Here is a true story, a story about an African man called Cinque who slew a most terrifying beast that any one has ever seen, a lion. His siblings in the village who know about this anecdote gave him great respect and call him the big man. However, he told the truth later. It had killed several people, even hunters among us. Everyone including me was afraid. I was lying down with my family, when out of nowhere it appeared. As it came for me, I picked up a big rock and I threw it. And that wasnt bravery, because any man would do the same to protect his family. But by some miracle, you see, I hit it. I dont know how that killed it, but it did. A rock, you see, a rock. I received the gratitude of everyone in the village. I was given respect. They treated me as if I was a prince. They gave me the finest country cloth. All these things they gave me, I took them all. But I knew I didnt deserve it, for when I threw that rock at that beast, if I missed it, I wouldnt be sitting here today trying to explain these things to you or somebody else, Id just be dead. Im not a big man, just a lucky one. You see, luck does exist. When it appears, mathematicians describe in such a way that something has an extremely small probability but it does happen. people often say, one has to have an opportunity to succeed. In this case, luck is the opportunity, and to some extent is an indispensable factor to achieve success. When people say luck has nothing to do with success, I wonder it is not their intention to deny existence of luck, but to encourage. Because luck in fact is a factor that one can not and should not count on, even though we know people who have succeeded have their own luck. It is somewhere, but nobody knows where. It happens sometime, but we dont know when. By contrast, hard work is something that everyone can count on, and as is often the case, hard work might bring luck. Therefore, luck itself is of no hope, and lack of luck should not be an excuse to failure.
这是一个真实的故事，一个关于一个非洲男人的故事叫谁杀的最可怕的野兽，任何人看到过，一头狮子。他的兄弟姐妹在村里的人知道这件事给了他很大的尊重，叫他大男人。然而，他后来告诉真相。它杀死了几个人，甚至在我们的猎人。包括我在内的所有人都害怕。我和我的家人一起躺在床上，什么时候都没有出现。当它来找我的，我拿起一个大石头，我扔了它。这不是勇敢，因为任何人都会做同样的保护他的家人。但有一些奇迹，你看，我打它。我不知道怎么杀死它，但它死了。一块岩石，你看，一块岩石。我收到了村里每个人的感谢。我被给予尊敬。他们对待我好像我是一个王子。他们给了我最好的乡村布。所有这些东西，他们给了我，我把他们都。但我知道我不值得，因为当我把岩石在那只野兽，如果我错过了它，我就不会坐在这里今天试图解释这些事情你或别人，我早就死了。我不是一个大男人，只是一个幸运的人，你知道，幸运确实存在。当它出现时，数学家用这种方式描述某事物有极微小的可能性，但它确实发生了。人们常说，一个人要有成功的机会。在这种情况下，运气是机遇，在一定程度上是取得成功不可或缺的因素。当人们说运气和成功无关，我想知道这不是他们的意图，否定运气的存在，而是鼓励。因为事实上，运气是一个因素，一个人不能，也不应该指望，即使我们知道有成功的人有他们自己的运气。它在某个地方，但没有人知道。它发生在某个时候，但我们不知道什么时候。相比之下，勤奋工作是每个人都可以依靠的，而且经常是如此，努力工作会带来好运。因此，运气本身就是没有希望的，而不应该是运气不好的借口。