成功的英文故事

成功的英文故事（共9篇）

成功的英文故事 篇1

A person in the shelter under the eaves， Kuan Yin is to see through umbrella. The man said： “The Goddess of Mercy， Purdue creatures like you， take me for some how?” Yin said： “I am the rain， you no rain， you do not need my degree.” The man immediately jumped out ， standing in the rain： “Now I am also the rain， and the degree of me?” Yin said： “You in the rain， I am also the rain， I will not be poured， because there are umbrella; you are the rain， because No umbrella. why is not my own degrees， but my umbrella degrees. you want， the do not have to look for me， please umbrella brought to! ”he will go. The next day， this person has encountered difficult for it to Kuan Yin temple. Entering the temple， it was found before as the Kuan Yin is also a person in worship， that the same individual look and Guanyin， no less. The man asked： “You are Guanyin it?” The man replied： “I is Guanyin.” The man asked： “Why do you worship their own?” Guanyin laughed： “I have encountered a difficult， but I know ”

Tip： can save itself.

成功的英文故事 篇2

摘要：出版业是文化传播的主要载体，也是一个国家软实力的重要体现。近几年来，中国图书走出去取得了一些可喜的成就，但这仍然无法否认我国出版业长期存在的贸易逆差和中国图书在欧美影响力非常有限的现状。科幻小说《三体》的成功是一个例外，从它2014年11月在美国上市以来便获得美国社会尤其是科幻界的高度关注，并于今年获得美国科幻”星云奖”的提名，最终斩获”雨果奖”最佳长篇小说奖，海外销量也在持续攀升。本文主要从读者评论的角度剖析《三体》英文版在美国的成功原因，以图丰富中国图书走出去的理论研究，为中国图书开拓海外市场提供参考。

关键词：《三体》；成功原因；读者评论

一、研究方法

小说的创作服务于读者，一部小说的成功体现在读者对其的肯定和喜爱程度。因此，本次科研立项选取了《三体》的读者评论作为切入点，通过语料库研究的方法找出读者的关注点，分析《三体》成功的原因。

Goodreads是美国的一家大型图书分享型社交网站，有“海外版豆瓣”之称。本次科研的研究对象是Goodreads网站上的750篇读者评论。共20万字. 运用北外语料库BFSU PowerConc作为研究工具进行检索和词频统计。

二、词频表

按上述研究方法，我们发现以下关键词的频数排在前列：

三、读者评论分析

1. 题材角度

科幻小说一般想象奇崛，情节扣人心弦，并且能够为人类的未来提供可能性，在美国是最受人欢迎的通俗读物之一。从Goodreads的评论中可以看出，很多美国读者表示《三体》的科幻题材非常吸引人，认为《三体》是科幻小说中的杰作。关键词science fiction在750篇书评中共出现578次。

读者Monica： Liu has created a science fiction masterpiece that is meaningful on a variety of levels， and that will captivate and exhilarate readers from every corner of the globe.（刘慈欣创造了一部科幻小说的杰作。它具有丰富的内涵，吸引、虏获了世界各地的读者。）

由此可见，读者对《三体》的评价很高，对于它在科幻想象上的成功给予了很大的肯定。《三体》想象了一个人类和外星人之间的故事。美国最大的科幻出版社，托尔出版社的推荐语就是：“外星人截获了来自地球的信号，并计划侵略地球……这故事最终化为这部格局庞大、视野恢宏的科幻神作。”从读者评论中可以发现，读者被“宇宙”、“外星文明”的题材深深吸引。关键词alien在选取的样本中共出现191次。

读者Ben Babcock： Liu has imagined some of the challenges alien life might face as it evolves in a completely different star system.（刘慈欣想象了在一个完全不同的星际世界中外星文明可能遇到的挑战。）

科幻题材相对于其他题材更容易走出国门，被外国读者所接受，因为它传达的理念是普世的。作者刘慈欣也在一次采访中提到，《三体》就是一部比较标准的科幻小说，不是一本很有中国特色的书，它所描述的问题是全人类所要面对的危机。其中的主角虽然是中国人，但并不是作为一个民族来呈现的，而是把中国人作为人类的一部分来描写的。正如北京师范大学研究科幻文学的吴岩教授所评论的：“《三体》第一部的获奖，首先是沟通科技时代不同民族普适审美感受的成功。”

