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The pain of the circuses built inner strength and physical resiliency
痛苦的"馬戲"培養了他們內心的強大和身體的韌性
Life is filled with circuses
生活中也充滿了這種"馬戲"
You will fail. You will likely fail often
你可能會失敗 失敗是經常發生的事
It will be painful
這會很痛苦
It will be discouraging
會很令人沮喪
At times it will test you to your very core
有時 這是對你最本質的檢驗
But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses
如果你想改變世界 別害怕"馬戲"
At least twice a week, the trainees were required to run the obstacle course
至少兩周一次 學員需要跨障礙訓練
The obstacle course contained 25 obstacles including a 10-foot wall, a 30-foot cargo net
跨障礙訓練包含25個障礙 包括一堵10英尺高的墻和一面30英尺高的吊網
and a barbed wire crawl to name a few
你還要爬過鐵絲網 等等
But the most challenging obstacle was the slide for life
但最具挑戰性的跨障礙訓練是爬繩索
It had a three level 30-foot tower at one end and a one level tower at the other
一端是三層30英尺高的塔 另一端是一層塔
In between was a 200-foot long rope
中間連著200英尺長的繩索
You had to climb the three tiered tower and once at the top, you grabbed the rope
你需要爬上三層塔 到頂后抓住繩索
swung underneath the rope and pulled yourself hand over hand until you got to the other end
在繩索下端晃動著雙手交換 挪往前方 直到到達另一端
The record for the obstacle course had stood for years when my class began training in 1977
我們班1977年進行跨障礙訓練以來 該記錄保持了很久
The record seemed unbeatable, until one day
記錄看起來無法打破 直到有一天
a student decided to go down the slide for life, head first
一個學員決定冒險使用另一種方式爬繩索
Instead of swinging his body underneath the rope and inching his way down
他不再在繩索下方晃動 然后往前慢慢移動
he bravely mounted the top of the rope and thrust himself forward
他勇敢地爬到繩索的上方 往前沖了出去
It was a dangerous move, seemingly foolish, and fraught with risk
這很危險 看起來甚至有些愚蠢
Failure could mean injury and being dropped from the course
失敗可能意味著受傷和失格
Without hesitation, the student slid down the rope
但他毫不遲疑地像這樣爬往前方
perilously fast, instead of several minutes, it only took him half that time
他的動作非常快 他將時間縮短了一半 沒用幾分鐘
and by the end of the course he had broken the record
在完成之后 他打破了記錄
