Sometimes, it's hard to decide whether a person is successful or not, because there are many criteria, such as the money one earns, the achievements one gets.In reality, some Americans judge success by the length of their vacations.The man who gets a month's vacation each year considers himself more successful than the man who gets two weeks.Many people want to be teachers because it is teachers who can get a three-month vacation every year.Some college teachers who teach three classes consider themselves less successful than those who teach only one or two, or none in all.In short, the less work Americans do, the more successful they consider themselves.In your opinion, what is success?
有時候,我們很難斷定一個人是否成功,因?yàn)橛泻芏鄻?biāo)準(zhǔn),比如一個人賺錢的多少,他取得的成就。現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中,一些美國人以假期的長短來判斷成功。一個每年有一個月的假期的男人認(rèn)為自己比那些有兩個前星期的假期的人更成功。很多人想成為老師是因?yàn)槔蠋熋磕甓加腥齻€月的假期。有的大學(xué)老師上三節(jié)課的老師認(rèn)為他們沒有那些只上一兩節(jié)或是根本不上課的老師成功。總之,美國人的工作越少,他們就認(rèn)為自己更成功。在你看來什么是成功呢?