英语专业晨读美文-励志篇 3. I Want! I do! I get!

[00:01.49]I Want! I Do! I Get!
[00:04.34]There's a great song out there by Jimmy Cliff,
[00:08.16]one of reggae's top artists,
[00:10.25]that in six words summarizes just how you succeed in life:
[00:14.29]I want! I do! I get!
[00:17.90] These six words are a very powerful way
[00:20.86]of connecting what you want with what you will achieve.
[00:24.24]First comes wanting something—a better life for yourself,
[00:28.18]your family, more money, a better job,
[00:31.35]whatever it is you dream about and long for.
[00:34.53]You desire it, you dream about it,
[00:37.09] you daydream¹ about it, you yearn² for it.
[00:40.81]But that's not enough.
[00:42.88]Next and this the part too many people forget about—comes the doing.
[00:48.13]All of the wanting in the world
[00:49.99]is not going to move you one inch closer to what you want: you have to do.
[00:55.24]You have to find a better job, change jobs, take risks, write software,
[01:01.25] try new things, stop doing old things, go to college, work, act, do.
[01:08.69] The doing is the absolutely indispensable connection
[01:12.41]between what you want and what you get.
[01:15.04]Finally, if you keep doing what needs to be done,
[01:18.43]if you keep adjusting what you do to move you closer to what you want, you get.
[01:23.79] Maybe not easily, maybe not as quickly as movies and television portray³,
[01:29.37]but it will come.
[01:31.33]One final philosophical⁴ note about these six words:
[01:35.05]notice that "I" is three of them?
[01:38.00]Not what others want, not what others say you are "supposed" or "should" do.
[01:43.91]What's more, no one is going to do it for you.
[01:47.66] You are the key to making these six words work.

1 daydream   

v.做白日梦，幻想

参考例句：

• Boys and girls daydream about what they want to be.孩子们遐想着他们将来要干什么。
• He drifted off into another daydream.他飘飘然又做了一个白日梦。

2 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

3 portray   

v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)

参考例句：

• It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
• Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？

4 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。