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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles 1. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. -- Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist 如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。 -- 美国女散文家 J.雷诺兹 2. It never will rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. -- G. Eliot, British novelist 天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。 -- 英国小说家 G.艾略特 3.Genius only means hard-working all one’s life. -- Mendeleyev，Russian chemist 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 -- 俄国化学家 门捷列夫 4. Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed. -- La Rocheforcauld, French writer 事情很少有根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是决心不够。 -- 法国作家 罗切福考尔德 俯瞰 a bird’s eye view 深呼吸 take a deep breath 像雄鹰一样翱翔 soar like an eagle 每隔一天 every other day/on alternate days 农场杂活 farm chores 有一次 on one occasion 站着 on one’s feet 似乎没有意识到 seem unaware of 仰面躺着 lie on one’s back 对……惭愧 be ashamed of 使…感到焦虑 fill one’s mind with anxiety 在这种时候 at a time like this 在内心的最深处 from the deepest depths of one’s soul 缓缓移动 in slow motion 使…回到现实中 bring sb. back to earth 想像 see sth. in one’s mind’s eye 问题的核心 the core of the problem 祝贺他所取得的伟大成就 congratulate him on his great accomplishment 为田径比赛作准备 make preparation for the track and field competition 对越过17英尺的横杆感到得意 feel vain about clearing the bar at 17 feet 伸展双臂 stretch out one’s arms 流露感情 show emotion 对足球的狂热 strong passion for football 打破自己的最好成绩 beat his personal best 详细描述他强烈的情感 describe his strong emotion in detail 吸引媒体的注意 attract a lot of media attention 我们已无数次讨论过这些计划了。 We have discussed these schemes on numerous occasions. 他最喜欢的幻想是像雄鹰一样在天空翱翔。 His favorite fantasy is flying in the sky like an eagle. 他飞行的地方与母亲故事中描述的地方一致。 Where