白领英语晨读经典365 138 I’m Unique 我是独一无二的
我是自然界最伟大的奇迹。
I am nature's greatest miracle.
自从上帝创造了天地万物以来，没有一个人和我一样，我的头脑、心灵、眼睛、耳朵、双手、头发、嘴唇都是与众不同的。言谈举止和我完全一样的人以前没有，现在没有，以后也不会有．虽然四海之内皆兄弟，然而人人各异。我是独一无二的造化。
Since the beginning of time never has there been another with my mind, my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hair, my mouth. None that came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. All men are my brothers yet I am different from each . I am an unique creature.
我不可能像动物一样容易满足，我心中燃烧着代代相传的火焰，它激励我超越自己，我要使这团火燃得更旺，向世界宣布我的出类拔萃。
Although i am of the animal kingdom,animal rewards alone will not satisfy me. Within me burns a flame which has been passed from generations uncounted and its heat is a constant irritation to my spirit to become better than i am , and i will , i will fan this flame of dissatisfaction and proclaim my uniqueness to the world.
我是独一无二的奇迹。
I am unique creature of nature .
物以稀为贵。我独行特立，因而身价百倍。我是千万年进化的终端产物，头脑和身体都超过以往的帝王与智者。
I am rare, and there is value in all rarity; therefore, i am valuable . I am the end product of thousands of years of evolution; therefore, i am better equipped in both mind and body than all the emperors and wise men who preceded me. The lack of it would mean failure in reaching a certain goal. Success seldom comes easily on the first try. What separates the successful from the unsuccessful is persistence. Successful people also fail from time to time, but they don’t let their failure defeat their spirit. Successful people learn from defeats, revise their strategy as needed and try again and again until they succeed. Unsuccessful people try something once or twice and when it fails, they give up, usually passing the blame on to someone or something else, and learn nothing from their own experience.
Successful people expect periodic defeats, learn what went wrong and why, don’t waste looking for someone to blame, make necessary adjustments, and try again. If you are persistent, you will almost inevitably succeed. If you are not persistent, you will almost certainly fail.
[注释]：
persistence: the act of persisting 毅力
revise: to reconsider and change or modify 修改
strategy: 策略
periodic: happening or appearing at regular intervals 定期的
inevitably: invariably occurring or appearing; predictable 不可避免的
