Joseph Epstein, a famous American writer, once said, “ We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide (so) that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about. ” He gives due weight to the role of ambition in our life, but he ignores the fact that ambition alone cannot form or change a person's destiny. To fulfill ambition and “make us significant" , we also need to be hardworking, persistent, and courageous. 爱泼斯坦，美国作家，曾说，“我们决定什么是重要的，什么是琐碎的生活。我们决定（所以），让我们什么都重要的是我们做什么或不做。但无论怎样漠不关心宇宙可能是我们的选择和决定，这些选择和决定都是我们自己做。我们决定。我们选择。而当我们决定和选择时，我们的生活便得以形成。最后，形成我们自己的命运的就是抱负。“他给予应有的野心在我们的生活中的作用，但是他忽略了一个事实，野心不能单独形成或改变一个人的命运。实现抱负和“显著”，我们也需要勤奋，执着，勇敢。 First of all, if you have known clearly what you want your life to be, it is hard work that carries you there. Take myself for example. I was born and grew up in a mountain village where many parents were illiterate and few children could go to first-class high schools, let alone enter college. Dissatisfied with living a farmer's life，I always dreamed of going to university and seeing the outside world. During the 12 years of schooling before college, I spent most of my time learning and worked harder than any classmate. Now, when I enjoy the fruits of my labor, I believe more firmly that “hard work” makes perfect. 首先，如果你清楚你想要你的生活是什么，它是艰苦的工作，你有。以我为例。我出世在一个山村里很多父母都是文盲，几个孩子长大了可以去一流的学校，让一个人进入大学。不满意生活的农民的生活，我一直梦想着去大学，看到外面的世界。在12年的学校教育在上大学之前，我花了我大部分的时间比任何同学都努力学习。现在，当我享受我的劳动成果，我更加坚信“努力工作”是完美的。 Besides hard work，it takes persistence to travel on the path to your dream place. Numerous stories of success tell us that there is no royal road to great accomplishment. Thomas Edison experimented and failed hundreds of times before inventing the light bulb. Abraham Lincoln lost dozens of political elections before becoming president of the US. Whatever your ambition is, the way to achieve it is not always even. To get where you want，you sometimes have to be able to face setbacks，overcome obstacles，and above all never give up. 除了努力工作，要坚持到你梦想的地方行进。许多成功的故事告诉我们，是没有捷径的伟大成就。托马斯爱迪生实验失败了几百次才发明了电灯。亚伯拉罕-林肯失去了政治选举成为美国总统之前的几十个。无论你的目标是，实现它的方式并不总是甚至。为了到达你想去的地方，你有时必须能够面对挫折，克服障碍，尤其不要放弃。 In many other cases, it takes courage to do what you aspire to. Darwin would not have publicized his The Evolution of Species if he had been afraid to fight against his times. Amelia Earhart would not have become a pilot and 在许多情况下，做你渴望需要勇气。达尔文不如果他害怕对抗他的时代已经公开了他的物种进化。埃尔哈特就不可能成为一名飞行员， realized her ambition to fly across the Atlantic Ocean if she had lacked the courage to defy social conventions. As these examples have illustrated, if 实现她的抱负飞越大西洋如果她没有勇气挑战社会习俗。这些例子说明，如果 you have a strong faint in what you choose to do and in what you want to a-chieve，you must be brave enough to stick to it despite sneers，oppositions, and social pressure. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/a3aaf829eb7101f69e3143323968011ca200f74c.html