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第23章 人在旅途中 (13)

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那位乐团指挥出现在舞台时,得到全场起立喝彩。

grocery ['rusri] n. 食品杂货店

Most of these ingredients can be found at your local grocery.

这些原料大部分都能在当地的杂货店里买到。

当你还是个孩子的时候,你很容易相信自己能够改变世界。

作为一个成年人,我才慢慢意识到生活越来越复杂。

挑战是巨大的,可是假如我们承担起个人责任并且选择可持续的生活方式,我们就能面对挑战,成为积极改变潮流的一部分。

It includes a list of ways to live more sustainable—simple but fundamental things like reducing household garbage, consuming less, not relying on cars so much, eating locally grown food, carrying a reusable cup and, most important, getting out into nature.

rely on:依靠;依赖

I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think.

figure out:算出;想出;解决

出奇制胜的魅力

Catch up with Your Good

弗洛伦斯·斯高伏尔·西恩 / Florence Scovel Shinn

Catch up with your good! This is a new way of saying, "Before they call, I will answer."

But how to catch up with your good? For you must have ears that hear, and eyes that see, or it will escape you.

Some people never catch up with their good in life; they will say, "My life has always been one of hardship, no good luck ever comes to me." They are the people who have been asleep to their opportunities; or through laziness, haven' t caught up with their good.

A woman told a group of friends that she had not eaten for three days. They dashed about asking people to give her work; but she refused it. She explained that she never got up until twelve o' clock, she liked to lie in bed and read magazines.

She just wanted people to support her while she read"Vogue" and "Harper' s Bazaar." We must be careful not to slip into lazy states of mind.