慢就是快

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We live in a world obsessed with learning things fast. 我们生活在一个执迷于“速成”的世界里。

Every ad promises fluent in three months, 广告铺天盖地都在吹“三个月就能说一口流利外语”，

or master this in thirty days. 或者“三十天彻底精通”。

And for a while, 有那么一阵子，

that pressure made me feel like I was failing just 这种压力让我觉得自己很失败，

because I was slow. 仅仅是因为我学得慢。

But I've made peace with being a slow learner. 但现在，我已经和“学得慢”的自己和解了。

I take longer than most people to pick things up. 我学新东西确实比大多数人花的时间都要长。

I have to repeat things, go back, 我得不断重复、倒回去重看，

practice the basics again and again. 一遍又一遍地死磕基本功。

For years I saw that as a weakness. 很多年来，我都把这当作自己的一个弱点。

Now I think it might be a strength. 但现在我觉得，这搞不好反而是种优势。

The things I learn slowly, I seem to keep. 那些我慢慢啃下来的东西，往往能记得特别牢。

The stuff I crammed quickly always vanished just as fast. 而那些临时突击硬塞进脑子里的，忘得也一样快。

There's no prize for learning something in record time. 以创纪录的速度学会一门东西，又没人给你发奖牌。

The only thing that really matters is that, 唯一真正重要的是，

eventually, you actually learn it. 到最后你是不是真的把它掌握了。