双语阅读：懂得放弃生活更美好.docVIP

双语阅读：懂得放弃生活更美好 以下是整理的哲理类英语美文欣赏：懂得放弃 生活更美好， 希望对你有所启发。 A few years ago I was like some of you reading this overexte nded, overworked, and deeply un happy about it. 几年前，我就像正在阅读本文的一些读者一样，身体透支、工作 劳累，心中郁闷至极。 I was a young psychology professor desperately seek ing tenure, with two toddlers at home and a husba nd whose work kept him away for days at a time. I exercised once a week on a good week, rarely saw my friends or extended family, and couldn#39;t remember the last time l#39;d read a book that wasn#39;t about statistics. It was just too much. Somethi ng had to give. And it did. I left my job, not knowing exactly what I was going to do next. It was the toughest decisi on l #39;ve ever made, but it was also one of the best. 当时，我是一名渴求终身教职的年轻心理学教授， 家里有两个在 学步期的孩子，丈夫常常需要出差，而且一走就是好几天。运气好的 时候我每周能锻炼一次，很少有机会跟朋友或其他家人碰面， 甚至已 经不记得上一次阅读跟统计无关的书籍是什么时候了。 我已经不堪重 负，必须要有所放弃。而我也确实这样做了。我辞掉了工作，茫然不 知下一步要做什么。这是我做过的最艰难的一个决定，但也是最好的 决定之一。 As a psychologist who studies motivati on, I spe nd a lot of time trying to figure out why people give up too soon whe n tryi ng to reach a goal. But the truth is, a lot of us suffer from the opposite problem: not knowing whe n, or how, to quit. We take on too many projects and commitments, and end up turning in 10 mediocre jobs in stead of one or two stellar performa nces. Getty Images哪些目标应该坚持而哪些又该放弃呢 ？作为研究 动机理论的心理学家，我花了很多时间试图弄明白为什么有些人在朝 一个目标努力的过程中会那么容易轻言放弃。 但事实上，我们当中很 多人都会困惑于一个相反的问题：不确定应该何时或者如何放弃。我 们担负了太多的事项和承诺，最终完成的是一大堆庸庸碌碌的工作， 而没能做出让人眼前一亮的成就。 To be sure, quitt ing a job may not be an optio n for many, but most of us surround ourselves with plenty of unofficial projects that may not be worth purs uing. 当然，辞职对很多人来说或许并不合适，但我们中的大多数人都 常常会不自觉地担负很多也许并不值得去做的闲杂事项。 So, why is it so hard to throw in the towel, eve n whe n on some level you know you should? For one thing, it#39;s embarrassing to admit to others that you#39;ve bitten of more tha n you can chew, or that you #39;ve made an error of judgme nt. No one likes to be thought of as a #39;quitter. #39; For ano th