【英语早间课堂】当生活艰难时-失败只是一个学习的机会(4)

When life gets rough¹ 生活艰难时

 

There is no such thing as failure—only learning² opportunities

 

没什么失败-这只是一个学习的机会而已

 

You should just wipe the word "failure" right out of your vocabulary. All great people who have ever achieved anything have "failed" over and over.

 

In fact, I think it was Thomas Edison who said something like, "I did not fail at inventing the light bulb, I just first found 99 ways that it didn't work."

 

Take your so-called³ "failures" and learn something from them. Learn how to do it better next time.

 

 

1 rough   

adj.粗糙的；粗略的，大致的；粗野的，粗暴的

参考例句：

• It's just a very rough translation.这只是一篇非常粗糙的译稿。
• His reply was a bit rough.他的答复过于粗鲁了一点。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 so-called   

adj.所谓的，号称的

参考例句：

• These were the so-called mainframe machines.它们被称为主机。
• Let's see what this so-called button does.让我们来看看为什么这个按钮叫这个名字。