2.人性角度

人类对人与自然关系的认识，从古至今，从敬畏、征服到和谐共处，不断地在变化。小说中三体星球所代表的高科技文明与三体人性道德的反差，更是引起读者的深思。在Goodreads选取的750篇读者书评中，提到human， humanity共计306次。

读者SumantNatkar：“These are the rules of the game of civilization： The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary.”（人类文明游戏的规则首先是要，保证人类的生存和生活的舒适，其他都是次要的。）

显然大多读者对于小说中人性的探讨有着较高的评价。小说对人性劣根性无所保留、毫不留情地揭露，深深地吸引了广大读者并引起了共鸣，激起了读者对当代社会中人与人之间不择手段的竞争，人对自然的无情掠夺的联想。

《三体》对人性，对生活伦理，社会伦理，政治伦理的探讨，使得《三体》大获成功。

3.构思角度

小说中单一时空的叙事一向是很容易令人感到疲倦和乏味的，《三体》在这方面的设计独具匠心。剧情设计有两条线索，其一是叶文洁的回忆、历史和现实时空的交叉，其二是三体游戏世界和现实世界的交叉。作者将历史、现实和虚幻相互交叉，使得情节高潮迭起，让阅读的趣味和口感大幅度提升。在Goodreads上所选取的700多篇书评中，plot这个单词出现了256次，game出现了300次。

读者Katherine： I thought the book had an incredibly interesting plot full of fascinating ideas. It touches on a lot of different things， from astrophysics to virtual reality computer games to alien contact and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.（我认为这小说的情节非常奇思妙想，从天文学到虚拟的电脑游戏再到与外星人的接触和对外星文明的探索。）

从读者的书评中来看，小说中的这两组交叉，的确使他们极其充满兴趣，因为小说中不同背景下故事的交汇和插叙很常见，但《三体》中却一个是时间上的交叉，另一个是空间上的交叉，这就让读者叹为观止。更精妙的是，其中那款游戏的设计，既迎合了当代读者的心理，三体游戏中对于三体世界真相的层层揭开以及其中展现出的一些奇思妙想或者地理奇观本身就对读者具有很强的诱惑力。

4. 翻译角度

《三体》第一部的翻译自2012年9月始，历时9个月，前后共译4遍。译者是美籍华裔科幻作家刘宇昆，他精通中英文，对中西方文化有很深的造诣。在美国专业书评网站Goodreads的750篇书评里，translation共出现了247次，Ken Liu（刘宇昆的英文名）和translator共出现了268次，读者普遍反应他的翻译读起来流畅、自然，又忠于原文，保留了原著的语言风格。

读者们不但对刘宇昆的翻译表示了极大的肯定，同时对他的脚注表示非常赞赏。读者Monica就评论说：“I also found the translators footnotes fascinating， as they explained a lot of the references to everyday life and history in China. ”（我也发现译者的脚注非常精彩，因为它们解释了原文所指的中国的日常生活和历史。）

译者成功的翻译对《三体》走向世界起到了不可或缺的作用。正如雨果奖颁奖典礼上刘慈欣在获奖感言对刘宇昆翻译的赞美：“翻译作品总是在跨越两个不同的文化和时空，就本书而言，这座桥梁就是刘宇昆。他的译文非常好，几近完美。”

四、总结

根据对读者评论的分析可以得出，《三体》第一部成功的原因有四：

1. 将普世的科幻题材和带有中国特色的历史背景相结合。既将人类作为一个整体来写，从而引起读者的共鸣，又加之中国鲜为外国人所知的文革历史，引起读者的好奇。

2. 在写外星文明时同时思考人性，揭露人类的贪婪，剖析人性的罪恶，把小说上升到了哲学高度，激发读者的思考。

3. 线索清晰，构思宏大。小说的情节发展随着叶文洁的文革经历、汪淼遇到的现实危机以及三体游戏的进程三条线索逐步展开，历史、现实、游戏三个时空相交织，让读者既感觉耳目一新，又感受到恢弘的气势。

4. 翻译自然流畅、准确到位，脚注解释清楚明白。

参考文献：

[1]董亚男. 文化走出去战略下我国图书版权输出研究[D].山东大学，2010.

[2]刘晓伟. 社会化媒体营销研究[D].山东师范大学，2014.

[3]陈许. 试论美国科幻小说的产生和发展[J]. 国外文学，2002，02：35-42.

