别再期待别人的认可-唯一值得在乎的是你自己的想法(2)

　　每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。

　　Stop Waiting for Approval¹

　　别再期待别人的认可

　　The only opinion of you that really matters is your own.

　　唯一值得在乎的是你自己的想法。

　　In life, the thing that is really hardand really amazing is giving up on the desire to be perfect in the eyes of others, and beginning the journey of becoming your true self.

　　实际生活中，放弃别人眼中完美的自己，开始起航真正的自我，是一件相当艰难的事情，但也很是意义非凡的抉择。

　　So let your love flow freely².

　　所以，让自己的爱好自由飞翔。

　　Because what you love determines yourdreams, your dreams determine your actions, and your actions determine your destiny³.

　　因为，爱好决定梦想，梦想决定行动，行动最终将决定你的命运。

　　【知识点讲解】

　　give up on 放弃

　　例句：

　　When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.

　　当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。

　　They'll have to give up completely on certain of their studies.

　　他们将不得不彻底放弃某些研究。

　　His wife would love him to give up his job.

　　他妻子很乐意他辞去工作。

1 approval   

n.赞成，同意；批准，认可

参考例句：

• The audience has expressed its approval.观众已经认可。
• The teacher signed his approval.老师做了手势表示同意。

2 freely   

adv.自由地，随便地，无拘无束地

参考例句：

• She was unable to keep back her tears,and wept freely.她抑制不住泪水，痛痛快快地哭了起来。
• A liquid flows freely and has no fixed shape.液体能自由流动，无固定形态。

3 destiny   

n.命运，定数，天命

参考例句：

• Nobody knows his own destiny.没有人知道自己的命运。
• It was her destiny to become famous.她命里注定出名。