時尚英語話題第20期:Making changes做出改變
Making changes---getting rid of bad habits
I was cleaning up my computer yesterday, organizing files, deleting some unused things to make more space, and improving what I already have.
我是昨天整理我的電腦,整理文件,刪除一些閒置的東西以便騰出更多的空間,提高我已經有的文件。Even though my computer was almost five years old, pretty old in computer years, I don't plan on buying a new computer any time soon, because I just use it for some simple things.
雖然我的電腦已經用了幾乎五年,這在計算機的壽命中已經算老當益壯了,但我並不打算買一臺新電腦,因爲我僅僅使用它處理一些簡單的東西。
Anyway, so I got to thinking about, well, if I could delete different things from "Me", what would I delete?
無論如何,我開始思考,如果我可以從自己身上刪除不同的東西,我會刪除嗎?If I would add certain things, what would I add.
如果我能增加某些東西,我肯定會這麼做。I guess it's possible to add or subtract certain physical traits.
我猜可能增加或減去特定的物理特性。Many people plastic surgery or get liposuction, or whatever, but I was thinking more about habit.
許多人通過整形手術或抽脂,或者任何東西讓自己改變,但我想的更多的是習慣問題。If I were able to delete one bad habit, and add one good habit, what would it be?
要是我能刪除一個壞習慣,並添加一個好習慣,那將會是什麼?I started running through my list of bad habits, after a number of three thousand four hundred and seventy-one, I thought, "OK, Asaac, choose one!"
我就開始想自己的一些壞習慣,在數到三千四百七十一這個數字後,我自言自語道:"好吧,艾薩克,選擇一個吧!"So, I decided on knuckle cracking.
所以,我決定以扳指關節開始。That's the one habit I want to get rid of.
那是一個我想除掉的習慣。If I could magically add habit, I guess it would be "exercise every morning before I go to work".
如果我能神奇地增加習慣,我想這會是"每天早上鍛鍊後纔去工作"。All of us had bad habits, some of them aren't so bad, these could be things like: not turning off the lights when leaving the room, or watching too much television.
我們所有的人都有不好的習慣,它們中的一些也不是那麼壞,這可能是諸如:不關燈離開房間,或看電視看得太多。But, some of these bad habits are more serious, like: drinking too much, or smoking.
但是,其中的一些壞習慣更爲嚴重,如:酗酒太多,或吸菸。I am glad I don't have those habits.
我很高興我沒有這些習慣。There are lots of good habits we can pick up.
我們也可以養成很多好習慣。A person might try being nicer to people, or stop eating junk food, or try to be more punctual, not be later all the time.
一個人可能試着對人友善,或者停止吃垃圾食物,或儘量更守時,一直不吃到。Everyone probably wants to lose bad habits, or pick up good habit, how about you?
大概每個人都希望丟掉壞習慣,或者養成良好的習慣,你呢?What would you like to add or subtract from you life?
你想要在生命中加加減減嗎?Talk about it:
談論下面的話題:What are your good habits?
你有什麼好習慣嗎?What are your bad habits?
你有什麼壞習慣嗎?What's one bad habit you would like to get rid of?
你會想擺脫什麼壞習慣?What's one good habit you would like to add?
你會想給自己增加什麼好習慣?What would you like to change about your life?
你想要改變你的生活什麼?Is there a habit that you have that is different or unique?
你有不同或特別的一種習慣嗎?When breaking bad habits like smoking, people often say that they are cooking cold chocolate, do you know what this experience means?
當改掉像吸菸這樣的壞習慣時,人們常說這好像非常難,你知道這種經驗的意思嗎?What do you think the best method for breaking about a habit is?
你認爲最好的改掉一個習慣的方法是什麼?
