2019年翻译资格笔译初级考试模拟试题：失败乃成功之母

　　Failure Is the Mother of Success

　　The proverb “Sometimes you have to fall before you can fly” conveys such a moral that failure comes first, followed by success, namely, failure is the mother of success. This rule holds true for many cases in our life.

　　When someone does something, he often fails before he can overcome obstacles and then move forward. Just think of the story of the great inventor Thomas Edison. He failed 10,000 times before he invented the electric light. The voluminous personal papers of Edison revealed that his inventions typically did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works. It is believed that sometimes a series of apparent failures are really followed by successes.

　　In the long journey of life，we will inevitably encounter all kinds of difficulties and obstacles.

　　We should have a doom unbeatable faith and determined will and be not afraid of falling in order to climb to the peak. Please remember if we want to fly freely in the sky of success, we have to fall first.

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　　失败乃成功之母

　　有句谚语说，“有时候，你得先跌下去，才能飞起来”，它传达了这样一个寓意：先经历失败，紧随其后的就是成功，即失败乃成功之母。这条准则适用于我们生活中的很多情况。当有人在做一些事情的时候，在克服障碍向前迈进之前，他总是经历一些失败。想一想伟大的发明家托马斯·爱迪生的故事。他失败了一万次才发明了电灯。大量有关爱迪生的私人文件显示，他的发明通常并不是源于瞬间迸发的灵感，而是之前大量工作的逐步积累。

　　人们相信，一系列明显的失败之后，紧接着就是成功。在人生的途中，我们不可避免地会遇到各种各样的困难和障碍。为了攀登高峰，我们应该有无与伦比的信心和坚定的意志。请记住，如果我们想在成功的天空中自由飞翔，我们必须先跌下去。