Never, ever give up!
永不言弃！
As a young boy, Britai
n
's great Prime
Minist
e
r, SirWin
s
ton Church
i
ll, attend
e
d
a public
school
called
H
arrow
.
He was not a good studen
t
, and had he notbee
n
from a famous
family
,
he probab
l
y would havebe
e
n remove
d
from the school
for deviat
i
ng from therul
e
s. Thankf
u
lly, he did finish
at Harrow
and hiserr
o
rs
there did not
preclu
d
e
him from going on tothe univer
s
ity. He
eventu
a
lly
ha
d a premie
r
armyca
r
eer whereb
y
he was
later
electe
d
prime
minist
e
r.He
achi
ev
e
d fame for his wit, wisdom
,
civic duty, and
abunda
n
t
courag
e
in his
refus
a
l
tosurr
e
nder
during
the
misera
b
le
dark days of World War II. His amazin
g
determ
i
natio
n
helped
m
otiva
t
e
his entire
nation
and was an
inspir
a
tion
wo
rldw
i
de.
英国的伟大首
相
温斯顿
·
丘吉尔爵士，小时候在哈罗
公
学上学。当时他可不是
个
好学生，要
不是出身名
门
，
他可能早就因
为
违反纪律被
开
除了。
谢天谢地，
他总算从哈罗
毕
业了，
在那
里犯下的
错
误并没影响
到
他上大学。后来，他凭着军旅生
涯
中的杰出表
现
当选为英国
首
相。
他的才思、
智慧、
公民责任感以
及
在二战痛苦
而
黑暗的时期
拒
绝投降的无
畏
勇气，
为他赢得
了美
名
。他非凡的决心
，
不仅激励了整
个
民族，还鼓舞了全世
界
。
Toward
the end of his
period
as
prime
minist
e
r, he was invite
d
to
addres
s
th
e
patrio
t
ic
youngb
o
ys at his old school
,
Harrow
.
The headma
s
ter said,
"Young gentle
m
en, the greate
s
t speake
r
of our time, will be here in a few days
to
addres
s
you, and you should
obey whatev
e
r sounda
d
vice he may give yo
u." The great day arrive
d
. Sir Winsto
n
stood
up, all five feet, five
inches
a
nd 1
07 kilos
of him, and gave this short, clear
-cut speech
:
"Young men, never give up. Neverg
i
ve up! Never give up! Never, never, neve
r, never!"
在他首相任期
即
将结束时，
他应邀前往母
校
哈罗公学，
为满怀报国之
志
的同学们作
演
讲。
校
长说：
“
年轻的先生们
，
当代最伟大的
演
说家过几天
就
会来为你们
演
讲，他提出的任何
中
肯
的建议，
你们都要听从
。
”
那个激动人心
的
日子终于到
了
。
温斯顿爵士站
了
起来
——
他只有
5
英尺
5
英寸高，体重却有
107
公斤。他作了言简意
赅
的讲话：
“
年轻人，要永不放弃。永
不放弃！永不放弃！永不，永不，永不，永不！
”
Person
a
l histor
y
, educat
i
onal
opport
u
nity
, indivi
d
ual dilemm
a
s - none of the
se can
inhibi
t
astron
g
spirit
commit
t
ed
to succes
s
. No task is too hard. No a
mount
of prepar
a
tion is too longor
too diffic
u
lt. Take the exampl
e
of two of th
e most
schola
r
ly
scient
i
sts of our age, Albert
E
inste
i
n and Thomas
Edison
.
Bo
th faced
immens
e
obstac
l
es and
extrem
e
critic
i
sm. Both wereca
l
led
"slow to
learn" and writte
n
off as idiots
by their teache
r
s. Thomas
Edison
ran away fro