情景對話：

A: If you keep your eye on the ball, you will surely succeed.

如果你專心，你一定會取得成功。

B: But I am unconfident of myself.

但我不夠自信。

A: If you aim at doing something, just keep it on. And sooner or later you'll make it. You should be confident and consistent. Please keep it in mind.

如果你決定做什么事，一定要堅持下去，遲早會成功的。你必須有信心有耐力，請記住這一點。

B: OK. I'll try.

好吧，我會努力的。

一、 詞海拾貝

on the ball

exp. Attentive, knowledgeable, and quick to take action. （注意力強的且知識淵博的，可以迅速采取行動，機靈）

e.g. I'm so glad that my assistant is always on the ball because I'm too scatterbrained to manage my schedule on my own.

我很高興我的助手總是很機靈，因為我太粗心大意，無法自己管理我的日程安排。

e.g. I can't believe Molly got that report done so quickly—she's really on the ball.

我真不敢相信莫莉那么快就完成了那份報告——她真的很機靈。

e.g. If you were on the ball, this wouldn't have happened.

如果你很機靈，這事就不會發生了。

e.g. If you were really on the ball, you would ask the customer for the names and phone numbers of his friends.

如果你真的機靈，你就會就請顧客告訴你他的朋友的姓名和電話號碼。

二、 語匯積累

1. consistent：（指人﹑ 人的行為﹑ 觀點等）前后一致的

e.g. You're not very consistent: first you condemn me, then you praise me.

你前后矛盾, 開頭責備我, 接著又夸獎我.

e.g. Your conduct is not consistent with what you say.

你的行為和你所說的不一致。

2. keep one’s eyes on the ball：集中注意力

e.g. She checked her racing thoughts, keep his eyes on the ball and listen to the teacher.

她還是克制自己如潮的思緒，集中注意力上課。

e.g. Don' t put me off when I' m trying to keep my eyes on the ball.

我正要集中注意力，別打攪我。

3. aim at：向……努力，向……力爭

e.g. She's aiming a a scholarship.

她爭取獲得獎學。

e.g. The news had apparently been aimed at stealing the thunder from his visit.

這篇新聞顯然是在對他的訪問作先聲奪人的報道。

4. be unconfident of someone：對……沒有信心

e.g. Patrick was unconfident of his ability to get work for himself.

派屈克沒有自信自己有能力為自己找到工作。

e.g. Peter is unconfident of winning the post as the assistant to the managing director.

彼得對他能獲得總經理助理的職位沒有信心。

5. sooner or later：遲早

e.g. Sure enough, she'll let you down sooner or later.

無疑，她早早晚晚會拋棄你的。

e.g. He will sooner or later be rewarded for his wicked conduct.

他的惡行遲早會受到報應。

6. keep something in mind：記住

e.g. You have to keep in mind that your friends is coming at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

你要記住你的朋友在今天下午2點鐘到。

e.g. It is not easy to keep in mind what you have told me.

記住你告訴我的話并不容易。

7. make it：成功，達到預定目標，做到

e.g. Tell him I want to see him tonight,at my house if he can make it.

告訴他今晚我要見他行的話就在我家。

e.g. He wants to make it as a writer.

他想作為作家而一舉成名。