2020-11-15
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆（You reap what you sow）
婚姻关系的经营，如此！
人际关系，如此！
企业经营，你的价值观，如此！
甚至，政治主张，选民支持，又何尝不是如此！
不是宿命，而是人之为人，你要有自己的使命、价值和方向。其他的，交给天气。
一 小菜一碟
You'll reap the benefit of your hard work.
你终将从艰难工作中，获得收益。
She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time.
她每天晚上努力学习，最终在考试时获得好成绩。
If you're rude to everyone,you'll reap what you sow.
如果你对人粗鲁，你也将收获你所播种的（如何待人，人将如何待你）。
You reap what you sow. Farmers for Trump are going to learn that the hard way with the Chinese tariffs on agriculture products.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。支持Trump的农民，将会知道中国对于农产品关税，给他们带来的艰难！
Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative,who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.
犯错是主动者的特权。消极者总是平庸的，他们花时间，证明他们不会错。
As a Korean War Veteran,I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.
作为一名朝鲜战场的老兵，我很清楚战争的麻烦本质。这就是我为什么总是支持，在军事干预前，进行外交求索。
A happy marriage is about three things,memories of togetherness,forgiveness of mistakes and promise to never give up on each other.
幸福的婚姻就是三件事：对于共同经历的记忆、对于错误的原谅和永不放弃彼此的承诺。
A great marriage is not when the perfect couple comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
伟大的婚姻并非完美的人走到一起。而是不完美的夫妻，学会了欣赏彼此的差异。
Marriage is about give and take. If all you do is take then you aren’t married and never will do.
婚姻就是给予和得到。如果，你做得知识得到，那么你就不要结婚而且永远也不要！
二 结构剖析
【原文】Folks,the people of this nation have spoken. They've delivered us a clear victory,a convincing victory. I am humbled by the trust and confidence you placed in me. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify;who doesn't see red states and blue states,only sees the United States.
For all those of you who voted for President Trump,I understand the disappointment tonight. I've got a couple of times myself. But now,let's give each other a chance. It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric,lower the temperature,see each other again,listen to each other again. And to make progress,we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans.
The Bible tells us,to everything there is a season-a time to build,a time to reap,a time to sow,and a time to heal. This is the time to heal in America. The battle to control the virus. The battle to build prosperity. The battle to secure your family's health care. The battle to achieve racial justice and root out systemic racism in this country. And the battle to save our planet by getting climate under control. The battle to restore decency,defend democracy,and give everybody in this country a fair shot.
With full hearts and steady hands,with faith in America and in each other,with love of country,a thrist for justice-let us be the nation that we know we can be. A nation healed. The United States of America.May God bless America and May God protect our troops. Thank you.
【说明】拜登关于胜选的演讲，又是一个经典(classical speech)。胜利的定位（The people of this nation have spoken）、对于Trump支持者的喊话（I understand your disappointment tonight. Give a chance to each other）、当前的挑战（Many Battles）、未来号召（Be the nation that we know we can be）。
【结构】
三 经典翻译
当没有任何一个人信任你的时候，沉默和坚持就是最好的反击和证明.
When nobody gives you trust,silence and perseverance are the best fight and proof you can deliver.
有两种人无法成就大事业，一种是不做分内的事，另一种是只做分内的事。
There are two types of people who can't achieve great career success. One fails to do what they should and the other does only what they are asked.
四 宜家IKEA之为宜家
IKEA is massive,both the company and the stores themselves. They’re the largest furniture retailer in the world. I pulled up some facts about the company to help you understand how big they actually are.（宜家很大，既是公司，又是商场）
In 2017,they had 2.3 billion visits to their website and 936 million visits to their stores. All of those visits resulted in 36.3 billion euros in sales. IKEA is more of a destination than a quick trip. It’s one of those places that tends to be an hour away and you have to plan out your trip（2017年，23亿人浏览万盏、9.36亿人光顾门店、363亿欧元的营收）
It all started in 1943. In the beginning,they didn’t even sell furniture. It was fish and a few other things,but it was always called IKEA. IKEA is an acronym,meaning each letter stands for something（创建于1943年，当时是和鱼有关的东西，但一直叫“IKEA”）
What do you think separates them from all the other furniture stores? They must be NO.1 for a reason,so what’s the reason? I’d like to hear what you have to say.(IKEA有何不同？为何成为第一？)
五 人为什么冬天情绪不佳？
It's fair to say that people tend to be far more cherry and happy during the summer time when the weather is good rather than the gray and dreary months of winter（夏天相比灰蒙蒙、难过的冬天岁月，人们更加开心和快乐）.But,can the seasons really affect our mood and behavior?（什么原因，影响我们的情绪和行为呢？）
There is a small subset of the population who do suffer during the winter months from a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder. This is suitably shortened to the term SAD.（确实有一少部分人，会患SAD：季节性情绪紊乱）
Exposure to daylight is thought to be one of the main culprits behind this disorder with people typically seeing reduced daylight hours during the winter months.（阳光照射的减少是罪魁祸首Culprits）
This leads to symptoms(症状)such as low mood（情绪低落）,fatigue（疲劳）,all of which are commonly associated with SAD. It's thought that this disorder is a biochemical（生物） evolutionary（进化）hangover（遗传） from our mammalian（哺乳） ancestors（祖先） who typically hibernated(冬眠) during the winter months.（这是生物进化过程中，我们当年的哺乳祖先，给我们留下的进化遗产。因为那时候我们需要冬眠）
特别说明：以上是《英语麦克风》一周学习笔记。非常认可Michael老师，“享受生活、享受语言”的教学理念。因此，写出来分享，监督自己：坚持学习，享受生活。
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