Chance Favors Only the Prepared Mind 机会只青睐有准备的人

I have got benefits from making preparations in advance since I was a child. For example, I kept making some preparations for the next term every vacation instead of spending all time in playing so that I knew how to make my schedule and use my time effectively in a new term. Owing to this habit, I avoided many problems others suffered and got a more pleasant result. Thus, I always believe that chance favors only the prepared mind.

在我还是小孩的时候我就从提前准备中获益了。例如，我一直都在假期的时候为下个学期做一些准备而不是把所有的时间都花在玩上，所以我知道如何制定我的时间表，在新学期中充分有效地利用我的时间。由于这个习惯，我避免许多问题别人经历的问题，而且结果也更愉快。因此，我一直相信，机会只青睐有准备的人。

We are not difficult to notice that there are always chances, but not all people can catch them. For those people who have not made any preparation, they cannot see any chance but always difficulty or disadvantage. However, for those people who keep making preparation all the time, they can notice every chance and take full advantage of it. For example, if a college student makes full use of his time to learn various things assiduously within his college life, he will not feel so hard when hunting a job. On the contrary, if he spends all his time in playing and sleeping, he will suffer a lot in making his living.

不难发现，机会很多，但不是所有的人都能抓住。对于那些没有做任何准备的人，他们看不到任何的机会，而是困难或缺点。然而，对于那些一直在做准备人，他们会注意到每一个机会，并充分利用。例如，如果一个大学生在他的大学生活中充分利用他的时间刻苦学习各种各样的知识，就业的时候他就不会感到那么的困难。相反，如果他把所有的时间都用在玩和睡觉上，在谋生的路上他会遇到很多困难。

In addition, someone will say that sharp brain can also make contribution to our success and we needn’t to make preparation all the time. However, a repetition of practices is the resort of gaining genuine knowledge. Without practice, without making preparation in advance, we will lack of the source of creation and we will never have a sharp mind.

此外，有人会说聪明的脑袋对我们的成功也是有贡献的，我们不需要一直都在做准备。然而，实践出真知。没有实践，没有提前做好准备，我们会缺乏创新的源泉，我们永远都不会有敏锐的头脑。

In a word, making preparation in advance is significant and necessary. To be successful, we need to learn more, practice more.

总之，提前做好准备是很重要和必要的。要取得成功，我们需要多学多练。