『英』美文--Just for today

『英』美文--Just for today

Extract By Carrie

From "孟飞Phoenix"

Just For Today

就为了今天

Just for today

I will try to live through this day only

and not tackle

my whole life problem at once.

就为了今天

我将尽力只度过今天

而不立刻去解决终身的问题

I can do something for twelve hours

that would appall me

if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

对一件令我沮丧而又必须坚持一辈子的事

我只能坚持十二个小时

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."

就为了今天，我会很快乐

亚伯拉罕-林肯说过

“大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就怎么高兴。”

这已经被认为是真理

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.

就为了今天，

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

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.

就为了今天，我会尽力心强志坚

我会学习，学一些有用的东西

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

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.

就为了今天

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

I will do at least two things

I don‘t want to do—

just for exercise.

我将会做至少两件

我不愿做的事情——

只为了磨练

I will not show anyone

that my feelings are hurt:

they may be hurt,

but today I will not show it.

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

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.

就为了今天，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

Just for today I will have a program,

I may not follow it exactly,

but I will have it.

就为了今天

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

I will save myself from two pests:

hurry and indecision.

我会避免两种错误：

仓促行事和优柔寡断

Just for today

I will have a quiet half hour

all by myself and relax.

就为了今天

我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松

During this half hour, sometime,

I will try

to get a better perspective of my life.

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

Just for today I will be unafraid.

就为了今天

我将不再害怕

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.

尤其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

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