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I want this new school year to be a good one for my students as they learn about everything from calculus to Shakespeare to failure. 我希望这个新学年成为对学生有益的一个学年。他们将在新学年里学习很多东西，包括微积分、莎士比亚和失败。 That’s right. Failure. 没错，就是失败。 We all need to fail a little. In fact, the secret of success might just be that. Consider the path of Henry David Thoreau. 我们都需要有点儿失败的经历。事实上，成功的秘诀也许就在于此。以亨利·大卫·梭罗的人生道路为例吧。 By many accounts, Thoreau was a failure. Folks thought he should have been a civic leader. He could have been a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher. He might even have made congressman or governor. 许多人都曾表示，梭罗的一生是失败的。人们认为他本该成为一名官员，他本来还可以成为医生、律师或教师，他甚至还可能当选众议员或州长。 Instead, the Harvard man seemed to spend most of his time 1)loafing in the woods near his hometown over near Walden Pond. Everyone just scratched their heads and wondered why such a promising young fellow wasn’t a “success.” 然而，这位哈佛毕业生似乎把自己的大部分时间都用来在家乡附近瓦尔登湖畔的树林里闲逛。所有人都百思不得其解，为什么这样一个前途光明的年轻人却没能“成功。” | 
