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They say“Make the best of a bad situation”.But I believe the bad situation makes the best of you.Even the irritations（令人惱火的事） of life can be useful.
人們常說：“用最好的辦法處理逆境。”但我相信逆境會讓你做到最好，就連生活中讓你煩惱的事都可能會有用處的。
President Abraham Lincoln showed us how this is so. One of his officials, Edwin Stanton, frequently found faults of the president and criticized him——sometimes in public.
亞伯拉罕·林肯總統就向我們展示了這一點。 他手下的一名官員埃德溫·斯坦頓經常找他的缺點，並以此指責他——有時候還在公開場合這樣做。
Lincoln seemed to show excessive（過度） patience with him.The president was asked why he kept such a man in a high level position. Lincoln characteristically（特徵性地） responded with a story.
林肯對他似乎一直都很忍讓。有人問總統為什麼要把這樣一個人放在高層位置上。 林肯的回答很特別，他講了一個故事。
He told about a time he was visiting with an old farmer.He noticed a big horsefly（馬蠅） biting the stomach of the farmer’s horse.Lincoln said he reached over to brush the fly away.As he did so, the farmer stopped him and warned，“Don’t do that, friend.It is the only thing keeping this old horse moving.”
他說有一次他去拜訪一位老農，注意到一隻大馬蠅正在咬馬的腹部。林肯說他伸手去驅趕那隻馬蠅，但老農阻止了他，並警告說：“別趕它，朋友。那隻馬蠅是唯一能讓這匹老馬活動的東西。”
Even life's many irritations（令人惱火的事） and problems have their place. They may cause us to change directions.Or lead us to greater achievement.Or keep us moving along when it’s easier to go nowhere（任何地方）.
即便是生活中許多令人煩惱和棘手的事情都有它存在的必要。它們或許會讓我們改變方向，或許會促使我們取得更大的成就，或許會在我們容易懈怠的時候促使我們繼續前進。
Are you simply making the best of a bad situation, or will it make the best of you?
你是用最好的辦法處理逆境，還是在它的促使下做到最好？
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