Ambitions
One child observes her mom keenly while she is working as a fashion stylist. The girl is so impressed by how her mom creates different pieces of art, recognized and appreciated by a lot of people. Fascinated by what she sees, she thinks to herself: "One day I will be just like my mother." And there she starts her ambition. Ambition is the strong desire to achieve something.
Each of us has our own various ambitions in life. We want to obtain and reach something or be somebody so badly that we dream about it. We usually start having ambitions the moment we imagine or foresee ourselves to be someone or to have something.These ideas start coming to our mind while we are still young. However, as we step into different milestones in our life and learn, so do our ambitions change.
For any ambition to come true, prudent planning is a necessity. With the power of self-trust, hard work, and perseverance an ambition that once seemed to be just a dream is now possible to attain.
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■ambition: a strong desire to achieve something
■keen: wanting to do something or wanting something to happen very much
■fascinate: if someone or something fascinates you, you are attracted to them and think they are extremely interesting
■obtain: to get something that you want, especially through your own effort, skill, or work
■foresee: to think or know that something is going to happen in the future
■milestone: a very important event in the development of something
■prudent: sensible and careful, especially by trying to avoid unnecessary risks
■attain: to succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time
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今回のDMM英会話のお題は、"ambition"。
日本語で、"野心"、"野望"というと、ちょっとアツイ苦しい感じがしますが、
せっかくの一度きりの人生ですから、何かしら人生の目標は持っていると、生活にもハリがでると思います。
ちなみに、私の野望は”世界全国を旅すること”。
現時点で、世界には196もの国がありますが、長期休暇などをとって、陸伝いに旅していけば、実現不可能な数ではないですよね。
いろんなバックパッカーが書いている旅の本を読んでいると、国境を越えるときに堂々とワイロを要求されたり、荷物の中身が盗まれたりすることもあるようです。
もちろん、日本やヨーロッパ、北米などの旅行をすること自体が市民権を得ている先進国では、そんなことはないと思いますが、特にアフリカなどの新興国に行くときには注意が必要のようです。
あなたの"ambition"は何ですか？
かなえたい目標を具体的に紙に書き出して、部屋の目に付くところに貼っておくだけで、その目標が実現する可能性が大幅にあがるといいます。
人は、日頃意識することによって、思考や行動を無意識的に決めてしまう生き物なんですね。
今回も最後までお読みいただき、ありがとうございます。
それでは、また！
