有關於成功的優秀英語美文

　　學生通過大量的經典美文閱讀能夠開闊自己的視野,通過經典的美文閱讀可以增加文化積澱和思想內涵,通過經典美文導讀可以陶冶情操,提高素養。本文是，希望對大家有幫助!

　　：成功人生

　　Born in 1955 Los Altos CA, he, along with Steve Wozniak, co-founded Apple Computer Corporation and became a multimillionaire before the age of 30. Subsequently started the Next Corporation to provide an educational system at a reasonable price, but found that software was a better seller than hardware.

　　Apple Computer

　　Jobs and Wozniak put together their first computer, called Apple I. They marketed it in 1976 at a price of $666. Apple I was the first single-board computer with built-in video interface, and on-board ROM, which told the machine how to load other programs from an external source. Jobs was marketing Apple I at hobbyists like members of the Homebrew Computer Club who could now perform their own operations on their personal computers.

　　The Next Step

　　Jobs sold over $20 million of his Apple stock, spent days bicycling along the beach, feeling sad and lost, toured Paris, and journeyed on to Italy. It was not until late August that he began to catch his breath. Then Jobs thought back on his experience at Apple. Though he is not an engineer, he felt his greatest talent had been spearheading development of new products. Jobs also recalled with special pride that he had helped introduce personal computers into education. To collect his thoughts one day, he took up pen and paper and began to write down the things that were important to him. Along with the development of Macintosh, he listed three educational projects he had launched: Kids Can't Wait, Apple Education Foundation, and the Apple University Consortium.

　　A Software Company

　　After leaving Apple, Jobs' new revolutionary ideas were not in hardware but software of the computer industry. In 1989 Jobs tried all over again with a new company called NextStep. He planned to build the next generation of personal computers that would put Apple to shame. It failed. After eight long years of struggle and after spending some $250 million, NextStep closed down its hardware division in 1993. Jobs realized that he was not going to revolutionize the hardware industry. He turned his attention to the software side of the computer industry.

　　Honors

　　He was awarded the National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in 1985 with Steve Wozniak ***the first people to ever receive the honor***, and the Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category "Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under" in 1987. On November 27, 2007, Jobs was named the most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine. On December 5, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Jobs into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts.

　　：成功一次就夠了

　　Success Once Is Enough

　　David McConnell sold books door-to-door. Housewives were not interested in the books and frequently slammed the door in McConnell's face before he had a chance to make his sale. Instead of giving up, McConnell decided to give away a free gift, a small vial of perfume, which he made himself. He soon discovered that the women preferred the perfume to the books. He stopped selling books and created his own company Avon, which is a great success.

　　When you do nothing, you learn nothing. But when you try and fail, you learn what doesn't work. That puts you one step closer to what will work. It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It does matter that you will succeed sometime.

　　Van Gogh had failed in several careers before he began to paint. And he did succeed.

　　Success once is enough for Van Gogh.

　　And the same for you—success once is enough.

　　大衛·麥克康奈爾曾經挨家挨戶地賣書。家庭主婦們對他推銷的書不屑一顧，經常是還沒等他有機會推銷產品，就當著他的面“砰”地一聲關上門。麥克康奈爾沒有灰心喪氣。相反，他決定送一送小禮物，一種他自己做的小瓶香水。他很快就發現家庭主婦們對他的香水更感興趣。於是乎，他不再賣書，而是改行開辦了自己的香水公司：雅芳公司，結果大獲成功。

　　如果你什麼都不做，那麼你什麼都學不到。但是如果你嘗試卻失利了，你就知道什麼路行不通，這樣你就朝成功邁進了一步。你失敗多少次都沒有關係。重要的是你必定會成功。

　　梵·高幹了好幾種工作都失敗了，此後他開始學繪畫。他成功了。

　　對於梵·高來講，成功一次就足夠了。

　　對你同樣如此：成功一次就足夠了!

　　：What Is Success?

　　What is success? Different people hold views on This question. Some think that one is successful if he can make a great deal of money. Others argue that success means holding an important government post. Still others believe that whoever has got high academic title is successful. It is clear that there are quite different opinions on success.

　　In order to become successful， you should first of all be both perseverant and hardworking. As you know， whatever you do， there are always two possible results: success and failure. When you fail， you should never lose heart. On the contrary， you must build up your confidence and work even harder. You should always keep in mind that perseverance is the mother of success and industry is the key to it. In addition， you should pay great attention to your work method. It is necessary for you to sum up your experience constantly and improve the efficiency of your work. Finally， it is important for you to get along well with your co-workers， care for each other and help each other. If you follow these principles， you will certainly achieve remarkable success in the future.