可可電臺,每期節目一話題,讓英語磨練耳朵的同時學到更多有益的小知識,豐富知識的同時受益于生活。
what a young person should do to life
年輕人的生活
Learn to delay gratification.
學會推遲享受。
Ability to delay gratification predicts future success.
推遲享受的能力預示著未來的成功。
Those who succumb to pressures and do what's immediately satisfying miss out on later satisfaction.
那些向壓力投降而享受片刻的歡愉的人,錯過了享受以后的滿足的機會。
Kids in high school who partied every night are bagging groceries at Safeway now, while those who delayed that "fun" for just a few more years get to work at their dream job for the rest of their lives.
那些在高中夜夜聚會的孩子們現在在西夫韋超市整理雜貨,而那些推遲了不過幾年“享受”的孩子可以在余下的人生里從事著他們夢想的工作。
【知識點津】
succumb vi.屈服; 死亡
例句:
Do not succumb to a crave desire for money.
不能屈從于金錢的誘惑。
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