Lesson 53

【淘旧词】

在几个月之前，很多人都收到了360网络安全公司和腾讯发布的公开信，称各自都做了个“艰难的决定”，要求用户们大力配合，以更好地维护网络环境。咱们今天就说说英语里“艰难的决定”可以怎么说。

1. In an effort to protect the validity（n.有效性）of GRE scores, ETS has made the difficult decision to cancel all scores resulting from the Oct. 23, 2010 GRE administration in China.
为确保GRE考试成绩的效力，ETS艰难地决定取消所有参加2010年10月23日中国大陆地区GRE普通考试的考生成绩。

2. I've decided to quit my job, this is really  a tough decision.
我已经决定辞职了，虽然做这个决定挺难的。

3. The council has to make the tough call and decide whether to cut education or tourism budgets.
议会要做出艰难抉择，决定到底要削减教育预算还是旅游预算。

4. We've  had a hard time making this decision, sorry, you are fired.
做出这个决定让我们很受煎熬，很抱歉，你被解雇了。

5. TV fans may have tough choices in new season.
新剧季到来，电视迷们可能要难做取舍了。

 

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今日话题:Choose where you want to go in life 你要过怎样的生活
今日新词: Sharp, clearly defined goals 清晰明确的目标
当班主播: Gcobani (浦东中心)
 
Personal Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating（v.激励） yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality.
 
对于考虑你的完美未来，并且激励你将这个未来愿景转变为现实来说，设定目标是个强大的过程。
 
The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely（adv.精确地） what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate（v.集中） your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course.
 
设定目标的这个过程帮助你选择你要过怎样的生活。通过明确知道你要达到的目标，你会知道你该将你的注意力放在哪里。当一些干扰诱惑你远离你的轨道时，你能很快地发现它们。
 
More than this, properly-set goals can be incredibly motivating, and as you get into the habit of (养成...的习惯) setting and achieving goals, you'll find that your self-confidence builds fast.
 
不只如此，准确设定的目标有很强的激励作用，当你养成设定和完成目标的习惯时，你会发现你能很快建立自信心。
 
Achieving More with Focus（n.专注力）
专注力让你收获更多

Goal setting techniques are used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields. They give you long-term vision and short-term motivation. They focus your acquisition（n.获得） of knowledge, and help you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.
 
设定目标的方法被那些顶级运动员、成功的商业人士和各领域有成就的人所运用。于长期，它们带给你视野；于短期，它们会给你带来激励作用。它们使你专注于知识的获取，让你组织你的时间和资源，因此你能利用好的你的生活。
 
By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in (以…为傲) the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind (n.苦力,苦差). By setting goals, you will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your ability and competence in achieving the goals that you have set.
 
通过设定清晰明确的目标，你可以进行衡量，以完成的目标为傲。你可以预见到你所取得进步，而之前你或许只是把它看作是毫无意义的苦差事。通过设定目标，当你在完成目标的进程中认识到你的能力和优势的时候，你也可以提升你的自信心。

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【心灵英语】奥斯汀的经典语录

奥斯汀的作品向来以幽默流畅的文笔著称，大家还记得她笔下那些经典的句子吗？今天，我们就来一起回味一些！做决定前，看看这些句子，也许你的选择会更加精准哦！

先来一段她的简介：

简·奥斯汀（Jane Austen，1775年12月16日－1817年7月18日）是英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。

Now, let's see her words:

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration(n.钦慕，崇拜） to love, from love to matrimony（n.结婚） in a moment.
女人的思维很有跳跃性：从仰慕到爱慕，从爱慕到结婚都是一眨眼间的事。

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
我所知道最有效的幸福秘方就是“赚大钱”。

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune（n.不幸，灾祸） of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
一个女人要是不幸聪明得什么都懂，那就必须同时懂得怎么伪装成什么都不懂。

An engaged（adj.已经订婚的） woman is always more agreeable（adj.使人愉快的） than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion.
订了婚的女人最可爱了。她什么都满足了，什么忧虑都消散了，她可以大大方方去讨好自己未来老公，而无需担心人家以为她在玩暧昧。

Friendship is certainly the finest balm（n.止伤的香油） for the pangs of disappointed love.
治愈情伤最好的药就是友谊带来的安慰。

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance（n.运气）.
幸福的婚姻都是靠碰运气赚来的。

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
想给我们的喜好找个理由时，脑袋转的是最快的。

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
我不希望遇到好相处的人，因为我会很喜欢很喜欢他们，喜欢别人可是件大麻烦。

Life seems but a quick succession（n.连续，继承） of busy nothings.
生活就是一连串的无事忙。

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
繁荣的大都市里，没有道德情操这一说。

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
越该做的事，就越急不得。