VOA常速英语，以其地道的发音、丰富的时事内容，成为提升英语听力与理解能力的关键途径。它不仅让全球听众即时了解世界动态，还促进了跨文化交流，对于英语学习者而言，是不可或缺的听力训练资源，对提升语言综合能力至关重要。让我们一起走进今天的VOA常速英语听力练习：价值观与奋斗的真谛。

英文原文

It's a mountain of a dream, and a mile-high climb to the top. And what it took me a long time to discover is that I didn't like to climb much. I just like to imagine the top.

这是一座梦想之山，通往山顶的路途有一英里高。而我花了很长时间才发现，我其实并不太喜欢攀登，我只是喜欢想象山顶的样子。

Our culture would tell me that I've somehow failed myself. That I'm a quitter or a loser. Self-help would say that I either wasn't courageous enough, determined enough, or I didn't believe in myself enough. The entrepreneurial startup crowd would tell me that I chickened out on my dream and gave into my conventional social conditioning. I'd be told to do affirmations or join a mastermind group, or manifest or something.

我们的文化会告诉我，我在某种程度上辜负了自己。说我是个放弃者或失败者。自我帮助类的书籍可能会说我不够勇敢、不够坚定，或者不够自信。创业圈的人会告诉我，我放弃了我的梦想，屈服于传统的社会束缚，他们会建议我做肯定语、加入智囊团，或者进行某种形式的显现。

But the truth is far less interesting than that. I thought I wanted something, but it turns out I didn't. End of story. I wanted the reward and not the struggle. I wanted the result and not the process. I was in love not with the fight but only the victory. And life doesn't work that way.

但真相其实远没有那么有趣。我以为我想要某些东西，但事实证明我并不想要。故事结束。我只想要回报，而不想要奋斗；我只想要结果，而不想要过程。我爱的不是战斗，而是胜利。但生活并不是这样的。

Who you are is defined by the values you are willing to struggle for. People who enjoy the struggles of a gym are the ones who get in good shape. People who enjoy long workweeks and the politics of the corporate ladder are the ones who move up it. People who enjoy the stresses and uncertainty of the starving artist lifestyle are ultimately the ones who live it and make it.

你是什么样的人，是由你愿意为之奋斗的价值观定义的。喜欢健身房挑战的人，最终会拥有好身材；喜欢漫长的工作周和公司阶梯政治的人，最终会晋升；喜欢饥饿艺术家生活方式的压力和不确定性的人，最终会过上这种生活并取得成功。

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