佚名/Anonymous
Today's youth seem content to take the easy route and enjoy the ride of life. When tough situations arise, they often pout and complain. How you live your teen years will have a profound impact on the rest of your life. You must learn to utilize your time wisely.
You may not see it now, but developing leadership characteristics at a young age is very important. As we get older, it becomes harder to overcome bad habits and replace them with good ones. Possessing leadership qualities is essential, both in this life and in the world to come.
There are certain qualities that one needs to develop in order to become a leader：justice, judgment, dependability, initiative, decisiveness, tact, integrity, enthusiasm, poise, unselfshness, courage, knowledge and loyalty. You may recognize these as good qualities to have, without realizing how they apply to leadership. The morethat these qualities are part of your nature, the more productive and enjoyable your life will be. All of these are qualities that one must possess to one degree or another.
Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is something that is learned. No one is born a leader. We are all capable of exhibiting the leadership qualities mentioned above—some just choose not to. Of course, not everyone can be the“top dog”，let alone all the time. However, everyone does have the capacity to lead in some way—but action is required!
Understand that learning is a fact of life—learning to ride a bike, learning to drive, learning to type, learning mathematics, etc. All of these activities require action. While we are born with many different abilities, if we do not harness and develop them, those abilities will never come to fruition.
Youth is an excellent time to start developing leadership traits. Take the time to study each one in detail. Put them into practice as you interact with other people. Determine which areas you are weak in, striving to always improve. Observe the leaders, and how they handle situations and carry themselves. Also, study the lives of great leaders. The results will serve you in this life—and beyond!
當今的年輕人似乎滿足於享受安逸的生活。遭遇困境時，他們往往心生不悅、怨天尤人。如何度過青少年時期，對你日後的生活有著深遠的影響。你必須學會明智地利用時間。
或許現在你還不能理解這些，但是在青年時期就培養領導素質是非常重要的。隨著年齡的增長，克服不良習慣，養成好的習慣會變得愈加艱難。無論是目前的生活，還是未來要麵對的世界，具備領導素質是對一個人的基本要求。
一個人要成為一名領導者，就必須具備這樣的品質：有正義感、有判斷力、可信任、積極主動、有主見、機智幹練、誠實、熱情、自信穩重、大公無私、有勇有膽、見識廣博、忠心耿耿。也許你已經具備了這樣的品質，但是不知道如何將這些品質運用到管理工作中去。這些品質在你的天性中占據的比例越大，你的生活就越成功。就某種程度而言，這些素質都是必須具備的。
領導能力是可以通過學習獲得的，這一觀點與人們普遍認為的有所不同。沒有人生來就是領導。我們在上麵列出了所有領導者需要具備的品質——隻是有些人不願選擇而已。當然，並非每個人都能成為“頂級人物”，就更不用說永遠保持優勢了。然而，每個人在某一方麵都一定擁有領導的潛力——隻是需要行動！
要知道，學習是生活中的現實任務——學騎車、學駕駛、學打字、學算術，等等。所有這些活動都需要行動。盡管我們生來就具有很多不同的才能，但是如果我們不能使用並培養它們，那麽，這些才能永遠也不會創造出成果。
青年時期是開始培養領導品質的黃金時期。花時間詳細地學習每一種品質，將這些品質應用到與他人的實際交往中。了解自己的弱項，並盡力去彌補改進。仔細觀察每個領導，看看他們是如何處理問題，保持自我風度的。並且，還要研究偉大領導者的生活。付出所換來的成果足夠你終生受用了。
W詞匯筆記
pout[paut]v.撅嘴；板著臉；不高興
例 The little girl would pout and say：“I'm not a little girl anymore.”
小女孩會把嘴一撅，說道：“我已經不是小丫頭了。”
characteristic[,k?r?kt?'ristik]n.特征；特性；特色
例 Offenses with this characteristic usually will be encountered as assimilative crimes.
帶有此特征的犯罪行為通常被視為同等犯罪。
integrity[in'teɡr?ti]n.正直；誠實；廉正
例 To maintain the integrity of the whole, these available choices are reciprocal ones.
為保持整體的完整性，這些可用的選擇是相對的。
capacity[k?'p?siti]n.能力；容量；容積
例 Every moving object has the capacity to do work.
每一個運動的物體都具有做功的本領。
S小試身手
無論是目前的生活，還是未來要麵對的世界，具備領導素質是對一個人的基本要求。
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領導能力是可以通過學習獲得的，這一觀點與人們普遍認為的有所不同。
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青年時期是開始培養領導品質的黃金時期。
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P短語家族
How you live your teen years will have a profound impact on the rest of your life.
have an impact on：對於……有影響；對……造成衝擊
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Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is something that is learned.
contrary to：與……相反；違反
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