Ambition is a strong desire topropel one to final success in career or other meaningful endeavors.Just like Epstein has artistically put it,“And as we decide and choose, so are our livesformed”,ambition renders motivationalsupport for an individual and leads him or her to the real meaning of life.Therefore, I cannot agree more with him in regard to what ambition is and howit functions in one’s life.

志向是推動(dòng)一個(gè)人在事業(yè)或者其他有意義的事情能夠最終成功的強(qiáng)烈意志。就像愛普斯坦說(shuō)的，“而當(dāng)我們決定和選擇時(shí)，我們的生活得以形成”。野心能夠激起個(gè)人對(duì)他們?nèi)松�真意的探尋�?dòng)力。因此，關(guān)于他說(shuō)的雄心壯志是什么和對(duì)一個(gè)人的作用，我非常贊同。

Like the pole star, ambition remains steady and ever bright overone’s life horizon. There isonly one secret for success, that is, to go in the direction your goal callsyou towards the destination. It is ambition that serves as the guiding principle for a lifeexperience. Without ambition to strive for, we would be justified to remainidle all year round as long as we are fed and keep alive. For instance,a student who dreams of being a political leader appears active instudents’ union and extracurricular activities. He works hard, though no oneasks him to, at sociology, psychology, law and so on, those sciences highlyexpected of a politician. It is his ambition that drives him to study hard andtake the most advantage of his time at school. So by exercising his ambition atschool, he is paving his way for the future. In contrast, poor-performancestudents are often those without a clear-cut vision for their future. That iswhy helping students with goal setting are supposed to be a task for alleducational practitioners.

意志就像北極星一樣堅(jiān)定地照耀在你人生的地平線上。成功的秘訣只有一個(gè)，那就是朝著你的目的地的方向前進(jìn)。雄心壯志是人生閱歷的引導(dǎo)準(zhǔn)則。沒有雄心壯志，我們可能只是整年都空虛地活著，只進(jìn)食。例如，一個(gè)夢(mèng)想成為政治領(lǐng)袖的學(xué)生會(huì)積極地參加學(xué)生會(huì)和課外活動(dòng)。他努力學(xué)習(xí)社會(huì)學(xué)，心理學(xué)和法律等等，盡管沒人叫他這么做，這都是成為政治家必要的學(xué)科。他在學(xué)校雄心勃勃，為自己的未來(lái)鋪路。與之相反，表現(xiàn)差的學(xué)生通常都對(duì)自己的未來(lái)沒有清晰地認(rèn)識(shí)。這就是教育家制定目標(biāo)設(shè)定測(cè)試的目的。

As a conclusion, ambition moreoften than not acts as strong motivation and orientation for a person’sultimate dream. With it or without it, our life will be formed accordingly. Sofor a more fruitful end of our life in this world, we all should think andrethink about our ambition.

總之，雄心壯志是一個(gè)人實(shí)現(xiàn)最終夢(mèng)想的強(qiáng)烈動(dòng)機(jī)和定位。有和沒有雄心壯志，我們的生活一樣繼續(xù)著。為了我們?cè)谶@個(gè)世界上有個(gè)碩果累累的終結(jié)，我們應(yīng)該再三思考我們的抱負(fù)。