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
Aboriginals
accumulated earning tax
amors
anepithymia
antirecipocal circuit
apiose
army list, Army List
Autocompetition
batten ends
Bender Cassim
blows you off
boiling holes
cancerettes
cardiac dwarf
chained connection
chiang kan
choupori
chuuch
cleaning fan
Clinton County
cognitive development theory
conoce
cranlan
devisacope
directorate of standards
dredge
drive key
farmans
fine cargo
fore-lying
frequency primary standard
general nature
give free transportation of
homeyer
horseway
idle labor
in-situ soil test
incalculably
inland distribution depot
instantaneous total closure
intracapsular ligaments
isonomia
jurisprudentially
kordax (greece)
Kornilow's reflex
lacrimatories
lid spring
low voltage commutator
Madarao-yama
ministerial standard
monolithic photodiode
multiple virtual storage
nanopaper
nar nar
non-foaming oil
nonbarotropic
NSHS
on-line refuelling
one-year file
out-Herods
overmodulate
Pandion haliaetus
played with fire
political life
polyaoxylin
Posadasis spheriforme
pot limit
potentises
precast prestressed concrete
prefocation
professional dancer
protactinium(iv) oxide
protoplasma
Qin dynasty
record level
ReLC
resonant wire drawing force meter
Rhodininae
roadway
sequential testing
shahjahan
spheroidal weathering
spline surface
stock adjustment demand function
strut rod
sun-2 workstation
superpetrosal
superselling
telephone dials
tiruchchendur (tiruchendur)
toll line
transfunding
unfutured
unhorsed
uniform circular motion
us wrote
volumetric concentration
well-closed containet
westerfield
wolfram lamp
zotepine
zymogen