Self-talk is a software, which when properly loaded onto our mind directs ourselves for better results and a healthy mind.
Actually many times in our life, we find others advising us to do better in studies, sports, life etc. We usually get bugged by these people and blank our ears out of their constructive suggestions. It is because it doesn’t come from within us. And when something comes from within you, you always try your best to do justice to it. Self-talk can thus ameliorate our status.
Each one of us has some good points and some bad ones. Though we hardly admit in public, we know in our mind that we could do better in some areas of our personal landscape. This get better attitude can be converted into a practical reality using self-talk.
If you are an introvert and you want to be the gregarious person like you friend next door, all you need to do is talk to yourself. Tell yourself with all the sincerity and emotions that “I can be like him. I am a natural born speaker. I do like people and speaking comes naturally to me. I just have to be ready to listen and speak”. Suppose you love a person and want to tell him or her, then just say to yourselves “I love her with all my heart. She is the only one and I know it. If I don’t let her know, it would be grave injustice on my part. Every person loves to be loved. Even she will”. These are just some examples I have explained. It’s up to you to program your own mantra.
If you are highly optimistic to do better, there is no better motivator than self-talk. So guys start talking.
生活如同一個搖擺在快樂和悲傷之間的大秋千。當我們處於悲傷的下坡時，又開始向快樂的上坡進軍。沮喪時，我們會傷心地跌入絕望之穀，能擺脫這種困境的人是戰勝悲傷的勝者。
當你感覺情緒欠佳時，失落和困惑之感便會油然而生，此時是你最困難的時期，用自我交談的方式能有效地鼓舞自己。自我交談，事實上就是和自己說話，它能有效地探索靈魂。與自己說話時，談話受良心的支配，使我們很難撒謊。自我交談能有效地了解自己的想法，強烈地影響我們的思想。我們的大腦如耳朵一樣會接收來自思想的信息，反複鼓舞的話語能對大腦的反應進行有效的調節。
自我交談是一種軟件，當它被適當地裝入我們的思想時，便能指導我們得到好的結果並擁有健康的心態。
事實上，別人常會建議我們在學習、體育運動和生活等方麵做得更好。我們總會對他們的嘮叨感到厭煩，對他們建設性的意見充耳不聞，因為那些聲音並非發自我們內心。若它們發自內心，我們就會全身心投入進去。所以說，與自己交談能使我們的現狀有所改善。
每個人都是優點缺點兼而有之。我們不願在公眾麵前承認，我們也知道自己個人生活的許多方麵是可以做得更好的。這樣會使“通過自我交談能使我們趨於完善”這一觀點在現實生活中得以實現。
如果你性格內向，想和鄰居、朋友一樣成為善於交際的人，你需要做的就是和自己交談。誠摯而滿懷感情地對自己說：“我能和他一樣，我是個天生的演講家。我的確喜歡人們，喜歡隨心所欲地與大家暢談。我必須時刻準備好聆聽或發言。”如果你愛一個人，並想讓他或她知道，那麼就告訴自己：“我全身心地愛她，我清楚，她是我的唯一。倘若不讓她知道，這對我來說不公平。每個人都希望得到別人的愛，她也不例外。”這不過是我舉的一些例子，如何去表白由你自己決定。
若你對做好一切很有信心，那沒有比自我交談更好的激勵方法了。因此，開始交談吧。
心靈小語
很少有人與自己交談，殊不知，這樣是充分了解自己，讓自己恢複自信的最佳途徑。其實你就是自己最佳的傾聽者。
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trauma ['tr?:m?] n. 精神創傷；外傷例 There are no signs of any head trauma. 頭上沒有外傷的痕跡。
frustration [fr?s'trei??] n. 挫折例 But I meet so many problems and frustrations then. 但是而後我遇到了很多的困難和挫折。
ameliorate [?mi:lj?eit] v. 改善；改良；減輕（痛苦等）例 If we ameliorate product, then higher price to sale, so get higher gain. 如果我們能改進產品，就可以賣更高的價格，從而獲得更高的利潤。
optimistic [??pti'mistik] adj. 樂觀的；樂觀主義的例 I hold an optimistic view of events. 我對許多事情都持有樂觀的看法。
生活如同一個搖擺在快樂和悲傷之間的大秋千。
能擺脫這種困境的人是戰勝悲傷的勝者。
與自己說話時，談話受良心的支配，使我們很難撒謊。
...it makes a larger impact on our mind. impact on：影響；對……衝擊；碰撞
This repetition of pep talks and thoughts fine tunes the performance of the brain. pep talk：打氣；鼓勵的話；鼓舞動員談話
每日必省
Something Worth Thinking About
佚名 / Anonymous
How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives. I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time “thinking” about their vacation than they do thinking about what’s important in their life.
