AN eLwit Ytleea Gr’isr 1l)’Wsisdom我的新年智慧

⊙ By Rama ⊙翻譯：思葦

AN eLwit Ytleea Gr’isr 1l)’Wsisdom我的新年智慧

⊙ By Rama ⊙翻譯：思葦

聽(tīng)完博士的一席話，你對(duì)未來(lái)的新年計(jì)劃開(kāi)始有信心了嗎？接著來(lái)聽(tīng)聽(tīng)Rama對(duì)新年決心有什么想法——?jiǎng)e看這小姑娘才四歲，她的建議還蠻有道理的哦！

聽(tīng)力指南針

Rama的發(fā)音很有特色，整篇文章語(yǔ)速平緩，很注意語(yǔ)調(diào)上的抑揚(yáng)頓挫，通過(guò)聲音表達(dá)出極其豐富的感情色彩，大家可以特別留意她對(duì)單詞尾音是怎么處理的。

I have a problem with New Year’s resolutions, not because they often fail, or because they are too difficult, and not because I am bad at them, either. I mean, I’ve only been alive for four New Years.

No, I have a problem with resolutions because people think that that’s it—it’s the one time to change. Now, don’t get me wrong. We definitely all need change. I have no idea how to ride a bicycle, and my little brother has no idea what a toilet is for, and some of you…yeah,you should probably…should get out of the house more. But one big decision probably is not going to do it. Sorry!

So now what?2)Flush your resolutions down the toilet? The one my little brother can’t use? Of course not! Keep your resolutions,but go easy on yourself. Will you change? Maybe. But it probably won’t happen in one big moment. It will happen in thousands of little moments. Every time you choose to forgive, or slow down, or be grateful, or stay calm. Each little moment that you choose what’s right instead of what’s easy, faith instead of doubt, love instead of hate.That’s where the change happens!

Even if you fail one, or two, or thirty times, it’s OK! You’ve got thousands of more little moments ahead of you. You’ll get better. Bye!

Keep your resolutions,but go easy on yourself.

Go easy on這個(gè)動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)一般用于口語(yǔ)，后面可以搭配someone或something。要注意的是，go easy on someone和go easy on something所表達(dá)的意思是不一樣的，前者是指“對(duì)人寬容，溫和對(duì)待”，后者是指“有節(jié)制地用，省著用”，如：

● Go easy on your little brother, will you? He didn’t mean to break the window.（別太兇你弟弟行嗎？他也不是故意打碎窗玻璃的。）

● Hey, go easy on the

ketchup—there’s not much left. （嘿，番茄醬可得省著點(diǎn)兒用——已經(jīng)所剩無(wú)幾了。）

參考譯文

我的新年決心碰上了一個(gè)難題——不是因?yàn)檫@些決心總是以失敗告終，不是因?yàn)樗鼈兲y實(shí)現(xiàn)，也不是因?yàn)槲也簧瞄L(zhǎng)履行決心。我的意思是，我才過(guò)了四個(gè)新年呢！

都不是，我對(duì)新年決心有一個(gè)疑問(wèn)，因?yàn)槿藗兛傆X(jué)得“這就夠了”——他們覺(jué)得這樣一來(lái)就能改變自己。別誤解我的意思，沒(méi)錯(cuò)，我們所有人都需要不斷改變，比如我就還沒(méi)學(xué)會(huì)怎么騎單車，我弟弟對(duì)馬桶的用途一頭霧水，而你們當(dāng)中有些人——是啊，你們或許應(yīng)該……應(yīng)該多出門走走。不過(guò)，就這樣定下一個(gè)大決心或許根本不會(huì)帶來(lái)改變。不好意思咯！

那么，現(xiàn)在該怎么辦呢？把你的決心用馬桶沖走嗎？就那個(gè)我弟弟不會(huì)用的玩意兒？當(dāng)然不行！把你的新年決心堅(jiān)持下去，但是對(duì)自己悠著點(diǎn)兒。你會(huì)有所改變嗎？沒(méi)準(zhǔn)兒。但這種改變大概不會(huì)在某個(gè)重大時(shí)刻立馬實(shí)現(xiàn)，而是發(fā)生在無(wú)數(shù)個(gè)微不足道的瞬間。每當(dāng)你選擇原諒，或放慢腳步，或心存感恩，或保持冷靜；每當(dāng)你選擇正道而非捷徑，每當(dāng)你選擇信任而非懷疑，每當(dāng)你選擇關(guān)愛(ài)而非憎恨，那就是你改變的一刻！

哪怕你失敗了一次、兩次，甚至是三十次，那都沒(méi)關(guān)系！因?yàn)樵谀忝媲斑€有許多許多這樣的瞬間，你總會(huì)取得進(jìn)步的。再見(jiàn)啦！

1) wisdom [?w?zd?m]n. 智慧，才智

2) flush [fl??] v. 用水沖掉（常與away、down連用）