Steven: I want to improve my handwriting, and I've practiced it for several weeks, but nothing happened. You see, my handwriting is still bad.

我想提高自己的书法水平，而且已经练习了好几个星期了，但还是老样子。你看，我的字还是那么糟糕！

Julia: Oh, come on. You know it's a long process, you have to be patient.

噢，振作点儿！练字是一个长期的过程，你必须耐心。

Steven: I know it, but I don't know when I can make it better.

我知道，但是我究竟什么时候才能练好呢？

Julia: Steven, whatever you do, the most important is perseverance. So you have to hang on there, the longer, the better. Then some day, you will find you've already made a lot of progress.

史蒂文，不管你干什么，最重要的就是坚持不懈。所以你必须要坚持，时间越长越好。总有一天，你会发现自己已经进步很多了。

Steven: Yeah, you are right. I must stop complaining and stick to it every day.

嗯，你说得对。我必须停止抱怨，每天坚持练习。

Julia: Yeah! Where there is a will, there is a way.

是啊！有志者事竟成!

关于毅力

Behind every great achievement in anyone's life lies perseverance. We see this in every human endeavour. Outstanding sportsmen spend all their time practising. Their endurance is beyond imagination. The same is true of businessmen who build up for tunes. What we usually see are their achievements, but once we go behind the scenes we will find that they have put ina lot of continual steady efforts.