While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life, it’s not what we were created to do. After all, the Master Creator took his R&R(Rest and Recreation) on the seventh day, only after six days of “definitely directed thought.”
Wallace D. Wattles, wrote “There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive
thought; it is the hardest work in the world.” And yet it is the first and
primary labor of achievement.
My friend Mike Litman wrote an outstanding article, it’s called The Millionaire Composite and it analyzes one of the big differences between super-successful people and everyone else. He writes “I recently visited with a Real Estate Multi Millionaire Mogul. What did I see next to his desk? His vision statement, along with a list of what he values in life—hand written.
“A few months back, I interviewed an individual who has sold over a billion dollars worth of products on television. He told me that he reads his life and business vision and goals daily, and that he takes time to visualize exactly what he wants to create—each night before falling asleep.”
What is your life’s purpose or your personal mission statement? Is it written down? Do you review it and think about it often? Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose?
Without purpose and goals—definitely directed thought—you are like the proverbial “ship without a rudder.” There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, the fuel that propels you toward the life you envision. One of my favorite passages of James Allen is one he wrote in The Mastery of Destiny: “All successful people are people of purpose. They hold fast to an idea, a project, a plan, and will not let it go; they cherish it, brood upon it, tend and develop it; and when assailed by difficulties, they refuse to be beguiled into surrender; indeed, the intensity of the purpose increases with the growing magnitude of the obstacles encountered.” And that’s worth thinking about.
人們常聽說，大多數人為他們的假期做計劃要比為生活做的花費的時間多。我把這一表述加以擴展：許多人思考他們的假期比思考生活中其他事情所花費的時間多。
雖然休息和娛樂是和諧生活不可或缺的，但我們生活的目的並不在此。畢竟，偉大的造物主在為我們“明確地指明了思考的方向”後的第七天才去休息和娛樂。
華萊士·D.沃爾特曾寫道：“沒有一種體力勞動能使大多數人畏懼退縮，但連續不斷的腦力勞動卻能。世界上最難的工作莫過於思考。”然而，思考卻是獲得成功的必要前提。
我的朋友邁克·裏曼寫了一篇名為《百萬富翁的成功史》的傑作。書中對成功人士與普通人之間的差異進行了分析。他寫道：“最近我拜訪了一位地產界的傑出人士。你猜我在他的桌上看見了什麼？是他對未來的憧憬，以及在他生活中有重要價值的事物的列表——都是手寫的。
“數月前，我采訪了一位商界名人，他通過廣播電視宣傳已售出了價值上億美元的產品。他對我說，他每天都會對他的生活和事業進行構想，並將其在頭腦中定型——他每天晚上睡覺前都這麼做。”
你人生的目的和任務何在？你是否曾把它們寫下來呢？你經常回顧思考它們嗎？你的生活不正是由你的人生目的和支持這一目的的一係列目標所組成嗎？
沒有理想和目標的生活——即沒有明確的指向性思維，便會如諺語所說的，乃“無舵之舟”。有一種力量蘊藏於人生的理想和目標中。這種力量使你克服重重困難，推動你駛向美好生活。我非常喜歡詹姆士·艾倫的《命運的主人》—文的—段文字：“一切成功人士都有明確的理想和目標。他們緊盯一個構思、— 項工程，或是一個計劃，絕不會讓機會溜走；然後再對其進行播種，助其發芽，悉心嗬護使之成長。即使身處困境，也堅決不退縮。實際上，紛至遝來的困難和阻礙，會更激勵他們勇往直前。”這一道理頗值得深思。
relaxation [?i:l?'sei??] n. 放鬆；緩和；消遣例 I really need a relaxation on my holiday. 我假期時真的需要好好放鬆一下。
primary ['praim?i] adj. 主要的；初期的；根本的例 This is a primary source of instability in software development. 在軟件開發中這是不穩定性的主要源頭。
outstanding [?ut'st?di?] adj. 傑出的；顯著的例 He is an outstanding student. 他是個優秀的學生。
analyze ['??aiz] v. 分析；分解例 We have to analyze and solve problems. 我們必須分析問題，解決問題。
世界上最難的工作莫過於思考。
沒有理想和目標的生活——即沒有明確的指向性思維。
一切成功人士都有明確的理想和目標。
His vision statement, along with a list of what he values in life—hand written. along with：和……一起；同……一道（一起）；與……同時
After all, the Master Creator took his R&R(Rest and Recreation) on the seventh day. afer all：畢竟；終究
追憶逝去的美好
Try to Remember the Good Things
佚名 / Anonymous
When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness.
Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial.
When life throws you one more obstacle than you think you can handle, remember something you achieved through perseverance and by struggling to the end.
In doing so, you’ll find you have the ability to overcome each obstacle brought your way.
When you find yourself drained and depleted of energy,
remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest.
Take the necessary time in your own life to dream your dreams and renew your energy, so you’ ll be ready to face each new day.
When you feel tension building, find something fun to do. You’ll find that the stress you feel will dissipate and your thoughts will become clearer.
When you’re faced with so many negative and draining situations, realize how minuscule problems will seem when you view your life as a whole—and remember the positive things.
當我們身處逆境，請追憶生命中那些曾經充滿快樂與幸福的時光吧！
追憶它如何將快樂賜予你，於是你便勇氣倍增，生活中的難題也將迎刃而解。在重重困難麵前舉步維艱時，回想你努力奮鬥最終取得勝利的時刻。
那麼，不管生活如何艱難，我們都可坦然而過。
當你覺得身心疲憊時，尋找一個心靈憩息之所，讓自己得以片刻休息。
要給自己留點時間去夢想、去充電，以全新的自我迎接未來的每一天。
當你感覺心中的弦繃得太緊時，去找點有趣的事做做。如此，你的壓力便漸漸消失，而你的想法也漸趨明朗。
當困難接踵而至時，要明白，就生命的整個曆程而言，這些困難猶如空氣中的塵埃無足輕重——隻有那些美好的事情才值得我們銘記。
obstacle ['?bst?l] n. 障礙；幹擾；妨礙物例 In other words, with hard work any obstacle can be overcome. 換句話說，隻要努力工作，任何障礙都可以被克服。
overcome [??v?k?m] v. 戰勝；克服例 We overcome all the difficulty depending on our power. 我們依靠自己的力量，克服了一切困難。
dissipate ['disipeit] v. 浪費；使……消散；消失例 Does all Radiation in the game dissipate over time? 遊戲中所有輻射會隨時間消失麼？
negative ['neg?iv] adj. 否定的；負的；消極的例 On the other hand, penalty exerts negative influence on society. 刑罰在另一方麵，也給社會帶來了消極的影響。
要給自己留點時間去夢想、去充電，以全新的自我迎接未來的每一天。
當你感覺心中的弦崩得太緊時，去找點有趣的事做做。
你的壓力便漸漸消失，而你的想法也漸趨明朗。
When you find yourself drained and depleted of energy, remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest. deplete of：弄空
When you’re faced with so many negative and draining situations... be faced with： 麵臨；麵對
喜悅的能力
The Faculty of Delight
查理·愛德華·蒙太古 / Charles Edward Montague
Among the mind’s powers is one that comes of itself to many children and artists. It need not be lost, to the end of his days, by any one who has ever had it. This is the power of taking delight in a thing, or rather in anything, everything, not as a means to some other end, but just because it is what it is, as the lover dotes on whatever may be the traits of the beloved object. A child in the full health of his mind will put his hand flat on the summer turf, feel it, and give a little shiver of private glee at the elastic firmness of the globe. He is not thinking how well it will do for some game or to feed sheep upon.That would be the way of the wooer whose mind runs on his mistress’s money.The child’s is sheer affection, the true ecstatic sense of the thing’s inherent characteristics. No matter what the things may be, no matter what they are good or no good for, there they are, each with a thrilling unique look and feel of its own, like a face; the iron astringently coop under its paint, the painted wood familiarly warmer, the clod crumbling enchantingly down in the hands, with its little dry smell of the sun and of hot nettles. Each common thing a personality marked by delicious differences.
The joy of an Adam new to the garden and just looking round is brought by the normal child to the things that he does as well as those that he sees. To be suffered to do some plain work with the real spade used by mankind can give him a mystical exaltation: to come home with his legs, as the French say, reentering his body from the fatigue of helping the gardener to weed beds sends him to sleep in the glow of a beatitude that is an end in itself...
