1、Chapter 1. Every Living Person Has Problems單詞與詞組 Words and phrasesingredient n.組成物tough a.堅強的soar v.高漲perceive v.覺察mirage n.海市蜃樓profanity n.褻瀆 positive a.實際的 setback n.挫折cop out 逃避initiate v.開始，發(fā)起 bottom line 基礎 predicament n.困境 stick. out 堅持 lifespan n.生命期限 thaw v.融化，溶解 根據朗讀標記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。Whatis the

2、 secret ingredientof tough people that enables them to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they win when others lose? Why do they soar when others sink?The answer is very simple. It's allin how they perceive their problems. Yes, every living pers

3、on has problems. A problem-free life isanillusion-a miragein the desert. Accept that fact.Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and valleys. No one is up all the time, nor are they down all the time. Problems do end. They are all resolved in

4、 time.You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your response. You can turn your pain into profanity -or into poetry. The choice is up to you. You may not have chosen your tough time, but you can choose how you will react to it. For instance, what is the positive reaction to a te

5、rrible financial setback? In this situation would it be the positive reaction to copout and runaway? Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide? No! Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary solution to the pressing problem. The positive solution to a problem may r

6、equire courage to initiate it. When you control your reaction to the seemingly un-controllable problemof life, then in fact you do control the problem's effect on you. Your reaction to the problem is the last word! That's the bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you? It can make

7、 you tender or tough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you.In the final analysis, the tough people who survive the tough times do so because they've chosen to react positively to their predicament. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Tough people stick it out. History

8、 teaches us that every problem has a lifespan. No problem is permanent. Storms always give way to the sun. Winter always thaws into springtime. Your storm will pass. Your winter will thaw. Your problem will be solved.背誦小貼士 Recitation tips關鍵詞：1. secret ingredient, tough people, survive-overcome, win-

9、lose, soar-sink.2. perceive problems, illusion.3. peak, low, ups and downs, end, resolved.4. control times, compose response, react, financial setback, positive, negative, control reaction, last word.5. react positively, tough times, tough people, stick out, permanent, storm-sun, winter-springtime.參

10、考譯文人人有本難念的經堅韌不撥的人成功的秘訣是什么？他們?yōu)槭裁茨芡^艱難的時刻，而其他人卻被困難所壓倒？為什么成功的是他們，而失敗的是其他人？為什么他們一飛沖天，而其他人都深陷泥沼？答案很簡單，全看他們是如何看待自己面臨的難題。不錯，人人有本難念的經。沒有難題困擾的人生只能是一個幻想，是沙漠中的海市蜃樓。還是接受這個事實吧。每一座山都有巔峰，每一個峽谷都有深底。人生也有興衰起伏，不會有人一生都時乖命蹇。難題總有了結的一天。隨著時間的推移，一切難題都會迎刃而解。你也許不能控制時勢，可是你能夠冷靜應對。你既可以把痛苦轉換為怨天尤人的詛咒，也可以賦予之以詩意，這全在于你自己的選擇。時運不濟的你或許無

11、從選擇，但是你可以選擇應對的方略。譬如，遭遇一次嚴重的經濟挫折，究竟怎么做才稱得上積極應對呢？放棄而后潛逃？借酒澆愁？吸毒麻醉？抑或自殺？這樣的逃避是積極應對嗎？當然不是！這樣一些消極的反應似乎暫時解決了迫在眉睫的難題，但事實上只會招致更棘手的難題。積極的應對只能是鼓起勇氣著手解決。對于人生中看似無法控制的難題，當你能夠控制自己的應對，那么你就事實上控制了難題對你的影響。你對難題的應對是至關重要的、最根本的。難題能對你產生什么樣的影響呢？它可以使你脆弱，也可以使你堅強；它可以使你升華，也可以使你痛苦。全在于你自己。歸根結底，堅韌的人之所以能挺過艱難的歲月，是因為他們選擇積極地去應對困境。艱難的

