
今天在看臉書時,看到【#NativeCamp午後讀詩】分享了一篇網路上流傳的一首小詩,這篇內容寫得很好,之前去聽某場演講時,主持人最後就是用這首詩的內容做結尾,很勵志很有感觸,再一次看到還是感受其中滿滿正能量!從美好的詩詞中學英文,這篇英文難度不高,很適合輕鬆閱讀~
You Are In Your Time Zone
每個人都有自己的時區
New York is 3 hours ahead of California,
紐約時間比加州時間早三個小時,
but it does not make California slow.
但加州時間並沒有變慢。
Someone graduated at the age of 22,
有人22歲就畢業了,
but waited 5 years before securing a good job!
但等了五年才找到一個好工作!
Someone became a CEO at 25,
有人25歲就當上CEO,
and died at 50.
卻在50歲去世。
While another became a CEO at 50,
也有人直到50歲才當上CEO,
and lived to 90 years.
然後活到90歲。
Someone is still single,
有人依舊單身,
while someone else got married.
同時也有人結婚。
Obama retires at 55,
歐巴馬55歲就退休,
but Trump starts at 70.
川普70歲才開始當總統。
Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.
世上每個人都有自己的時區。
- Time Zone 時區
If you go from New York to London, you cross five time zones.
從紐約到倫敦要跨越五個時區
People around you might seem to go ahead of you,
身邊有些人看似走在你前面,
some might seem to be behind you.
也有人看似走在你後面。
But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.
但其實每個人都在自己的時區裡和自己賽跑。
- Running one’s own race 我們常看到的句子是“Run your own race” 意思是「奔跑在自己的道路上」,也可以翻成「走自己的路」,一句話,直指內心,像是「My way」(我的方式)或者 「Follow my heart」(追隨我心),在人生的航線上不迷失,堅定一個方向,勇往直前。
Don’t envy them or mock them.
不用嫉妒或嘲笑他們。
- Envy (v.) 羡慕;忌妒
- Mock (v.)嘲笑,嘲弄
They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!
他們都在自己的時區裡,你也是!
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
生命就是等待正確的時機行動。
So, RELAX.
所以,放輕鬆。
You’re not LATE.
你沒有落後。
You’re not EARLY.
你沒有領先。
You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE destiny set up for you.
在命運為你安排的時區裡,一切都會準時。
- On time:準時
We arrived at the office on time.
我們準時到達辦公室。 - Destiny:命運
Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.
每個人都應該是自己命運的主宰。
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