听歌学英语: 吾之爱 Oh My Love

The Beatles披头士/甲壳虫乐队，由John Winston Lennon和Paul McCartney组建。这个组合无疑是音乐史上最成功最具有影响力的组合之一。列侬所写的歌曲大多充满神秘色彩，而麦卡特尼的歌曲则更倾向于流行乐，他们共同创作出了很多历史上经久不衰的作品。

John Lennon - Oh My Love
Oh my love for the first time in my life
我的爱人，生命中首次
My eyes are wide and open
我的视野变得开阔
Oh my lover for the first time in my life
我的爱人，生命中首次，
My eyes can see
我能清晰看见
I see the wind oh I see the trees
看见风看见树，
Everything is clear in my heart
一切在心中如此明了
I see the clouds oh I see the sky
我看见了云，看见了天空
Everything is clear in our world
万物在我们的世界里如此清晰。

Oh my love for the first time in my life
我的爱人，生命中首次
My mind is wide open
我的头脑变得开阔;
Oh my lover for the first time in my life
我的爱人啊，生命中，首次，
My mind can feel
我能感知
I feel the sorrow oh I feel the dreams
感知忧伤 感受到梦想，
Everything is clear in my heart
心中对一切都清晰无比
I feel life oh I feel love
我感受到了生命 我感受到了爱，
Everything is clear in our world
万物在我们的世界里如此清晰。

How strong are you?你有多强大？
That is a tough question to answer, whether you are a man or a woman.不管你是男人还是女人，这都是个很难回答的问题。
But, really, I want to ask… how do you define your strength?但是，说实话，我想知道，你到底怎样定义自己的力量？
How do you know your limits? How do you know just how much you’ve got?你是如何了解自己的局限性的？你怎么知道自己到底有多强悍的呢？
When push comes to shove, we often discover that we are much stronger than we think.当压力来临时，我们会发现我们比想象中要更强大。
（When push comes to shove,一般的推变成了猛烈的推,意思就是情况变得紧急时,迫不得已的时候）

What is strength?什么是力量？
Strength is not always about pure physical strength. Rather, it is about willpower, discipline and drive. It is about the capacity to get things done.力量并不仅仅是指一个人的体能，更多的，它是指一个人的意志力、自我约束力以及动力。力量，也指责是做事的能力。
I know some people who are intellectually strong, but they get very little done in their jobs. And I know others who find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains by their sheer drive and hard work.我知道有一些人虽然很聪明，但是他们在工作中却很少能够做好事情。而另外一些人，虽然知道工作很具有挑战性，但他们仍能通过强大的动力和艰苦的工作来移动大山/完成不可能完成的事情。（to move mountains:创造奇迹；移动大山）

They possess inner strength.他们具有强大的内心力量。
More interesting, is that these productive hard-workers often don’t even notice the load. Bystanders are not only amazed, but often ask, “How do you do it?”更有趣的是，这些刻苦的人经常感觉不到工作强度。旁观者在感到很吃惊的同时经常会问：“你是怎么做到的？”
The answer usually comes back, “I just work harder than the others.”经常得到这样的回答，“我只是比别人更努力一些罢了。”
So,what gives them added drive? What gives them extra strength.那，问题是他们是从哪里得来这额外的动力和力气的呢？

If you want to be stronger, you have to push your boundaries.如果你想变得更加强大，你就要打破自己的局限。
‘Pushing it’ is what it takes to increase your limits，discipline and drive.给自己施压力能提高你的极限、自我约束力和动力。
Push yourself. Test your self-perceived constraints¹ to see how accurate they are. Make sure your goals are slightly beyond what you think can be achieved.逼自己一把，去测试下你自认为的自我局限是否准确：去设定一些目标，一些能稍微超过你力所能及的目标。
And you will find that you are stronger than you think然后你会发现，你比自己想象的要强大

1 constraints   

强制( constraint的名词复数 )； 限制； 约束

参考例句：

• Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
• What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