奧巴馬給女兒的17個(gè)忠告!(深度好文,雙語珍藏版)

奧巴馬給??的17個(gè)忠告！（深度好?，雙語珍藏版）

這是?封細(xì)致?微的家書，?常感?，貴為總統(tǒng)的奧巴馬給??的信親切、?然、樸實(shí)、沒有?話、套話，說的全是家

常，17條建議都?常具體、每?條都可以做得到，每?條都有益，??的語?沒有作為?親或者總統(tǒng)的“諄諄教導(dǎo)”，

從“不在外?吃飯”這類?事，到“這個(gè)世界是?個(gè)完全由?家分享的世界，你所做的每件事都會(huì)影響到別?”這類普世價(jià)值

觀，奧巴馬都說得貼切，?然，優(yōu)美。這次特別推出中英?對(duì)照版，希望在學(xué)習(xí)與做???，對(duì)您有所裨益。

以下為正?——

奧巴馬寫給??的信:停?在做的17件事

Life is short. It may feel like it takesforever sometimes, but the reality is that you live, and a short time later,you die. It

happens so quickly, many people don’t even realize they had a lifeuntil it’s already over.

?命如此短暫。我們有時(shí)候覺得?命怎么也?不完，實(shí)際上，你現(xiàn)在活著，過不了多久，就會(huì)死去。??真是轉(zhuǎn)眼?瞬

間的事情，很多?到臨死前才意識(shí)到這??已經(jīng)結(jié)束。

Doubting Yourlf

停?懷疑??

If you don’t believe in yourlf, nobodywill. Success starts in your mind, and if all you’re doing is putting yourlfdown

and predicting failure, it’ll become a lf-fulfilling prophecy. Insteadof doubting yourlf, think positively. Not only will

you be happier and moresuccessful, you’ll spread it to everyone around you.

如果你??都不相信??，那沒?會(huì)相信你。成功源于你的頭腦，如果你所做的是不斷地看扁??，預(yù)?著未來的失

敗，這就真的會(huì)成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。與其懷疑??，不如積極的考慮問題。不僅會(huì)讓??更加開?和成功，你還能夠感染到周圍

的?。

Being Negative

停?消極

Now that you’re done doubting yourlf,stop doubting others. You don’t like when people are critical of you, so

stopbeing critical of others. Think about how you make other people feel – even ifyou have good intentions, people

don’t like hearing negativity.

現(xiàn)在你不要再懷疑??了，也別再懷疑?邊的?。你不希望被?對(duì)你挑剔，那么也不要再去挑剔?邊的?。想想你給別

?帶來的什么樣的感受吧——即使出發(fā)點(diǎn)是好的，別?也不想聽到那么多消極的事情呀。

Procrastinating

停?拖延

I don’t feel like procrastinating right now– I’ll do it tomorrow. When you procrastinate, you remain stagnant.

Whateveryou’re putting off doesn’t go away; resolve the problem, and move on. You’ll bemuch happier in the long run.

我現(xiàn)在不想做，還是留到明天吧。?旦開始拖延，其實(shí)你已經(jīng)停滯不前了。你拖延的事情不會(huì)??解決。解決問題，繼

續(xù)前?吧。從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)?度來說你會(huì)更加快樂。

Being Selfish

別再那么?私

If you only think about yourlf, you’llsoon find yourlf by yourlf. Stop for a minute and think about how youractions

affect other people – did you take the last cup of coffee from thebreak room? Refill it! Do you live with others? Don’t

drink out the milkcarton. We share this world 100% of the time, so every action you take canaffect other people.

如果你只考慮你??，那么很快你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)?邊只剩下你??。停?分鐘想想你的?為會(huì)給別?帶來什么影響吧——你是

不是從休息室拿了最后?杯咖啡?再倒?jié)M呀!你是不是和別?合租?不要喝光所有的?奶，這個(gè)世界是?個(gè)完全由?家分

享的世界，你所做的每件事都會(huì)影響到別?。

Wasting Time

別再浪費(fèi)時(shí)間

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:time is the most valuable resource we have. Don’t waste your time

onunproductive things. If you want to explore the world’s dark corners, that’sgreat. I still associate with people who

have not-so-kosher careers, but Idon’t hang out with tho people at the expen of my own short- and long-termgoals.

