不斷超越自己

思年

Consider...YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come， there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.

You are unique① in the entire history and future of the universe②.

Wow！ Stop and think about that. Youre better than one in a million， or a billion， or a gazillion.

You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity③！

Youre amazing！ Youre awesome！And by the way， TAG， youre it.

As amazing and awesome as you already are， you can be even more so.

Beautiful young people are the whimsy④ of nature， but beautiful old people are true works of art.

But you dont become “beautiful” just by virtue⑤ of the aging process.

Real beauty comes from learning， growing， and loving in the ways of life.

That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly， and sometimes painfully， by just waiting for life to happen to you.

Or you can choose to accelerate⑥ your growth and intentionally⑦ devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush⑧ of today.

Paint a Masterpiece⑨.

God gives every bird its food， but he doesnt throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go， hatever you want to do， it is truly up to you.

試想一下……你！一個空前絕后的你，不論是以往還是將來都不會有一個跟你一模一樣的人。

你在歷史上和宇宙中都是獨一無二的。

哇！停下來想想吧，你是萬里挑一、億里挑一、兆里挑一的。

在無窮無盡的宇宙中，你是舉世無雙的！

你是了不起的！你是卓越的！沒錯，就是你。

你已經是了不起的，是卓越的，你還可以更卓越更了不起。

美麗的年輕人是大自然的奇想，而美麗的老人卻是藝術的杰作。

但你不會因為年齡的漸長就自然而然地變得“美麗”。

真正的美麗源于生命里的學習、成長和熱愛。

那就是生命的藝術。你可以聽天由命慢慢地學，有時候或許會很痛苦。

或許你可以選擇加速自己的成長，故意地揮霍生命及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之筆描繪自己未來的藝術家。

畫出一幅杰作吧。

上帝給了鳥兒食物，但他沒有將食物扔到它們的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做決定的還是你自己。

【重點單詞】

1. unique [ju？謖ni？蘼k] adj. 獨一無二的，獨特的，稀罕的

2. universe [？謖ju？蘼nIv？廾？蘼rs] n. 宇宙，萬物，世界

3. infinity [in？謖fIn？藜ti] n. （時間，空間等）無限，無窮，（數）無窮大

4. whimsy [？謖wImzi] n. 怪念頭，心情浮動，反復無常

5. virtue [？謖v？廾？蘼rt？蘩u？蘼] n. 美德，德行，優(yōu)點，貞操

6. accelerate [？藜k？謖sel？藜reIt] vt. 加速，提前，跳級

7. intentionally [in？謖ten？蘩？藜n？藜li] adv. 有意地，故意地

8. brush [br？蘧？蘩] n. 刷子，畫筆

9. masterpiece [？謖mɑ？蘼st？藜pi？蘼s] n. 杰作