Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.
笨拙的模仿，是凡人对天才呈献的赞词。
triumph ['traimf] n. 巨大成功；重大成就；伟大胜利
It was a great triumph when our team won the race.
我们队跑赢了，这是一个很大的成功。
他只有一根手指能动，于是他决定要好好地利用它。
今天，宏伟壮观的布鲁克林大桥巍然屹立，正是对华盛顿不屈不挠的精神以及其永不言败的决心的颂词。
只要我们下定决心，坚持不懈，不管成功的概率有多大，都能够实现那些看似不可能的梦想，即使再遥远的梦想也可以实现。
He first managed to convince his son Washington.
manage to：设法；达成
In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.
in spite of：尽管；不管；不顾
从逆境走向胜利
Adversity to Victory
佚名 / Anonymous
The following is a true story about a young friend who lives in St. Louis.
Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his brain were not joined normally with each other. The right side of his body could not communicate with the left. At age three, it was difficult for him to walk, speak, and play. He could only echo back a few words, and walk slowly while someone held each of his hands.
Then came the struggles. He attended an all-day center where he was enrolled in every imaginable therapy. He struggled, sometimes in tears, to get stronger. Andy hated it when his parents would leave him there in the mornings. However, they believed—against all odds—that he would grow up to live a normal healthy life. They believed it for themselves, and for Andy.
It paid off. Today Andy is a successful 13-year-old high school student. His progress has been nothing short of phenomenal. He receives special help with a few things, but joins with his friends in all the activities he loves. Andy overcame enormous odds to move from adversity to victory.
Ask yourself: "What are the seeds of strength hidden in my struggles today? If I get back up when I fall, what will that make possible tomorrow?"
"Overnight success" is the result of years of tenacity and continued learning. Victory is possible for those who decide it' s their most compelling option. They' ll find the path to their dream. However, they will accept adversities as universities that will foster strength, growth, and skills to attract the victory they seek.
以下是关于一位年轻朋友的真实故事，他就住在圣路易斯。
安迪患有先天性发育失常病。因为两个脑半球连接异常，导致他的左右侧身体无法传递信息。长到3岁大的时候，他在走路、说话和玩耍方面都有困难。他能说的话很少，只有在两只手被别人拉着的时候才能慢慢地行走。
后来，安迪开始与病魔展开斗争。他被送去一个全天护理中心，在那里他会接受每一项治疗。他挣扎着让自己变得更加强壮，但是有时也会流泪。安迪不喜欢父母一早把他独自留在护理中心。然而，他们相信——冲破所有失败的可能——安迪会长大成人，过上正常人的健康生活。他们对自己有信心，对安迪有信心。
安迪的付出终于有了回报。现在，13岁的安迪成功地成为一名高中生。他的状况有了很大改善。尽管在很少的一些事情上还需要特别帮助，但是他可以参加各种自己喜欢的活动，和朋友们一起玩耍。从不幸走向胜利，安迪克服了种种巨大的障碍。
问问你自己：“今天支撑我们向前挣扎的力量源泉是什么？如果我在跌倒后重新站起来，明天会创造什么成就？”
“一夜成功”是多年不懈努力与不断学习的结果。胜利总是发生在那些将其视为对他们最有诱惑力的选择的人身上。 他们总能找到通向梦想的道路。他们接受各种不幸，将它们看做大学，可以为实现他们的追求增强实力、促进成长和培养技能。
改变自己能改变的，接受自己不能改变的，并具有区分这两种情况的智慧。尽管很多时候我们无法避开噩运，但是我们可以选择面对，把苦难当作考验，从中收获坚强。成功没有条件限制，那些渴望成功的人，无论身处何境，总能披荆斩棘，找到通往成功的路。
attend ['tend] v. 参加；出席
He insists that his three grandsons not attend his funeral.
他坚决要求他的三个孙子不能参加他的葬礼。
therapy ['erpi] n. 疗法
For most patients, primary treatment is surgery, often with radiation therapy.
大多数病人主要用外科治疗，通常伴随放射疗法。
phenomenal [f i'nmnl] adj.非凡的
If you make it the focus of your career, that would be phenomenal.
假如你能以此作为你职业的目标，你将脱颖而出。
tenacity [ti'n鎠iti:] n. 坚持；顽强；不屈不挠；坚韧；韧性
Napoleon in a battle with the enemy, the tenacity of the resistance encountered,
the team suffered heavy losses, the situation is very dangerous.
拿破仑在一次与敌军作战时，遭到顽强的抵抗，队伍损失惨重，形势非常危险。
“一夜成功”是多年不懈努力与不断学习的结果。
胜利总是发生在那些将其视为对他们最有诱惑力的选择的人身上。 他们总能找到通向梦想的道路。
他们接受各种不幸，将它们看做大学，可以为实现他们的追求增强实力、促进成长和培养技能。
He attended an all-day center where he was enrolled in every imaginable therapy.
be enrolled in：入伍；入学
If I get back up when I fall, what will that make possible tomorrow?
get back up：站起来
必须赶紧推开石头
Roll away the Stone
珀尔·巴克 / Pearl Buck
I enjoy life because I am endlessly interested in people and their growth. My interest leads me continually to widen my knowledge of people, and this in turn compels me to believe that the normal human heart is born good. That is, it is born sensitive and feeling, eager to be approved and to approve, hungry for simple happiness and the chance to live. It neither wishes to be killed nor to kill. If through circumstances it is overcome by evil, it never becomes entirely evil. There remain in it elements of good, however recessive, which continue to hold the possibility of restoration.
I believe in human beings but my faith is without sentimentality. I know that in environments of uncertainty, fear and hunger, the human being is dwarfed and shaped without his being aware of it, just as the plant struggling under a stone does not know its own condition. Only when the stone is removed can it spring up freely into the light. But the power to spring up is inherent, and only death puts an end to it.
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings. Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. I have enough for this life. If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born, myself a human being.