We would never waste it if it was money, so why do we waste it when it comes to time?

語音講解

今日發(fā)音練習(xí)重點(diǎn)：

1. waste west

2. was 不要卷舌

schwa sound

言之有物

1.We would never waste it if it was money......

如果是錢，我們就不會(huì)浪費(fèi)了。

2. 詞鏈兒：when it comes to......當(dāng)涉及某事（或做某事）時(shí)

這里的to是介詞，后若要接動(dòng)詞，需要?jiǎng)釉~名詞化。

When it comes to photography, I'm not an adept.

要說照相，我不是內(nèi)行。

They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating

說到裝修，他們就沒有什么經(jīng)驗(yàn)了。

活學(xué)活用

請(qǐng)用when it comes to...... 隨意造句

《你這一生其實(shí)只有9年。請(qǐng)好好虛度》你這一生其實(shí)只有9年，請(qǐng)好好虛度！而如何利用這空白的9年，對(duì)每個(gè)人都有重大意義。一個(gè)人的人生有多大成就，就看他如何利用時(shí)間。你和時(shí)間的關(guān)系，你如何把握當(dāng)下，形成了你特有的自己，也是人類才擁有的特殊技能。世上最貨真價(jià)實(shí)的成功，就是以自己的想法活過這一生。但所謂價(jià)值，不是以別人的眼光來評(píng)判，只要所做的事讓你感到快樂，讓你的生活變得更好，時(shí)間就沒有白白浪費(fèi)。

完整演講稿

當(dāng)被問到“我們生活中犯的最大的錯(cuò)誤是什么？”的時(shí)候

When asked "what's the biggest mistake we make in life?"

佛祖會(huì)回答

the Buddha replied

最大的錯(cuò)誤就是誤以為我們還有時(shí)間

The biggest mistake is you think you have time

時(shí)間是免費(fèi)的但同時(shí)也是無價(jià)的

Time is free but it's priceless

你不能擁有它 但你可以使用它

You can't own it but you can use it

你不能保留它 但你可以花費(fèi)它

You can't keep it but you can spend it

一旦從你的指尖流去 你就再也無法挽回它

And once it's lost you can never get it back

一般人可以擁有78年的時(shí)間

The average person lives 78 years

我們花在睡覺上的時(shí)間有28.3年

We spend twenty eight point three years of our lives sleeping

這幾乎占據(jù)了我們生活三分之一的時(shí)間

That's almost a third of our life

但我們中還有30%的人很難睡個(gè)好覺

but thirty percent of us struggle to sleep well

我們花在工作上的時(shí)間有10.5年

We spend ten point five years of our life working

但我們中有超過50%的人想要離開自己現(xiàn)在的工作

but over 50% of us want to leave our current jobs

時(shí)間比金錢要珍貴得多

Time is more valuable than money

你可以賺更多的錢 當(dāng)你無法得到更多的時(shí)間

You can get more money but you can never get more time

我們花在看電視和社交媒體上的時(shí)間有9年

We spent nine years on TV and social media

我們花在做家務(wù)的時(shí)間上有6年

We spend six years doing chores

我們花在飲食方面的時(shí)間有4年

We spend four years eating and drinking

我們花在教育上的時(shí)間有3.5年

We spent three and a half years in education

我們花在修飾自己的時(shí)間上有2.5年

We spent two and a half years grooming

我們花在購物上的時(shí)間有2.5年

We spent two and a half years shopping

我們花在照顧孩子的時(shí)間上有1.5年

We spent one and a half years in childcare

我們花在坐公交車上下班的時(shí)間也有1.5年

and we spent one point three years commuting

而剩下的留給我們自己的時(shí)間只有九年了

That leaves us with nine years

我們將如何度過這段時(shí)間？

How will we spend that time?

喬布斯曾說過 你的時(shí)間是有限的 不要浪費(fèi)時(shí)間去過別人的生活

Steve Jobs said your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life

有一個(gè)好消息和一個(gè)壞消息

So there's good news and there's bad news

壞消息是時(shí)間飛逝而過 而好消息是我們可以做自己時(shí)間的領(lǐng)航員

The bad news is time flies,the good news is you're the pilot

想象一下你每天醒來的時(shí)候在你的銀行賬戶會(huì)有86,400美元

Imagine you wake up every day with 86,400 dollars in your bank account

到了晚上結(jié)束的時(shí)候 不管你是否花費(fèi)了它 這個(gè)錢都會(huì)消失

and at the end of the night it's all gone whether you spent it or not

而到了第二天你又會(huì)有新的一筆86,400美元

And then the next day you get another 86,400 dollars

我們會(huì)怎么做呢？

What would we do with it?