在心智的各種能力中，有一種能力對於許多兒童和藝術家來說是與生俱來的，而且一旦獲得它，就終身不會失去。這種能力就是對一件事物，甚至對每件事物都感到喜悅的能力。之所以感到喜悅，並不是因為那件事物是達到其他目的的手段，隻是因為這件事情本身，正如一個情人覺得他所喜愛的對象是十全十美一樣。一個心智健康的兒童也許會把他的手放在夏天的草地上，撫摸著它，他覺得堅實的大地也有點彈性，因而打心眼裏感到欣喜。他並不會考慮這草地對於人們玩遊戲或用來放羊會有多大好處。如果這樣的話，那就是一心貪圖錢財的追求者的惡劣行徑了。但這孩子內心的喜悅卻是至真至純的，是對這件事物的內在特性感到真正的心醉神迷。不管這些事物是什麼，也不管它們對什麼有用或者沒用，它們自然地存在著，有著自己動人的外觀與感覺，就像一張麵孔那樣。油漆下麵冰涼的鋼鐵，溫暖可親的彩色木料，拿在手中一揉就碎的令人著迷的土塊，微微含著日曬與蕁麻的幹燥氣味。各種普通的事物都有著可愛的差別，因而都突顯了其獨特的性格。
初到伊甸園的亞當左右張望，充滿喜悅，這正是一個正常的兒童在做什麼或看什麼時所感到的欣喜之情。如果讓他拿起人們使用的真正的鏟子去做點普通的勞動，那他肯定會感到一種神秘的喜悅。當他經過一番辛勞，幫助園丁把花園裏的雜草除掉，兩隻腳像縮進身體裏似的走了回來（像法國人說的那樣），他會在一片純粹的喜悅之光的照耀下安然睡去……
心靈小語
難道喜悅也要有能力才可以做到嗎？喜悅對於每個人來說意義都是不同的。對於小孩子來說，喜悅是發自內心的。是幹幹脆脆的；而對於那些一味金錢至上的人們來說；喜悅隻是他們劣行的幫凶。
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private ['praivit] adj. 私人的；私有的；私下的例 There is a private table tennis club near our office. 我們辦公室附近有一家私人的桌球俱樂部。
elastic [i'l?tik] adj. 有彈性的；易伸縮的；靈活的例 The rubber we have today is not sticky, but soft and elastic, though very strong even in the warmest summer and the coldest winter. 我們今天用的橡膠既不黏，又軟而有彈性，而且還非常結實——甚 至在最熱的夏天和最冷的冬天。
ecstatic [ik'st?ik] adj. 狂喜的；入迷的例 Eddie is ecstatic over his new train set. 艾迪對他的新玩具火車著了迷。
unique [ju:'ni:k] adj. 獨一無二的；獨特的；稀罕的例 You are the unique in the history and the universe. 你在曆史上和宇宙中都是獨一無二的。
他並不會考慮這草地對於人們玩遊戲或用來放羊會有多大好處。
但這孩子內心的喜悅卻是至真至純的，是對這件事物的內在特性感到真正的心醉神迷。
各種普通的事物都有著可愛的差別，因而都突顯了其獨特的性格。
This is the power of taking delight in a thing, or rather in anything... take delight in：樂於
That would be the way of the wooer whose mind runs on his mistress’s money. run on： 運行於；涉及；搶購
給生活的建議
Instructions for Life
佚名 / Anonymous
Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
Memorize your favorite poem.
Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you
want. When you say, “I love you”, mean it. When you say, “I’ m sorry”, look the person in the eye. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
Believe in love at first sight .
Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely .
In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
Don’t judge people by their relatives.
Talk slowly but think quickly.
When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
Call your parents.
Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
Spend some time alone.
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Read more books and watch less TV.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.
Trust in God but lock your car.
A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation.
Don’t bring up the past.
Read between the lines.
Pray. There’s immeasurable power in it.
Never interrupt when you are being flattered .
Mind your own business.
Don’t trust a man/woman who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss.
Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
Judge your success by what you have done compared to what you could have done, not to what others have done with their abilities. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
給予他們比他們自己預期的更多，並且欣然為之。牢記你最愛的詩歌。不要相信你所聽來的一切；也不要耗盡你所擁有的一切；更
不要將時間都浪費在睡眠上。說“我愛你”時，要滿懷誠意。說“對不起”時，要注視對方的眼睛。至少在訂婚半年後再結婚。篤信一見鍾情。對別人的夢想不妄加嘲諷，沒有夢想的人不會擁有很多。全心投入地去愛，或許你會受到傷害，可是，這卻是使人生
完整的唯一途徑。意見相悖時，要公正地爭論，切不可大吵大嚷。不要以一個人的親戚來評判此人。說話語速宜慢，但反應要快。當有人問及你不想回答的問題時，要笑問對方：“為何想知
道答案？”謹記：不朽的愛情和偉大的成就都要冒巨大風險才可獲得。多打電話問候父母。聽到某人打噴嚏時，要說：“上帝保佑你。”失敗時，要記得汲取教訓。銘記“3R”原則，即：尊重自己，尊重他人，對自己的行為
負責。不可因小事而傷害友誼。一旦意識到自己犯了錯誤，就要及時采取措施予以補救。接聽電話要保持微笑，因為對方可以從你的聲音感受到你的
熱情。與有共同語言的人結為夫妻，那樣在你年老時，就會發覺有
共同的話題比其他任何事情都更為重要。給自己留些獨處的時間。勇於改變，但切不可放棄你的價值觀。記住，有時沉默是最好的回答。多讀書，少看電視。過一種優質而高尚的生活，那樣，當你逐漸老去，回首往事
時，才會再次體味到生命的意義。相信上帝，但要鎖好你的車。
愛的氛圍對一個家是何等重要，努力營造一個溫馨和睦的家
吧。與至愛的人意見相左時，要恰當處理當前事態。不要總翻舊賬，過去的就讓它過去吧。要透過現象看事情的本質。經常祈禱，它會使你力量倍增。不要打斷別人對你的溢美之言。管好自己的事兒。不可相信睜眼接受你親吻的人。一年當中，去一次你從未去過的地方。倘若你發了財，要在有生之年用這些錢去幫助別人。這是財富最偉大的滿足。謹記：塞翁失馬，焉知非福？謹記：偉大的友情往往都是付出得多，索取得少。判斷一個人成功與否，要將他的辦事能力與實際結果予以比
較；而不是將他與別人作比較。要想得到情愛和食糧，就要不吝舍棄。
心靈小語
你的能力有多大，成功就有多大。要想得到更多的回報，就要不吝舍棄。所謂“魚與熊掌，不可兼得”，要想獲得更大的勝利，就要適時放棄其他事情，要懂得分清主次，這樣才可以做好更大的事情！
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immediate [i'mi:di?] adj. 直接的；立即的；最接近的例 He makes no immediate reply. 他沒有立即做出答複。
atmosphere ['?m?fi?] n. 氣氛；大氣；空氣例 Markets operate in an atmosphere of uncertainty. 市場的氣氛就是不確定性。
approach [?pr?t?] v. 接近；著手處理；靠近例 She approached the children, but they ran off. 她走近孩子，但他們都跑開了。
reckless ['reklis] adj. 魯莽的，不顧後果的；粗心大意的例 What a reckless way to run the world. 這是一條多麼不計後果的治世之路！
給予他們比他們自己預期的更多，並且欣然為之。
至少在訂婚半年後再結婚。
給自己留些獨處的時間。
love at first sight：一見鍾情
In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. deal with： 論述；涉及；處理
讀懂智慧
Word of Wisdom
佚名 / Anonymous
I’ve learned that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned that the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
I’ve learned that love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve learned that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve learned that there’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.
