为你读书：《创造机会》 Make the Opportunity

 

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The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind.

缺乏机会，总是意志脆弱优柔寡断的人的借口。

Opportunities!

机会!

Every life is full of them.

在每个人的生活当中，无处不在。

Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity.

学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。

Every examination is a chance in life.

每一场考试都是人生的契机。

Every business transaction is an opportunity, an opportunity to be polite, an opportunity to be manly, an opportunity to be honest, an opportunity to make friends.

每一次商务往来都是一次机会--一次礼貌待人的机会，一次果敢行事的机会，一次诚实守信的机会，一次广交朋友的机会。

Every proof of confidence in you is a great opportunity.

每一份对你的信任，对你都是一次莫大的机会。

Young men and women, why do you stand here all the day idle?

年轻人啊，为何你们整日裹足不前而虚掷光阴?

Are the seats all taken?

难道所有的席位都已另有归属?

The positions all filled?

所有的职位都已人满为患?

The chances all gone?

所有的机会都一去不返?

Don't wait for your opportunity.

切莫株守机会。

Make it, as every man must, who would accomplish anything worth the effort.

去创造它，人人必须如此，任何人都能获得应有的回报。

Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.

对于懒惰来讲，天赐良机也会化为乌有;对于勤奋而言，即使是微不足道的机会，也会变得金光闪闪!