The Way to Success First

成功之路

No one has the exclusive way to success. Some say money. Some say love. Others say a house, a car, a child, a degree from a top university—but all are of these are only outward ways to show others that we’re successful. People think that they must have these things before they can be happy, but Scott Achor in “The Happiness Advantage” says that the opposite is true. Achor, who is a professor at Harvard University and who has been teaching the “Happiness Course” for fifteen years, recently wrote this book to show that happiness breeds success, not the other way around. When I read it, it struck a chord with me and I realized that truly positive, happy people always seem to love what they do and who they are with. Even if times get tough, they don’t knuckle under. They persevere and overcome all obstacles.

沒有人的成功途徑是唯一的。有人說是錢。有人說是愛情。還有人說，房子，車子，孩子，頂尖大學學位，但所有這些都只是顯示自己成功了的外表。人們認為他們必須擁有這些東西后才會開心，但斯科特?阿克爾在“幸福的優勢”中說反過來也是正確的。阿克爾是哈佛大學教授，他教了十五年的“幸福課”，最近寫的一本書中表明快樂孕育著成功，而不是其他的方法。當我讀它的時候，它打動了我，我也意識到真正積極的，快樂的人似乎總是喜歡他們所做的事以及他們身邊的人。即使面臨困難的時候，他們也不屈服。他們堅持不懈地克服所有的障礙。

To me, the way to success is to figure out what you truly believe in and love in life. You should write up a mission statement about how you can contribute to the world by doing what is meaningful to you. Then, you should go after your dream—no matter what it is or if it fits society’s version of a successful reality. Set goals, divide them into specific tasks, learn what you need to learn, do what you need to do and always keep the prize in mind. The way to success is to have a clear vision of your future and know what will make you happy. If you are doing what you love, with people that you care about, and making a meaningful contribution to the world, you will not only be happy, but you will be successful.

對我來說，成功的方法就是找出你在生活中真正相信的和愛的。你應該寫好陳述詞來說明通過做對你有意義的事情你要如何對社會做貢獻。然后，你應該去追求你的夢想，不管它是什么，或是否符合社會版本的成功的現實。設定目標，把它們劃分為特定的任務，學習你需要學習的東西，你需要做什么，始終保持頭腦獎。成功的方法是對你未來的一個清晰的愿景并知道什么會讓你快樂。如果你正在和你關心的人做你所喜愛的事，對世界做出有意義的貢獻，你將不僅僅只是快樂的，而且你一定會成功的。

解析：

這是一篇議論文。結構非常清晰，首先由Achor教授提出的success與happiness之間的關系，暗示了自己對于成功的解讀。第二段，告訴讀者the way to success的具體幾個步驟：Set goals, divide them into specific tasks, learn what you need to learn, do what you need to do and always keep the prize in mind. 與中式思維產出的英語文章相比，此文行文流暢深刻，說理充分，很有背誦的必要。但唯一的不足之處就是，字數超過了考題要求⊙﹏⊙b。

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1. exclusive way to success

2. happiness breeds success, not the other way around

3. it struck a chord with me

4. knuckle under

it fits society’s version of a successful reality