成功的英文名言 篇3

2. Procrastinators who say, “There’s always tomorrow!” deny the reality that one day, they will be wrong.

3. It’s easier to take a small action now instead of a big action “some day.”

4. What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while.

5. The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done.

6. If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

7. The best way to prepare for the future is to take care of the present.

8. Don’t forget what happened, but understand that you cannot move forward while looking backwards.

9. Don’t carry your mistakes around with you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as stepping stones.

10. Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing.

11. No matter how many mistakes you make, or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.

12. Past mistakes should teach you to create a wonderful future; not cause you to be afraid of it.

13. Don’t get caught up in wasted potential from years past. Potential is all we ever have.

14. No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you always have the choice to turn around.

15. You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

16. Stop looking back at the door shutting behind you before you walk past the door opening in front of you.

17. Being uncomfortable and uncertain is part of learning and growing. Get used to it. It’s worth it.

18. When you stop worrying about what you can’t control, you have time to change the things you can control.

19. When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.

20. You might think you’re not good enough, but you’ll surprise yourself when you try.

21. People seldom do things to the best of their ability. They do things to the best of their willingness.

22. Don’t worry about others doing better than you. Concentrate on beating your own records every day. Success is a battle between YOU and YOURSELF only.

23. You’ll never reach your destination if you keep stopping to tell everyone where you’ve been and what you’ve accomplished.

24. If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven’t done much today.

25. Every day we are faced with great opportunities disguised as difficult circumstances.

26. There is a hidden treasure inside every problem. It’s your job to find it.

27. Worrying is like a rocking in a chair: it keeps you busy, but doesn’t get you anywhere.

28. Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

29. The one who wins the race in the long run is usually not the strongest or the fastest, but the one who has tried the hardest.

30. Often it’s the deepest pain which empowers you to grow into your highest self.

31. The one who falls and gets up it so much stronger than the one who never fell.

32. The only difference between an obstacle and an opportunity is your attitude.

33. Approach the start of each day with one goal and end the day with one word: DONE!

34. Don’t think of all the sadness in the world, think of all the beauty that still remains around you.

35. When you are feeling down or dealing with failure, don’t be ashamed. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.

36. Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.

37. It doesn’t matter if you’ve failed or if you’ve been beaten. All that matters is that you learn something, get back up, and try again. Because winning is a good feeling, but winning when nobody else thought you could is an awesome feeling.

38. Mistakes teach you important lessons. Every time you make one, you’re one step closer to your goal. The only mistake that can truly hurt you is choosing to do nothing simply because you’re too scared to make a mistake.

39. In order to be creative, we must lose our fear of being wrong. Take a chance on the opportunities your gut says are good, because some things only happen once.

40. Don’t let your fear of what could happen make nothing happen. If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

41. “Time changes everything.” That’s what people say, but it’s not really true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were.

42. If you want to get over a problem, stop mulling it over and talking about it. Your mind affects your mouth, and your mouth affects your mind. It’s nearly impossible to move beyond something when you’re obsessing over it.

43. When something bad happens, you can either let it define you, let it destroy you or let it strengthen you. The choice is yours. You have three choices in life: Give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got.

44. Don’t look back and ask, “Why?” Look ahead and ask, “Why not?” When it comes to your dreams and goals, be too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful, and too determined to be defeated.

有关成功的英文名言 篇4

那种失败只不过是前进的踏脚石。——美国记者、外交家里德W.

The greater a man is ,the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him. John Burroughs, American naturalist 一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。——美国博物学家巴勒斯.J.

The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things. with his hand, with his mind, with his will. Each of us wants to feel he of she has the ability to do something that is meaningful and that serves a tribute to our inherent abilities. LeonardR. Saylis, British writer

人们渴求有一种成就感，渴望有能力用自己的手、用自己的脑、用自己的意志办事。我们每个人都希望自己能够作出有意义、并能显示出自己天赋的事来。——英国作家塞尔斯。L.R.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want,and if they cannot find them, they make them. George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。

——英国剧作家肖伯纳。G.

The success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. Henry Wadsworth Longrellwo.American poet

成功就是好好工作而不计较名利。——美国诗人朗费罗.H.W.

The world more frequently recommends the appearance of merit than merit itself. Rochefoucauld, Frcnch writer.

