如果我目空一切,就想起自己怯懦的時候。
如果我不可一世,就抬起頭來仰望群星。
從此,我能識別和辨認人類所有情緒變化的奧秘,包括自己的在內。從今以後,無論我的個人情緒如何變化,我會隨時做出積極的行動來控製。一旦我控製了自己的情緒,就掌握了自己的命運,也將成為自己的主人,變得卓爾不群。
記憶填空
1. Yesterday’s _______ will become today’s sadness; yet today’s sadness will _______ into tomorrow’s joy. Inside me is a wheel, constantly turning from sadness to joy, _______ exultation to depression, from happiness to melancholy.
2. If I _______ depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will _______ .
If I feel _______ I will double my labor.
If I feel fear I will plunge _______.
佳句翻譯
1. 今天枯萎的花朵同樣孕育著明天綻放的種子,正如今天的悲傷也播種了明天的歡樂。
2. 如果我自慚形穢,就換上新裝。
3. 一旦我控製了自己的情緒,就掌握了自己的命運,也將成為自己的主人,變得卓爾不群。
短語應用
1. Henceforth, I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I am not inferior.
at one’s best:處在最佳狀態
2. If I feel all-powerful I will try to stop the wind.
try to do:努力做某事;試圖做某事;設法;努力做
招待自己的靈魂
Two Commandments Are Enough
佩吉?伍德 / Peggy Wood
Occasionally my mother used to announce that she was going to take time out from the day’s activities “to rest”, she would say, “and to invite my soul.” She always put the phrase in quotes, in order, I expect, to divert the facetious remarks which might arise from the worldly or practical-minded folk within earshot or to disarm those who might feel“soul” was a Sunday word not to be used in everyday conversation.