时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:英语专业晨读美文


英语课

[00:00.97]Get a Thorough Understanding of Oneself

[00:05.67]In all one's life time it is oneself

[00:09.72]that one spends the most time being with or dealing 1 with.

[00:13.54] But it is precisely 2 oneself that one has the least understanding of.

[00:18.35]When you are going upwards 3 in life you tend to overestimate 4 yourself.

[00:22.95] It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach;

[00:26.56] luck and opportunities will come your way

[00:29.18]and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth.

[00:33.12] When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself,

[00:37.17]mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence 5.

[00:41.54]It's likely that you think it wise for yourself

[00:43.98]to know your place and stay aloof 6 from worldly

[00:46.71]wearing a mask of cowardice 7,

[00:48.86] behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded 8.

[00:52.58]To get a thorough understanding of oneself

[00:55.30]is to gain a correct view of oneself

[00:57.71]and be a sober realist—aware of both one's strength and shortage.

[01:02.09]You may look forward hopefully to the future

[01:04.60]but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully 9 realized.

[01:10.07] You may be courageous 10 to meet challenges

[01:12.47] but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.

[01:15.76]That's to say so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself

[01:19.47] there won't be difficulties you can't overcome,

[01:21.99] nor obstacles you can't surmount 11.

[01:24.73]To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation.

[01:29.32] Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass,

[01:34.02] whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone,

[01:37.64] you represent a state of nature that has its own raison deter 12.

[01:42.34]If you earnestly admire yourself

[01:44.63]you'll have a real sense of self-appreciation,

[01:47.26] which will give you confidence.

[01:49.34]As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself

[01:52.39]you'll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.

[01:56.77]To get a thorough understanding of oneself

[01:59.61]also requires doing oneself a favor when it's needed.

[02:03.77] In time of anger, do yourself a favor

[02:05.95]by giving vent 13 to it in a quiet place

[02:08.69]so that you won't be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness,

[02:12.41] do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends

[02:15.35]so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one;

[02:18.97]in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor

[02:22.03] by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic 14.

[02:25.42]Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life.

[02:29.46] As you are aware, what a person physically 15 has is

[02:33.07] but a human body that's vulnerable when exposed to the elements.

[02:37.89] So if you fall ill,

[02:39.53]it's up to you to take a good care of yourself.

[02:42.26] Unless you know perfectly 16 well when and how to do yourself a favor,

[02:46.53]you won't be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.

[02:50.79]To get a thorough understanding of oneself

[02:53.42]is to get a full control of one's life.

[02:56.44]Then one will find one's life full of color and flavor.



1 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
2 precisely
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
3 upwards
adv.向上,在更高处...以上
  • The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
  • The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
4 overestimate
v.估计过高,过高评价
  • Don't overestimate seriousness of the problem.别把问题看重了。
  • We overestimate our influence and our nuisance value.我们过高地估计了自己的影响力和破坏作用。
5 incompetence
n.不胜任,不称职
  • He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
  • She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得,本是老板无能,但她却成了替罪羊。
6 aloof
adj.远离的;冷淡的,漠不关心的
  • Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
  • On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。
7 cowardice
n.胆小,怯懦
  • His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
  • His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
8 retarded
a.智力迟钝的,智力发育迟缓的
  • The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery. 早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。
  • He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded. 他迟钝得很,许多人以为他智力低下。
9 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
10 courageous
adj.勇敢的,有胆量的
  • We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
  • He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
11 surmount
vt.克服;置于…顶上
  • We have many problems to surmount before we can start the project.我们得克服许多困难才能著手做这项工作。
  • We are fully confident that we can surmount these difficulties.我们完全相信我们能够克服这些困难。
12 deter
vt.阻止,使不敢,吓住
  • Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
  • Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。
13 vent
n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄
  • He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
  • When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时,发动机就会停转。
14 tonic
n./adj.滋补品,补药,强身的,健体的
  • It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
  • Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。
15 physically
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
16 perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
学英语单词
Abdel
acceleration of ripening
additional advance
anecdotically
antiriot ammunition
apical bud
arecaceaes
augelli
average repair
Bankia spengler
bankruptcy administrator
basic lead sulphate
bilge logs
booster inoculation
bored shitless
boringly
chain and sprocket drive
Chalkedon
checking off symbol
CLMW
course-stability
cross rod
Curley
damper segment
declaratory judgments
deflection calculation
delivered free to destination
dietary-supplement
dress in
dust crops with an insecticide
emince
enterouterine anus
equitangential
faralatrioside
farbs
finely divided scale
folia vermis
heavy work
helius (helius) minusculus
Hose Connectors
hyperhomocysteinemic
intermolecular respiration
lava column
lead number
lends out
lenticel(le)
lywallzyme
macnee
magnitude spectrum
master screw
max sth out
mellower
memory error report analysis
movable appendage
naked-flame mine
nickel-vanadium steel
nominal ocular hazard area
oculometry
one pack
ordinary wheel
organizational climate index
over-grateful
over-indulged
overtowered
pattern representation
phenoxathin
phenylphosphine
pick-up attachment
pilot flame burner
pipeline stopcock
plash
pot-holder
preservative substance
pressure admission chamber
pressure of blast
Prohepes
pseudodiploidy
r.d
ramming up
rankine thermometric scale
riborg
righi-leduc effect
roricon
sclenchyma
self-illuminating sight
selfcontradictory
sniper
sousant
Subhanallah
sukhooei
Swap Curve
tahsildars
thermo anelasticity
three stages fluidized-bed dryer
toner concentration
unkissing
unvote
upright drill
visual agnosia
Wiener schnitzel
with a swing in it
worldless