I’ve learned that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I’ve learned that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I’ve learned that I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
I’ve learned that one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I’ve learned that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve learned that I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
I’ve learned that everyone wants to stand on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve learned that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
I’ve learned that the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
我知道有時一個人想要的隻是一隻可握的手和一顆可以理解
自己的心。我知道上帝都不能一天完成所有的事，我又怎麼可能呢？我知道治愈一切創傷的並非是時間，而是愛。我知道每一個與你相遇的人都值得你笑臉相迎。我知道和孩子睡在一起並用臉頰感覺他們的呼吸是最甜蜜的
事。我知道隻有當深愛一個人時才會認為他（她）是完美的。我知道機會從來不會自行消逝；別人會抓住你錯過的機會。我知道當你內心痛苦時，幸福就可能停靠到別的港灣去。我知道我本應在母親去世前再對她說一次我愛她。我知道一個人應謹慎地許下諾言，因為第二天他可能不得不
食言。我知道微笑是一種無需昂貴花費的美容方式。我知道我無法選擇我的感覺，但我可以選擇做事方法。我知道每個人都想高踞山頂，但所有幸福和成長皆發生於爬
山的過程中。我知道最好隻在兩種情況下給人以忠告：別人要求時和性命攸關時。我知道必須提高工作效率，我才可以做更多的事情。
心靈小語
大多數人的生活由他們所處的環境決定。在這種環境中，我們必須尋找到許多能令自己開心的方法，並懂得珍視它們，讓它們為自己服務。我們隻有在既定的軌道上前進，把生活掌握在自己的手中，才能走好我們人生的每一步，並享受其中的幸福。
perfect ['p?fikt] adj. 完美的；全然的；理想的例 You have perfect color vision! 你有完美的色彩感！
inexpensive [?nik'spensiv] adj. 便宜的例 Are there any inexpensive restaurants near here? 這四周是否有價位不貴的餐廳？
improve [im'pru:v] v. 改良；改善；增進；提高例 It can improve heart action. 遊泳能增進心髒活動。
occur [?k?] v. 重現例 What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but not once in a hundred years? 什麼每分鍾出現一次，每片刻出現兩次，可一百年卻一次也不出現?
我知道治愈一切創傷的並非是時間，而是愛。
我知道微笑是一種無需昂貴花費的美容方式。
我知道必須提高工作效率，我才可以做更多的事情。
I’ve learned that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile. deserve to ：理應做……，值得做；做……理所應當
I’ve learned that one should keep his words both soft and tender,
because tomorrow he may have to eat them.both... and：兩者都；兼容並蓄；既……又……
你應知道的智慧箴言
Moving Thoughts
佚名 / Anonymous
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting
the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will
know how to be grateful for that gift.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one which has been opened for us.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve every had.
It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they’ll love you back! Don’t expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn’t, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Don’t go for looks; they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Please send this message to those people who mean something to you, to those who have touched your life in one way or another, to those who make you smile when you really need it, to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down, to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship. And if you don’t, don’t worry, nothing bad will happen to you, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.
在遇到心儀之人前，上帝也許會讓我們先遇到其他不合適的人；這樣，在我們最終遇見時，便會心存感恩。
當一扇幸福之門關閉時，另一扇便會開啟。可多數時候，我們卻因過久地凝望那扇緊閉的門，而忽略了為我們新敞開的那扇門。
最好的朋友是那些與你心意相通的人，你會覺得你們的相對無言，是最美妙的心靈交流。 隻有失去了，才知其珍貴；同樣，隻有擁有了，才發現其匱乏。這是至理名言。
施與真愛，不求回報，期待愛的傳播，享受著對愛的自我滿足。迷戀上一個人，需要一分鍾；喜歡上她，需要一個小時；愛上她，需要一天；忘記她，則需要整整一生。
