佚名/Anonymous

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.

Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.

Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in”on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That's impossible.

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

空气无处不在，我们自由自在地呼吸，这是再自然不过的事了。然而一旦失去空气，我们便只能存活几分钟。在大多数情况下，人人都能呼吸空气，都需要空气。有些人呼吸空气只为碌碌无为地活着，或者在懊悔中蹉跎岁月；有些人则利用它提供的能量为自己创造绚丽多姿的人生。

机会也是如此，它无处不在，我们自认为能理所当然地得到。但是，仅仅拥有机会对于创造成功来说是不够的。只有抓住机会，采取行动，才能创造价值。许多人都渴望夺得先机，好像机会能自行创造成功，那是不可能的。

就像需要空气才能呼吸一样，你需要机会才能成功。但是，机会远远不像呼吸新鲜空气那么简单，你必须利用好它。然而这并不取决于机会本身，而是取决于你。你拥有怎样的机会并不重要，重要的是，你怎样把握手中的机会。

词汇笔记

available [??veil?bl] adj. 可利用的；有效的；可得的；空闲的

例 You have built the best team from the best employee available.

你用最优秀的员工组建了最好的团队。

sustain [s?s?tein] v. 承受；支持；经受；维持

例 We do not have sufficient resources to sustain our campaign for long.

我们没有足够的财力把我们的运动长期维持下去。

energy [?en?d?i] n. 活力；精力；能力；能量

例 It should spend much time and energy.

这将花费大量的时间和精力。

magnificent [m?ɡ?nif is?nt] adj. 壮丽的；华丽的；高尚的；宏伟的

例 I want a home without much magnificent.

我想要一个家，一个不需要华丽的家！

小试身手

在大多数情况下，人人都能呼吸空气，都需要空气。

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只有抓住机会，采取行动，才能创造价值。

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你拥有怎样的机会并不重要，重要的是，你怎样把握手中的机会。

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短语家族

For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it.

for the most part：大多数；一般来说；在极大程度上

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……the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it.

available to：可用于

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