【跟我学英文】美文欣赏—Just for Today 为了今天

时间:2018-07-05

Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not solve my whole life problem at once.

I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. For today, I will take my "luck" as it comes. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

为了今天,我将尽力只度过今天而不立刻去解决那些人生的重大问题。

为了今天,我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目,而不是想方设法使每一件事满足自己的欲望。 当机会来临的时候我会抓住它。为了今天,我会尽力增强意志。我会学习一些有用的东西。我不会做一个精神上的流浪汉。 我会读一些需要努力、思考和注意力集中的东西。

I will exercise my soul in three ways just for today. 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.

I will be agreeable for today. 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. 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.

为了今天,我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂。我会做对某人有利的事但不能被发现,若有人发现了就不算数。我将会做至少两件我不愿做的事情——只为了磨练。我不会让任何人感到我的感情受到了伤害:它们可能受到了伤害,但今天我不想表现出来。

为了今天,我会过得很惬意。看起来我达到了最佳状态,穿着得体、讲话谦虚、行为礼貌、一点不吹毛求疵,尽量改进和调节自己而不是别人。为了今天,我会制定一个计划,我也许不会严格地遵守它,但我一定要有计划。我会避免两种错误:仓促行事和优柔寡断。

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. 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.

为了今天,我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松。在这半小时里,某个时刻,我会日后对我的生活有个更好的看法。特别是我不会再害怕享受美丽的事物,并且相信我给予世界的,世界也会给予我。