"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."
---Booker T. Washington
≪Point!゜∀゜)≫
★Vocabulary/Grammar★
☆ A be Vp.p. by B : Passive Sentence
☆ measure = estimate by evaluation or comparison:
☆ not so much A as B ≒ more A than B, B rather than A
☆ obstacle = obstruction, bar, barrier, block
☆ overcome = defeat in competition or conflict
●Who is ( -_ゝ-)?●
Booker T. Washington
… the dominant leader in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915.
≪By the way,,,・ω・)≫
Don't focus on the result but focus on the process!
Never give up when you face the block in the process!
If you don't give up and go over the block, you will soon meet success(^^♪
≪わからなかったら次の訳ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ≫
私が学んで来たことは、成功とは人生において得た「地位」で測られるよりも、成功しようとして乗り越えてきた「障害」によって測られるべきだ、ということだ。
ーーーブッカー・タリフェーロ・ワシントン
by毎日一言！英語名言
Have a nice day |・ω・)ノシ
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http://archive.mag2.com/0001366151/index.html
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Learn from Yesterday, Live for Today, Hope for Tomorrow
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