美文故事: 虽败犹喜因为收获了看问题的新视角

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[00:02.11]38 Failing Successfully	虽败犹喜
[00:07.57](By Candace M.)	（译 / 玉兰花开）
[00:10.91]My day in the sun had arrived - my magnum opus would be revealed. 终于该我闪亮登场了--我的“大作”将公之于众。
[00:18.02]I had just delivered a memorized speech that I had labored over for weeks, and I was about to learn how the panel judged my performance.我刚刚发表了一段脱稿演讲，这篇演讲稿我卖力准备了好多个星期呢！马上就能知道评委们将如何给我的表现打分了。
[00:28.00]The polite but sparse audience leaned forward in their folding chairs. 稀稀拉拉的观众们坐在折叠椅 上，礼貌地往前探着身子。
[00:32.70]A hush fell across the room. 全场鸦雀无声，
[00:35.01]The drum rolled (in my mind, anyway).	揭晓结果的鼓点急促地响起(起码在我头脑中是这样)。
[00:38.20]The contest organizer announced the third-place winner. 大赛组织者宣布了季军获得者。
[00:42.07]Alas, the name was not mine. 哎呀，不是我的名字。
[00:44.51]Then he read the second-place winner, and once again it was not me. 接着他又宣读了亚军获得者，还不是我。
[00:49.79]At last, the moment of truth came. 最后，真相大白的时刻到了。
[00:52.82]Either I was about to bask in the warmth of victory or rue the last several months spent preparing. 我要么将沐浴在胜利的温暖幸福中，要么将为筹备的几个月而感到后悔。
[00:59.28]While neither of these came to pass, my heart felt closer to the latter.	虽然还未揭晓，但我预感结果更接近于后者。
[01:04.55]Losing is a part of life, but it was an indescribably underwhelming feeling to drive 200 miles round trip, 失败是生活的一部分，然而，驱车往返200英里，
[01:13.27]get up obscenely early on a freezing Saturday morning, and yet still finish fourth out of four contestants. 在寒冷的周六讨厌地起个大早，最后却是四位参赛者中的最后一名，这确实让我有种难以名状的挫败感。
[01:21.64]After Lincoln lost the 1858 Illinois Senate race, he reportedly said, "I felt like the 12-year-old boy who stubbed his toe. 据报道，1858年林肯竞选伊利诺伊州议员失利后说：“我感觉自己就像是个磕到脚趾的12岁的孩子，
[01:32.08]I was too big to cry and it hurt too bad to laugh." Oh yeah, I could relate.	早就过了哭闹的年龄，但却又痛得笑不出。”是啊，我能体会他的感受。
[01:38.69]I had spent many hours in front of a computer and in libraries doing research for the Lincoln Bicentennial Speech Contest. 为了这次林肯200周年纪念演讲比赛，我在电脑前和图书馆里花了许多个小时搜寻资料。
[01:48.61]As I pored over several biographies, one notion stood out: Lincoln was handed many sound defeats, 在仔细研读过几本传记后，一个想法油然而生：林肯一生中屡遭重创，
[01:57.44]but he never allowed them to permanently hinder his spirit or ambition. 但他从未让这些磨灭自己的斗志和雄心。
[02:02.06]While I believe many history lessons can be applied to modern life, 虽然我相信历史上的很多教训可以运用到现代生活中，
[02:06.71]I hadn't considered "the agony of defeat" as a historically valuable learning experience. 但我从没把“失败的痛苦”也当作有历史价值的学习体验。
[02:12.60]I never dreamed I could relate to Lincoln! A president no less , and the greatest at that. 我也从没梦想过自己竟然会和林肯产生共鸣！竟然是总统，而且是最伟大的总统。
[02:19.24]I thought "failing successfully" was a very appropriate topic,given the many letdowns Lincoln experienced, and so this became the title of my speech.	鉴于林肯多次经历人生的低谷，我认为“虽败犹喜”是个非常合适的主题，所以它便成了我的演讲稿标题。
[02:31.23]After not placing in the first year of the speech contest, I really wanted to compete again. 第一年演讲比赛没有获得名次后，我真的很想再次参赛。
[02:37.91]Lincoln had been the epitome of persistence, so I was not going to give up on a contest about a historic individual who did not give up! 林肯早已是坚持不懈的精神化身，所以在这场关于一个从不放弃的历史人物的比赛中，我不会选择放弃！
[02:47.31]I reworked my speech for the following year, and while I did not come in last, again I did not place. 我为第二年的比赛重新准备，可是那一次，尽管我不是最后一名，可却还是未能取得名次。
[02:55.10]Some days you're the dog, and some days you're the hydrant, and this was definitely a hydrant day that brought me down for a while.	有时候你春风得意，有时候你却糟糕透顶，而这无疑是让我沮丧了好一阵的糟糕的一天。
[03:04.80]I couldn't accept the fact that I had failed twice in something that I had worked so hard on, 在我如此用心准备的事情上两次失败，这个事实让我无法接受，
[03:11.09]until I contemplated the individual whom I'd spent so much time learning about. 直到我认真审视我曾花费大量时间仔细研究的这个人。
[03:16.60]Never mind the lost prize money (ouch, major) and praise (ouch, minor) - 尽管与奖金(主要的心痛)和赞扬(次要的心痛)失之交臂，
[03:23.08]I had learned, really learned, about a great man who had experienced failure and disappointment, 但我读懂了，真正读懂了一个曾经历过多次失败和失意、
[03:28.68]and had many chances to give up. 有许多机会选择放弃的伟人。
[03:31.24]We remember Lincoln because he didn't take this route; 我们之所以铭记林肯是因为他并没有走舍弃之路，
[03:34.70]he didn't throw lavish pity parties, and he persevered to become, according to many, the greatest American president.	也没有举办奢华的“失意派对”，他不懈努力，最后成了很多人心目中最伟大的美国总统。
[03:43.37]While I did not earn monetary awards as a result of this contest, I did gain a new perspective. 虽然我没有赢得比赛的奖金，但我确实收获了一个看待问题的新视角。
[03:50.28]Through learning about Lincoln, 通过研读林肯本人，
[03:52.04]I discovered that I can fail successfully, and that it is possible to glean applicable wisdom from the lives of those who have come before us. 我发现我也可以做一个成功的失败者，我们完全可以汲取前人的智慧，运用到我们的生活中。
[04:01.05]Now, whenever I'm faced with a setback, I remember what Lincoln said after his unsuccessful 1854 Senate race: "The path was worn and slippery. 现在，每当我面对挫败时，我都会想起林肯在1854年议员选举失败后所讲的话：“道路光秃而湿滑。
[04:12.40]My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, 'It's a slip and not a fall.'"	我的一只脚打了滑，让另一只也站不稳，但我回过神来后告诉自己：‘这只是打滑，并不是跌倒。’”

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美文故事: 虽败犹喜 因为收获了看问题的新视角

美文故事: 虽败犹喜因为收获了看问题的新视角