英語閱讀：人生需要的七句話

Your life story is an expression of who you are; the words you choose to use shape this story. Your words create the essence of your inner culture and the core of your identity and destiny.

你的生活故事就是你是誰的真實(shí)表現(xiàn)；你選擇使用的詞匯塑造了你的故事，你的詞匯創(chuàng)造了你內(nèi)在文化的本質(zhì)和你身份與命運(yùn)的核心。

Your ability to write a happy life story hinges on your language. It is your inner and outer verbal expression that makes your joy possible and that infuses your life with purpose, meaning and vitality.

你能否寫出一個(gè)快樂的生活故事取決于你的語言。你內(nèi)在和外在的言語表達(dá)使你變得歡樂，而且將目標(biāo)、意義、生命力注入你的生活。

So today I challenge you to say…

所以今天我希望你說……

1. “I have a choice.”

“我可以選擇?！?/p>

It is not your talents or abilities, but your choices that ultimately decide your fate. You ARE your choices.

你的命運(yùn)不是由你的天賦或是能力決定的，而是由你的選擇決定了你終的命運(yùn)。你就是你的選擇。

Until you can look at yourself in the mirror and honestly say, “I have a choice. I am here now because of the choices I’ve made in the past,” you will never be able to say, “I choose differently.”

直到你能看著鏡子中的自己然后誠實(shí)地說，“我可以選擇，我現(xiàn)在能變成這樣是因?yàn)槲疫^去做的那些選擇，” 你才可能有資格說：“我還有不同的選擇?！?/p>

2. “Let’s get started!”

“我們開始吧！”

You can’t build anything wonderful with ideas of what you are going to do someday. If you want something, you have to make a little noise, declare it and then get started.

光想你可能有朝一日要去實(shí)踐的點(diǎn)子，你是無法成就任何精彩事業(yè)的。如果你想要什么，你必須要低調(diào)，宣布你的決心然后就開始行動(dòng)。

A goal is far more than a mental exercise. In fact, without the intent of action a goal is nothing more than a lie. Make your decisions real and present in your life; give them the time and attention they deserve.

目標(biāo)不只是腦力鍛煉這么簡單。事實(shí)上，沒有行動(dòng)的意圖，目標(biāo)只不過是一個(gè)謊言。要讓你的決定變成事實(shí)而且呈現(xiàn)在你的生活中；要花適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)間和精力去實(shí)現(xiàn)它們。

3. “I have what it takes.”

“我具備所需的條件?！?/p>

The worst enemy of today is your self-doubt. The moment you doubt whether you can do something is the moment it becomes impossible for you.

現(xiàn)在大的敵人是你的自我懷疑。當(dāng)你懷疑自己能否完成一些事情的時(shí)候，就是你不可能完成這些事情的開始。

You have to believe in yourself. You have to trust yourself. You might be nervous, but do not you ever let any source of negativity in the world convince you that you don’t have what it takes.

你必須要相信你自己，你必須要信任你自己。你可能會(huì)緊張，但任何時(shí)候，你都不能讓這個(gè)世界上任何的負(fù)面資源影響你，讓你相信你并不具備所需的條件。

Give yourself a pep talk if you need one. State some facts, some evidence of your greatness. Recall your past victories. Speak them out loud – “I aced that test.” “I earned that big raise.” “I ran that 5K without stopping.” “My best friend loved my wedding speech.” And so on and so forth… Give a positive voice to your past victories and you will find the strength to repeat history.

如果需要你可以給自己打氣。說出一些事實(shí)，給出一些你很棒的證據(jù)?；叵肽氵^去的成功，然后大聲地講出來——“我在考試中得了A?！?“我獲得了大幅度加薪?！?“我不休息連續(xù)跑了五公里?！?“我好的朋友喜歡我寫的婚禮祝詞?！?等等…… 給你過去的成功一個(gè)積極的聲音，然后你就能找到力量去重復(fù)這些成功。

4. “Hello, how can I help you?”

“你好，需要幫忙嗎？”

In life, you get what you put in.

在生活中，你付出什么，就會(huì)得到什么。

Generally speaking, the unhappiest people you will ever meet will be those who are utterly self-absorbed; the happiest people you will ever meet will be those who lose themselves in the joy and challenge of helping others.

通常，你見到的不開心的人都是那些以自我為中心的人；快樂的人都是放棄自己的快樂并幫助他人的人。

Happiness is always attained by giving it away without expectation. Those who help others are eventually helped. You have two hands, one to help yourself and the other to help those around you. If you can lie down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone’s day just a little brighter, you have something to smile about.

幸福通常在不經(jīng)意間獲得。那些幫助他人的人，終都會(huì)獲得別人的幫助。你有兩只手，一只幫助自己，一只幫助身邊的人。當(dāng)你在夜晚躺在床上回想，內(nèi)心確信你讓別人的一天更加愉快，你自己也就有了值得微笑的事情。

5. “Look how far I’ve come.”

“我已經(jīng)走了這么遠(yuǎn)了?！?/p>

The way you move a mountain is by moving one stone at a time. Every stone you move, no matter how small, is progress.

