英语名篇诵读 积极思维和消极思维

Positive Thinking and Negative Thinking

积极思维和消极思维

One would have to be a fool to overlook the importance of using positive thinking for you rather than allowing negative thinking to work against you. In recent years, research has proven what many people have known over the centuries: a positive attitude is good for you, good for your health, good for your wealth, good for everything. Researchers found that a positive attitude produces a specific chemical reaction which makes people feel better, while negative thinking results in a decline of hormone¹ and shuts down the immune system. This leads to illness and depression. Positive thoughts will make you feel better. Even if you must begin by literally² forcing yourself to be positive, it will become contagious³ and the positive thoughts will generate nice little chemicals and good feelings, which will reinforce the positive thoughts.

For example, if you force yourself to smile or laugh, even when you don't feel like smiling or laughing, if you keep at it for a few minutes, you will soon feel like it. Feelings can generate thoughts, but thoughts can also generate feelings. Control your thoughts and you can control your feelings. Positive thinking is important in all aspects of our lives. There is probably no single factor more important in determining your success in achieving your career objectives than your own attitude.

It's often been said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And in the office of negativism , the positive workers shine like gold. You cannot control external events, but you can learn to control your reaction to those events and thereby⁴ have a positive attitude and be happy. This vital key to success is totally within your control. Use it.

一个人如果忽视运用积极思维的重要性而让消极思维对他产生不利影响，那他就是个傻瓜。近年来，研究证实了许多世纪以来人们已经知道的情况：积极的态度对人、对人的身体、对人的健康、对一切，都有好处。研究人员发现，积极的态度会产生一种特殊的化学反应，使人们感觉更良好，而消极思维则导致激素下降，关闭免疫系统，从而引发疾病和抑郁。积极的思想会使你感觉更好。即使你开始时真的要迫使自己进行积极思维，这种积极思维具有传染性，会产生出微小有益的化学物质和良好情绪，从而又强化了积极思维。

比如，如果你迫使自己微笑或放声大笑，甚至当你不想笑的时候，也坚持笑几分钟，你不一会儿就想要笑了。感情能产生思想，而思想也能产生感情。控制你的思想，你就能控制你的感情。积极思维在我们生活中的各个方面都很重要。也许，在决定你的成功、实现你的事业目标上，没有任何因素比你自己的态度发挥着更重要的作用了。

人们常说，在盲人的国度里，独眼龙就是国王。而在消极的办公室里，积极思维的工作者就像金子般闪闪发光。你不能控制外部的事件，但你可以学会控制自己对事件的反应，从而保持乐观态度，使自己快乐起来。这个成功的关键钥匙完全在你的掌控之中。用它吧。

1 hormone   

n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

4 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。