Joseph Epstein, a famous American writer, once said, “ We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide (so) that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about. ” He gives due weight to the role of ambition in our life, but he ignores the fact that ambition alone cannot form or change a person's destiny. To fulfill ambition and “make us significant" , we also need to be hardworking, persistent, and courageous.
愛潑斯坦，美國作家，曾說，“我們決定什么是重要的，什么是瑣碎的生活。我們決定（所以），讓我們什么都重要的是我們做什么或不做。但無論怎樣漠不關(guān)心宇宙可能是我們的選擇和決定，這些選擇和決定都是我們自己做。我們決定。我們選擇。而當(dāng)我們決定和選擇時(shí)，我們的生活便得以形成。最后，形成我們自己的命運(yùn)的就是抱負(fù)。“他給予應(yīng)有的野心在我們的生活中的作用，但是他忽略了一個(gè)事實(shí)，野心不能單獨(dú)形成或改變一個(gè)人的命運(yùn)。實(shí)現(xiàn)抱負(fù)和“顯著”，我們也需要勤奮，執(zhí)著，勇敢。
First of all, if you have known clearly what you want your life to be, it is hard work that carries you there. Take myself for example. I was born and grew up in a mountain village where many parents were illiterate and few children could go to first-class high schools, let alone enter college. Dissatisfied with living a farmer's life，I always dreamed of going to university and seeing the outside world. During the 12 years of schooling before college, I spent most of my time learning and worked harder than any classmate. Now, when I enjoy the fruits of my labor, I believe more firmly that “hard work” makes perfect.
首先，如果你清楚你想要你的生活是什么，它是艱苦的工作，你有。以我為例。我出世在一個(gè)山村里很多父母都是文盲，幾個(gè)孩子長大了可以去一流的學(xué)校，讓一個(gè)人進(jìn)入大學(xué)。不滿意生活的農(nóng)民的生活，我一直夢想著去大學(xué)，看到外面的世界。在12年的學(xué)校教育在上大學(xué)之前，我花了我大部分的時(shí)間比任何同學(xué)都努力學(xué)習(xí)。現(xiàn)在，當(dāng)我享受我的勞動(dòng)成果，我更加堅(jiān)信“努力工作”是完美的。
Besides hard work，it takes persistence to travel on the path to your dream place. Numerous stories of success tell us that there is no royal road to great accomplishment. Thomas Edison experimented and failed hundreds of times before inventing the light bulb. Abraham Lincoln lost dozens of political elections before becoming president of the US. Whatever your ambition is, the way to achieve it is not always even. To get where you want，you sometimes have to be able to face setbacks，overcome obstacles，and above all never give up.
除了努力工作，要堅(jiān)持到你夢想的地方行進(jìn)。許多成功的故事告訴我們，是沒有捷徑的偉大成就。托馬斯愛迪生實(shí)驗(yàn)失敗了幾百次才發(fā)明了電燈。亞伯拉罕-林肯失去了政治選舉成為美國總統(tǒng)之前的幾十個(gè)。無論你的目標(biāo)是，實(shí)現(xiàn)它的方式并不總是甚至。為了到達(dá)你想去的地方，你有時(shí)必須能夠面對挫折，克服障礙，尤其不要放棄。
In many other cases, it takes courage to do what you aspire to. Darwin would not have publicized his The Evolution of Species if he had been afraid to fight against his times. Amelia Earhart would not have become a pilot and
在許多情況下，做你渴望需要勇氣。達(dá)爾文不如果他害怕對抗他的時(shí)代已經(jīng)公開了他的物種進(jìn)化。埃爾哈特就不可能成為一名飛行員，
realized her ambition to fly across the Atlantic Ocean if she had lacked the courage to defy social conventions. As these examples have illustrated, if
實(shí)現(xiàn)她的抱負(fù)飛越大西洋如果她沒有勇氣挑戰(zhàn)社會習(xí)俗。這些例子說明，如果
you have a strong faint in what you choose to do and in what you want to a-chieve，you must be brave enough to stick to it despite sneers，oppositions, and social pressure.
你在你選擇做什么，你想獲得一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的微弱，你必須盡管冷笑，勇敢地堅(jiān)持對立，和社會壓力。
I agree with Joseph Epstein that we can shape our own destiny, but as the above has shown, I am not convinced that ambition alone can make it happen.
我同意愛潑斯坦，我們可以塑造我們自己的命運(yùn)，但正如以上所示，我不相信野心就可以讓它發(fā)生。
To sum our dreams into reality，we need to work hard，persevere and be brave.
