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“在山上没有坏天气，只有计划不周。”意思是尽可能地了解你的目标，以及如何实现这一目标是你自己的责任。缺乏准备没有任何理由可言！切记约克郡狂人的前车之鉴——自己的信息，自己获得！这样才能深入了解到自己的目标。
It is amazing what you find out with when you do a little research! This week I was going to describe the people I consulted and resources I used to learn all I could about climbing Muztagata, but I came across the much more entertaining story of Maurice Wilson (the “Mad Yorkshire Man”) who was probably the first and only man to attempt to climb Everest in women’s clothing (!)
Last time we saw how a belief in your dream is a powerful thing and Maurice certainly had a faith that climbing Everest was the “job (he) had been given to do”. In the early 1930s, and despite a complete lack of flying or mountaineering experience, he hatched[策划] a plan to fly a small Tiger Moth airplane all the way from Yorkshire in England to the Himalayas[喜马拉雅山脉], crash land it on the upper slopes of Everest and then walk to the, as yet, unconquered summit!
Sustained by his overwhelming belief in the power of fasting and prayer to guide him to the top where many experienced mountaineers had failed, he made no attempt to master any of the necessary mountaineering skills and barely learned how to fly. Amazingly, he still managed to make his way to Everest and after several failed attempts finally established a camp at the foot of the North Col around 6,400 meters up Everest. Eventually, despite being abandoned by his Sherpas[夏尔巴人] he would still not admit defeat and on 31st May wrote his final, tragically optimistic, diary entry, “Off again, gorgeous day…”
Anyway, the point of all this is that just having a dream is not enough, you really need to learn as much as you can about what you are going to do: what information you should know, what skills you should posses and how you will develop them.
“There is no such thing as bad weather in the mountains, only bad planning.” Anon
In other words, what this quote is saying is that it’s your responsibility to learn as much as you can about your goal and how to achieve it. There is no excuse for being unprepared!
OK, so what do you know about studying abroad? Here are my Top Tips:
Find out as much as you can about what you need to do to achieve your goal. Think about the key areas and write down all the questions you have.
How many different sources of information can you think of (books, internet, experts, friends etc)?
What skills do you have and what skills will you need to develop?
Beware of myths and inaccurate information! Think about who is giving you information, how authoritative they are and why they want to tell you.
Remember the Mad Yorkshire Man. It is your responsibility to be informed!
作者简介：
James Shipton，英国文化协会考试部中国业务总监
James Shipton于1981年至1982年在苏丹开始了他的教师生涯。之后，他在苏格兰的爱丁堡大学取得了社会人类学的硕士学位，并在墨西哥继续他的英语教学生涯达9年之久。在1995年加入英国文化协会后，James先后在阿塞拜疆、莫斯科、葡萄牙、泰国及中国工作，内容包括语言教学与测试，战略管理，项目设计及实施，与教育部开展咨询工作，并为语言学习者设计新的产品和服务。James已经从事了12年教学中心及考试的管理工作。
It is amazing what you find out with when you do a little research! This week I was going to describe the people I consulted and resources I used to learn all I could about climbing Muztagata, but I came across the much more entertaining story of Maurice Wilson (the “Mad Yorkshire Man”) who was probably the first and only man to attempt to climb Everest in women’s clothing (!)
Last time we saw how a belief in your dream is a powerful thing and Maurice certainly had a faith that climbing Everest was the “job (he) had been given to do”. In the early 1930s, and despite a complete lack of flying or mountaineering experience, he hatched[策划] a plan to fly a small Tiger Moth airplane all the way from Yorkshire in England to the Himalayas[喜马拉雅山脉], crash land it on the upper slopes of Everest and then walk to the, as yet, unconquered summit!
Sustained by his overwhelming belief in the power of fasting and prayer to guide him to the top where many experienced mountaineers had failed, he made no attempt to master any of the necessary mountaineering skills and barely learned how to fly. Amazingly, he still managed to make his way to Everest and after several failed attempts finally established a camp at the foot of the North Col around 6,400 meters up Everest. Eventually, despite being abandoned by his Sherpas[夏尔巴人] he would still not admit defeat and on 31st May wrote his final, tragically optimistic, diary entry, “Off again, gorgeous day…”
Anyway, the point of all this is that just having a dream is not enough, you really need to learn as much as you can about what you are going to do: what information you should know, what skills you should posses and how you will develop them.
“There is no such thing as bad weather in the mountains, only bad planning.” Anon
In other words, what this quote is saying is that it’s your responsibility to learn as much as you can about your goal and how to achieve it. There is no excuse for being unprepared!
OK, so what do you know about studying abroad? Here are my Top Tips:
Find out as much as you can about what you need to do to achieve your goal. Think about the key areas and write down all the questions you have.
How many different sources of information can you think of (books, internet, experts, friends etc)?
What skills do you have and what skills will you need to develop?
Beware of myths and inaccurate information! Think about who is giving you information, how authoritative they are and why they want to tell you.
Remember the Mad Yorkshire Man. It is your responsibility to be informed!
作者简介：
James Shipton，英国文化协会考试部中国业务总监
James Shipton于1981年至1982年在苏丹开始了他的教师生涯。之后，他在苏格兰的爱丁堡大学取得了社会人类学的硕士学位，并在墨西哥继续他的英语教学生涯达9年之久。在1995年加入英国文化协会后，James先后在阿塞拜疆、莫斯科、葡萄牙、泰国及中国工作，内容包括语言教学与测试，战略管理，项目设计及实施，与教育部开展咨询工作，并为语言学习者设计新的产品和服务。James已经从事了12年教学中心及考试的管理工作。