If I were a Boy Again
假如我又回到了童年
Anonymous/无名氏
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”
If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.
The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. I often hear grown up people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.
If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，决不因为事情艰难或者麻烦而撒手不干，我们要光明，就得征服黑暗。
毅力在效果上有时能同天才相比。俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有两种——鹰和蜗牛。”
假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成专心致志的习惯；有事在手，就决不让任何东西让我分心。我要牢记：优秀的滑冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。
如果及早养成这种专心致志的习惯，它将成为我们生命的一部分。我常听成年人说：“虽然我希望能集中注意听牧师讲道或读书，但往往做不到。”而原因就是年轻时没有养成这种习惯。
假如我现在能重新开始我的生命，我就要更注意记忆力的培养。我要采取一切可能的办法，并且在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。要正确无误地记住一些东西，在开始阶段的确要作出一番小小的努力；但要不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，使记忆成为轻而易举的事，只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。
相关单词：perseverance
perseverance解释：n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠
perseverance例句：
It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。
相关单词：inconvenient
inconvenient解释：adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的
inconvenient例句：
You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？
相关单词：surmount
surmount解释：vt.克服；置于…顶上
surmount例句：
We have many problems to surmount before we can start the project.我们得克服许多困难才能著手做这项工作。
We are fully confident that we can surmount these difficulties.我们完全相信我们能够克服这些困难。
相关单词：snail
snail解释：n.蜗牛
snail例句：
Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。
Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。
相关单词：cultivation
cultivation解释：n.耕作，培养，栽培（法），养成
cultivation例句：
The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.这块土地不够肥沃，不值得耕种。
相关单词：faculty
faculty解释：n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员
faculty例句：
He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
相关单词：accurately
accurately解释：adv.准确地，精确地
accurately例句：
It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。
