英語小達人每天10分鐘 34 The Butterfly

[00:00.01]Unit 12 The Butterfly 第12單元 蝴蝶 [00:02.47]I had had it with life. My career was unexciting. 我受夠了這樣的生活，我的生活枯燥乏味， [00:11.53]My marriage was on the rocks and I didn't like the direction my figure was going. 我的婚姻瀕臨破裂，我不喜歡漸漸走樣的身材， [00:17.21]I felt life was boring and meaningless. 我覺得生活既無聊又沒意義。 [00:20.19]One day, I saw a butterfly trying to escape from my home. 有天，我看到一只蝴蝶打算從家里逃脫， [00:25.27]It kept flying into the window. Clearly, it thought that was its way out. 它飛啊飛一直撞向窗戶，顯然它認為那是出口。 [00:31.40]Instead of finding freedom, it became tired and ended up stuck in a spider's web. 可是非但沒有獲得自由，還累得困在蜘蛛網(wǎng)間。 [00:37.56]I learned something from that butterfly. I decided to take charge of my life. 我從蝴蝶身上學到一些事，我決定對生活負責。 [00:43.43]I wrote a list with different headings: marriage-work-me. Under them, I listed what I didn't like. 我寫了張列有不同標題的清單，包括婚姻、工作和我自己，在底下我列出討厭的事情。 [00:52.00]Each day when I woke up, I picked something from the list. 每天早上起床，我會從清單挑選其中一樣， [00:56.22]Throughout the day, I learned to love it, got rid of it or changed it. 并在當天學會喜歡、擺脫或改變這件事。 [01:02.01]It took almost a year but, eventually, I had changed everything on the list. 我花了將近一年的時間，最后終于改變了清單上的所有事。 [01:07.47]I realized, like the butterfly, I just kept going in the same direction. 我了解我過去就像那只蝴蝶，一直往相同方向前進; [01:13.19]I simply took a different direction and dealt with life one step at a time. 其實我只需要換個方向，一次解決生活上的一個課題。

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