第683期:英語美文 Turningan Iron Rod into a Needle
今天再次讀到這個故事，不由得滿滿的感慨。但不一樣的是，今天講述的是這個“鐵杵磨成針”從另外的角度讓我們學會更加客觀地看待“堅持”二字。
New Words:
persistence n.堅持; 鍥而不捨;
persist in 堅持;
persistent adj.不屈不撓的; 堅持不懈的;
embroidery n.繡花;刺繡品;
endurance n.忍耐力; 耐久力;
pay off 取得成功，得到好結果，贏利;
Once there was mother who taught her son:
從前有個媽媽教訓她的兒子說：
Persistence is the basis of success. Anything can be accomplished so long as you seriously persist
in doing it.
有恆心爲成功之本，凡事只要堅持認真去做必能得到成果。
So long as you are persistent, even a big iron rod can be turned into a small needle for embroidery.
只要有恆心，鐵杵也能磨成繡花針。
Twenty years later...
二十年後
Look! The iron rod is now a needle. This proves that so long as there is endurance there is no ambitious goal that cannot be reached.
瞧!鐵杵磨成針證明只要有毅力沒有任何事不能達成。
You invested your valuable years of youth, but your only accomplishment is a small needle.
但成果只是一根繡花針，失去的卻是整個青春。
There is nothing wrong with turning an iron rod into a needle, but a small return on a major investment does not pay off.
鐵杵磨針固然沒錯，但用功既重所期甚輕,失去的比得到的還多。
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