第515期:英语美文-不要让你的生活被这5件事控制

 　　不要让你的生活被这5件事控制

　　Don't allow yourself to be controlled by these 5 things.

　　你的生活是否被太多事情牵绊？会不会每次想干点事情就变得畏畏缩缩、瞻前顾后，最后又变成不了了之？很多人的工作节奏太快，精神压力太大，走着走着，就渐迷失了最初的自己。这是因为我们太容易受到周围环境，受到他人的观念的影响。

　　今天分享的这篇美文，从五个方面向我们展示了我们生活中牵绊的来源。它们分别是：无法放下过去，无法做真正的自己，无法释放自己的潜力，无法真正得到快乐，过于追求金钱。

　　这是一篇很务实，又很深刻的美文，读完之后，就像喝完一杯清茶，呼吸到新鲜的空气一样让人从内心感到释放和一种平静的喜悦。准备好你的耳朵和眼睛，我们要开始咯。

　　New Words：

　　block vt. 阻止；阻塞；限制；封盖

　　cruel adj. 残酷的；使人痛苦的；无情的，严酷的

　　relive v.再体验；复活；再生

　　dim¹ v.使暗淡；使变模糊

　　majority n.多数；成年

　　intuition² n.直觉；直观

　　No.1 Your past

　　忘掉过去，展望将来

　　Do not allow your past to control your present or your future life. Whatever happened, you must let it go. Leave the pain of your past behind, so it cannot ruin your future. Leave the darkness of your past behind, so it cannot block the light of your bright future. Your past is gone. Whatever happened, whether unjust³, cruel, harsh⁴, whatever the case, reliving the events will never do you any good. Just focus on building the future!

　　不要让过去控制你的现在和你的未来！无论过去发生过什么，你都必须从容放下。把过去的痛苦抛之脑后，不要让它影响你的未来。把过去的迷惘抛之脑后，不要让它阻挡你光明的道路。过去已逝，无论经历了多么不公平、痛苦、困难的事情，忘掉、放下，沉迷对你没有任何益处，专注于创造你的未来！

　　NO.2 Other people's opinions and judgements

　　做你自己，不要过度关注别人的流言蜚语

　　You cannot let a fear of failure, or a fear of comparison⁵, or a fear of judgement stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. Don't allow other people's opinions and judgements to control the direction of your life! Before you do anything, ask yourself: Am I doing this because I want to do it or because of my fear of judgement from other's if I don't. You were born unique for a reason. You were born to stand out to be appreciated and loved for WHO YOU ARE. Don't dim your light so you fit into the dull background of other people's lives.

　　不要因害怕失败，害怕对比、害怕他人的指指点点放弃做让你成为一个更好的人的事情。不要让他人的观点和言论左右自己生活的方向。做任何事情前，扪心自问：我这样做是因为我自己想做还是害怕别人的议论而做的？你是独一无二的，你应该因自己本来的样子得到赞美和爱！千万不要为了适应别人生活的环境而熄灭心中的明灯。

　　NO.3 Limited beliefs

　　生活是无限的，要勇于去尝试和挑战

　　Don't allow your life to be controlled by your own limited beliefs. They may be unconscious limitations⁶ that have been conditioned in you from a young age and throughout your entire life by listening to those around you who never reached for their own dream. When you change your belief from limited to unlimited⁷, your potential is unlimited. Imagine what you could achieve, if you lived your life as though ANYTHING is possible. As the saying goes: When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.

　　不要让你现在有限的认识左右人生的方向。这些无意识的限制可能源自你从小生活的环境，也可能受周围那些从来没有实现过自己理想的人的影响充斥于整个生活中。当你改变认知，把有限的思维跳到无限可能中，潜力就会发挥最大作用。如果把“万事皆有可能”当作人生信条，你就能预见自己的成就。正如：内心没有敌人，外界的敌人就不会构成伤害。

　　NO.4 Relationships

　　不要太多受感情影响，要学会独自生活的乐趣

　　There is no force on this earth greater that LOVE and connection. It means to develop enough mental strength that you get to the point where you don't need others to make you happy. You are just as happy being alone as you are in a relationship.

　　世界上没有比爱和沟通更有力量的了。它是指：必须形成足够坚强的意志力，让你不需要依靠别人就能感到幸福，自己一个人的时候也能和谈恋爱一样感到快乐。

　　NO.5 Money

　　在做决定时，不要过多考虑金钱的因素

　　This is what controls the majority of humans on this planet⁸. If you are choosing something only on the factor of how much money is involved, you've just made the wrong decision. What you will find, is that when you follow your heart, and you follow your intuition and truly give your soul, then the money will come, and it will come in far greater amounts than if you simply chase⁹ money.

　　世界上大多数人受金钱支配。如果你做决定时，只考虑金钱因素，那这个决定通常是错的。你会发现：当你遵从内心意志，跟随内心直觉并付诸真心去做事情时，钱自然就进口袋了，并且会比你只追求金钱做事的时候来得多的多。

1 dim   

adj.昏暗的；朦胧的；v.(使)暗淡，(使)模糊

参考例句：

• The light is too dim for me to read easily.光线太暗，我很难阅读。
• I was so tired that my eyesight grew dim.我太累了，眼睛有点发花。

2 intuition   

n.直觉，直观，凭直觉而知的事物

参考例句：

• I had an intuition that I would find you.我有一种直觉，我能找到你们。
• He knew this thing by intuition.他凭直觉了解这件事。

3 unjust   

adj.非正义的；不公正的，不公平的，不该受的

参考例句：

• The unjust peace agreement set the scene for another war.这项不公平的和约为另一场战争埋下了祸根。
• It was unjust of them not to hear my side.他们不听我这方面的意见，这不公正。

4 harsh   

adj.严厉（酷）的，刺耳的，刺目的，毛糙的

参考例句：

• The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
• Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻，但有建设性。

5 comparison   

n.比较，对照；比拟，比喻

参考例句：

• They make a comparison of New York to a beehive.他们把纽约比作一个蜂巢。
• This dress is really cheaper by comparison.比较起来，这件衣服确实便宜。

6 limitations   

n.局限，不足之处

参考例句：

• The team's technical limitations were exposed by the Italians. 意大利人使这个队的技术缺陷暴露无遗。
• He knows his limitations as a writer. 他知道自己作为一个作家的局限性。

7 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

8 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。

9 chase   

vt.追逐，追赶，追求；n.追赶

参考例句：

• The police grabbed the robbers after a long chase.警察经过长距离追赶后逮住了抢劫犯。
• Would you chase me if I did?如果我逃开了，你会来追吗？