And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA LearningEnglish.
现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。
We all want to be a success in life. But success can look different fromperson to person. Perhaps the key to success is really knowingyourself. What do you want? What are your skills and strong suits?What are you really good at and what are you not?
我们都想在生活中取得成功。但是成功因人而异。也许成功的关键是真正了解自己。你想要什么?你的技能和强项是什么?你真正擅长什么，不擅长什么?
Climbing the ladder of success alsorequires different strategies in different industries. If wantto be a success in a traditional corporate environment, you may have to wearbusiness clothing like a suit. As they say, you may have to dress forsuccess.
攀登成功的阶梯，在不同的行业也需要不同的策略。如果你想在传统的公司环境中取得成功，你可能需要穿西装之类的商务装。正如他们所说，你可能必须为成功而着装。
If want a creative job, you may need to wear the latest fashions.Again, English has a common expression about clothes and future job goals:"Dress for the job you want, not the one you have."
如果你想要一份创造性的工作，你可能需要穿最新的时装。再说一次，英语中有一个关于服装和未来工作目标的常用表达:“为你想要的工作而着装，而不是你现在的工作。”
However, success takes more than just the right clothes. It also takeshard work. Oftentimes others do not see all the hard work that goes into aproject. They think success comes suddenly, for example overnight. Let's say anunknown writer makes it big with her first book. People maycall her an overnight success. But they do not know about the manyyears she spent studying and writing.
然而，成功需要的不仅仅是合适的衣服。这也需要努力工作。通常情况下，其他人并没有看到项目中所有的辛勤工作。他们认为成功来得突然，比如一夜之间。假设一位不知名的作家凭借她的第一本书大获成功。人们可能会说她一夜成名，但他们不知道她花了多少年时间学习和写作。
Another ingredient in the recipe for success isa plan. To reach your goal, you need to get organized and break the goal downinto doable steps. You know what they say – if you fail to plan, youplan to fail.
成功的另一个要素是计划。为了实现你的目标，你需要组织起来，把目标分解成可行的步骤。你知道他们说的——如果你没有计划，你就会计划失败。
Many English phrases make the road to success sound likea real physical path -- something we could find on a map.
许多英语短语使通往成功的道路听起来像一条真正的物理道路——我们可以在地图上找到的东西。
Real roads are paved with materials such as asphalt.But when we talk about success, the roads to it are paved with differentmaterials. Sometimes we say the roads are paved with gold. Thissuggests a place where success, especially financial wealth, is easy to comeby.
真正的道路是用沥青之类的材料铺成的。但是当我们谈论成功时，通往成功的道路是由不同的材料铺成的。有时我们说道路是用金子铺成的。这表明一个地方很容易获得成功，尤其是金融财富。
For some people the road to success is paved with hard work or luck.Others may find their road to success is paved with failures. Learning fromtheir failures taught them how to succeed.
对有些人来说，成功之路是靠努力或运气铺成的。其他人可能会发现他们的成功之路是由失败铺成的。从失败中吸取教训教会了他们如何成功。
Often if you follow the right road, you can achieve your goal. Then, lifeis filled with the sweet smell of success. You have theworld at your feet. You are riding high. You've got itmade and are killing it. You are golden.As you can see, we have many expressions describing success.
通常如果你走对了路，你就能实现你的目标。这样，生活就充满了成功的芬芳。全世界都在你脚下。你太得意了。你成功了，而且大获全胜。你是金色的。正如你所看到的，我们有很多描述成功的表达。
But make sure that you do not lose sight of what really makes you happyand successful. Some people become a victim of their own success.This means you start having problems because of your success. And that explainsour final popular English saying, a gentle warning: Be careful what youwish for: you just might get it.
但要确保你没有忽视真正让你快乐和成功的东西。有些人成为自己成功的受害者。这意味着你开始因为你的成功而遇到问题。这就解释了我们最后一个流行的英语短语——一个温和的警告:慎重许愿:你可能会如愿以偿。
And that's all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories.
以上就是本期词汇掌故的全部内容。
How would you define success for your English studies? And do you have aplan to reach it? Go to our website and comment on the story. Or you can sendus an email to this address: LearningEnglish@voanews.com.
你如何定义英语学习的成功?你有达到目标的计划吗?请访问我们的网站并对这篇报道发表评论。或者您可以给我们发电子邮件:LearningEnglish@voanews.com。
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