成功的祕訣英語美文

A young man asked Socrates the secret of Success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.

They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river.

When the water got up to their necks, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water.

The man struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until he started turning blue. The young man struggled hard and finally managed to get out and the first thing he did was to gasp and take deep breath.

Socrates asked, “What you wanted the most when you were there?” The man replied, “Air.”

Socrates said, “that’s the most secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted air, you will get it. There is no other secret.”

一個年輕男子向蘇格拉底(公元前469—公元前399，古希臘哲學家——譯者注)請教成功的祕訣。蘇格拉底告訴他次日早晨在河邊相見。

兩人如期而遇。蘇格拉底要這個年輕男子和他一起向河中走去。

當河水漫到他們脖子的'時候，蘇格拉底突然抓住該男子並把他猛按入水中。

男子掙扎着想出來，但是蘇格拉底非常強壯有力，一直摁着該男子，直到他臉色變青。年輕男子拼命掙扎並最終衝出了水面，緊接着就是大口喘氣與呼吸。

蘇格拉底問道：“在水裏時，你最想得到什麼?”男子答道：“空氣。”

蘇格拉底説：“這就是成功的最佳祕訣。當你像渴望空氣一樣迫切渴望成功時，你將會成功。沒有其他的祕訣。”