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11.PerseveranceOfalltheadvantageouscharacteristicstohave,Ithinkthatperseveranceplaysthegreatestroleinone’ssuccess.Othercharacteristics,suchasintelligence,confidence,andhonesty,arenodoubtimportant,buttheydonotnecessarilyguaranteesuccess.Perseveranceoffersnoguaranteeseither,butIbelievethatthistraitoffersonemoreopportunitytosucceed.Thereareseveralreasonswhyperseveranceoftenleadstosuccess.Firstofall,amanwhohasperseverancedoesnotgiveupafterafailure.Hetriesagainandcan,therefore,learnfromhismistakes.Second,apersistentpersonisusuallyahardworker,andhardworkisanimportantingredientinsuccess.Last,withperseverancecomesacertainamountofconfidence—theconfidencethatonewilleventuallysucceed.Forallofthesereasons,Ibelievethatperseveranceisthemostimportantcharacteristictohave.Itiseasilycombinedwithothertraitssuchasdiligenceandconfidencetoincreasethechancesofsuccess.However,withoutperseverance,one’ssuccessmaybemoredependentonluckthananythingelse.毅力我认为一个人能否成功，毅力在所有的优点中扮演了最重要的角色。虽然其他的特点，比如聪明才智、信心和诚实都无疑很重要，但是并不能保证一定能使人成功。虽然有毅力也无法保证能成功，但是我相信这个特质会让人有更多的成功的机会。有毅力就容易成功的原因有好几个。首先，有毅力的人在失败之后不会放弃。他们会再试一次，因此就能从错误中学习。其次，不屈不挠的人通常都十分努力，而努力就是成功的重要因素。最后，有毅力就会产生一定程度的信心——相信自己终究会成功。基于这些原因，我认为毅力是必须拥有的最重要的特质。毅力很容易就能和其他特点相结合，比如勤勉与信心，这样便能增加成功的机会。然而，如果没有毅力，一个人的成功可能就会需要多靠运气，而不是其他的特质。2.LearningaboutLifeAswegrow,welearnmanythingsaboutlife.Someoftheselessonsareeasyandsomearedifficult.Whatisthebestwaytolearnthem?Somebelievethattheycanlearnbestbylisteningtotheadviceofothers,whilesomepeoplebelievethatitisbettertolearnthroughpersonalexperience.Bothmethodshavetheiradvantages.Inthefirstcase,learningbylisteningtoothers,wehavethebenefitoflearningfromothers’mistakesandarethusbeingabletoavoidthemourselves.Wecantakeadvantageoftheexperienceandwisdomofourfriendsandfamily.Thiswillhelpustomakebetterdecisionsandavoidcostlyerrors.Furthermore,thepeoplewhoknowuswellcanadviseuseffectivelybecausetheyunderstandourstrengthsandweaknesses.Atthesametime,theyaresometimesabletoseesituationsmoreobjectivelythanweare.Inthesecondcase,learningthroughdoing,wehavetheadvantageofgainingmeaningfulexperience.Wewillnodoubtbetterrememberthelessonswelearnwhenweenjoytherewardsorsuffertheconsequencesourselves.Moreover,wecanoftendevelopotherskillsthroughpersonalexperienceandcanlearnfromourmistakes.Finally,notwopeopleareexactlyalike.Therefore,whatfamilyandfriendsthinkmaybesuitableforthem,butnotappropriateforus.Givenachoicebetweenthesetwowaysoflearningaboutlife,Iwouldstillchoosetheformer,learningthroughtheadviceofothers.ThisisbecauseIbelieveIshouldtakeadvantageofalltheresourcesavailable,andtheexperiencesofmyfamilyandfriendsareavaluableresource.Forexample,ifIwerepreparingtotakemyfirsttripabroadonmyown,theadviceofotherswhohavealreadyexperiencedsuchatripcouldonlyhelpme.Justaswecanlearnfromhistory,wecanlearnfromthepastactionsofthoseclosetous.Inconclusion,Ifindadvantagesinbothwaysoflearning.AlthoughIprefertolearnbylisteningtotheadviceofothers,thatdoesnotmeanIwillforgolearningthroughmyownexperiences.Itdoesmean,however,thatIwillapproachnewexperienceswiththeaddedbenefitofmyfamilyandfriends’goodadvice.学习人生在成长过程中，我们会学到生活中的许多事情。其中有些教训很简单，而有些却很困难。什么是获取教训最好的方法？有些人认为，他们可以通过听取别人的建议而获得最好的学习效果，而有些人却认为最好是通过亲身体验来学习。这两种方法各有优点。2第一种方法是听取别人的建议而学习，因为我们可以从别人所犯过的错误中学习，避免再犯相同的错误。我们还可以利用家人和朋友的经验或智慧来帮助我们做出更好的决定，避免犯下代价高昂的错误。此外，因为他们了解我们，知道我们的优缺点，所以能提供有用的建议。同时，他们对于事情的看法有时比我们客观。第二种方法是从做中学，这样我们可以因为得到宝贵的经验而获益。毫无疑问，当我们因为自己所做的事情而享受成果或承担后果时，我们会对这些教训记忆得更加深刻。此外，通过亲身体验，可以培养其他的技巧，而且也能从错误中学习。最后，没有两个人是完全相同的，因此，家人或朋友的想法也许只适合他们自己，不见得适合我们。若要我从这两种学习人生的方法中选一个，我仍然会选择前者，也就是从别人的建议中学习。因为我认为，应该利用所有可获得的资源，而家人与朋友的经验就是宝贵的资源。例如，如果我初次要准备自己出国旅行，那么有类似出国旅行经验的人所提供的建议对我就很有帮助。正如我们能从历史中学习一样，我们也能从周围的人的经验中学习。总之，我认为这两种学习方法各有优点。尽管我比较喜欢听取别人的建议，但这不表示我就不会亲身去体验。然而，这确实意味着我除了会体验新的经验，同时还要听取家人与朋友提供的忠告，这样才能获得更大的益处。3.KeepingCustomsWhenpeoplemovetoanothercountry,theynotonlyfaceadifferentenvironmentandlanguage,butalsodifferentcustoms.Everyculturehasitsowncustoms,andallofthemavervaluable.However,decidinghowtodealwiththeproblemofunfamiliarcustomsisachallengeformanyimmigrants.Somechoosetofollowthecustomsoftheirnewcountry,whileothersprefertoadheretotheirowncustoms.Eachofthesechoiceshassomeadvantagesasexplainedbelow.Whenpeoplechoosetofollowthecustomsoftheiradoptedcountry,theymayfindthatithelpsthemtoadaptmorequicklytothenewsociety.Theyhavesomethingtodiscussandsharewiththeirnewneighbors,andsharingcustomsisonewayforpeopletofeelclosertooneanother.Thus,followingthenewcustomsmayhelpimmigrantsfeelmoreathome.Itmayalsohelpthemtoseethepositivethingsintheirnewenvironmentanddoforgettheirfeelingsofhomesickness.Ontheotherhand,thosewhochoosetocontinuefollowingtheirowncustomsmayalsofindthatithelpsthemfeelmoreathome.Therearemanythingstoadjusttoinanothercountry,andfollowingtheirtraditionalcustomsmayhelppeoplefeelmoresecureinthenewsurroundings.Moreimportantly,ourcustomsareapartofus.Theyareanexpressionoftheculturethathasshapedus.Thisissomethingthatmostofuswouldliketopassdowntoourchildrenandsharewithothers.Sharingouroldcustomscanalsobringusclosertoournewneighbors.Tosumup,ourcustomshavevalueandareanimportantp