雙語閱讀：機會如空氣請善待機會

以下是小編整理的哲理類英語美文欣賞：機會如空氣 請善待機會， 希望對你有所啓發。

The air we breathe is so freely available that wetake it for granted. Yet without it we could notsurvive more than a few minutes. For the mostpart, the same air is available to everyone, andeveryone needs it. Some people use the air tosustain them while they sit around and feel sorry forthemselves. Others breathe in the air and use theenergy it provides to make a magnificent life forthemselves.

空氣到處都有，我們是如此容易得到它，以至我們常將其易得性視爲理所當然。可一旦失去它，我們只能活幾分鐘。基本上，誰都能呼吸到空氣，誰都需要空氣。有的人呼吸空氣只爲碌碌無爲地生活着，或是在懊悔中度過餘生。有的人呼吸空氣並利用它提供的能量使自己的生活絢麗多彩。

Opportunity is the same way. It is rtunity is so freely available that we take it forgranted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seizedand acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in" on a "groundfloor opportunity", as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s impossible.

機會也是如此。機會無處不在。機會如此易得以至我們對此視爲理所當然。然而只有機會並不能獲得成功，而必須抓住機會，見機行事，創造佳績。許多人都渴望能奪得先機，似乎只要奪得先機就能萬事大吉。這是不可能的。

Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than justbreathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that ’s not up to the opportunity. That’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what "floor" theopportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.

正如你需要呼吸空氣一樣，你需要機會才能成功。然而成功靠的並不僅僅是隨手可得的機會。你必須利用機會。成功並不取決於機會，而是取決於你。重要的並不是你在哪一個階段遇見機會，而是面對機會你是如何把握的。