[双语]天道酬勤：卡尔·马龙的明星之路

 

　　Suprising as it might seem, basketball wasn’t in my plans. One day, my mom cut a rim off an old water barrel and then held it up for me to throw an old rubber ball through. By junior high, I started playing basketball on a team. I loved to compete. There was a positive high I got by going out and playing against other people and working hard to win. For me, it paid off. I just let my success in basketball take its course, but I always put the effort in, every day.

　　可能显得出乎意料，篮球并非我计划之事。一天，我妈妈从一个旧水桶上割下一个圆框，挂了起来，让我往里扔一个旧像皮球。到上初中时，我开始在一个篮球队里打球。我喜欢竞争。走进球场对抗他人并努力争取胜利给我带来积极向上的快感。对我来说，这样做终于有了回报。我只是让我在篮球方面的成功自然发展，但我总是不懈努力，天天如此。

　　No matter what I’ve done, some people wait for my downfall, saying,”Karl Malone can’t do it.” Instead of letting people like that get to me, thay are actually my motivation and I continue to prove them wrong every single day. I try to do the best job I can in a positive way on and off the court. I realize that no matter what I’m dealing with, there’s somebody else out there who has it a little worse off. I’ve been there. And I know that without continued hard work, I could be there again.

　　无论我做什么，总有人等着我失败，说：“卡尔马龙成功不了。”我非但没让那种人挫伤我，反而让他们成了我的动力，继续每天以实际行动证明他们错了。我在篮球场上和篮球场外以积极进取的态度努力做到最好。我明白不论我应对的是什么，总有人生活尚不如我。我曾是他们中的一员。我也知道如果我不坚持努力，就可能回到原来的处境。

　　I am graceful for the life I’ve enjoyed as a basketball star. But when I see those shirts that say”Basketball is life,” I think Yeah, right! It is not life. It can be exciting. But the important thing about basketball is that gives me a way to do good things for others as I mmove through this jourey called life.

　　我感激我作为篮球明星所享受的生活。可当我看到那些T恤上写着“篮球就是生活”时，我想是啊，没错！可篮球又不等于生活。篮球可以激动人心。但篮球最重要的一面是，我在名为生活的旅途上行进时，它提供给我为他人做好事的途径。

　　Success is really about choosing right from wrong, making a positive contribution to the world around you and valuing the things that are really important---like family and friends.

　　成功实际上是在正确与错误中抉择，为你周围的世界作积极的贡献和珍视那些真正重要的东西，如家人和朋友。

　　While everyone was looking to popular athletes, actors and musicians as positive role models, my mom was my inspiration, and she contiues to be all these year later. She taught me that hard work never killed anybody. My mom is my hero. She , my family and friends bring me more joy than anything else in life does.

　　在大家都以运动明星，著名演员和歌星为正面榜样时，我妈妈却成了鼓舞我的力量，日后这些年来依然如此。她教导我懂得了辛勤工作从不会要任何人的命。我妈妈是我心目中的英雄。她，我的家庭和朋友比生活中的任何其他东西都给我带来更多的喜悦。

　　Ate the end of my life, I don’t want to e remembered as the kind of person who just sit on his rear end and said,”I’ve made it.” I don’t ever want to have to say that I didn’ tgibe it everything that I’ve got. Sure there are days that I don’t feel like working hard… but I do it anyway, ’couse that’ who I am.

　　当我的生命结束时，我不愿被铭记为那种坐着轻描淡写地说“我成功了”的人。我永远不想不得已的说我没有为我取得的成功竭尽全力。确实有时候我不想努力工作……可我还是干了，因为我卡尔马龙就是这样的人。