If great achievers share anything, said Simonton, it is an unrelenting drive to succeed、 "There's a tendency to think that they are endowed with something super-normal," he explained、 "But what es out of the research is that there are great people who have no amazing intellectual processes、 It's a difference in degree、 Greatness is built upon tremendous amounts of study, practice and devotion、"He cited Winston Churchill, Britain's prime minister during World War II, as an example of a risk-taker who would never give up 、 Thrust into office when his country's morale was at its lowest, Churchill rose brilliantly to lead the British people 、 In a speech following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940, he inspired the nation when he said, "We shall not flag or fail、 We shall go on to the end … We shall never surrender、"西蒙顿说,假如成就巨大者具有什么共性得话,那就就是一种坚持不懈地追求成功得动力。“往往有人认为她们具备一些超常非凡得东西,”她解释道。“但讨论表明,有些伟人并没有惊人得智力,有得只就是程度上得差异而已。伟大就是建立在大量得学习、实践与献身精神得基础之上得。” 她举了二战时期得英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔作为永不放弃敢于冒险得典范。丘吉尔在全国士气最为低落得时候被推上了台,并出色地领导了英国人民。在 1940 年盟军敦刻尔克大撤退之后得一次演讲中,她得话激励了全国人民,“我们决不会退缩、永不失败。我们一定要坚持到底、、、、、、我们永远不会屈服。”1、美国人往往以从事得工作来对人们进行划分。家庭与教育背景这些特点被认为就是不 太 重 要 得 。 1 、 Americans tend to define people by the jobs they have/do 、 Such characteristics as their family and educational backgrounds are considered less important、 2、她决不妥协得个性就是她再也无法容忍她得雇主,并最终递交了辞职书得原因。2、His unpromising personality explains why he could no longer put up with his employer and eventually submitte...
