英语专业晨读美文-励志篇 9 What is Your Recovery Ra

[00:00.10]What’s Your Recovery Rate?
[00:05.45]What is your recovery rate?
[00:08.86]How long does it take you to recover from actions
[00:11.85]and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours?
[00:15.75]Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover,
[00:19.03]the more influence that incident has on your actions,
[00:22.28]and the less able you are to perform to your personal best.
[00:25.86]In a nutshell, the longer it takes you to recover,
[00:29.03]the weaker you are and the poorer your performance.
[00:31.74]You are well aware that you need to exercise
[00:34.65]to keep the body fit and, no doubt,
[00:36.99]accept that a reasonable measure of health is the speed
[00:39.99]in which your heart and respiratory system recovers after exercise.
[00:44.12]Likewise the faster you let go of an issue that upsets you,
[00:48.10]the faster you return to an equilibrium¹,
[00:51.46]the healthier you will be.
[00:53.16]The best example of this behavior is found
[00:56.01]with professional sportspeople.
[00:58.02]They know that the faster they can forget an incident
[01:01.05]or missed opportunity and get on with the game,
[01:03.62]the better their performance. In fact, most measure the time
[01:07.49]it takes them to overcome and forget an incident in a game
[01:10.50]and most reckon² a recovery rate of 30 seconds is too long!
[01:14.41]Imagine yourself to be an actor in a play on the stage.
[01:18.10]Your aim is to play your part to the best of your ability.
[01:21.83]You have been given a script and
[01:23.99]at the end of each sentence is a full stop.
[01:26.71]Each time you get to the end of the sentence you start a new one
[01:30.49]and although the next sentence is related to the last
[01:33.78]it is not affected³ by it.
[01:35.70]Your job is to deliver each sentence to the best of your ability.
[01:40.27]Don't live your life in the past! Learn to live in the present,
[01:45.22]to overcome the past. Stop the past from influencing your daily life.
[01:49.39]Don't allow thoughts of the past to reduce your personal best.
[01:53.19]Stop the past from interfering⁴ with your life.
[01:56.50]Learn to recover quickly.
[01:59.07]Live in the present. Not in the precedent⁵.
 

1 equilibrium   

n.平衡，均衡，相称，均势，平静

参考例句：

• Change in the world around us disturbs our inner equilibrium.我们周围世界的变化扰乱了我们内心的平静。
• This is best expressed in the form of an equilibrium constant.这最好用平衡常数的形式来表示。

2 reckon   

vt.计算，估计，认为；vi.计（算），判断，依靠

参考例句：

• Don't reckon upon your relatives to help you out of trouble.不要指望你的亲戚会帮助你摆脱困境。
• I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.我认为他的年龄太大，不太适于再婚。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

5 precedent   

n.先例，前例；惯例；adj.在前的，在先的

参考例句：

• Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
• This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。