世人往往推崇表面的功绩，而不是推崇真正的功绩。——法国作家罗切福考尔德

There are two ways of rising in the world, either by your own industry or by the folly of others. Jean De La Bruyere, French moralist

努力获得成功的英文作文 篇5

“Where there is a will, there is way” is an old proverb which almost everyone knows, but not all understand it so well. Actually, it means that if you are really resolved to do something, no matter how difficult it might be, never give up.

In fact, strong will is a kind of good quality which successful people should own. A great man is always one who has a firm resolution and an inflexible spirit. One will never succeed all his life without a firm will to get the final victory. As a rule, great tasks are accomplished by men of strong will. For example, Dr. Sun Yatsen, the founder of the Republic of China, set the Chinese people free from the Manchurian rule through a long period of hard struggle. Many of his attempts failed and many of his followers were killed, but he had an inflexible spirit and stuck to his cause. Finally, he made the revolution of 1911 a success. The same is true of men in all walks of life.

成功的英文故事 篇6

具体来说，英文商务电子邮件的主体段应具备两大特征：统一性和连贯性。统一性包括如下三点：①主体段中的每一段应围绕一个要点展开叙述；②每一段的内容必须完整，独立成体；③主体段的不同要点之间应存在内在的统一性，围绕同一个大主题展开叙述。连贯性是指主体段中的段与段之间以及句与句之间应该连贯、顺畅。下面我们通过相应的案例来阐述和分析这两大特征。

统一性

我们通过下面的案例来分析如何实现英文商务电子邮件主体段的统一性。

案例1

The main line of our business is air-conditioners export. Would you please give me the name of your bank? Illustrated catalogues and pricelists will be airmailed at your request.

分析

上述这段话为一封商务电子邮件的主体段。邮件撰写人为某外贸公司的业务员，写这封邮件的主要目的是想和对方公司建立业务联系。

这一主体段存在一个很突出的问题：将三个不同的要点堆在了一个段落中，而且这三个要点之间没有统一的主题，导致收件人读起来很费解。如上文所述，邮件主体段的正确写法是每一段只包含一个要点，且不同的要点之间应存在内在的联系，以实现内容上的统一。就上述这一主体段而言，虽然三个句子在阐述不同的要点，但实际上三者之间存在一个内在的联系，即与对方公司建立业务联系。因此，我们可以将上述的内容略作扩展，通过添加适当的语句来实现不同要点之间的统一性。我们来看修改后的邮件主体段。

修改后的主体段

Our bank has informed us that you need an air-conditioner supplier. As our main line is exporting air-conditioners, we cordially propose that we become partners.

If you agree, please send us your bank’s name so we can better know your company.

We will send you our illustrated catalogue and pricelist as soon as we receive your enquiry.

连贯性

我们同样通过一个案例来分析如何实现英文商务电子邮件主体段的连贯性。

案例2

I’m very glad to inform you that the 75 hopper railway cars supplied by your company are estimated to arrive at Destination Puerto Ordaz in December. So may I have the pleasure to invite you to our company located at Puerto Ordaz, Estado Bolivar? We will hold a celebration ritual of 75 hopper railway cars. In the past two years, we had a very satisfying cooperation, and we look forward to developing future business with you. We hope you could come to Puerto Ordaz on December 3rd.

分析

上述这段话为一封电子邮件的主体段，邮件撰写人为某外企的客户经理。他写这封邮件的目的是邀请对方参加庆祝典礼。

这一主体段主要存在两大问题：①将所有的内容用一个段落阐述，增加了收件人阅读和理解的难度。②句与句之间不够连贯、顺畅。该主体段首先说明火车车厢预计于12月到达目的地，接着便向对方提出邀请，然后才说明邀请的理由。这三个要点之间的逻辑关系没有把握好，导致语义不是很连贯。那么，如何在写作主体段时做到行文连贯呢？我们可以从确保语义连贯、使用替代词和连接词以及省略等方面多下工夫。下面我们就针对这几个方面一一分析。