切勿追求外表的華美，它是不可靠的；切勿追求財富，它會灰飛煙滅。微笑，可以把光明灑向黑暗之隅，那麼，追尋可以使你永遠微笑的人，尋找能夠使你會心而笑的人吧。
人的一生有許多這樣的時刻：當你朝思暮想某人的時候，你恨不得把他從夢境中拉出來，與他真切地相擁於現實中！
生命不可輪回，機會不可再來，在有生之年，做自己想做的事，做自己想做的夢，去自己想去的地方，做自己想做的人吧。
願快樂永遠陪伴你，使你越發親切可人；願磨難時常伴隨你，使你日漸堅強有力；願心肺痛徹，令你人性通達；願希望滿懷，令你幸福快樂。
要經常換位思考，如果你感覺傷害到了自己，那麼，可能別人也受到了傷害。
最幸福的人不一定擁有最美好的一切，他們隻是最充分地珍惜了他們所擁有的一切。
幸福屬於那些曾哭泣之人，曾受傷之人，不斷探索之人。隻有他們，才懂得對自己生活有影響的人們的重要性。
愛，起於微笑，濃於親吻，逝於淚水。
光明的未來往往建立在對過去遺忘的基礎之上。如果你總是沉湎於過去的失敗和痛心中不能自拔，生活就不可能變得更加美好。
當你呱呱落地時，你哭著，周圍的人都笑著。真誠地麵對生活，那樣，當你走到生命的盡頭之時，才會是你笑著，周圍的人哭著。
請把這些贈與對你的生命至關重要的那些人，那些曾影響你生活的人，那些給你微笑的人，那些在逆境中使你依然樂觀向上的人，那些你想讓他們知道你是多麼珍惜與他們的情誼的人。即使你沒有這樣做，沒關係，你不會因此倒黴，隻是，用這些言語照亮他人生活的機會將與你失之交臂。
conversation [?k?nv?sei??] n. 會話；交談；社交例 They are still sitting on the sofa, absorbed in conversation. 她們倆仍然坐在沙發上，沉浸在談話之中。
assurance [??u??s] n. 保證；斷言；保險例 It is the strongest assurance that recovery will endure. 這是複興得以持久的最有力的保證。
touch [t?t?] v. 接觸；觸動例 Would you touch me? 你願意和我接觸嗎？
heartache ['hɑ:teik] n. 心痛；悲歎；悲傷例 You cannot go on well in life until you let your past failures and heartaches go off. 如果糾纏於過去的失敗和心痛，你的生活就不可能一帆風順。
當一扇幸福之門關閉時，另一扇便會開啟。
譯
隻有失去了，才知其珍貴。
譯
愛，起於微笑，濃於親吻，逝於淚水。
譯
Don’t go for looks；they can deceive. go for：被認為；主張；努力獲取
造
Live your life so that when you die, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. so that：以便；所以；結果是
造
將魚放生
Catch of a Lifetime
佚名 / Anonymous
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his peapole pde doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy
skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water.
It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M. —two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to put it back, son.” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish.” said his father.
“Not as big as this one.” cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy
suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father’s cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish again and again—every time he comes up against a question of ethics.
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right
and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do
right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time? Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren’t supposed to have?
We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened.
他11歲那年，一有機會就到新漢普郡湖心島上自家小屋的碼頭釣魚。
在鱸魚季節到來的前一天，他和父親晚上很早就開始準備了。他們用小蟲做誘餌來釣太陽魚和鱸魚。他在銀色的漁鉤上放好誘餌，開始練習拋線。漁鉤撞到水麵上，在夕陽中蕩起一片色彩斑斕的水波。接著，當月亮升起來時，水波就變得銀光閃閃的。
當他的漁竿彎下去的時候，他知道線的那一端一定釣到了一條大魚。他靈巧地在碼頭邊沿和那條大魚周旋。父親用充滿讚賞的眼神看著他。
最後，他很小心地將那條筋疲力盡的魚從水裏拉了出來。這可是他所見過的最大的一條魚，而且還是一條鱸魚。
男孩和他的父親凝視著這條漂亮的魚，它的鰓在月光下一張一翕。父親點亮一根火柴，看了一下表。現在是晚上10點——離鱸魚季節的開放還有兩個小時。他看了看魚，又看了看那個男孩。
“你要把它再放回去，兒子。”他說。
“爸爸！”男孩喊。“還會有其他魚的。”父親說。
“但肯定不會像這條一樣大。”男孩喊道。
他看了看湖的周圍。在月光的籠罩下，周圍沒有其他的漁民或船隻。他再一次看著父親。盡管並沒有人看著他們，也沒有人知道他們是什麼時候釣到魚的，但從父親那堅定的聲音中，男孩知道這個決定是不可更改的。他慢慢地將漁鉤從大鱸魚的唇上拿下來，然後蹲下來把那條魚放回水裏。
那條魚擺了擺它強健的身子，消失在水裏。男孩懷疑他再也不可能看到那麼大的魚了。
那件事已經過去三十四年了。如今，那個男孩已經成為紐約城裏一位成功的建築師。他父親的小屋仍然矗立於湖心島上。他也曾帶著自己的兒子和女兒回到同一個碼頭去釣魚。
他當時的猜想是對的。他再也沒有見過那麼大的魚了，大如很久以前的那天晚上所釣到的那條魚。但是，在他每次麵對道德問題時，那條大魚總會浮現在他的眼前。
因為正如父親告訴他的那樣，判斷道德上的對錯很簡單，但困難的是付諸行動。在旁側無人時，我們能否仍然正當行事？我們是否會拒絕為了按時完成設計而草率了事？或者在明知不應該的情況下，我們是否會根據不該得知的信息買賣公司股票？
當我們年輕的時候，如果有人要讓我們把魚放回去，我們就會那樣去做，因為我們從中將學到真理。選擇去做正確事情的決定將在我們的記憶裏變得清晰而深刻。我們可以把這個故事自豪地講給我們的朋友和後輩聽。這不是關於如何攻擊某種體製並戰勝它，而是關於我們如何去做正確的事情，並且變得更加堅強有力。
