公众人物毕业演讲 第231期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(4)

 　　Every morning in SEAL training

　　海豹训练中 每个早晨

　　my instructors, who at the time were all Viet Nam veterans我的教官 当时都是一些越战老兵

　　would show up in my barracks room

　　他们会来到我的营房

　　and the first thing they would do was inspect my bed第一件事就是检查我的床铺

　　If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers pulled tight被子要求叠得有棱有角 四四方方

　　the pillow centered just under the headboard枕头要放在床头板下正中的位置

　　and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack多出来的床单要整齐地折叠到床脚下

　　It was a simple task, mundane at best

　　这是一个简单的任务 至少看起来平淡无奇

　　But every morning we were required to make our bed to perfection每天早上 我们都被要求将床铺得尽善尽美

　　It seemed a little ridiculous at the time看起来可能有些荒唐

　　particularly in light of the fact that were aspiring to be real warriors特别是对于我们这样立志成为真正战士的人

　　tough battle hardened SEALs

　　吃苦耐劳 坚毅顽强的海豹成员

　　but the wisdom of this simple act has been proven to me many times over但实际上 这一简单任务的智慧已经被证明过无数次If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day早上起来铺好床 你就完成了这一天的第一个任务It will give you a small sense of pride

　　它会让你有小小的成就感

　　and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another并让你做下一个任务时更有信心 一个接一个 形成良性循环By the end of the day, that one task completed完成这一个不起眼的任务

　　will have turned into many tasks completed在一天结束之前 会促成很多任务的完成

　　Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter铺床还能让你体会到 小事的重要性

　　If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right小事如果都做不好 大事又怎么可能做得好呢

　　And, if by chance you have a miserable day而且 就算一天下来 你过得很失败

　　you will come home to a bed that is made that you made至少回去睡觉时还有一张铺好的床等着你 这是你铺的and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better这张铺好的床能够鼓舞你 让你期待明天会更好If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed想要改变世界 请从铺好床开始

　　During SEAL training the students are broken down into boat crews在海豹训练中 学员被分成了几组船员