第12期:英语励志美文-羊皮卷三-坚持不懈，直至成功
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：112 The Ghost in the First Row
英语课
羊皮卷是一部很有哲理的书，今天我们就挑取一部分精华来学习吧。
The Scroll 1 Marked Three
I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated, willcomplete any undertaking 2.
Henceforth, I will consider each day's effort as but one blow of my blade against a mightyoak. The first blow may cause not a tremor 3 in the wood, nor the second, nor the third. Each blow, of itself, may be trifling 4, and seem of no consequence. Yet from the childish swipes the oak will eventually tumble. So it will be with my efforts of today.
羊皮卷三
坚持不懈，直到成功。
从今往后，我承认每天的奋斗就像对参天大树的一次砍击,头几刀可能了无痕迹。每一击者似微不足道，然而，累积起来，巨树终会倒下．这恰如我今天的努力。
I will be liken to the raindrop which washes away the mountain; the ant who devours 5 a tiger; the star which brightens the earth; the slave who builds a pyramid. I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
就像冲洗高山的雨滴，吞噬猛虎的蚂蚁，照亮大地的星辰，建起金字塔的奴隶，我也要一砖一瓦地建造起自己的城堡，因为我深知水滴石穿的道理，只要持之以恒，什么都可以做到．
I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. I will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind should infect me then I will work on in despair. I will toil 6 and I will endure. I will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep my eyes on the goals above my head, fo r I know that where dry desert ends, green grass grows.
我绝不考虑失败，我的字典里不再有放弃，不可能、办不到、没法子、成问题、失败,行不通、没希望、退缩…这类愚蠢的字眼．我要尽量避免绝望，一旦受到它的威胁，立即想方设法向它挑战．我要辛勤耕耘，忍受苦楚．我放眼未来，勇往直前，不再理会脚下的障碍．我坚信，沙漠尽头必是绿洲．
1 scroll
n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡
- As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
- He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。
2 undertaking
n.保证，许诺，事业
- He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
- He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。
3 tremor
n.震动，颤动，战栗，兴奋，地震
- There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
- A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。
4 trifling
adj.微不足道的；没什么价值的
- They quarreled over a trifling matter.他们为这种微不足道的事情争吵。
- So far Europe has no doubt, gained a real conveniency,though surely a very trifling one.直到现在为止,欧洲无疑地已经获得了实在的便利，不过那确是一种微不足道的便利。
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