實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Meditation 冥想

Todd: Ah, Jeanie, you say you are really into meditation.

托德：珍妮，你說過你很喜歡冥想。

Jeanie: Yes.

珍妮：對。

Todd: So can you explain what meditation is and how you meditate and what are good way to meditate for other listeners.

托德：那你能和聽眾朋友們解釋一下什么是冥想，如何進行冥想以及進行冥想的好方法嗎?

Jeanie: So as far as meditation is concerned, I feel that it's really finding your center, which is quiet. Think of like a cyclone. Now there's all types of activity except for in the dead center where it's really still and quiet. I feel that meditation is a way to get back to that quiet inner self and it's something you need just to keep you settled in everyday life. For me, I'm very used to either bursts of activity or just being still so when I meditate I just like to absolutley sit still. I don't worry about sitting in a lotus position or anything like that. I sit more in a comfortable position and one that's not going to distract me from what I'm trying to do. If I can, I just don't think about anything but if I've got too much on my mind then I'll concetrate onmy breathing. I'll pay attention to the rise and fall of my stomach and just count each breath one to five just over and over again and usually it can get me to my center pretty well.

珍妮：我認為冥想就是發(fā)現(xiàn)自我，是一種安靜的活動。想象一下氣旋。除了正中心以外其他地方都在進行各種活動，所以正中心是平靜和安靜的。我認為冥想是使內在回歸平靜的方法，是你在日常生活中需要尋找的平靜。對我來說，我既可以運動也可以靜止，所以冥想時我喜歡靜坐。我不會去想蓮花坐或之類的事情。我會以舒服的姿勢靜坐，讓自己不會分心。如果可以，我會什么都不想，但如果我腦中有太多事情，那我會專注于我的呼吸。我會注意我腹部的起伏，每次呼吸都要堅持從1數(shù)到5，這樣反復做下去，會讓我更好的發(fā)現(xiàn)自我。

Todd: Um, wow, sounds good. When do you meditate and how often do you meditate?

托德：哇，聽起來不錯。你一般都什么時候冥想，多久做一次?

Jeanie: I usually meditate in the mornings if I have time. On weekends I usually meditate in the morning. Weekdays I don't usually have time so I meditate at night on those days. I try to find a time that everything around me is very quiet. If there's too much activity going on with other people then well I get easily distracted, and so I try to find a really quiet time and a quiet place to do it.

珍妮：如果我有時間我通常在早上進行冥想。周末我通常在早上冥想。工作日我早上沒有時間，所以我會在晚上冥想。我會試圖在我周圍非常安靜的情況下進行冥想。如果周圍的人們在進行大量活動，那我很容易分心，所以我要試圖找到非常安靜的時間，在一個安靜的地方冥想。