【哼唧英語】態度決定高度

• The most horrible thing in life is living with regret. People will regret while they are late for work because of staying up late last night. People will regret while they lost the opportunity because they are simply not capable. The life is not turning better if people just spend their time on regretting 【固定搭配，spend time on doing sth花時間做某事】after everything has happened. We all say 「The opportunity favors only the prepared mind」. So how about starting from now on and learn to achieve self-discipline【n,自律，自我修養】, instead of letting trouble keeps troubling you.

人生最可怕的事，莫過於永遠都在懊悔之中。人們總會在第二天工作遲到時才會懊悔頭天晚上熬夜太晚。人們也總是在因為自身不夠格而錯失機會時，才後悔當初不夠努力。人生並不會迎來轉機，倘若人們一直沉浸在懊悔發生的事。常言道，「機會總是給有所準備的人」。所以與其讓生活為難你，為何不從即可開始，學會自律？

• Firstly, is to stay chill and complain less. Nothing goes perfectly as you wish, but you can decide your attitudewhen things are not going smoothly. Complaining about it? Or smiling on it? Also, do not regret the decision you made, there is no perfect decision in humans』 life, everydecision or choice you made was the optimal 【最佳的，最理想的adj】solution you can come up with at that time, and each of them has its』 own advantage. Stuck【作動詞時是stick（刺）的過去分詞，本文中作形容詞指「卡住的」，搭配介詞in可以表示「陷入」】 in the past would never be helpful, what necessary is being optimistic and moving on.

首要的是，減少抱怨。沒有任何事情能永遠按照想像進行，但你可以左右當你面對這些不順時的心態，是怨聲載道？還是笑對風雨呢？並且，別再為之前所做過的決定而懊悔，世間本無完美的決定，一切選擇不過是當時能考慮到的最優解，並有各自的優點。沉湎於過去並不會帶來任何幫助，保持積極樂觀然後努力向前才是真正有意義的。

• Secondly, is to improve yourself. The best time to planta tree was ten years ago or now. So it would never be late as long as you want to start. Study is a lifelong work, you can fully use your spare time to read, to take part in【take part in sth, 指「參加某事」，多指參加活動或比賽等】courses. Time would prove you that study is one of the best investment in your life.

其二，努力提升自己。種下棵樹最好的時間是十年前，其次就是現在，所以只要你想開始，就永遠不會晚。活到老，學到老，空餘時間可以被利用起來讀書，或是收聽一些課程。時間會證明，學習是人生中最棒的投資之一。

• Thirdly, learn to use introspection【n自我反省】. It’s not only a very useful tool to summarize【v 總結】 your current life but also to help you make the future plan clearly.【not only…but also，表示「不僅…而且」】Life is a long-term race like marathon but without any signs, so it would be a really good way to keep on【keep on doing sth. 保持做某事】 thinking during the race, then you can adjust【v.調整】 the wrong direction and make some bad things right in time【及時的】. In that case you may run faster and achieve the goal you made at the beginning of the race. Keep it in mind that introspection makes us stronger and smarter.

第三點就是學著自省。自省不光是一個能幫助總結當前的工具，還能幫你看清未來，從而有一個更好的規劃。人生宛如一場沿途沒有標識的馬拉松長跑，一路上保持思考會更好的幫助你及時調整方向從而扭虧為盈，更快地到達目標點。

• One’s altitude is determined by one’s attitude. When others are enjoying the bar time, you are studying. While others are gaming till the mid night, you are sleeping in order to【為了，以便。in order to do sth】wake up early and to do the exercise. Self-management is always for a healthy life and a rich soul. You may not find out the difference in the beginning【一開始】, but as it already mentioned【as it mentioned 指「正如所提到的」】, time would prove that.

一個人的態度往往可以決定他的高度。當別人在享受燈紅酒綠，你在潛心苦讀。當別人在熬夜打遊戲，你已為了第二天的晨練安然入睡。自我管理一直都是為了健康的生活和充實的靈魂。可能在最開始並不能得以體現，但如同我們剛剛所說，時間會證明這一切。

• If you are not satisfied with 【be satisfied with sth, 指「對某事滿意」】 your present situation, then make some change from now on. Show a better attitude to reach a higher altitude!

如果你不滿現狀，那就從當下開始努力做出改變吧，展現出一個更好的態度從而達到一個更高的高度！

Tip:

文中同時用到了in the beginning 和 at the beginning. 兩者的中文意思都是「開始的時候」那麼這兩者有什麼區別嗎

at the beginning與in the beginning在用法上有一些區別。in the beginning通常單獨用作時間狀語或定語，而較少跟of短語連用，其意義為：「起初」、「在開始的時候」，暗含著後來有變化的意思。如：

1. In the beginning we thought we'd never get the exam passed.在開始的時候，我們以為不會通過考試。【get sth done. 指「完成某事」，例如「get the hair cut」，意思是「理了頭髮」】

2. In the beginning I felt extremely lonely in LA. 起初，我在洛杉磯覺得非常孤獨。

at the beginning常常跟of短語連用（如of the week, of the year, 或者是上文中提到的of the race等），如果後面沒有跟of短語，則大都可以從上下文看出來。如：

1. At the beginning of this century, many people were expecting a better live. 在本世紀開始時，許多人都期待著更好的生活。

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