總結(jié)我們的夢想變成現(xiàn)實(shí)，我們需要努力工作，堅(jiān)持不懈，勇敢。
愛潑斯坦，美國作家，曾說，“我們決定什么是重要的，什么是瑣碎的生活。我們決定（所以），讓我們什么都重要的是我們做什么或不做。但無論怎樣漠不關(guān)心宇宙可能是我們的選擇和決定，這些選擇和決定都是我們自己做。我們決定。我們選擇。而當(dāng)我們決定和選擇時(shí)，我們的生活便得以形成。最后，形成我們自己的命運(yùn)的就是抱負(fù)。“他給予應(yīng)有的野心在我們的生活中的作用，但是他忽略了一個(gè)事實(shí)，野心不能單獨(dú)形成或改變一個(gè)人的命運(yùn)。實(shí)現(xiàn)抱負(fù)和“顯著”，我們也需要勤奮，執(zhí)著，勇敢。
First of all, if you have known clearly what you want your life to be, it is hard work that carries you there. Take myself for example. I was born and grew up in a mountain village where many parents were illiterate and few children could go to first-class high schools, let alone enter college. Dissatisfied with living a farmer's life，I always dreamed of going to university and seeing the outside world. During the 12 years of schooling before college, I spent most of my time learning and worked harder than any classmate. Now, when I enjoy the fruits of my labor, I believe more firmly that “hard work” makes perfect.
首先，如果你清楚你想要你的生活是什么，它是艱苦的工作，你有。以我為例。我出世在一個(gè)山村里很多父母都是文盲，幾個(gè)孩子長大了可以去一流的學(xué)校，讓一個(gè)人進(jìn)入大學(xué)。不滿意生活的農(nóng)民的生活，我一直夢想著去大學(xué)，看到外面的世界。在12年的學(xué)校教育在上大學(xué)之前，我花了我大部分的時(shí)間比任何同學(xué)都努力學(xué)習(xí)。現(xiàn)在，當(dāng)我享受我的勞動(dòng)成果，我更加堅(jiān)信“努力工作”是完美的。
Besides hard work，it takes persistence to travel on the path to your dream place. Numerous stories of success tell us that there is no royal road to great accomplishment. Thomas Edison experimented and failed hundreds of times before inventing the light bulb. Abraham Lincoln lost dozens of political elections before becoming president of the US. Whatever your ambition is, the way to achieve it is not always even. To get where you want，you sometimes have to be able to face setbacks，overcome obstacles，and above all never give up.
除了努力工作，要堅(jiān)持到你夢想的地方行進(jìn)。許多成功的故事告訴我們，是沒有捷徑的偉大成就。托馬斯愛迪生實(shí)驗(yàn)失敗了幾百次才發(fā)明了電燈。亞伯拉罕-林肯失去了政治選舉成為美國總統(tǒng)之前的幾十個(gè)。無論你的目標(biāo)是，實(shí)現(xiàn)它的方式并不總是甚至。為了到達(dá)你想去的地方，你有時(shí)必須能夠面對挫折，克服障礙，尤其不要放棄。
In many other cases, it takes courage to do what you aspire to. Darwin would not have publicized his The Evolution of Species if he had been afraid to fight against his times. Amelia Earhart would not have become a pilot and
在許多情況下，做你渴望需要勇氣。達(dá)爾文不如果他害怕對抗他的時(shí)代已經(jīng)公開了他的物種進(jìn)化。埃爾哈特就不可能成為一名飛行員，
realized her ambition to fly across the Atlantic Ocean if she had lacked the courage to defy social conventions. As these examples have illustrated, if
實(shí)現(xiàn)她的抱負(fù)飛越大西洋如果她沒有勇氣挑戰(zhàn)社會習(xí)俗。這些例子說明，如果
you have a strong faint in what you choose to do and in what you want to a-chieve，you must be brave enough to stick to it despite sneers，oppositions, and social pressure.
你在你選擇做什么，你想獲得一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的微弱，你必須盡管冷笑，勇敢地堅(jiān)持對立，和社會壓力。
I agree with Joseph Epstein that we can shape our own destiny, but as the above has shown, I am not convinced that ambition alone can make it happen.
我同意愛潑斯坦，我們可以塑造我們自己的命運(yùn)，但正如以上所示，我不相信野心就可以讓它發(fā)生。
To sum our dreams into reality，we need to work hard，persevere and be brave.
總結(jié)我們的夢想變成現(xiàn)實(shí)，我們需要努力工作，堅(jiān)持不懈，勇敢。