英语听力每日五分钟（美文篇）8

008 Don't Count The Cost

When you want something bad, you can't count the cost, because if you count the cost and you see how much it's going to cost, you might quit and you might give up, so you got to go in knowing that I don't count the cost. I'll do as many pushups as it takes, as many sit-ups as it takes, as many reps as it takes. I'll study as long as it takes. I'll pay whatever the price is. Why? Because if you start to count the cost, I might quit. I might give up. I might surrender. 

如果你真的很渴望做成一件事，你就不会计较损失。因为你一旦计较损失，一旦想到自己要付出很多，你可能就会放弃，半途而废。所以，要认真努力地做你想做的事，要让自己明白，你不会计较付出。就像运动一样，无论要做多少俯卧撑，多少仰卧起坐，多少次训练，我都会去做。我会坚持学习，我愿意付出任何代价。为什么？因为如果一旦开始计较付出，我就可能会放弃，我就可能会半途而废，我就可能会屈服。

Don't count the cost. You don't count the cost on this one. You don't count how many breaths you take. You don't count it. You get to a point where you don't count it. You just do whatever it takes to get whatever you want. Don't stop. Stay busy. Work your plan. Continue to do those things that you know that work for you, after you have evaluated yourself in the situation. Once you make a decision you go all in. And you say ain't quit until I get there. Ain't given up. Ain't given in. I will do whatever it takes to be successful. 

不要计较损失。在你最想做的事情上，不要计较损失。你不会纠结要付出多少努力，你完全不考虑它。你要到达一个不计代价的境界。你只管去做事，去努力获取自己想得到的东西。不要停下来，要让自己保持忙碌，认真执行自己的计划。在你仔细衡量过自己的处境之后，去做那些真正对自己有好处的事。一旦你做了决定，就要全力以赴。你要告诉自己，在我做成之前，我决不放弃，绝不半途而废，绝不屈服。为了成功，我可以付出任何代价。

And when you make that decision, you, when you look in the mirror, when you tell yourself that, look, I'm through. I'll do whatever it takes. I guarantee you that's the day it begins to happen. Forget about your past. Forget about what happened back in the day. Make the rest of your life the best of your life. Do you gotta embrace the faith. Dou got to believe in everything that's happening right now. If you keep pressing, you keep pushing forward, guess what, one day it's gonna be your day. 

做出这个决定时，你，没错，说的就是你，请你看着镜子里的自己，对自己说，看啊，我熬过来了，无论需要做什么，我都会去做。到了这个时候，我向你保证，你的转机就要来了。忘掉过去，忘掉以往发生的事，把你余下的时光变成最美好的时光，拥抱自己的信念，相信现在发生的事情。如果你能够不断督促自己，不断驱使自己往前走，等着瞧吧，总有一天你会获得成功。

That's right. I need you to say that with me. One day, it's gonna be your day. Embrace faith. You got to be able to see it and believe it when there's no evidence around you, when there is no evidence to be found, when you have pain in your life, when you are tired, when you feel like you want to give up and you feel like you need to quit, when you look around you you don't see anything that looks anything like success. You got to embrace the faith and believe that one day it's gonna be your day. 

没错，我要你跟我一起说，终有一天，你会成功。拥抱信念。无论怎样，你要看到信念，你要坚守信念，就算你没有看到成功的迹象，就算你完全不认为自己会成功，就算你痛苦万分，就算你筋疲力尽，就算你想放弃而且不得不放弃，就算你环顾四周却看不到任何成功的希望，你也要拥抱自己的信念，并坚信自己，你终将成功。

But that day will never come if you give up. If you quit, no day will ever be your day. I want you to fail forward. That's right. You heard me. I said you've got to fail forward. I want you to get to the place in your life that every single mistake you make, every setback that comes your way, every obstacle that you don't overcome, every barrier you don't climb, that these don't make you give up. But I want you to fail forward. You've got to learn from your mistakes that every mistake you make, you've failed that class you get back you try again, you lose a job, you get back, you try again, you put all your money in an investment, say it with me, you get back and you try again.

但是，如果你放弃了，那一天就不会到来。如果你放弃了，你就永无翻身之日。我要你越挫越勇，虽败犹荣。没错，就是这样，我的意思是，就算失败，你也要往前走。我想要你到达这样的境界，每个你犯的错误，每个你遇到的挫折，每个你无法克服的障碍，每个你无法越过的阻拦，这些都无法让你放弃。我想让你越挫越勇。你要从自己曾经犯过的错误中吸取教训。每个你犯的错误，你没有通过的课程，你都要重来一遍，你回头再尝试一次。如果你失业了，回去，再试一次。如果你的投资花光了所有积蓄而且失败了，和我一起说，你要勇敢地回去，再试一次。

If you started a business and it didn't work out, don't stop, don't quit. Fail forward. Learn from each one of your mistakes. Don't quit. Don't give up. Listen to me. Don't quit. Don't give up if it gets hard. You swim. You swim hard if you have to, but you keep going. I want you to know you'll never reach your goal, you'll never reach your dreams, if you don't use your imagination. So, if you fail that class, you don't drop it. If you fail that class, you keep going. You go back to that class and then you go back again. And you go back to that class again. And you go into that class because I want you to know something.

如果你自主创业但没有成功，不要停下你的脚步，不要放弃。就算失败了，也要往前走。从每个你犯过的错误中学习。不要放弃，不要半途而废。听我的，就算很艰难，你也不能放弃，你也不能半途而废。你要逆流而上。就算你是被迫的，你也要逆流而上。你要保持前进。我要让你知道，如果你都不期待自己成功，你就永远无法实现你的目标，你就永远无法实现你的梦想。所以，如果某门课没过关，不要放弃它。就算没过关，你也要坚持前进，重新回到班上学习，重新开始，如果仍然失败，就再次重新回去学习。你要回去，因为我想让你明白一个道理。

When you start that class over next semester, you won't be starting from scratch. You won't start from the bottom, because you are all the way up here. And now you have to go a little further. And a little further. So keep reaching. Keep climbing. And it starts with a vision. Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future, is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not exist at present and may never actually exist. Fear is a choice. Only those who are willing to risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

这个道理就是，等到你下学期重新开始学这门课时，你不是从头再来，你不是从零开始，因为你已经有现成的基础了。现在，你只需要再往前走一点，就那么一点而已。那么，请你保持上进，坚持往前走。这一切都要从你的眼界开始。恐惧并不是真实的，它只存在于你对未来胡思乱想中。恐惧是我们凭空捏造的东西，它让我们害怕那些现在不存在、或者压根就没存在过的东西，它是我们自找的。只有那些愿意冒险远征的人，才能发现自己到底能够走多远。