范文1：

　　In the black and white drawing above, a youth gravely contemplates a narrow winding pathheading into a forest. Perhaps he thinks that his own future may be much like this path; full ofbends and curves, thorns and traps. The road to success is never anything but uneven anddifficult.

　　In fact, one could even say that the more successful one's life is, the more problems andhardships one must have overcome. The ability to work through difficult situations andunfortunate events only makes one stronger and more capable. Given that the road tohappiness always contains obstacles and setbacks, we should be well prepared for thehardships that life inevitably brings, and abandon the idea that life is smooth or easy. Wemust accept the fact that failures are unavoidable, whether they are failures in examinations,in finding a job, or carrying out a task. People who accept that their life will not always be simpleor calm are better able to handle problems when they arise. Those who are upset by each andevery small setback — and there are many people with such attitudes— do not have muchpotential. Failure is mother to success as it can strengthen one's will. Those who can drawlessons from failure are destined for success.

　　譯文：

　　在上面黑白的圖畫中，一個年輕人嚴肅地凝望著前方蜿蜒曲折通向森林的小路。也許他想到了自己的未來就像這條小路一樣，充滿曲折、荊棘和陷阱。通向成功之路從來都是艱辛和不平坦的。事實上，甚至可以說一個人的人生越成功，那他必須戰勝的艱難和困苦就會越多。在困境和不幸中奮進的能力，只會讓一個人更堅強，更有才干。既然通向幸福的道路總是會有障礙和挫折的話，那么我們就應該為生命中無法避免的艱難做好充分準備，而放棄認為生命意味著平穩和安逸的想法。我們必須接受這個事實——失敗是不可避免的，而無論它是考試失利、求職受挫還是工作失敗。人們如果承認他們的生活并不總是單純和平靜的，他們就會在問題出現的時候處理得更好，而那些出現一點挫折就心煩意亂的人——很多人持有這樣的生活態度——沒有太大的潛力。失敗是成功之母在于它能增強一個人的意志。那些能從失敗中吸取教訓的人是注定會成功的。

　　范文2：

　　It is everyone's wish to have things go their way. Yet the journey throughlife is not alwaysthe case and we should be prepared for the twists and turns it offers us. This is certainly thecase as shown in the cartoon.

　　Twists and turns are a part of life and setbacks often happen. For many reasons, we oftenhave to encounter failure in a complex society. No one can avoid or escape theseunexpected changes in our daily lives; however, failure may be aroute toward success. Thiscauses us to reflect about what happened and as a result we build up and accumulateexperience. We are then more likely to come up with a possible solution, and so twists andturns can turn into treasures. Edison,for instance, the inventor of the electric light bulb, madehundreds of models that failed before he came up with the right one. In general it is failure thatencourages us to work harder which eventually leads to success.

　　Twists and turns in life are unavoidable and are not always bad. We should have a moreoptimistic view on life and try to make the most of it and draw lessons from the bumps andturns along the way.

　　譯文：

　　每個人都希望生活一帆風順。但是，人生旅途并非永遠如此，正像畫中所描繪那樣，我們應該對生活中的曲折和坎坷做好準備。這正是這幅圖畫所描述的。挫折與坎坷也是生活中的一部分，逆境時有發生。出于許多原因，在復雜的社會中我們經常要面對失敗。沒有人能夠避免和逃脫日常生活不期而遇的變故。然而，失敗往往是通向成功之路。因為失敗會引發我們更多的思考，我們也會因此而積累更多的經驗。之后，我們就會更容易地找到解決問題的方法。因此,挫折與坎坷也是人生的財富。例如，電燈的發明者愛迪生在他成功之前曾經經歷過成百上千次的失敗。總的來說，正是失敗才使我們加倍努力工作，最后取得成功。

　　人生中的挫折與坎坷是不可避免的，但它們并非總是壞事。我們應該用更加樂觀的態度對待生活，并充分加以利用，從挫折中吸取教訓。