每天都會(huì)有86,400秒被存入你的生活賬戶中

Every day 86,400 seconds are deposited into your life account

在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候它們都被用完而你又得到一個(gè)新的86,400秒

At the end of the day once they're all used up you get an new 86,400 seconds

如果它是錢的話我們絕對(duì)不會(huì)浪費(fèi)它

We would never waste it if it was money

那為什么當(dāng)它是時(shí)間的時(shí)候我們就要浪費(fèi)它呢？

so why do we waste it when it comes to time?

這些時(shí)刻遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比金錢更有分量

Those seconds are so much more powerful than dollars

因?yàn)槟憧偸悄苜嵉礁嗟腻X

because you can always make more dollars

當(dāng)你不能創(chuàng)造更多的時(shí)間

you can't always make more time

想要知道一年的價(jià)值

To realize the value of one year

你可以去問一個(gè)被留級(jí)的學(xué)生

ask a student who failed a grade

想要知道一個(gè)月的價(jià)值

To realize the value of one month

你可以去問一個(gè)在最后一個(gè)月失去孩子的母親

ask a mother who lost their child in the final month

想要知道一星期的價(jià)值

To realize the value of one week

你可以去問一個(gè)在線雜志的編輯

ask the editor of an online magazine

想要知道一個(gè)小時(shí)的價(jià)值

To realize the value of one hour

你可以去問一對(duì)異地戀的夫妻

ask the couple who's in a long-distance relationship

想要知道一分鐘的價(jià)值

To realize the value of one minute

你可以去問一個(gè)剛錯(cuò)過公共巴士、火車或飛機(jī)的人

ask the person who just missed a bus,train or plane

想要知道一秒鐘的價(jià)值

To realize the value of one second

你可以去問一個(gè)剛剛幸運(yùn)地錯(cuò)過了一次事故的人

ask the person who just missed an accident

而想要知道一毫秒的價(jià)值

and to realize the value of a milisecond

你可以問問剛剛在奧運(yùn)會(huì)上得到第二名的人

ask the person who just came second at the Olympics

我們認(rèn)為是別人在浪費(fèi)我們的時(shí)間

We think that it's people wasting our time

但實(shí)際上是我們?cè)试S他們這么做的

but it's really us giving them the permission to do that

事實(shí)上這兩種人都活在我們每個(gè)人的內(nèi)心里

and in reality these two people live inside us

不要讓別人成為你的首要任務(wù) 你對(duì)他們只是一個(gè)選擇而已

Don't let someone be a priority when all you are to them is an option

我們中一些人失去了對(duì)我們來說重要的人 因?yàn)闆]有珍惜他們的時(shí)間

Some of us lose the people most important to us because we don't value their time

我們中的一些人意識(shí)不到對(duì)自己來說很重要的人 直到他們離去

Some of us don't recognize how important someone is to us until they're gone

我們內(nèi)心總是會(huì)有兩個(gè)聲音

Inside all of us are two voices

一個(gè)聲音在說 我想要提升自己

One voice that wants to uplift

我想要充實(shí)自己

One voice that wants us to expand

我想要讓自己成長(zhǎng)

One voice that wants us to grow

而另一個(gè)聲音卻在說

and then there's the other voice

我想要退縮

The voice that holds us back

我想要偷懶

The voice that makes us lazy

我已經(jīng)對(duì)自己很滿意了

The voice that makes us complacent

這是個(gè)想要限制我們潛能的聲音

The voice that restricts us from our potential

每一天 從我們醒來的那一刻到我們晚上入睡的那一刻

Every day from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep

在我們的內(nèi)心一直有這兩種聲音在做斗爭(zhēng)

inside of us there's this battle between the two voices

猜一下哪個(gè)聲音贏了？

And guess which one wins?

我們聽從的最多的那個(gè)聲音

The one that we listen to the most

我們自己將它養(yǎng)著

The one that we feed

我們?nèi)斡伤鼣U(kuò)大

The one that we amplify

我們?nèi)绾芜\(yùn)用自己的時(shí)間是我們自己的選擇

It is our choice of how we use our time

生活和時(shí)間是兩個(gè)最好的老師

Life and time are the best two teachers

生活教會(huì)我們?nèi)绾卫煤米约旱臅r(shí)間

Life teaches us to make good use of time

而時(shí)間則告訴了我們生活的價(jià)值所在

and time teaches us the value of life

就像威廉·莎士比亞說的那樣

And as William Shakespeare said

對(duì)于那些想要她的人來說 時(shí)間是非常緩慢的

Time is very slow for those who want

對(duì)于那些害怕它的人來說 時(shí)間是很快的

very fast for those who are scared

對(duì)于那些憂傷的人來說 時(shí)間是非常漫長(zhǎng)的

very long for those who are sad

對(duì)于那些充滿歡樂的人來說 時(shí)間是很短暫的

very short for those who celebrate

但對(duì)那些熱愛時(shí)間的人來說

but for those who love

時(shí)間是永恒的

Time is eternal

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