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還記得我說過英文學(xué)習(xí)的快速提高方法之一就是背誦么?下面就有一篇非常非常好的英文美文,建議大家背誦。我是在看卡耐基的《人性的弱點》中看到的。決定在下周一3月14日前,全文背下來~~ 大家一起來吧! it's gonna be fun and very beneficial to your learning of englsh as well as having a happy life. let's try it together!!!!
just for today
just for today i will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. i can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if i had to keep it up for a lifetime.
just for today i will be happy. this assumes to be true what abraham lincoln said,that "most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
just for today i will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. i will take my "luck" as it comes.
just for today i will try to strengthen my mind. i will study. i will learn something useful. i will not be a mental loafer. i will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
just for today i will exercise my soul in three ways. i will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: if anybody knows of it, it will not count. i will do at least two things i don't want to do—just for exercise. i will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today i will not show it.
just for today i will be agreeable. i will look as well as i can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit,and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
just for today i will have a program, i may not follow it exactly, but i will have it. i will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
just for today i will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. during this half hour, sometime, i will try to get a better perspective of my life.
just for today i will be unafraid. especially i will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful,and to believe that as i give to the world, so the world will give to me.
參考譯文:
就為了今天
就為了今天,我將盡力只度過今天而不立刻去解決終身的問題。對一件令我沮喪而又必須堅持一輩子的事,我只能堅持十二個小時。
就為了今天,我會很快樂。亞伯拉罕-林肯說過,“大多數(shù)人都是決定想怎么高興就怎么高興!边@已經(jīng)被認為是真理。
就為了今天,我會做自我調(diào)整適應(yīng)事物本來的面目,而不是想方設(shè)法使每一件事滿足自己的欲望。當機會來臨的時候我會抓住它。
就為了今天,我會盡力心強志堅。我會學(xué)習(xí),學(xué)一些有用的東西。我不會做一個精神上的流浪漢。我會讀一些需要努力、思考和注意力集中的東西。
就為了今天,我會用三種方法來磨煉我的靈魂。我會做對某人有利的事但不能被發(fā)現(xiàn),若有人發(fā)現(xiàn)了就不算數(shù)。我將會做至少兩件我不愿做的事情——只為了磨練。我不會讓任何人感到我的感情受到了傷害:它們可能受到了傷害,但今天我不想表現(xiàn)出來。
就為了今天,我會過得很愜意。看起來我達到了最佳狀態(tài),穿著得體、講話謙虛、行為禮貌、一點不吹毛求疵,盡量改進和調(diào)節(jié)自己而不是別人。
就為了今天,我會制定一個計劃,我也許不會嚴格地遵守它,但我一定要有計劃。我會避免兩種錯誤:倉促行事和優(yōu)柔寡斷。
就為了今天,我將會獨自靜靜地呆上半小時放松。在這半小時里,某個時刻,我會日后對我的生活有個更好的看法。
就為了今天,我將不再害怕。尤其我不會再害怕享受美麗的事物,并且相信我給予世界的,世界也會給予我。