大学英语自学教程 上册 un25

[08:08.15]同样，你可能发现你在烦恼的情况下烟抽得更多，
[08:11.83]and can use the worry to avoid giving up smoking.
[08:14.56]你可以以忧虑为由而不戒烟。
[08:17.29]The same neurotic reward system also applies to health.
[08:20.68]同样的神经质的补偿系统也适用于身体健康。
[08:24.06]It may be easier for you to worry about chest pains
[08:26.84]为胸痛而担忧比冒风险
[08:29.62]than to risk finding out the truth,
[08:31.75]找出真正病因要容易，
[08:33.88]and then having to deal directly with yourself.
[08:36.31]然后不得不自己直接处理自己的问题更容易做到。
[08:38.74]Worry can bring a lot of diseasessuch as tension headaches and backaches.
[08:42.53]忧虑能产生很多疾病，如神经紧张性头痛、腰酸背痛等。
[08:46.31]While these may not seem to be payoffs,
[08:48.54]尽管这不能算是回报，
[08:50.76]they do result in considerable attention from others
[08:53.39]但它能引起别人相当大的关心
[08:56.03]and justify much self-pity as well.
[08:58.36]并且能证明自怜是有道理的。
[09:00.68]And some People would rather be pitied than fulfilled.
[09:03.36]有些人宁愿被人怜悯而不肯发挥自己的潜能。
[09:06.04]Now that you understand the psychological support system for nerurotic worry
[09:09.62]既然你懂得了神经质忧虑的心理支持系统，
[09:13.19]you can begin to devise some measures
[09:15.62]你就能够开始想出一些措施来减少
[09:18.05] for reducing the number of trouble some worry bugs that breed in this erroneous.
[09:22.02]那些孳生繁衍在这一误区中的讨厌的忧虑虫。
[09:25.99]Begin to view your present moments as times to live,
[09:28.93]你要开始把你现在的时间看成生活的时光
[09:31.87]rather than times to worry about the future.
[09:34.21]而不是为未来忧虑的时光。
[09:36.55]When you catch yourself worrying,  ask yourself,
[09:39.42]当你发现自己在忧虑时，你要问问自己
[09:42.30]"What am I avoiding now by using up this moment with worry?"
[09:45.23]“我把现在的时间用于忧虑，目的是想回避什么？”
[09:48.17]Then begin to attack whatever it is you're avoiding.
[09:51.29]然后你就着手解决你正回避的任何事。
[09:54.42]A friend of mine spent a week on an island off the Connecticut cast.
[09:58.15]我的一个朋友在康涅狄格州海岸边的一个岛子上呆了一个星期。
[10:01.89]She enjoys taking long walks,
[10:04.25]她散步时喜欢走得很远，
[10:06.62] but soon discoveredthat there were a number of dogs on the island
[10:09.44]但她很快发现，岛上有些狗，可以到处乱跑。
[10:12.26]which were allowed to run free.
[10:14.23]她担心狗可能会咬她，
[10:16.20]She decided to fight her worry that they might attack her.
[10:19.34]决心战胜自己的忧虑。
[10:22.47]She carfled a rock in her handand
[10:24.80]她手里拿了一块石头，
[10:27.12]resolved to show no fear as the dogs mine running toward her.
[10:30.10]下定决心，当狗冲她跑来时，决不示弱。
[10:33.08]Seeing someone who refused to hack down,they turned and ran away.
[10:36.56]这些狗看见有人并不畏缩，转身就跑掉了。
[10:40.05]While I am not encouraging dangerous behavior,
[10:42.98]虽然我不鼓励危险行为，
[10:45.90]I do believe that a sensibly effective challenge
[10:48.48]但我确信，对忧虑的明智的有效挑战是最大限度地减少忧虑
[10:51.05]to worry is the most productive way to minimize its role in your life.
[10:54.33]在你生活中起作用的最有成效的办法。
[10:57.61]Ask yourself over and over.
[10:59.98]你要反复地问自己，
[11:02.36]"Will the future change as a result of my worrying about it?"
[11:05.14]“我对未来感到忧虑，未来会因此而改变吗？”
[11:07.92]Try to remember how many of the things you once,worried about
[11:11.05]你努力回忆一下，有多少件
[11:14.17]never become real at all.
[11:16.05]你曾经忧虑过的事情从未成真。
[11:17.93]Also ask yourself:
[11:19.90]你还应问问自己：
[11:21.87]"What's the worst thing that could happen to me (or them),
[11:24.40]“可能发生在我（或他们）身上的最坏的事是什么？
[11:26.92]and what is the likelihood of it occurring?"
[11:29.25]发生的可能性有多大？”
[11:31.59]You'll discover the absurdity of most worries in this way.
[11:34.57]这样你会发现你的大部分忧虑是毫无道理的。
[11:37.55]Act in direct conflict with your usual areas of worry.
[11:40.58]你做事要和你平常忧虑的事情针锋相对。
[11:43.61]If you compulsively save for the future
[11:46.09]如果你要强制性地为以后的日子存钱的话，
[11:48.57]use some money for your own enjoyment today.
[11:50.91]不如现在就把有些钱用于眼前的享受。
[11:53.25]Enjoy life don't waste the present with immobilizing thoughts about the future
[11:57.07]享受生活吧，不要把你的现在浪费在关于未来的无所动作的思考上。
[12:00.90]There are some techniques for minimizing worry in your life.
[12:03.68]这是一些能够最大限度减少你生活忧虑的技术。
[12:06.47]But the most effective weapon you have is your own determination
[12:09.69]但你的最有效的武器是你自己把这种神经质的行为
[12:12.92]to drive this neurotic behavior away from your life.
[12:15.65]从你的生活中驱逐出去的决心。