原文

Greatness. It’s just something we made up. Somehow we’ve come to believe that greatness is a gift, reserved for a chosen few — for prodigies, for superstars — and the rest of us can only stand by watching. You can forget that. Greatness is not some rare DNA strand. It’s not some precious thing. Greatness is no more unique to us than breathing. We’re all capable of it, all of us.

拆句

Greatness. it's just something we made up.

made up 编造

somehow we've come to believe

somehow 不知为何
be come to 渐渐地

that greatness is a gift

gift 天赋

reserved for a chosen few

be reserved for 为某人预留

for prodigies (prodigy), for superstars

prodigy 奇才

and the rest of us can only stand by watching

the rest of 剩下的
rest 也有休息含义
stand by 站在一旁什么也不做

you can forget that


Greatness is not some rare DNA strand

rare 稀有的
DNA strand DNA链
strand 线、串

it's not some precious thing

precious 珍贵的

Greatness is no more unique to us than breathing

be no more ... than ... 不比...更...

we're all capable of it

be capable of sth/doing sth 有能力做某事

all of us

我们每个人

翻译

伟大，只是我们编造出来的。不知道为什么，我们渐渐地把伟大当成是为少数特定人选预留的天赋，比如奇才、超级明星，而我们其他人只能站在一旁观望而已。你可以忽略这些。伟大不是什么稀有基因链。也不是什么珍贵的东西。伟大对于我们来说，其实和呼吸一样。我们中的每一个人，都有能力做到。