不要做老好人

We live in a capitalistic society¹ in which everyone's trying to sell us something.

 

 

Everyone's looking out for themselves² in one way or another, and you need to do the same.

 

Stop putting yourself³ out because you're too shy⁴ to say no。

 

1 society   

n.社会；社团

参考例句：

• He lived a hard life in the old society.他在旧社会日子过得很苦。
• How many people are there in your society?你们社团有多少人？

2 themselves   

pron.他们自己，她们自己，它们本身；他们亲自；他自己

参考例句：

• They finished the work by themselves.他们自己完成了这项工作。
• The boys didn't know what to do with themselves after school ended.男孩们不知道放学后该做些什么。

3 yourself   

pron.你自己

参考例句：

• I need you to do it yourself.我要你亲自做。
• Late again,Tom?I hope you can explain yourself.汤姆，又迟到了？我希望你能说明理由。

4 shy   

adj.害羞的，胆怯的，迟疑的；vi.惊退，畏缩，乱投；vt.乱投；n.投掷；惊避

参考例句：

• She is too shy to go to parties.她很怕羞，不敢去参加舞会。
• Mary is a shy girl.玛丽是一个害羞的女孩。