③ person in his own right-a winner.

    每一个人生来就是一个先前从未存在过的崭新的个体。他在人生中成功立业的能力与生俱来。每一个人都可以以其独特的方式观察、倾听、触摸、体味和思索大千世界。每个人都有独一无二的潜质--才干和局限。每一个人都可以凭自己的努力成为一个有价值、有头脑、有感悟、有创造力、有成就的人，即成功者。

    Winners have different potentials. Achievement is not the most important thing. Authenticity④ is. The authentic⑤ person experiences the reality of himself by knowing himself, being himself, and becoming a credible⑥, responsive person. He actualizes⑦ his own unprecedented⑧ uniqueness and appreciates the uniqueness of others.

    成功者的潜质各不相同。成就并不是最重要的，活得真实才是。一个真实的人通过了解自我、坚持自我，使自己成为值得信赖、乐于回应的人来体验真实的自我。他实现独特的永不重复的自我，同时也尊重他人的独特性。

    A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He can separate facts from opinion and doesn't pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others,  evaluates⑨ what they say, but comes to his own conclusions. While he can admire and respect other people, he is not totally defined, bound⑩, or awed⑾ by them. 

    成功者不惮于用自己的头脑去思考，用自己的感官去体会大千世界。他能够区分出哪些是事实、哪些是观点。同时并不宣称洞察一切。他倾听他人的意见，评估他们的话语，可是结论要由自己作出，他可以钦慕、敬重别人，可是他决不为他人所局限、所束缚，不会对他们敬若神灵。
 
    A winner can be spontaneous⑿. He doesn't have to respond in predetermined, rigid ways. He can change his plans when the situation calls for it. A winner has a zest⒀ for life. He enjoys work, play, food, other people, and the world of nature. Without guilt he enjoys his own accomplishments. Without envy he enjoys the accomplishments of others.

    成功者是自在的。他无须以既定的、僵硬的方式用出回应。一旦情况改变，他会相应地变更计划。成功者对人生充满了热忱。他享受工作、玩乐和美食、欣赏他人并钟爱大自然。他享受成功的乐趣而问心无愧；他分享他人的成就而心无芥蒂。

    Although a winner can freely enjoy himself, he can also postpone enjoyment. He can discipline himself in the present to enhance his enjoyment in the future. He is not afraid to go after what he wants but does so in appropriate ways. He does not get his security by controlling others.

    成功者可以自由自在地享受人生，他还可以延缓这种享受。为了未来的享受更加丰厚，他可以在时下约束自己，追求自己的目标，他无所畏惧，但总是行之有道，不逾规矩。他不会为了自己的安全感去控制他人。

    A winner cares about the world and its people. He is not isolated from the general problems of society. He is concerned,  compassionate⒁ and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity⒂, he does not see himself as totally powerless. He does what he can to make the world a better place.

    成功者关注世界，关心他人。对于社会的普遍问题，他从不置身事外。他有一颗关注的心、同情的心，全身心致力于提高人生的质量。即便在本国或国际间发生困难之际，他也不会感到无能为力。他竭尽力之所能，使这个世界成为更加美好的地方。