12、歲月不會沒完沒了，堅韌的人會始終不懈，堅持到底。歷史告訴我們，每一個難題都有始有終，任何難題都不會永遠存在。暴風雨過后一定是燦爛的。嚴冬必然會化為春光。你的暴風雨也會過去，你的冬天也會回暖。你的難題終將解決。Chapter 2. Winners單詞與詞組 Words and phrasespotential n.潛力creatively adv. 創(chuàng)造性地productivev. 能產的authenticityn. 真實性authentica. 真實可信的credible a.可靠的 actualize v.實現 unprecedenteda.空前的evaluate v.評估bounda.被束

13、縛的 aweda.表示敬畏的 spontaneousa.自發(fā)的 zest n.熱情 compassionatea.富同情心的 adversityn.逆境 根據朗讀標記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。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.

14、Each has his unique potentials, his capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creatively productive person in his own right-a winner.Winners have different potentials. Achievement is not the most important thing. Authenticity is. The authentic person experiences t

15、he reality of himself by knowing himself, being himself, and becoming a credible, responsive person. He actualizes his own unprecedented uniqueness and appreciates the uniqueness of others.A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He can separate facts from opinion

16、and doesn't pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others, evaluates what they say, but comes to his own conclusions. While he can admire and respect other people, he is not totally defined, bound, or awed by them. A winner can be spontaneous. He doesn't have to respond in predetermi

17、ned, rigid ways. He can change his plans when the situation calls for it. A winner has a zest 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.Although a winner can freel

18、y 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.A winner cares about the world and its peop

19、le. He is not isolated from the general problems of society. He is concerned, compassionate and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, he does not see himself as totally powerless. He does what he can to make the world a better place.背誦小

20、貼士 Recitation tips仔細地思考這些問題：1. 我是在做自己嗎？我了解自己嗎？我對周圍的人和事做出回應嗎？Am I authentic? Do I know myself? Am I being myself? Am I responsive?2. 我聽別人說話時有意識地在評價嗎？我是否真的獨立思考，而非人云亦云？Do I do my own thinking and use my own knowledge? Do I listen to others and evaluate what say?3. 我是否自然不做作，天然無矯飾？我是否快樂，友好？Am I spontaneo

21、us? Do I have a zest for life? Do I enjoy work, play, food, other people, and the world of nature?4. 我是否有足夠的自控力？Am I able to discipline myself to postpone enjoyment in order to have enhanced enjoyment in the future?5. 我不是個冷漠無情的人吧？Do I care about the world and its people?參考譯文成 功 者每一個人生來就是一個先前從未存在過的嶄新

22、的個體。他在人生中成功立業(yè)的能力與生俱來。每一個人都可以以其獨特的方式觀察、傾聽、觸摸、體味和思索大千世界。每個人都有獨一無二的潛質-才干和局限。每一個人都可以憑自己的努力成為一個有價值、有頭腦、有感悟、有創(chuàng)造力、有成就的人，即成功者。成功者的潛質各不相同。成就并不是最重要的，活得真實才是。一個真實的人通過了解自我、堅持自我，使自己成為值得信賴、樂于回應的人來體驗真實的自我。他實現獨特的永不重復的自我，同時也尊重他人的獨特性。成功者不憚于用自己的頭腦去思考，用自己的感官去體會大千世界。他能夠區(qū)分出哪些是事實、哪些是觀點。同時并不宣稱洞察一切。他傾聽他人的意見，評估他們的話語，可是結論要由自己作

