英语美文四级.docx

英语美文 失败乃成功之母 Learning from Mistakes. We all make mistakes which are inevitable. 从错误中吸取教训 每个人都会犯错误。 What is worse is failure to correct own mistakes. While making mistakes is good, repeating mistakes is definitely not. 更糟糕的是，我们不能改正到自己的错误。尽管犯错误可能是好事，总是犯同样的错误绝是什么好事。 Apart from correcting your own mistakes, we should learn from the mistakes. You can only learnfrom a mistake after you admit you have made one. 除了改正我们自己的错误，我们应当从错误中吸取教训。只有在承认自己所犯的错误之后你才能从错误中吸取教训。 As soon as you start blaming other people, you distance yourself from any possible lesson thatcould be learned from it. But if you courageously stand up and honestly say This is my mistake and I am responsible , the possibilities for learning will move towards you. 一旦你开始责怪其他人，你就失去了从错误中吸取教训的机会。但是如果你有勇气站出来实地说，这是我的错，我应当负责，你就有可能从错误中积累经验。 Admission of a mistake, even if only privately to yourself, makes learning possible by moving the focus away from blaming yourself and towards understanding. Wise people admit their mistakes easily. 承认错误，即使只是自己在私下承认错误，也会让你逐渐懂得自我反省，能够从错误中领悟知识，吸取教训。聪明的人很容易承认他们的错误。 They know progress accelerates when they do. On the other hand, for many reasons admitting mistakes is difficult. 他们知道承认错误会帮助自己进步。另一方面，出于种种原因，承认错误是困难的。 This is why some people consider that they can learn nothing from mistakes, We are taught in school, in our families, or at work to feel guilty about failure and to do whatever we can to avoid mistakes. 这就是一些人认为他们在错误中学不到任何东西的原因。我们在学校、家庭和工作中懂得了失败的愧疚感，于是就会尽力避免犯错。 This sense of shame combined with the inevitability of setbacks when attempting difficult things explains why many people give up on their goals: they are not prepared for the mistakes and failures they will face on their way to what they want. 在我们尝试困难的事情的时候，愧疚感以及无法避免的挫折，足以解释许多人放弃目标的原因。他们没有准备好面对成功之路上的错误和失败。 In conclusion, we can and should learn good lessons from past mistakes in order to be more successful in our private and public lives. 总之，为了我们在个人生活和公共生活方面更加成功，我们不但能够而且应该从过去的错误中吸取经验。 尊敬老人 Respecting the Elderly Is a Tr