每日聽力：Pain is your friend

文化是相通的，中西方關於人生痛苦的看法也有類似之處。

今天聽力君給大家分享的這則演講片段，簡直就是英文版的《生於憂患，死於安樂》。

孟子的“天將降大任於斯人也…”膾炙人口，給面臨高考壓力的我們無窮的力量和啓發。如今我們一起再來感受一下這段英文版本的演講，希望大家尋回生活的勇氣和麪對挫折的信心。

We all know the students that complain about their grades, but then do nothing about it. I'm failing my exams, the exams are too difficult. What are you doing about it, you got to take action in your life, find a solution to your problem, don't be the problem, take action. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

我們都知道那些抱怨自己成績的學生，他們除了抱怨什麼也不做：我考試不及格，考試太難了。然而你在做什麼，你必須在生活中採取行動，找到解決問題的方法，千萬不要讓自己成爲問題，而要採取行動。因爲每一次行動都有一個對等相反的反應回饋給你。

It reminds me of the words of William Hollis, imagine if you got what you want, every time, no struggle, no challenges, no hard work required, some of you are saying, that would be great, you would be weak, and then when something hard comes up inyour life, you wouldn't know how to handle it, because you have never gone through anything that strengthens you.

這樣我想起威廉·霍利斯的那句名言：如果每一次你都能得到你想要的，沒有掙扎，無需奮鬥，沒有挑戰，不要求你付出努力。可能你們當中有些人會說這真是太好了。但是這樣你會變得懦弱，然後如果你的人生突然出現了一些困難，你就不知道如何應對了，因爲你從來沒有經歷過風雨。

You cannot grow without struggle, you cannot grow without resistance, pain is your friend, maybe not in the moment but in the long term, to develop a stronger human being, pain is your friend.

沒有掙扎和對抗，何來成長。痛苦是你的朋友，或許短期看，它並不友好，但長遠來看，要成爲一個強大的人，痛苦是必不可少的朋友。

If you didn't have failures, if you didn't fail some exams, if you didn't get knocked back in class, you would have no strength, no courage.

如果你不曾失敗，如果你沒有過考試不及格，如果你在課堂上從未被否定過，那你可能不會有力量，也沒有勇氣。

How could you, you are given pain because you're strong enough to handle it, you're given this life because you are strong enough to live it, because you are strong enough to drive through it, to inspire others through it, they will look to you and say, he did it, she did it, and I have the strength to do it too. You are stronger than you think.

未經風雨，何來力量。你經受痛苦是因爲你有足夠的力量去處理它，你經歷這樣的生命是因爲你足夠強大，因爲你有足夠的力量去駕馭它，並通過它來激勵別人，他們會看着你說，他做到了，她做到了，我也有力量做到。你比想象中的自己要強大。

1.complain about their grades

抱怨他們的成績；

2.do nothing about

不作爲；不計較；對…無能爲力；

3.find a solution to

找到…的解決方法；

4.It reminds me of

它讓我想起…；…提醒了我；

5.come up in your life

出現在你的生活中；

6.resistance [rɪ'zɪst(ə)ns]