Unpolished Diamond 未经磨光的钻石

Unpolished Diamond 未经磨光的钻石

How a person reacts to criticism often means the difference
between success and failure.

一个人怎样对批评做出反应意味着成功和失败的不同。
Take the case of Ole Bull,

以奥雷· 布尔的故事为例，
the famous Norwegian violinist of the 19th century.

他是19世纪挪威著名的小提琴家。
His practical father,
a chemist, sent him to the University of Christiania to study for the ministry
and forbade him to play his beloved violin.

他的父亲是一位凡是讲求实用的药剂师，把他送去了克里斯蒂安尼亚大学学习牧师，并禁止他拉他那心爱的小提琴。
He promptly flunked out and, defying his father,

然而他很快就因不及格而退学，之后他违背父亲的意愿，

devoted all his time and energy to the violin.

把所有的时间和经历都放在了学习小提琴上。
Unfortunately, though he had great ability,

不幸的是，虽然他很有天赋，
his teachers were relatively unskilled,

但他的老师能力不足，
so that by the time he was ready to start his concert tour
he wasn’t prepared.

因此当他快要开始他的巡回音乐演出的时候，还没准备好。

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