A group of researchers in America
have done a survey.
They asked a lot of people
what their greatest regret is.
美國的一群研究人員做了一項調查，
他們詢問了很多人，
問這些人最大的遺憾是什么。

And according to the statistics they got,
75% of the people said
it's that they didn't work hard enough
when they were young
and as a result they had achieved nothing.
根據他們得到的數據，
75%的人都說是年輕的時候不夠努力，
以至于現在一事無成。

Nowadays it seems popular for young people
to deliberately stay confused
and do nothing seriously.
如今，
年輕人似乎流行故意保持迷茫，
做什么都不認真。

Of course, trying does not only
belong to the young or children.
And it has nothing to do with time.
當然，努力不是專屬于年輕人
和孩子的東西，
它與時間無關。

It's not an obligation
put on your shoulder by others.
It is the desire for a better self
that takes root deeply in your heart.
It is a positive life-attitude.
它不是外界對你的逼迫，
而是你自己內心對更進一步的渴望，
是一種積極向上的生活態度。

The most horrible thing
that can happen in your life
is not being unsuccessful
even though you tried,
but that you give up
and tell yourself
it is precious to be just ordinary.
That's really sad.
人生中最可怕的不是碌碌無為，
而是你不努力還安慰自己平凡可貴。
這真的很悲哀。

Youth is the most precious thing you have.
And it's the most precious resource
at your hand.
青春是你手上最珍貴的東西，
也是你手上最珍貴的資源。

Stay busy when you are young.
Fight as much as you can.
Life is hard enough even if you try.
Let alone if you don't.
在年輕的時候，應該忙起來，
你應該盡可能地去奮斗，
生活對于那些努力的人來說已經很艱難了，
更不用說那些不努力的。

Like what they say in Game of Thrones,
winter is coming.
Winter is coming for everyone, all the time.
This winter's name is Time.
就像他們在《權力的游戲》里面說的：凜冬將至，
凜冬正在向所有人襲來，
而且是無時不刻，
這個凜冬的名字叫時間。

Opportunities are for those
who have prepared themselves.
Are you one of them?
機會是給那些有準備的人的，
你是其中之一嗎？

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