#英语# #英语美文#

• The most horrible thing in life is living with regret. People will regret while they are late for work because of staying up late last night. People will regret while they lost the opportunity because they are simply not capable. The life is not turning better if people just spend their time on regretting 【固定搭配，spend time on doing sth花时间做某事】after everything has happened. We all say “The opportunity favors only the prepared mind”. So how about starting from now on and learn to achieve self-discipline【n,自律，自我修养】, instead of letting trouble keeps troubling you.

人生最可怕的事，莫过于永远都在懊悔之中。人们总会在第二天工作迟到时才会懊悔头天晚上熬夜太晚。人们也总是在因为自身不够格而错失机会时，才后悔当初不够努力。人生并不会迎来转机，倘若人们一直沉浸在懊悔发生的事。常言道，“机会总是给有所准备的人”。所以与其让生活为难你，为何不从即可开始，学会自律？

• Firstly, is to stay chill and complain less. Nothing goes perfectly as you wish, but you can decide your attitudewhen things are not going smoothly. Complaining about it? Or smiling on it? Also, do not regret the decision you made, there is no perfect decision in humans’ life, everydecision or choice you made was the optimal 【最佳的，最理想的adj】solution you can come up with at that time, and each of them has its’ own advantage. Stuck【作动词时是stick（刺）的过去分词，本文中作形容词指“卡住的”，搭配介词in可以表示“陷入”】 in the past would never be helpful, what necessary is being optimistic and moving on.

首要的是，减少抱怨。没有任何事情能永远按照想象进行，但你可以左右当你面对这些不顺时的心态，是怨声载道？还是笑对风雨呢？并且，别再为之前所做过的决定而懊悔，世间本无完美的决定，一切选择不过是当时能考虑到的最优解，并有各自的优点。沉湎于过去并不会带来任何帮助，保持积极乐观然后努力向前才是真正有意义的。

• Secondly, is to improve yourself. The best time to planta tree was ten years ago or now. So it would never be late as long as you want to start. Study is a lifelong work, you can fully use your spare time to read, to take part in【take part in sth, 指“参加某事”，多指参加活动或比赛等】courses. Time would prove you that study is one of the best investment in your life.

其二，努力提升自己。种下棵树最好的时间是十年前，其次就是现在，所以只要你想开始，就永远不会晚。活到老，学到老，空余时间可以被利用起来读书，或是收听一些课程。时间会证明，学习是人生中最棒的投资之一。

• Thirdly, learn to use introspection【n自我反省】. It’s not only a very useful tool to summarize【v 总结】 your current life but also to help you make the future plan clearly.【not only…but also，表示“不仅…而且”】Life is a long-term race like marathon but without any signs, so it would be a really good way to keep on【keep on doing sth. 保持做某事】 thinking during the race, then you can adjust【v.调整】 the wrong direction and make some bad things right in time【及时的】. In that case you may run faster and achieve the goal you made at the beginning of the race. Keep it in mind that introspection makes us stronger and smarter.

第三点就是学着自省。自省不光是一个能帮助总结当前的工具，还能帮你看清未来，从而有一个更好的规划。人生宛如一场沿途没有标识的马拉松长跑，一路上保持思考会更好的帮助你及时调整方向从而扭亏为盈，更快地到达目标点。

• One’s altitude is determined by one’s attitude. When others are enjoying the bar time, you are studying. While others are gaming till the mid night, you are sleeping in order to【为了，以便。in order to do sth】wake up early and to do the exercise. Self-management is always for a healthy life and a rich soul. You may not find out the difference in the beginning【一开始】, but as it already mentioned【as it mentioned 指“正如所提到的”】, time would prove that.

一个人的态度往往可以决定他的高度。当别人在享受灯红酒绿，你在潜心苦读。当别人在熬夜打游戏，你已为了第二天的晨练安然入睡。自我管理一直都是为了健康的生活和充实的灵魂。可能在最开始并不能得以体现，但如同我们刚刚所说，时间会证明这一切。

• If you are not satisfied with 【be satisfied with sth, 指“对某事满意”】 your present situation, then make some change from now on. Show a better attitude to reach a higher altitude!

如果你不满现状，那就从当下开始努力做出改变吧，展现出一个更好的态度从而达到一个更高的高度！

Tip:

文中同时用到了in the beginning 和 at the beginning. 两者的中文意思都是“开始的时候”那么这两者有什么区别吗

at the beginning与in the beginning在用法上有一些区别。in the beginning通常单独用作时间状语或定语，而较少跟of短语连用，其意义为：“起初”、“在开始的时候”，暗含着后来有变化的意思。如：

1. In the beginning we thought we'd never get the exam passed.在开始的时候，我们以为不会通过考试。【get sth done. 指“完成某事”，例如“get the hair cut”，意思是“理了头发”】

2. In the beginning I felt extremely lonely in LA. 起初，我在洛杉矶觉得非常孤独。

at the beginning常常跟of短语连用（如of the week, of the year, 或者是上文中提到的of the race等），如果后面没有跟of短语，则大都可以从上下文看出来。如：

1. At the beginning of this century, many people were expecting a better live. 在本世纪开始时，许多人都期待着更好的生活。

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