TED演讲：不要一悔再悔(13)

 　　Well it did. But it turns out, it doesn't remind me of the thing I thought it would; it reminds me constantly¹ of something else instead.  不过确实是只是让我想起的不是我当初希望的；而常常是其他东西，它常常让我想起。

　　It actually reminds me of the most important lesson regret can teach us, which is also one of the most important lessons life teaches us.  关于遗憾的教训也是生命中最重要的教训之一。

　　And ironically, I think it's probably the single most important thing I possibly could have tattooed³ onto my body-partly as a writer, but also just as a human being.  讽刺的是，我想这可能唯一的最重要的我能把它纹到身上的东西—既是作为一名作家，也是作为一个人。

　　Here's the thing, if we have goals and dreams, and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don't want to hurt them or lose them,  总之就是，如果我们有目标和梦想，我们想尽最大的努力或者如果我们爱一些人不希望伤害到他们或失去他们，

　　we should feel pain when things go wrong.  当这些出现问题的时候我们理应感到痛苦。

　　The point isn't to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them. 问题的关键不是生而无悔。而是不要因后悔而厌恨自己。

　　The lesson that I ultimately⁴ learned⁵ from my tattoo² and that I want to leave you with today is this:  我从纹身上学到的东西，我想今天跟你们分享的就是：

　　We need to learn to love the flawed⁶, imperfect things that we create and to forgive ourselves for creating them.  我们应该学会去爱我们制造出来的、不完美有缺陷的东西，并原谅自己导致了这样的结果。

　　Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better. 遗憾并不是要提醒我们所做的糟糕行为，而是提醒我们可以做得更好。

　　Thank you. 谢谢。

1 constantly   

adv.不变地，不断地，时常地

参考例句：

• The two countries have been warring constantly for years.这两国多年来一直交战。
• We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。

2 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

3 tattooed   

v.刺青，文身( tattoo的过去式和过去分词 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• He had tattooed his wife's name on his upper arm. 他把妻子的名字刺在上臂上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sailor had a heart tattooed on his arm. 那水兵在手臂上刺上一颗心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 ultimately   

adv.最后地，最终地，首要地，基本地

参考例句：

• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
• Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.缺乏维生素C最终能道致坏血病。

5 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

6 flawed   

adj. 有裂纹的, 有瑕疵的，有缺陷的

参考例句：

• I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point. 我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。
• The study was methodologically flawed. 这项研究在方法上有缺陷。