趣味英语第159期:一个人要如何克服生存危机

SolaceAndBane asks...

SolaceAndBane问道：

"How does one get over an existential crisis¹?"

“一个人要如何克服生存危机？”

What on earth does that even mean? Am I supposed to know this by now?

那到底是什么意思？我现在应该知道吗？

First of all, I don't know what that big word that starts with an E means² and how to pronounce it.

首先，我不知道以E开头的那个词是什么意思，也不知道那要怎么读。

I would just go the Internet and google it. It's the only, only, only solution.

我会上网，用谷歌搜索答案。这是唯一也是仅有的解决方法。

That's hard to do. I have those a lot. I put on the TV and just go brain dead for a while, watch Adventure Time.

这很难办。我有很多这种危机。我会打开电视，然后让大脑放空一段时间，看看《探险活宝》。

You might want to stop reading all those angsty posts on Tumblr. You might want to log³ off of the Internet for a few days.

你可能不想再看Tumblr网站上那些令人忧虑的博文了。你可能有几天不想上网。

You should go to an amusement park. And you'll feel like, "Oh, now I've had a great time and life does have a meaning."

你应该去游乐园。然后你会觉得，“哦，现在我度过了美好的时光，生活的确是有意义的。”

Work it out with yourself and the peers⁴ around you because then, maybe, you'll overcome what is going on.

你要和周围的同龄人一起解决问题，这样也许你可以克服目前存在的问题。

Take advice from other people, feel better, perhaps sleep more, eat more.

接受其他人的建议，让自己感觉好些，也许还可以多睡会儿，多吃点儿东西。

Do stuff⁵ that makes you feel wanted.

做那些让你感觉被需要的事情。

You find purpose by getting up every day and doing what you have to do, whether it's go to school, whether it's have a job.

你要寻找目标，每天起床，做你必须做的事情，无论是去上学，还是去工作。

You're worth something. It's something in the world, but I know you're worth something. Everybody, everybody's worth something. I know that in my heart.

你有你的价值所在。虽然不确定是什么，但我知道你有你的价值所在。每个人都有其价值所在。这是我内心深处的想法。

Thanks for watching Advice on the React⁶ channel.

谢谢大家收听React频道的建议栏目。

Subscribe⁷! We have new shows for you every week.

订阅吧！每周都有新节目。

We're here to help you, so leave your questions in the comments.

我们会帮助你们，所以在评论区留下问题吧。

Later, guys!

稍后见，伙计们！

Bye. Miley, keep your clothes on. Well, at least some of 'em.

再见。麦莉，把衣服穿上。嗯，至少穿几件。

1 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 log   

n.记录，圆木，日志；v.伐木，切，航行

参考例句：

• They log for a living.他们以伐木为生。
• And then what do you do with that log?然后你要拿那些记录做什么呢？

4 peers   

n.同等的人，贵族vi.凝视，窥视vt.与…同等，封为贵族v.凝视( peer的第三人称单数 )；盯着看；同等；比得上

参考例句：

• She enjoys the respect of her peers. 她受到同侪的尊敬。
• She peers into my eyes. 她盯着我的眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

6 react   

vi.起反应，起作用；反抗，起反作用

参考例句：

• She didn't look up or react in any way.她既不抬头，也没有任何反应。
• How did he react to your suggestion?他如何对待你的建议？

7 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。