December 31, 2023, means the new year 2024 is nearly here! At this time of the year, many people set New Year’s resolutions. Many people want to make a change in life and others set a goal.

2023年12月31日，意味着2024年新年即将到来！ 每年的这个时候，很多人都会制定新年计划。 许多人希望改变生活，而另一些人则设定了目标。

So, today we talk about the word goal. You may know this word because you shout “gooaaal” when your team scores. It is exciting! It is also exciting when we reach our personal goals. 

那么，今天我们就来说说目标这个词。 您可能知道这个词，因为当您的球队得分时您会大喊“gooaaal”。 太令人兴奋了！ 当我们实现个人目标时，这也是令人兴奋的。 

A goal is something we want to reach. It is something we work toward. It is important to have goals in life and a plan to achieve them. A football player’s goal is to score a goal, and a goalie’s goal is to stop a … goal. 

目标是我们想要达到的目标。 这是我们努力的方向。 拥有人生目标以及实现这些目标的计划非常重要。 足球运动员的目标是进球，守门员的目标是阻止……进球。 

Let’s continue talking about sports. Many sports involve not only goals but also a goal line. A goal line gives the space on the field in which you can score or make a goal. 

我们继续聊运动。 许多运动不仅涉及球门，还涉及球门线。 球门线提供了球场上您可以得分或进球的空间。 

Let’s talk about American football for a minute. That sport involves tall goal posts. To make a point, a kicker can kick a football between the posts and score. Now, imagine if you are kicking that ball. You have the goal posts in your sights. You kick! It looks good! It looks like the ball is going to go between the posts. But then, at the last minute, someone moves the goal posts, and your ball does not go through. 

让我们谈谈美式足球。 这项运动涉及高高的球门柱。 为了得分，踢球者可以将足球踢到门柱之间并得分。 现在，想象一下如果你正在踢那个球。 您的目标就是球门柱。 你踢！ 看上去不错！ 看起来球将穿过门柱之间。 但是，在最后一刻，有人移动了球门柱，你的球没有通过。 

To move the goal posts as you are kicking the ball would not be fair. If someone moves the goal posts, they are changing the rules of the game or a situation to meet their own needs. 

在踢球时移动球门柱是不公平的。 如果有人移动球门柱，他们就是在改变游戏规则或情况以满足自己的需要。 

Let’s say you are building a house for someone. Both of you agree on a design, plan and price to build the house, and a date to complete the building. As the date of completion arrives, the soon-to-be owner wants to change the design of the house. She says that she wants the new design for the same price. 

假设您正在为某人建造一座房子。 你们双方就建造房屋的设计、计划和价格以及竣工日期达成一致。 随着竣工日期的到来，即将成为业主的人想要改变房子的设计。 她说她想要同样价格的新设计。 

You could say that she has moved the goal post! Or you could say that she has moved the goal line because some sports use a line and not a post. And some sports use both. 

可以说她已经移动了门柱！ 或者你可以说她移动了球门线，因为有些运动使用的是线而不是门柱。 有些运动同时使用两者。 

People who have the goal line or goal post moved on them may fall short of their goals. If you fall short of your goal you do not accomplish it. You do not succeed. 

球门线或球门柱移动的人可能会达不到他们的目标。 如果你达不到你的目标，你就无法实现它。 你不会成功。 

To reach your goals, it is a good idea to have a plan. Set out small steps you can do to reach your goals. And when you complete those small steps on your way to your end goal … make sure to celebrate! And make sure no one moves the goal line on you. 

为了实现您的目标，制定计划是个好主意。 列出您可以采取的小步骤来实现您的目标。 当您完成实现最终目标的这些小步骤时……一定要庆祝！ 并确保没有人移动球门线来攻击你。 

And that’s the end of this Words and Their Stories. Until next year … 

这就是《言语及其故事》的结尾。 直到明年 …