exhausted [iɡ'z?:stid] adj. 耗盡的；精疲力竭的；疲憊不堪的例 You look exhausted; you need rest. 你看起來很疲倦，你需要休息。
clarity ['kl??i] n. 清楚；明晰；透明例 These adjectives indicate the absence of light or clarity. 這些形容詞表示缺乏光線或清晰度。
against [?ɡenst] prep. 反對；違反例 The people declare against the war. 人民宣布反對這場戰爭。
ethic ['eθik] n. 道德規範；倫理例 In this way the aims of the technostructure become the ethic of society. 於是，技術專家體製的目標成了社會的道德標準。
判斷道德上的對錯很簡單，但困難的是付諸行動。
選擇去做正確事情的決定將在我們的記憶裏變得清晰而深刻。
這不是關於如何攻擊某種體製並戰勝它，而是關於我們如何去做正確的事情，並且變得更加堅強有力。
When his peapole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. on the other：另一方麵
...he comes up against a question of ethics. come up：走上前來；發生；出現
生活的定義
Life
佚名 / Anonymous
Life isn’t about keeping score.
It’s not about how many friends you have or how accepted you
are. Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you’re alone. It isn’t about who you’re dating, who you used to date, how
many people you’ve dated, or if you haven’t been with anyone at all. It isn’t about who you have kissed. It’s not about sex. It isn’t about who your family is or how much money they have. Or what kind of car you drive. Or where you are sent to school. It’s not about how beautiful or ugly you are.
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on, or what kind of music you listen to.
It’s not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, or brown or if your skin is too light or too dark.
Not about what grades you get, how smart you are, how smart everybody else thinks you are, or how smart standardized tests say you are.
It’s not about representing your whole-being on a piece of paper and seeing who will “accept the written you”. Life just isn’t.
But, life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It’s about who you make happy or unhappy purposefully.
It’s about keeping or betraying trust.
It’s about friendship, used as a sanctity or a weapon.
It’s about what you say and what you mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
It’s about starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
It’s about what judgments you pass and why. And who your judgment are spread to.
It’s about who you’ve ignored with full control and intention.
It’s about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
It’s about carrying inner hate and love, letting it grow, and spreading it.
But most of all, it’s about using your life to touch or poison other people’s hearts in such a way that could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts are affected, and those choices are what life’s all about.
生活不是積分。你有多少朋友或你受大家歡迎的程度與它無關。這個周末你是有安排還是獨自度過也與它無關。你現在正與誰約會，你曾經與誰約會，你曾與多少人約會，
或者你從未與誰約會，都與它無關。你曾吻過誰，與它無關。它也無關兩性問題。不是關於誰是你的家人，或者他們有多少錢。或者你開哪種車。或者你在哪上學。你有多漂亮或多醜陋與它無關。你穿什麼樣的衣服，有什麼樣的鞋子，聽哪種類型的音樂，
與它無關。你的頭發是金色、紅色、黑色或者棕色，或者你的膚色太白還是太黑，與它無關。你得了多少分，你有多聰明，別人認為你有多聰明，或者智力標準測試告訴你有多聰明，與它無關。它不是把你各方麵的情況寫在一張紙上，然後看誰會“接受
書麵上的你”，它不僅是這樣。但是，生活是關於你愛誰和傷害了誰的問題。它是關於你故意逗誰開心或惹誰生氣。它是關於遵守諾言或者背信棄義。它是關於友誼，你把它當作一種聖潔還是可利用的武器。它是關於你所說的一切及其用意，也許使人痛苦，也許振奮
人心。它是關於散布謠言和捏造談資。它是關於你做出的判斷及其原由，還有，你對誰做出的判
斷。它是關於你對誰帶著絕對控製和某些意圖的忽視。它是關於嫉妒、恐懼、愚昧和報複。它是關於內心深處的恨與愛，釋懷與蔓延。但最重要的，它是關於你的生活使他人的心靈受到觸動還是
毒害，這樣你的心不再獨自悲歡。隻要你選擇了觸動他人的心靈，這些選擇便是生活的全部。