1. 确保语义连贯

语义连贯指的是句与句之间以及段与段之间应该衔接紧密、逻辑清晰。也就是说，后文应该围绕前文展开叙述，后文内容可以在前文内容中找到线索，这样收件人读起来才不会有跳跃感和突兀感。例如上述案例中的第二句话与第一句话之间的语义就不连贯，让人读起来感觉有点莫名其妙：第一句话并不是第二句话的原因，何来的“so”呢？到底为什么要向对方提出邀请呢？读到下文才明白，原来邀请的原因是“We will hold a celebration ritual of 75 hopper railway cars”。大家需要明白的是，一封正式的商务电子邮件不是悬疑小说，不应该让收件人带着疑问去读下文。就案例2而言，如果将案例中的第二句话和第三句话中想表达的内容调换一下顺序，语义就会顺畅很多：“We are planning to hold a celebration ceremony for the arrival of the 75 hopper railway cars in our company in Puerto Ordaz, Estado Bolivar on Dec. 3rd, 2011. Therefore, we would like to invite you to attend this ceremony on that day.”

2. 使用替代词

英文写作切忌重复，英文商务电子邮件也是如此。为了确保文章语意连贯、表达简洁，英文中常用it、one、ones、that、those等替代词来替代上文已经出现过的名词。我们先来看一封邮件中的主体段。

Thank you for the copy of your new book, Guide to Business Writing, which you sent me last week.

The book turns out to be just the book I needed! The book is full of useful information and I’m sure I will be consulting the book a lot in the future when I have to write letters and reports in English.

这一段的内容中重复出现了the book，致使句与句之间的衔接非常别扭，读起来有断断续续的感觉。因为第一段中已经提到book，所以下文中出现的the book完全可以用it来替代，这样行文就会顺畅得多。

但同时要强调的一点是，我们在撰写邮件时，尽量不要在邮件的开头部分出现he、she、it、this等代词。因为收件人的思路可能与你的思路不同，代词太多会让他们感到很迷惑。例如笔者曾见过这样的邮件开头：“I know you want to talk about it, but I am tied up in meetings all day.”这句话中的it出现在开头，指代不明，容易让人困惑，因此作者应将it所指代的具体内容表述出来，例如：“I know you want to talk about the proposal, but I am tied up in meetings all day.”

3. 使用连接词

使用连接词也是增强句与句之间以及段与段之间连贯性的常用方法。这些连接词主要包括副词、连词、介词短语等。以下为一些常用的连接词。

◆ 表递进：in addition、moreover、what’s more、besides、also等；

◆ 表转折：although、nevertheless、however等；

◆ 表对比：in contrast、on the contrary等；

◆ 表强调：above all、especially、most importantly等；

◆ 表举例：for example、for instance等；

◆ 表结果：as a result、because of this、for this reason、hence、therefore等；

◆ 表总结：to sum up、finally、in a word等；

◆ 表时间：at present、in the future、meanwhile、recently、shortly、when等。

4. 省略

上文提到，撰写邮件时应尽量避免重复。除了可以使用代词外，省略也是避免重复的重要方式。例如，如果两个并列的谓语动词拥有相同的宾语，为了避免重复，要省略掉其中一个宾语。我们一起来对比下面两个句子。

1.Please sign one copy of the Sales Confirmation and return this copy for our file.

2.Please sign and return one copy of the Sales Confirmation for our file.

很显然，第二个句子比第一个读起来更为连贯、简练。

通过对上述四种方式的介绍，相信读者已经对如何增强段落连贯性有所了解。下面笔者提供上述案例2的修改版本，以供读者参考。

修改后的主体段

We are very pleased to inform you that the 75 hopper railway cars supplied by your company are estimated to arrive at the destination, Puerto Ordaz, in December. We are planning to hold a celebration ceremony for the arrival of the 75 hopper railway cars in our company in Puerto Ordaz, Estado Bolivar on Dec. 3rd, 2011. Therefore, we would like to invite you to attend this ceremony on that day.

We consider your participation in this ceremony to be vital, as you are one of our major suppliers. Over the past two years, we have enjoyed a very satisfactory cooperation, and we sincerely wish to develop further business with you.

We look forward to seeing you in Puerto Ordaz on Dec. 3rd.

Several weeks after a young man had been hired, he was called into the personnel director’s office.

“What is the meaning of this?” the director asked. “When you applied for the job, you told us you had five years’ experience. Now we discover this is the first job you ever held.”

关于成功的英文命题作文 篇7

No pains , no gains.one who wants to succeed must try his or her best to focus on what he or she is doing. None can make progress without any efforts. Thus, if you want to be successful , you ought to work hard .