23、出，他可以欽慕、敬重別人，可是他決不為他人所局限、所束縛，不會對他們敬若神靈。成功者是自在的。他無須以既定的、僵硬的方式用出回應。一旦情況改變，他會相應地變更計劃。成功者對人生充滿了熱忱。他享受工作、玩樂和美食、欣賞他人并鐘愛大自然。他享受成功的樂趣而問心無愧；他分享他人的成就而心無芥蒂。成功者可以自由自在地享受人生，他還可以延緩這種享受。為了未來的享受更加豐厚，他可以在時下約束自己，追求自己的目標，他無所畏懼，但總是行之有道，不逾規(guī)矩。他不會為了自己的安全感去控制他人。成功者關注世界，關心他人。對于社會的普遍問題，他從不置身事外。他有一顆關注的心、同情的心，全身心致力于提高人生的質量。即便在

24、本國或國際間發(fā)生困難之際，他也不會感到無能為力。他竭盡力之所能，使這個世界成為更加美好的地方。Chapter 3. Losers單詞與詞組 Words and phrasestransition n.轉變interdependencen. 互相依賴nutrition n. 營養(yǎng)inadequate n. 不適當的traumatic a. 創(chuàng)傷的deterv. 阻止 autonomy n.自主 actualizationn.實現cope v.處理hang on to緊緊握住 repress v.壓制 channel v.引導 根據朗讀標記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。Although people a

25、re born to win, they are also born helpless and totally dependent on their environment. Winners successfully make the transition from total helplessness to independence and then to interdependence. Losers do not. Somewhere along the line they begin to avoid becoming self-responsible.Few people are t

26、otal winners or losers. Most of them are winners in some areas of their lives and losers in others. Their winning or losing is influenced by what happens to them in childhood.A lack of response to dependency needs, poor nutrition, brutality, unhappy relationships, disease, continuing disappointments

27、, inadequate physical care, and traumatic events are among the many experiences that contribute to making people losers. Such experiences interrupt, deter, or prevent the normal progress toward autonomy and self-actualization. To cope with negative experiences a child learns to manipulate himself an

28、d others. These manipulative techniques are hard to give up later in life and often become set patterns. A winner works to shed them. A loser hangs on to them.A loser represses his capacity to express spontaneously and appropriately his full range of possible behavior. He may be unaware of other opt

29、ions for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere. He is afraid to try new things. He maintains his own status. He is a repeater. He repeats not only his mistakes, but also those of his family and culture.A loser has difficulty giving and receiving affection. He does not enter into intimate, hon

30、est, direct relationships with others. Instead, he tries to manipulate them into living up to his expectations and channels his energies into living up to their expectations.背誦小貼士 Recitation tips精品句子！人生向來很無助，很無奈，成功者學習擺脫這種無助的狀態(tài)，達到獨立，自主的狀態(tài)。失敗者只要愿意，也能做到！1. Winners successfully make the transition from

31、total helplessness to independence, and then to interdependence. Losers do not.2. Few people are total winners or losers.3. There are many experiences that contribute to making people losers.4. A loser represses his capacity to express spontaneously and appropriately his full range of possible behav

32、ior.5. A loser has difficulty giving and receiving affection.參考譯文失 敗 者盡管成功立業(yè)的能力與生俱來，人們出生之際也是無助的，完完全全地依賴環(huán)境而生存。成功者順利地從完全的無助過渡到自立，接著再過渡到人際間的相互依存。失敗者則不然。在這一過程的某一環(huán)節(jié)上，他們開始不愿對自己負責。很少有人是完全的成功者或失敗者。大多數人在人生的某些方面是成功者，而在另外一些方面則是失敗者。人的成功和失敗與童年的經歷有關。諸如嬰幼兒時期無人照顧，營養(yǎng)不良，受到虐待，不良的人際關系，疾病，接踵而至的挫折，不良的醫(yī)療條件造成心靈創(chuàng)痛的事件等，這一切經歷