移走一座大山的方法是每次搬走一塊石頭。無論石頭有多小，但你挪走的每一塊都是一種進(jìn)步。

Sometimes it may be hard to see your progress. Sometimes it will be frustrating when the results you seek don’t appear as quickly as you had hoped. Still, you are advancing. You may be moving along slowly, but you are still moving a mountain.

有時(shí)候，想要看到自己的進(jìn)步可能比較困難。有時(shí)候，當(dāng)你追求的結(jié)果并沒有像你期望中那樣如期到來，這可能很令人沮喪。但是，你仍然在進(jìn)步。也許你前進(jìn)得很慢，但你仍然在努力移山。

Achievement, after all, is an enduring process, not a single event. To achieve any worthwhile goal you must cover a lot of ground. You need to learn what works by trial and error. You must explore possibilities, many of which will only show you what doesn’t work. Just keep in mind that the mistakes and setbacks are a vital part of the process.

成就畢竟是一個(gè)持久的過程，而不是一個(gè)單一事件。要實(shí)現(xiàn)任何有價(jià)值的目標(biāo)必須涉及廣泛。你必須要通過實(shí)驗(yàn)和錯(cuò)誤去學(xué)習(xí)什么是管用的方法。你要去探索各種可能性，而其中很多都只是告訴你什么是行不通的，你要記住錯(cuò)誤和挫折都是成功過程中的一個(gè)重要部分。

Take a break every now and then and pat yourself on the back. Applaud yourself for doing what needs to be done. And be careful not to spend so much time looking at how far you still have to go, that you forget to appreciate how far you’ve already come.

不時(shí)休息一下，并且自我鼓勵(lì)。為你自己做的那些必須要做的事情喝彩。但你也要小心，不要花費(fèi)太多的時(shí)間仰望你還要走的路，也不要忘了贊賞自己已經(jīng)走了的那么遠(yuǎn)的路。

6. “I have more than enough to be happy.”

“我擁有的比足夠讓我快樂的還要多?！?/p>

The happiest of people aren’t the luckiest, and they usually don’t have the best of everything either. They simply make the most of everything they do have. The reason so many people are unhappy is because they tend to look at what’s missing in their life, instead of what’s present.

幸福的人并不是幸運(yùn)的人，他們也常常不能擁有所有好的東西。他們只是簡單地把每件事情做得好。有這么多人不幸福的原因，是因?yàn)樗麄児庀胫约荷惺サ臇|西，而不是想他們現(xiàn)在擁有的。

Take a stand and flip the switch. Stop wishing you had more. Stop wishing you were somewhere else. Stop wishing you looked like someone else. Love your quirks enough to let them shine. Appreciate your body and use it to it’s full potential. Appreciate the things you have that so many others dream about. Scream it out loud if you must: “I am lucky to be alive! I am happy to be me right now! My life isn’t perfect, it’s just pretty darn good!”

現(xiàn)在就明確立場輕按下那個(gè)開關(guān)。不要再期望你擁有更多。不要再希望你在別的地方，不要再期望自己像別人一樣。愛你的與眾不同并讓它們閃光。要感激你的身體然后發(fā)揮它大的潛能；感激你擁有的一切，而這些也都是其他很多人夢寐以求的。如果需要的話你可以大聲叫出來：“我是幸運(yùn)的，因?yàn)槲疫€活著！我很幸福能成為現(xiàn)在的自己！我的生活并不完美，但已經(jīng)足夠美好！”

7. “ … ”

“……”

That blank space denoted by “ … ” is no mistake. That space represents silence.

上面用“……”的空白并不是寫錯(cuò)了，那些空白代表沉默。

Silence is soothing. Silence is peace. Silence is divine. The more silent you are, the more you can hear yourself think.

沉默能撫慰人心，沉默能帶來平和，沉默是神圣的。你越沉默，你能聽到更多自己的想法。

Have you ever heard the silence just before the sun peaks over the horizon? Or the hush of a country road at midnight? Or the peaceful calm just after a thunderstorm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence in the back of your city library, or the eager pause of an auditorium full of people when the lights dim for the main event, or, best of all, the moment just after the front door shuts and you suddenly have the whole house to yourself?

你是否曾經(jīng)傾聽過太陽躍出地平線前的沉默？或是午夜鄉(xiāng)村道路的靜謐？或只是一場雷雨結(jié)束后的寧靜？或許你可能了解在城市圖書館后面的安靜，或者是在一個(gè)坐滿人的禮堂里燈光漸暗活動(dòng)開始前的短暫停頓，又或者是，好的，當(dāng)你把前門關(guān)上的那一刻，突然整個(gè)房子只有你一個(gè)人在里面的安靜？

Each silent moment is different, yet all are beautiful if you listen carefully. Leave enough space in your day to enjoy the space between the commotions. Say nothing, think quietly, just be and breathe.

每一種安靜的瞬間都是不一樣的，但如果你仔細(xì)聽，它們都是很美好的。在騷亂之間，給你自己留出足夠的空間去享受這一切。不要說任何事情，安靜的思考和呼吸。