新概念經(jīng)典散文欣賞訓(xùn)練很重要

　　Ever seen a great champion boxer like Manny Pacquiao? With his speed, agility and power, he has conquered lots of other great boxers of the twenty first century. In between fights, he keeps his training regime and intensifies it when another fight approaches.

　　Just like a boxer, we, too come face to face with many opponents in the arena of life—problems and difficulties. The bad news is, we don’t really know when our bouts with these opponents occur—no posters and promotional TV commercials; no pre-fight Press Conference and weigh in to make sure that we measure up to our opponent; and there is no Pay Per View coverage.

　　If you are talented, you probably need less preparation and training time

　　Here are several reasons why you should train yourself for success like a champion boxer!

　　You don’t practice in the arena, that’s where your skills and your abilities are evaluated. This also means that you don’t practice solving problems and developing yourself when problems occur, you prepare yourself to face them long before you actually face them.

　　Talent is good but training is even better. Back in college, one of my classmates in Political Science did not bring any textbook or notebook in our classes; he just listened and participated in discussions. What I didn’t understand was how he became a magna cum laude! Apparently, he was gifted with a great memory and analytical skills. In short, he was talented.

　　in facing life’s challenges. But for people who are endowed with talent, training and learning becomes even important.Avoid the lazy person’s maxim: “If it ain’t broken, why fix it?” Why wait for your roof to leak in the rainy season when you can fix it right away.

　　你是否曾見(jiàn)過(guò)像曼尼·帕奎奧這樣偉大的拳擊手?擁有速度、力量和靈活性，他戰(zhàn)勝了21世紀(jì)許多偉大的拳擊手。在比賽間隔期，帕奎奧堅(jiān)持訓(xùn)練，并在比賽來(lái)臨前增加訓(xùn)練強(qiáng)度。

　　跟一個(gè)拳擊手一樣，我們?cè)谏畹拇笪枧_(tái)上會(huì)遇到很多對(duì)手——問(wèn)題和困難。壞消息是，我們不知道什么時(shí)候?qū)?huì)與這些“拳擊對(duì)手”交手——沒(méi)有宣傳海報(bào)和電視促銷廣告，沒(méi)有賽前新聞發(fā)布會(huì)和保證我們級(jí)別相當(dāng)?shù)捏w重測(cè)量，也沒(méi)有出場(chǎng)費(fèi)。

　　為什么我們應(yīng)該像一個(gè)拳擊冠軍那樣訓(xùn)練自己?原因有以下幾點(diǎn)。

　　舞臺(tái)不是你練習(xí)技能的場(chǎng)所，而是評(píng)估你技能的地方。這也就意味著你不能在問(wèn)題出現(xiàn)時(shí)才練習(xí)著解決問(wèn)題、提升自己，你應(yīng)在真正面對(duì)問(wèn)題前就準(zhǔn)備好。

　　有天賦是件好事情，但是訓(xùn)練更重要。還在大學(xué)時(shí)，我的一位學(xué)政治學(xué)同學(xué)上課時(shí)從不帶課本或者筆記，他只是聽(tīng)課、參與討論。我所不能理解的是他如何成為一名優(yōu)等生的!顯然，他被賜予了極好的記憶和分析能力，簡(jiǎn)言之，他是個(gè)天才。