Another secret is to accumulate experience, regardless of success or failure. Anyone, developing and improving himself or herself , is based on getting knowledge from what he or she did. Every time I begin to do a new thing , I can always receive help from experience.

To be more important is confidence. One lack of it can’t do anything with enthuasim and encouragement .One full of confidence can face chanllage directly and think over methods to tackle difficulties.

有关成功的名言英文翻译 篇8

世人缺乏的是毅力，而非气力。——雨果

2. No human can repel a firm hope.—— Kingsley

永远没有人力可以击退一个坚决强毅的希望。——金斯莱

3. Heaven revolves, the gentleman to unremitting self-improvement. —— Wen Tianxiang

天行健，君子以自强不息。——文天祥

4. As long as the continuous efforts, unremitting struggle, there is no things that can not be conquered.—— Seneca

只要持续地努力，不懈地奋斗，就没有征服不了的东西。——塞内加

5. Once you choose your way of life, be brave to stick it out and never return.—— Zola

生活的道路一旦选定，就要勇敢地走到底，决不回头。——左拉

6. No patient who, who has no wisdom.—— he di

谁没有耐心，谁就没有智慧。——萨迪

7. It is dogged does it. The days of easy, but careless people. —— Yuan Mei

天下无难事，只怕有心人。天下天易事，只怕粗心人。——袁枚

8. Poor and stronger, not falling Albatron ambition. —— Wang Bo

穷且益坚，不坠青云之志。——王勃

9. We should have the perseverance, must have the self-confidence especially! We must believe, our talent is used to do something. —— Mrs. Curie

我们应有恒心，尤其要有自信心!我们必须相信，我们的天赋是要用来做某种事情的。——居里夫人

10. Determined to not firm, with nothing.—— Zhu Xi

立志不坚，终不济事。——朱熹

11. One day, the ten day of ten money, money. Little strokes fell great oaks. Dripping water wears through a stone.

一日一钱，十日十钱。绳锯木断，水滴石穿。

12. Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.

不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。

13. Tell you that I reach the goal of the mystery, I only power is my persistence spirit.—— Pasteur

告诉你使我达到目标的奥秘吧，我唯一的力量就是我的坚持精神。——巴斯德

14. Stop chipping halfway , you cannot chop down deadwood ; and keep chipping a way, gold and stone can be carved.—— Xun Kuang

锲而舍之，朽木不折;锲而不舍，金石可镂。——荀况

15. Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will ,rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.——La Racheforcauld

事情很少又根本做不成的;其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。——罗切福考尔德

16. Have achieved unremittingly, indomitable than when subjected to failure is more important. —— Laroche

取得成就时坚持不懈，要比遭到失败时顽强不屈更重要。——拉罗什夫科

17. To watch the sunrise must wait till dawn.

要看日出必须守到拂晓。

18. Be honest rather clever.

诚实比聪明更要紧。

19. Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.

随遇而安。

20. Be just to all, but trust not all.

新加坡的成功故事 篇9

作为世界上人口密度最高的国家之一，新加坡成功解决了人民的住房问题。这个奇迹怎么赞美都不为过。

With huge hopes for the future， Singapore began to build the 1）infrastructure worthy of a first-world country. What started as 2）kampongs， or villages， made out of 3）makeshift houses， became high-rise buildings. What was once home for my grandfather and his family was to be transformed. It’s a story millions of Singaporeans share.

My grandfather sold his plot of land in the 1960s and moved into a HDB， or 4）Housing Development Board home， thousands of which were sprouting up all over the island. It was an affordable way for Singaporeans to buy property and raise their standard of living.

Liu Thai Ker （Former CEO， Housing Development Board）： We had a huge task. When we first started in 1960， 1.3 million lived in 5）squatters. We worked very hard to move the squatters into the modern housing， provided with good 6）utilities. We were very clear that the only choice is to build high-rise， highdensity housing.

Gov Ad： Running water at the turn of a tap. And， wonder of wonders—electric light.

The new towers were 7）self-contained， with their own clinics， schools and shops.

Liu Thai Ker： There is a [sic] internal logic in the city， just like in a human being. You must put your lung this way， your stomach this way， your ear this way. There’s a logic for the positioning of this. In a city， it’s the same thing. We actually mixed the applications across all the social-economic data so that they’re all put into the same 8）precincts.

In public housing， it’s not an issue of 9）brick and mortar. It is part of nation-building. It is part of community-building.

