陳希

“I feel that I got lucky because any sense of security1 was polled out from me， so I was forced to look forward， I had to， and was not going back. And I reach the point， where I just thought， ‘All right， Id got to work as hard as I possibly can， and see what happens.”

“我覺得我自己很幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)閷?duì)我來說從來就沒有任何安全感，于是我只能被迫向前走，我必須這樣做，并且不能回頭。當(dāng)我意識(shí)到這點(diǎn)我就想：那么好吧，我要盡我所能努力奮斗，看看究竟會(huì)怎樣。”

It was what the girl Liza said when she decided to keep up to her spirits， bravely and directly face her life and spare no efforts to earn a bright future for herself. At that moment she realized that she could have nobody to rely on or want to rely on any more， and she felt ashamed of2 her ignorance3 and chose to study in school.

這是小女孩麗茲在她打算振作精神，勇敢地直面她的生活并且不遺余力地去為自己爭(zhēng)取一個(gè)燦爛的未來時(shí)說的話。在那一刻，她意識(shí)到她不再有任何人可以依賴或者想著要去依賴了，她為自己的無知感到羞恥，所以選擇去學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。

As a girl that was born in a family with both parents taking drugs， she got barely love or warm from the broken family， but only starvation4， fear and begging experience. This living condition made her an introverted5 girl and she couldnt get well along with her peers， at school she even often got laughed because of her dirt and poverty， so Liza seldom went to school.

作為一個(gè)出生在父母都吸毒的家庭里的小女孩，麗茲幾乎很少?gòu)倪@個(gè)支離破碎的家庭中感受到愛或溫暖，僅僅只有饑餓、恐懼以及乞討的經(jīng)歷。這樣的生活環(huán)境讓麗茲變成一個(gè)內(nèi)向的小女孩，不知道如何與同齡人相處。在學(xué)校她甚至經(jīng)常因?yàn)樨毟F和骯臟而被別人嘲笑，所以她很少去學(xué)校。

However， it seemed that god thought it was not enough for a little girl. So he decided to put more miseries6 on this little girls shoulder to make her stronger. At last her broken family truly fell apart and she was forced to be sent to a public shelter7 because she refused to attend school once and once again. After her mother died， she decided to go back school again. She worked so hard that she finished her four years course in two years， and finally got the New York Times scholar which could support her to study in Harvard.

但是上帝似乎認(rèn)為這遭遇對(duì)一個(gè)小女孩來說還不夠，所以決定在她的肩膀上增添更多的苦難來讓她變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。最終她那個(gè)破碎的家庭終于瓦解了，她也被迫去了社會(huì)福利院，因?yàn)樗偸遣蝗ド蠈W(xué)。在她母親死后，她毅然決定回到學(xué)校去學(xué)習(xí)，并且學(xué)得十分努力，在兩年內(nèi)完成了四年的課程，最終獲得了可以支持她去哈佛讀大學(xué)的《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。

From a homeless girl to a Harvard talent， she did find her ways to escape from the poor condition and tried to enjoy a colorful but normal life. Many of us complain a lot every day. But when compared with Lizas life， what we complain about would remain pale. Whats more， few of us have such determination as Liza did. We should learn from Liza that no matter what we confront8 in our lives， just put our bad moods aside， and try our best to make a difference. We should grasp the opportunities to succeed but not wait for it.

從無家可歸的小女孩到哈佛的才女，她用她自己的方式逃離了糟糕的環(huán)境并且努力過一個(gè)燦爛卻平凡的生活。我們中間許多人每天都在抱怨生活中的逆境，但和麗茲的生活相比，我們的不幸就顯得蒼白了。不僅如此，我們很少人能有麗茲那樣的決心，所以現(xiàn)在我們應(yīng)該從麗茲身上學(xué)到，無論我們?cè)谏钪杏龅绞裁?，都要放下沮喪和失落，然后盡我們的全力去做出改變。成功是要靠自己抓住機(jī)會(huì)爭(zhēng)取的，不是等來的。

You are the only one that is responsible for your future. Nothing can stop you from pursuing what you want. What you will achieve9 tomorrow is decided by what you have done today. And how well you could finish your work today is greatly influenced by your attitude and emotion.

你是唯一那個(gè)對(duì)你未來負(fù)責(zé)的人，沒有什么東西可以阻擋你去追求你想得到的東西。你明天會(huì)有怎樣的成就取決于你今天做了什么，而你今天的工作完成得是否出色則很大程度上受你的態(tài)度和情感的影響。

So start from now， my dear friends， dont use any excuse to step back. Control your own life， be clear on what you want and go all out to10 realize your dream. That journey cant be easy but every drop of sweat is worthwhile11 and you would certainly get much more than you ever expected.

所以，我親愛的朋友們，從現(xiàn)在開始放下所有讓你退縮的借口，抓住你生活的主動(dòng)權(quán)，弄清楚你想要的東西，并且盡全力去實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想。那段旅程一定不會(huì)簡(jiǎn)單舒適，但是你的每一滴汗水都是值得的，而你最終一定會(huì)比你原先預(yù)期的收獲更多。

[1] security n. 安全 [2] be ashamed of 為…感到羞恥

[3] ignorance n. 無知，愚昧 [4] starvation n. 挨餓

[5] introverted adj. 內(nèi)向的 [6] misery n. 痛苦，悲慘；不幸；苦惱

[7] shelter n. 庇護(hù)；避難所 [8] confront vt. 面對(duì)；遭遇

[9] achieve vt. 取得；獲得；實(shí)現(xiàn) [10] go all out to 全力以赴做某事

[11] worthwhile adj. 值得做的，值得花時(shí)間的