关于竞争的争论问题带翻译
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit(追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten. fRom hxw.red.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth.

Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve(缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

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在现代社会,有许多关于竞争的争论. 有一些人相信这是对社会进步和繁荣的负责;另一些人认为竞争是有害的,因为这会让一个人去对抗另一个人,更会导致人们不友好的关系.

我教过许多有这类想法的孩子,这些孩子认为他们的自尊体现在网球或其他技能的完成情况上. 对于他们,出色的完成并且赢得比赛是关系到生死的事件. 在他们单纯的追求成功中,有许多其他方面的需要发展的素质被不幸的遗忘了.

然而,有一些在渴望成功的中迷失,其他人则有着不同的看法.我这样一种文化,只有胜利者才能赢得大家的关注,而不是普通的人; 所以他们非常强烈的谴责竞争.在这当中许多的声音来自与年轻人,这些年轻人受到了父母或社会给他们带来的压力. 所以教这些年轻的学生,我经常观察到他们其中有人渴望失败. 这些人试图用不努力去赢得比赛或者获得成功来寻找失败. 他们总是有一些对于不努力去取得成功的借口,象"我有可能会失败,但是没有关系因为我们尽全力."真正的努力和失败常常不被这些人承认.

一些失败是很好的判定自己价值的措施. 清楚的是, 这个信念真正的竞争对手会试图证明自己.两者都会有一个错误的认识,这个认识是他们要对比对手的完成的情况.两者都害怕自己的价值不能体现. 这个基本的和棘手的恐惧开始缓解,我们能找到一种新的竞争的定义.

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