（建国后）带着对未来的宏伟展望，新加坡开始建设可与发达国家比肩的基础设施。原来的小村庄，也就是马来语称之为“甘榜”的居民村，现在已经高楼林立。我爷爷及他家人曾经的家园也将发生变化。这是几百万新加坡人共同经历的变革故事。

上世纪60年代，我爷爷卖掉他的一小块地，搬进组屋，也就是由政府建屋发展局建造的公共组屋。那个时候，千百栋这类组屋在全岛拔地而起。对新加坡人来说，这些组屋经济实惠，使他们能够购买房产，提高生活水平。

刘太格（建屋发展局前局长）：我们当时的任务相当繁重。我们在1960年启动组屋建设时，有130万人口居住在棚户区。我们努力工作，让棚屋居民搬进了设施完善的现代住宅。我们当时很清楚，解决问题的惟一方法就是建设高密度的高层住宅楼。

政府广告：一拧水龙头就有自来水，还有奇迹中的奇迹——电灯。

这些新的高层住宅楼有自己的诊所、学校和商店，配套设施完备，独立自足。

刘太格：一个城市有其内在的运作规律，就如一个人体，必须是你的肺在这里，胃在那里，你的耳朵这样放，它们的位置都是有规律的。一个城市也一样。实际上，我们还将经济和社会背景各异的申请人资料都混合在一起，使他们能在同一区域居住。

公共组屋不只是真实存在的居民住宅，它还是国家建设的一部分，是社区建设的一部分。

我们绝不应该假设新加坡会持续不断地创造成功

除了不能饮用的海水，新加坡几乎没有任何自然资源，但它创造的奇迹不仅仅是经济上的腾飞，更是在各种石油危机、金融风暴、经济萧条中持续的发展与繁荣。其经济发展局主席的一席话道破了天机。

nlc202309042102

High above “10）Speaker’s Corner” sits Singapore’s Economic Development Board， which has been attracting major companies to come here for decades.

Beh Swan Gin （Chairman， Economic Development Board）： I think the pressure to succeed is high， and partly that’s because Singapore can’t rely on natural resources to survive. So it has to depend on the human capital of Singapore being able to excel， but having said that， to the opportunities available to young people today， is enormously diverse. In the single city-state， in a small country， very few countries can offer that.

Q： So how does Singapore continue [sic] to stay successful in the next 50 years？

Beh Swan Gin： We should never assume that Singapore continue [sic] to succeed. We have to， on an ongoing basis， constantly find ways to be relevant to the global business community， to the rest of the world， with the economic direction that Singapore needs to， to go， which is innovation. How can we create new things？ How can we innovate and come up with new businesses， new products and new services？ We need to be a global city. We need to be a city that’s relevant to the rest of the world.

Singapore celebrates its 50th year of independence， but， today， it’s really not independent at all. And that’s the beauty of it. Singapore’s success and its economy is [sic] interlinked to the rest of the world. It depends on many nations coming together to prosper. As the world grows richer and more people become global citizens， just imagine what can be achieved across the world in the next 50 years.

新加坡经济发展局高高地坐落在“演讲者之角”的上方。几十年来，这吸引了不少大型企业到新加坡。

马宣仁（经济发展局主席）：我认为，要获得成功的压力很大，部分原因是新加坡无法依靠自然资源生存，所以必须依靠新加坡卓越的人力资源。说到这一点，现在我们提供给年轻人的机会是很多元化的。像我们这样一个城市小国，很少国家能够做到这一点。

问：那么，新加坡如何在未来的50年里继续获得成功呢？

马宣仁：我们绝不应该假设新加坡会持续不断地创造成功。我们必须不断寻找新加坡需要的经济发展道路，以适应全球商业发展，适应全球经济的发展方向，这条道路就是创新。我们如何去创造新事物？如何才能创新？开展新业务，研发新产品，提供新服务？我们要成为国际城市，我们要成为一个与世界其他地方同步发展的城市。

新加坡正在庆祝独立50周年，但是，今天的新加坡一点也不“独立”。这就是它的魅力所在，新加坡的成功及其经济与世界其他地区息息相关，其成功依赖于很多国家共同创造繁荣。随着世界越来越富有，更多的人成为世界公民，我们可以设想一下在未来的50年，世界将取得怎样的成就。