33、都可能導致人生的失敗。這些經歷中斷、延緩或阻礙了走向自立和自我實現的正常進程。在應付負面經歷的過程中，小孩子學會了操縱自己和他人。這些操縱性手腕在成年后很難棄絕，常常變成頑固的習性，成功者竭力棄絕這種習性，而失敗者深陷其中，難以自拔。失敗者壓抑自己以自然而得體的方式靈活行事的能力。他選擇的道路是條死胡同，他不明白人生中還有其他許多選擇。他不敢進行新的嘗試。他維持著現狀。他只在原地踏步，不僅重復著自己的錯誤，而且重復著他的家庭和本民族的錯誤。失敗者難以表達或接受愛意。他從不與他人建立親密、誠實而直率的關系。反之，他試圖操縱他人，希望他人不辜負他的期望，而自己也竭力去迎合他人的期望。Chapter

34、 4. If I Were a Boy Again單詞與詞組 Words and phrasesperseverance n.毅力surmount v. 爬上頂端pyramid n. 金字塔school v. 鍛煉cultivation n. 培養(yǎng)frown v.皺眉 courtesy n.禮貌 根據朗讀標記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。If I were a boy again, I would practise perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we

35、 want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. "There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail."If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would l

36、et nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. I often hear grown-up people say ,"I could not fix my attention on the lecture or bo

37、ok, although I wished to do so," and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and, on every possible occasion. It takes a little ha

38、rd work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, it smiles back upon you; but

39、 if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut from love.If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say "No" oftener.

40、 I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy.If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards str

41、angers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would, if I were a boy again,

42、try still harder to make others happy. 背誦小貼士 Recitation tips記住關鍵詞：practise perseverance, develop a habit of attention, strengthen memory, look on the cheerful side, say 'no' oftener, show more courtesy to others, to be happy is not the sole purpose of life. 參考譯文這是一篇非常好的文章，作者用平常的話語道出深刻的生活哲理，希

43、望能給您增添勇氣和智慧。假如我再回到童年假如我再回到童年，我會更多地培養(yǎng)自己的毅力，決不因為事情艱難或麻煩而放棄不干。如果我們需要光明，我們就得征服黑暗。在產生的結果方面，毅力往往可以與天才相妣美。諺語說：“能登上金字塔的生物只有兩種-雄鷹與蝸牛?！奔偃缥以倩氐酵?，我會培養(yǎng)自己專心致志的習慣；一旦手頭有事，決不讓任何東西使我分心。我會牢記：一位優(yōu)秀的溜冰手從不試圖同時滑向兩個不同的方向。如果及早養(yǎng)成專心致志的習慣，它就會成為我們生命的一個部分。我常常聽到成年人說：“盡管我希望集中注意力聽講課或讀書，但往往做不到?！逼湓蚓驮谟谀贻p時沒有養(yǎng)成這種習慣。假如我能重新活過，我會更加注意培養(yǎng)自己的記

44、憶力。我要采取一切可能的辦法，在一切可能的場合，增強記憶力。要精確地記住一切事物，起初的確要作出一番小小的努力；但用不了多久，記憶力本身就會起作用，使記憶成為輕而易舉的事。只需及早培養(yǎng)，記憶自會成為一種才能。假如我再回到童年，我會凡事都看光明的一面。生活就像一面鏡子：你朝它微笑，它也會朝你微笑；但如果你朝它皺眉頭，它也會朝你皺眉頭；如果你用懷疑的目光看待它，它也會以同樣懷疑的目光看待你。心的不僅溫暖了自己的心，同時也溫暖了所有跟他接觸的人的心?！罢l將愛拒之門外，誰就會被愛拒之門外?！奔偃缥以倩氐酵?，我就要養(yǎng)成經常說“不”的習慣。我可以寫上好幾頁，談談早期培養(yǎng)這一點的重要性。一個少年要能挺得起

45、腰桿，拒絕做不值得做的事-就因為它不值得做。假如我再回到童年，我會要求自己對待同伴和朋友更禮貌，而且對陌生人也同樣如此。在坎坷的人生道路上，最細小的禮貌猶如在漫長的冬季為我們歌唱的小鳥，使得冰天雪地的嚴冬變得較易忍受。最后，假如我再回到童年，我不會竭力為自己謀幸福-仿佛那是人生的唯一目標；與之相反，我會更加努力-讓他人幸福。Chapter 5. I Dread the End of the Year單詞與詞組 Words and phrasesdreadv.懼怕psychologist n. 心理學家fogy n. 守舊者Goethe n. 歌德(詩人)immensea. 無邊的根據朗讀標記，

