13、 Lay this brick perfectly

1.   Lay this brick perfectly  砌好这块砖

【1】One summer his dad tore down a brick wall in the front of hisbusiness and told 12-year-old Will and his 9-year-old brother to rebuild it.

一年夏天威尔的父亲推到了自家商店门前的一面墙，让12岁的威尔和他9岁的弟弟重建它。

【2】A job they said was impossible.

他们认为这是一个不可完成的工作。

【3】It took them a year and a half ,but they did it.

那花了他们一年半的时间，但是，他们做到了。

【4】And he said, “now don’t you ever tell me there’s something that youcan’t do.”

威尔的父13亲说，“那么，永远不要跟我说有什么事你做不到”。

【5】You don’t set out to build a wall. 你不要想着去造一堵墙。

【6】You don’t say, “I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatestwall that’s ever been built.”

不要想着说，我要造世界上最大，最厉害，最宏伟壮观的墙。

【7】You don’t start there. 不要抱着这种态度开始。

【8】You say, “I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can belaid.”

你要说，我要砌好这块砖，砌的尽可能完美无缺。

【9】You do that every single day. 你每天都要这样去做。

【10】      And soon you have a wall. 很快，你就有了一堵墙。