美文赏析:致忧伤的你
英语课
Dear Anyone Having a Bad Week,
亲爱的度过糟糕一周的你:
I'm sorry. I have no idea why your week is bad, or how bad it actually is. I don't know if you've told anyone, if there's anything that could fix it or if it's made you rather unpleasant to be around. But I do know that I'm sorry that you're hurting, or stressed, or exhausted 1, or grieving 2, or frustrated 3, or depressed 4, or lonely, or scared or lost.
我很抱歉,我无从知晓你的这一周为何很糟糕,也不知道实际情况到底有多糟。不知道你是否有找人倾诉,是否有什么方式可以让你好受一些或者说现实是否让你更加难过。但是我清楚地知道我为你一切不好的情绪感到深深的同情,无论是你受到伤害或者感到压力,亦或是感到疲惫、悲伤、筋疲力尽、沮丧、孤独、害怕还是迷失。
I thought about writing this letter in a couple of different ways. I thought about writing it about the things you could do to feel better: show yourself compassion 5, go outside and look at the trees, look at a baby photo of yourself. Or I thought about focusing the letter on how the "bad weeks" can actually be pretty beautiful, if you look at them the right way. I almost wrote those letters, and maybe at some point I will, but I think I ended up deciding that I wasn't writing to make anyone feel better -- I just want you to feel heard.
我想象过用各种不同的方式来写这封信。我想象写一些可以让你感到好些的事情:比如对自己表示同情、出去看看树木或者看看自己儿时的照片;或者我也想象过将信的着重点放在,如果你用正确的方式来看待“糟糕的一周”,你或许会发现这一周实际很美好。我差一点就那样写了,也许将来会这样写。但是现在我最终决定不写这些。——我只是想让你们感到,有人听到了你们的心声。
There's something about humans that makes us crave 6 for our pain to be recognized. There is something inherently 7 good and comforting in having someone say, "Yeah, that sounds really hard," or, "It really sucks that you have to deal with all that."
作为人类本身,我们都渴望自己的悲伤被了解。如果有人能在这个时候对你说“是的,那听起来的确很糟”或者“你需要面对这些真的是太不幸了”,我们的内心都会感到些许好转或安慰。
But unfortunately, that's not always the direction that society pushes us in. We have been taught that bad days are to be silently borne beneath a bright smile; that expressions of pain are uncomfortable.
但不幸的是,现实并不总能按照我们期望的方向发展。我们总是被告知需要隐藏自己的悲伤,展露自己的微笑。而这种表达方式让人并不舒服。
I want you to know you can feel free to spill your bad day all over the place and wear it on the front of your shirt.
我想要让你知道,你可以在任何地方自由表露你的坏情绪,你甚至可以将它画在T恤上穿在你的身上。
I want you to know that the expressions of your pain are beautiful and that I will try my very hardest to feel the hurt with you. I want you to know that your grumpy, stressed out, short-tempered self is just as awesome 8 as your cheerful self. Please do not shun 9 your suffering.
我想要让你知道你表现出来的悲伤也很美丽,我会尽我最大的努力来尽量感受你的不幸。我想要让你知道,有坏情绪、压力感和小脾气的你与快乐时的你一样可爱。请不要再压抑自己的情感。
In writing this, know that I hear you, and let yourself be healed. I hope your day turns around, and that even if it doesn't, you can still find a few moments of beauty and/or happiness amidst the crappiness. For all of you not having bad days -- carry on, and enjoy.
在写这篇文章时,我听到了你们的心声,请让自己尽快好起来。我希望你们日子恢复正常,即使不能,你仍然可以发现一些美好的瞬间或者苦中作乐一下。为了不让你们自己持续这种糟糕的日子,向前看,去享受生活吧!
Sincerely,
此致
Clara Wagner
克拉拉·瓦格纳
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
- It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
- Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
感到悲痛,伤心( grieve的现在分词 ); 使…伤心
- They are still grieving for their dead child. 他们还在为死去的孩子伤心。
- The news brought no solace to the grieving relations. 这个消息并未给悲痛的家属带来什么安慰。
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
- When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
- His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
n.同情,怜悯
- He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
- Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
vt.渴望得到,迫切需要,恳求,请求
- Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
- You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。
内在的,固有的
- There is nothing inherently improbable in the idea. 这个想法本身没什么不可能的。
- All business activities are inherently risky. 所有的商业活动本质上都有风险。
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
- The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
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