英语

Unit3.7
If you want something, say it. “I want help,”“I want to borrow a hundred dollars,”“I want you to stop hassling me.”If you want to date somebody, tell her. You say, “You are the most fascinating person at this whole party. I would like to take you out. What do you say?”
Kids get what they want because they ask for it. It is part of their charm. When we are honest like children, people find us more charming too.
Also, if you don‟t know something, be honest about it. It is so exasperating listening to teachers, colleagues, parents, and other “experts” who pretend to have all the answers. People always respect the person who is able to say, “I don‟t know.”
如果你想要什么，那就说出来。

“我需要帮助，”“我想借100美元，”“希望你不要再来烦我。

”如果你想和谁约会，那就告诉她。

你说：“你是整个晚会上最有魅力的人。

我想带你出去。

你看怎么样？”
小孩子因为主动索取而得到他们想要的东西。

这是他们魅力的一部分。

当我们像孩子一样诚实时，人们也会觉得我们更有魅力。

还有，如果某件事你不知道，就诚实地说不知道。

听那些装着什么都知道的教师、同事、父母和其他“专家们”讲话，真让人恼火。

人们总是尊重能说“我不知道”的人。

Unit3.1
Seeing this style really made me curious. So one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don‟t get it! You can‟t be a positive person all the time. How do you do it?”
Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, …Jerry，you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.‟I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.”
“Hey, it‟s not that easy,” I protested.
“Yes it is,”Jerry said. “Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good or bad mood. The bottom line: it‟s your choice how you live life.”
看到他这种风格确实令我感到好奇。

于是有一天我便走到杰里面前问他：“我不明白！你不可能一直都是一个积极乐观的人吧。

你是怎么做到的？”
杰里回答说：“每天早上醒来后我都对自己说：‘杰里，今天你有两种选择。

你可以选择好心情，也可以选择坏心情。

’我选择好心情。

每当坏事发生时，我可以选择成为受害者，也可以选择从中吸取教训。

我选择从中吸取教训。

每当有人向我抱怨时，我可以选择接受他们的抱怨，也可以给他们指出生活积极的一面。

我选择生活积极的一面。

”
“嗨，这可没那么容易吧，”我提出了异议。

“就这么容易，”杰里说道。

“生活全在于选择。

当你去除一切乌七八糟的东西之后，每种处境都是一种选择。

你选择如何去应付种种处境。

你选择人们影响你心情的方式。

你选择心情好还是心情不好。

关键是：如何生活是你自己的选择。

”
Unit3.2
According to Churchill, victory comes only to those who work long and hard, who are
willing to pay the price in blood, sweat, and tears. Hard work is also the basic building block of every kind of achievement: Without it, everything else is pointless. You can start with a dream or an idea or a goal, but before any of your hopes can be realized, you truly must deserve your success. This may sound old-fashioned in this age of instant gratification, but from the Sistine Chapel to the first transconti-nental railroad to today’s space shuttle, there’s no mystery as to how these things of wonder were created. They were created by people who worked incredibly hard over a long period of time.
丘吉尔认为，胜利只属于那些长期辛苦工作的人，那些愿意付出血汗和泪水代价的人。

辛苦的工作还是一切成功的基石：没有它，别的一切都是毫无意义的。

你可以由一个梦想、一个想法或一个目标开始，但在任何希望实现之前，你真的必须配得上成功。

这在今天这个追求瞬间满足的时代也许显得陈腐老套，但是从西斯廷教堂到第一条横贯大陆铁路，直至今天的航天飞机，这些奇迹的创造都毫无奥秘可言。

它们都是由异常辛勤工作的人们通过长期的努力创造出来的。