雖然之前說過了，但我還想再說?遍：時(shí)間是我們擁有的最寶貴的資源，不要把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在沒有意義的事情上?，如果

你想探索這個(gè)世界的?暗?落，很好。我也認(rèn)識(shí)?些沒有固定?作的?些?由職業(yè)者，但我不會(huì)以犧牲??的短期長(zhǎng)期

?標(biāo)為代價(jià)和他們出去玩樂。

Making Promis

我們所處的社會(huì)，每個(gè)?都試圖告知我們?些事情。每個(gè)?都從不同的?度去找尋著??，你也需要，你要做的就是在

合適的時(shí)候說不。

Listening to Haters

不要聽討厭的?說話

No matter what you want to do in life,there’s always someone around to tell you why it can’t and won’t work. I cancome

up with millions of reasons Twitter won’t work, and yet it’s one of themost popular social media sites on the web. My

opinion didn’t stop Twitter’ssuccess any more than it convinced Kobe Bryant to quit the NBA or Josh Hartnettto stop

acting. Why would you let someone’s opinion stop you?

?論你想?什么，總會(huì)有?告訴你不要這么做，沒有?的。我可以想出成百萬條推特不實(shí)?的理由，但它還是互聯(lián)?上

最流?的社交?站之?。我的想法不會(huì)阻?推特的成功，就像你?法勸科?退出NBA或喬什·哈奈特不要當(dāng)演員了?

樣，都毫?意義。那么為什么要讓別?的想法阻?你呢?

Being Wasteful

停?浪費(fèi)

You don’t finish your meals,and away food instead. You leave the faucet running when you brush your teeth,pouring

precious water down the drain. You drive places you could easily walk,burning gasoline (a non-renewable resource)。

You are wasteful,and it needs to stop.

你飯沒吃完，然后扔掉?物;刷?的時(shí)候還開著?龍頭，就讓寶貴的?嘩嘩的流?;明明可以?到的地?你偏要開車，燃

燒汽油(?法再?資源)。如果你浪費(fèi)了，那就趕緊停?這?惡習(xí)。

Littering

不要亂扔垃圾

The only thing I hate more than wastefulpeople are litterbugs. Litterbugs are my least favorite bug, and there are

morethan you’d think. If you’ve ever thrown even one piece of gum, paper, candywrapper, cigarette butt, etc on the

ground, you’re a disgusting litterbug, andyou should be ashamed of yourlf. There are over 7 billion people in the

world– if each person only throws one “innocent” piece ofgarbage on the ground, that’s 7 billion pieces of garbage

Everyone took it personally, and that’s exactly what he was goingfor. The lesson to learn from this is that not everything

is about you, and ifyou’re easily upt, someone will u that to their advantage.

?們會(huì)因?yàn)?些奇怪的事情感到被侵犯。就拿Kendrick Lamar這個(gè)夏天備受爭(zhēng)議的歌曲《Control》為例：他在歌詞中挑

釁了?些他認(rèn)為?他弱的說唱歌?(的確是這樣)，??激起千層浪，整個(gè)說唱界的歌?都蜂擁錄歌作為回?fù)簟Ｖ攸c(diǎn)在

于，所有的?都認(rèn)為??是最好的說唱者，每個(gè)?都更看重??，這就是他的?的所在。這件事教給我們的??就是不

是所有的事都要圍著你轉(zhuǎn)，如果你是玻璃?，有?會(huì)利?這?點(diǎn)。

Talking

不要再說話了

Sometimes it’s best to just STFU –especially in relationships. I can’t even count how many times I created anissue that

didn’t need to be an issue simply becau I opened my mouth. Even ifwhat you want to say is important, just shut up

and ride it out. You can saymore with your actions than words, and you can’t listen when you’re talking.