精美英文欣赏:做一个崭新的你

快乐并不来自于新年的到来；它源自人们的内在。生活并不因我们在墙上挂上了新日历或者时钟在午夜敲响新年的钟声而改变。能改变我们的生活的唯一方式是改变我们自己。

Welcome to New Year. The conventional¹ Happy New Year approach is to think of the New Year as something that happens outside of us. It is a good luck wish that the New Year, in some magical² way, will bring us our heart's desire. We look to the New Year to make us happy.

Welcome to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith. However, when we expect happine ss to come to us from the outside we are usually disappointed³. Happine ss is not guaranteed by sunny weather, a raise in pay, a new car, a beautiful home or anything else of a material nature. External⁴ things are often po sse ssed by very unhappy people.

Happine ss does not come out of a New Year; it comes out of men and women. Life does not change when we hang a new calendar on the wall or when the clock strikes midnight and a New Year begins. The only way life will change for us is when we change ourselves.

This is Faith at Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax. at the beginning of New Year, I’m reminded that the source⁵ of happiness is not in events happening outside of us; the source of happiness is within us. We cannot control the outside world but we can control our own thoughts and emotions. A new you will surely⁶ bring you a brand new year, happy new you!

欢迎来到新年。传统的新年快乐祝愿是把新年当作是外在发生的事情。它是一种好运祝福，希望新年以一种神奇的方式，带来我们心中所想。我们期盼着新年让我们快乐。

欢迎来到Faith轻松电台，我是Faith。然而，当我们期盼着快乐从外界而来时，我们通常都会失望。快乐并不是由阳光灿烂的天气，长工资，一辆新车，一个漂亮的家或者任何其它物质的东西而担保的。外在物质丰富的人也会是非常不开心的人。

快乐并不来自于新年的到来；它源自人们的内在。生活并不因我们在墙上挂上了新日历或者时钟在午夜敲响新年的钟声而改变。能改变我们的生活的唯一方式是改变我们自己。

这里是Faith主持的Faith轻松电台。在这新年的启始，我们提醒自己快乐的源泉并不存在于我们外在发生的事情，快乐的源泉就流淌于我们的内心。我们虽不能控制外在的世界，但我们能够支配我们自己的思想和情感。一个全新的你势必带给你一个崭新的新年，祝全新的你快乐！

1 conventional   

adj.普通的，常规的；符合习俗的，因循守旧的

参考例句：

• After a conventional opening remarks,he made a brilliant speech.在一个常规的开场白后，他做了个很精彩的演讲。
• It is simpler and quicker to use than conventional methods.这比通常的做法更简单、更快捷。

2 magical   

adj.魔术的，有魔力的，不可思议的

参考例句：

• I used to believe my mother had magical powers.我以前一直相信我母亲有奇妙的魔力。
• The effect of the medicine on the sick man was magical.药对病人的效力是不可思议的。

3 disappointed   

adj.失望的，不满意的，不如意的

参考例句：

• He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。
• He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.他屡次失望，以致变为了绝望。

4 external   

adj.外部的，外面的，外来的；与外国有关的

参考例句：

• External causes become operative through internal causes.外因通过内因而起作用。
• The external features of the building are very attractive.这座建筑物的外观是很吸引人的。

5 source   

n.来源，水源；原始资料

参考例句：

• They mentioned you as a good source of information.他们说你消息灵通。
• All works of art have life as their source.一切文艺创作都来源于生活。

6 surely   

adv.确实地，无疑地；必定地，一定地

参考例句：

• It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.想必他们可以达成协议。
• Surely we'll profit from your work.我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。