英语美文欣赏10Melancholy Music Can Make Us Feel Better听悲伤的歌会让心情变好We've all turned to melancholy music to make us feel better at some point in our lives, but why does doubling down on the sadness help drag us out of the mire?我们都曾在生命中的某些时刻通过听悲伤的歌来让自己好受一些，但是为什么更多的悲伤反而会让我们走出低谷呢？A new study sheds light on what's going on inside our brains when we match our music to our feels, and it looks like sad music can be enjoyable - rather than simply depressing - because it triggers positive memories that can help to lift our mood.一项新的研究阐明了当我们将所听的音乐与心中感受配对的时候我们大脑里到底发生了什么。
其结果显示：悲伤的音乐也能带来愉悦（而非简单地令人低落），因为它能通过触发积极的回忆来使我们的心情变好。
Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there are two groups of possible explanations for why we enjoy listening to sad music like this: one from social psychology, and one from cognitive neuroscience.澳大利亚科廷大学的心理学家阿德里安·诺斯说，对于我们为什么这么享受悲伤的歌曲这一点，有两派可能的解释：一派来自社会心理学，一派来自认知神经科学。
In terms of social psychology, one way of thinking about this is that we feel better about ourselves if we focus on someone who's doing even worse, a well-known process known as downward social comparison. Everything's going to be okay, because this person is having an even worse day than you are.从社会心理学这一派来讲，有一种思路是：当我们把注意力集中在一个比我们过得还惨的人身上时，我们会觉得好受些，这个过程就是著名的下行社会比较。
一切都会好起来的，因为这个人比你过得更惨。
Another hypothesis from social psychology is that people like to listen to music that mirrors the tone of their current life circumstances – the songs act as a sort of tuning fork for our own situations, and they resonate with us.社会心理学这一派的另一个假说是：人们喜欢听那些能反映自己现在生活境况基调的音乐，这些歌对于我们的境况来讲起到了类似音叉的作用，他们与我们产生了共鸣。
You Don’t Lack Reason But Action你不缺道理，缺的是行动力If you ask me what are the things that people should not do no matter how, thefirst thing that comes to my mind will be to postpone today's business to tomorrow.如果你问我有什么事情时无论如何也不能做的，我能想到的第一件事就是“把今天的事推到明天”。
Nothing should be postponed and nothing can be actually postponed.没有什么事情是应该被拖延的，也没有什么事是可以被真的拖延的。
If you feel the urge to do a thing, that means there is a certain reason for you to do it today. Though maybe you still don't know what the reason is.如果你突然觉得有什么事得做，那说明你的确有今天就做它的理由，虽然你可能还没意识到这个理由是什么。
Every now and then you may get motivated by some inspirational stories.你总会时不时地听到一些发人深省的励志故事。
But chances are high that you haven't really accomplished much although you once felt filled with so much energy to do them.但你很有可能还是什么事都没做成，虽然当初你觉得自己踌躇满志。
Because you didn't take any action.因为你并没有采取行动。
What you really need is not any motivation or energy. What you do need is the devotion to take action.你缺的并不是激励，你缺的是行动力。
When you postpone it, you get old.当你拖延的时候，你正在慢慢变老。
There will not always be a tomorrow waiting for you there.明天并不是无穷无尽的。
Your time is ultimately limited.你所拥有的时间最终是有限的。
If you don't take the chance to settle what should be settle today while there is still time, sooner or latter you will find there to be no time for you to settle what you really want to settle.如果你今天不在你还有时间的时候去完成你该完成的事，总有一天你会发现自己已经没有时间去完成想完成的事Time is precious. Don't waste it.时间真的很珍贵，别浪费。
There's a kind of Poverty Called Short-sightedness.有一种贫穷，叫做短视The team I work injust had 2 new interns,and I happento be their supervisor.我所在的团队新来了两个实习生而我恰好是他们的主管After today's lunch break,I saw that one of themwas reading thingson her smart phone,maybe on some social network,I guessed.今天午休过后我看见他们中的一个正在悠闲地刷手机我猜想可能是在上社交网络吧I went to her and said"There's another document here needing translation.Do you have timeto finish it for me?"我走过去问她“我这正好有一份文档要翻译你有时间帮忙完成一下吗”That documentwas not in herassigned workload.But I thoughtI could let her challenge herselfa little bit with it,seeing thatshe seemed to have time.这份文档并不在她的工作量里面不过我看她似乎有空就打算让她用这锻炼一下"Yes, I do have time."She said,"But I'm just an intern."“有啊”她说“可是我只是个实习生啊”I didn't quite knowwhat to say back then.After a while I mumbled"Right.Yes."我当时突然不知道说什么好愣了一下说道“哦，也是哦”And I turned around and left.然后便转身离开了I recalled the timewhen I was an internfor the first time.I managed to finishmy workload so fast,just like her.我想起了我自己第一次做实习生的时候当时我也像她一样很快就把自己的工作量完成了So I asked my supervisor"Is there anything elsethat I can help?"于是我就问我的主管“还有什么其他的事需要我帮忙吗”And she happened tohave a plan to make.But she didn't have time.So she let me do the researchand make a draft for her.正好她当时有一份计划要订但是时间不够于是就让我先帮她查查相关资料然后拟个草稿I was not very familiarwith the jobbut still tried to carry it outbased on my understandingand make itas professional as possible.我当时并不太明白那份工作但还是试着按自己的想法做出来了尽可能写得专业And my supervisorwas really satisfiedwith the draft.Later, she told me"You saved me a lot of time.I didn't need tocreate it from scratch."主管对这份草稿很满意她事后说“你帮我省了不少事我不用从头做起”And she told me in details how should I havedone the plan differently.I learned a lotabout the operationin the process.并且，她还跟我细致地讲了这份计划应该怎么修改而我在这个过程当中学到了很多有用的业务细节After thatshe had come totrust me like completely.在那之后她开始给予我完全的信任I got my current joball becauseof her recommendation.而我现在的这份工作也多亏了她的引荐Yes, I was just an internwith a low salary.But I bought a better future with my extra labor.是的，我当时只是个实习生薪水只有一点点但我用额外的劳力为自己买到了更好的未来There's a kind of povertycalled short-sightedness.有一种“贫穷”叫短视Self-discipline Is Real Freedom有自律才有真正的自由One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check.在一个有风的春日，我看到一群年轻人正在迎风放风筝玩乐，各种颜色、各种形状和大小的风筝就好像美丽的鸟儿在空中飞舞。