欧美人文风情第173篇:猫咪舒压法

 Oh, my gosh! Where do I even begin? 喔，我的老天!我究竟要从哪说起啊？

From one to ten, my stress level is at about a six. 从一到十，我的压力指数大概是在六吧。

Uh...my stress level today is probably in between a seven and an eight. 唉...我今天的压力指数大概在七和八之间。

Well, my phone was just a stressful situation.  嗯，我的手机就是一个让人紧张的状况。

I dropped it. I lost all my contacts. 我把它给搞丢了。我遗失我全部的联络人资料。

So I just came out of court, and just try and relax, try and, like, get away from all that stress. 我刚从法庭出来，试着放松，试着像是从那所有压力逃开。

My recent breakup is a little bit of a stress. 我最近一次分手有点是一种压力。

I'm an independent contractor¹, and I work for myself. 我是个独立承包商，我替自己工作。

One thing that brings me stress is deadline. 一件会带给我压力的事是“截止日期”。

It always seems like it's gonna fall apart at any second. 这总像是一切将随时崩溃。

I drove² to Arizona and back yesterday. 我昨天开车往返亚利桑纳州。

The top two things that stress me out—not having enough time... 两件最让我有压力的事－－没有足够的时间...

All I wanna do is relax. 我只想要好好放松。

I just don't know how. 我只是不知道该怎么做。

Welcome to this guided meditation³. Are you ready? Let's begin.  欢迎来到这场静坐教学活动。你准备好了吗？我们开始吧。

Find a comfortable position. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath⁴ in.  找一个舒适的位置。闭上你的双眼。深吸一口气。

And as you exhale⁵, let your body begin to relax.  当你吐气时，让你的身体开始放松。

Listen to the gentle purring of the happy kitten. Pur, pur, pur... Now, open your eyes. 听听快乐的小猫咪和缓的呼噜声。呼噜、呼噜、呼噜... 现在，张开你的眼睛。

You know that talk is cheap 你知道说来很容易

Keep talking as I turn my cheek 当我撇头时还继续说

You know that no one really cares 你知道没人真的在乎啦

Did you know that, did you know that? 你知道吗，你知道吗？

It wasn't that long ago 就在不久之前

We learned⁶ each other's fears and 我们发现彼此的恐惧

God, I'll miss the way you cry 老天，我会想念你哭的样子

Did you know that, did you know that? 你知道吗，你知道吗？

I am coming back, back, back into your life 我会回到、回到、回到你的生活

You can't be stressed⁷ after sitting in a box full of kittens. 在坐在一个充满小猫咪的箱子后，你不可能感到有压力。

Being around young creatures just reminds you to take it easy. 被幼小的小动物包围让你想起要放轻松点。

It was great. Unexpected⁸ and adorable. 这太棒了。出其不意而且非常可爱。

You want to do it again? Yeah. Right now? Yeah. 你想再来一次？对。现在吗？对。

 

1 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

2 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

3 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

4 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。

5 exhale   

v.呼气，散出，吐出，蒸发

参考例句：

• Sweet odours exhale from flowers.花儿散发出花香。
• Wade exhaled a cloud of smoke and coughed.韦德吐出一口烟，然后咳嗽起来。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 stressed   

adj.紧张的，有压力的

参考例句：

• Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。
• He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。

8 unexpected   

adj.想不到的，意外的

参考例句：

• I always keep some good wine in for unexpected guests.我总保存些好酒，用来招待不速之客。
• His promotion was unexpected.他的升迁出人意料。