46、聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。"I dread to come to the end of the year" ,said a friend to me recently, "it makes me realize I am growing old.”William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are "old fogies at twenty-five". He was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their

47、 jobs. They have accumulated the little stock of prejudices that they call their "Principles, " and closed their minds to all new ideas; they have ceased to grow.The minute a man ceases to grow-no matter what his years-that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great ma

48、n never grows old.Goethe passed out at eighty-three, and finished his Faust only a few years earlier; Gladstone took up a new language when he was seventy. Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy-eight. He died crying, "What we know is nothing; what w

49、e do not know is immense."And there you have the real answer to the question, "When is a man old?"Laplace at seventy-eight died young. He was still unsatisfied, still sure that he had a lot to learn.As long as a man can keep himself in that attitude of mind, as long as he can look bac

50、k on every year and say , "I grew," he is still young.The minute he ceases to grow, the minute he says to himself, "I know all that I need to know,"-that day youth stops. He may be twenty-five or seventy-five, it makes no difference. On that day he begins to be old.背誦小貼士 Recitati

51、on tips這篇文章是典型的擺事實，講道理的結構，作者從幾個方面反復論證一個道理：The minute a man ceases to grow-no matter what his years-that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old. 前兩段不背也罷，后面的把幾個事例記住就好了。參考譯文；我懼怕歲末年尾“我懼怕臨近歲末年尾”，一位朋友最近對我說：“它使我意識到我正在變老。”偉大的心理學家威廉·詹姆斯就曾說過，大多數人“25歲時就成了守舊落伍者”

52、。他的話是對的。大多數人25歲時就滿足于他們的工作。他們已經積累了一些他們稱之為“原則”的偏見，對所有新的思想關閉心靈之門；他們已經停止成長。一個人一旦停止成長-不管他年齡多大-他就開始衰老。反之，真正的偉人從來不會衰老。歌德享年83歲，逝世前幾年才完成浮士德；格萊斯頓70歲時又開始學習一門外國語；法國天文學家拉普拉斯78歲死時還在工作著。臨死前，他大聲喊道：“我們所知的太少太少，我們所不知的太多太多。”“一個人何時變老？”，從這類事例中對這個問題你已經有了真正的答案。拉普拉斯78歲逝世時依然年輕。他依舊不滿足，依舊感到許多東西要學。一個人，只要他能夠保持這種心態(tài)，只要他在回首過去的一年時能夠

53、說“我在成長”，他就依然年輕。他一旦停止成長，他一旦對自己說“我該懂的都懂了”，這個時候他的青春也就完了。他可能在25歲時死去，也可能在75歲時死去，這都沒有區(qū)別。就在那一天，他開始變老。Chapter 6. Are These the Best Years of Your Life?單詞與詞組 Words and phrasespredictable a.可預言的primen. 青春,精華computationn. 計算possess v. 擁有trade-off n. 交換,平衡quotient n.商,份額sonata n. 奏鳴曲根據朗讀標記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。The ups an

54、d downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share. Even if you've passed some of your "prime", you still have other prime years to experience in the future. Certain important primes seem to peak later

55、 in life.When are you smartest? From18-25, according to I.Q. scores; but you're wiser and more experienced with increasing age.You're sharpest in your 20's; around 30, memory begins to decline, particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations. But your I.Q. for other tasks

56、climbs. Your vocabulary at age 45, for example, is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at age 21. This trade-off between sharpness and wisdom has led psychologists to suggest that "maturity quotients" (M.Q.) be adopted for adults.When are you happiest? You have the best physical sense of yourself from15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49.Before age 24, we believe that our happiest