The Secret to Success

◎供稿：鄧 明

Socrates(蘇格拉底，公元前469—公元前399），古希臘著名的思想家、哲學家、教育家。蘇格拉底和他的學生柏拉圖，以及柏拉圖的學生亞里士多德并稱為“古希臘三賢”，被后人廣泛地認為是西方哲學的奠基者。

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

After they met, Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise andduckedhim into the water. The young manstruggledto get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the young man started turning blue.

Socratespulledhis head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was togaspand take a deep breath of air.

Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The young man replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it!”

詞組加油站

一個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問成功的秘訣,蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊見他。

他們見面后，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河里。當河水淹至他們的脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人并把他壓入水中，年輕人想要掙出水面，但強壯有力的蘇格拉底將年輕人摁在水中直到他變得無力抗爭，臉色發青。

蘇格拉底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口氣。

蘇格拉底問： “當你悶在水里的時候你最想要的是什么？”年輕人回答說：“空氣。”蘇格拉底說：“那就是成功的秘訣。當你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功，你就能夠獲得它！”

詞語拓展

pull v. 拉、拖

常見詞組：

pull together齊心協力

pull off脫(帽、衣)

pull out拔出；抽出；(車、船) 駛出

pull down拆毀；拉倒；拉下；降低

pull up(使)停下

pull in（車）停下；進站；船(到岸)

pull on穿；戴

pull into進入；到達

pull through 渡過難關；恢復健康

duck猛按入水中

struggle掙扎

gasp喘息