?A little bit more

◆語篇導讀

一分鐘很短，但許許多多的一分鐘加起來，就形成了人的一生；一粒沙石很小，但無數沙石堆砌起來，就會形成高山。人生是一種態度，生活是一種習慣。騏驥一躍，不能十步；駑馬十駕，功在不舍。如果你事事都多付出一點兒，會取得什么樣的效果呢？

Every day is an excellent day for small improvements.Whatever you’re doing,You have to find a way to improve it just a little.There’s no need to make a huge change,just a small one,or something you can change right now.

If you called just one more customer each day,over the course of the next month you would talk to about 30 new people.If you learned just one more new word each day,in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.

Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments.Look around you,consider the work you do each day,think about how you could do it just a little bit better.

Think a little bit more before you do anything.Maybe you can find a better way to finish it.And you will be able to prepare for it.After all,well begun is half done.

Pay a little bit more attention while you do anything.Perhaps you will find the differences between the things you thought and you’re doing.Then you can think about how to change your plan and make it better.

Do a little bit more check after you do anything.Making a summary is good for you to get better and more experience.That will bring you more progress next time.

In a marathon race,each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher.Yet over the course of the race,that small difference adds up in a big way.

Without a small step,not a thousand miles.Do just a little bit more today,and tomorrow,and each day after that.Anyone can make just a small improvement,and that can make a big,big difference.

◆詞語積淀

improvement/?m?pru?vm?nt/n.改進

over the course of...在……的過程中

increase/?n?kri?s/v.增加；增多

accomplishment/??k?m pl??m?nt/n.成就

consider/k?n?s?d?(r)/v.仔細考慮；細想

make a summary做一個總結

marathon/?m?r?θ?n/n.馬拉松賽跑

stride/stra?d/n.大步；步伐

◆典句賞析

1.There’s no need to make a huge change,just a sm all one,or som ething you can change right now.不用做太大的改變,只要一點點，或者是你現在可以做到的一些改變。

There’s no need to do sth.為常用的句式，表示“沒有必要做某事”，need后接動詞不定式短語。need在此處用作名詞，意為“必要；需要”，其后也可接介詞for或of短語作定語。

【即時嘗試】不必尋求幫助，你也可以獨自完成這項任務。

2.Perhaps you will find the differences between the things you thought and you’re doing.也許你會在做事的過程中發現事情與你的想象并不同。

between作為介詞，與the things構成的介詞短語作后置定語，修飾前面的名詞differences；you thought and you’re doing為省略了關系代詞的定語從句，修飾先行詞things。

【即時嘗試】這就是我今天列的想要吃并想要買的食物清單。

譯文助讀

每一天都會因為小小的進步而成為精彩的一天。無論你在做什么，你得找到一個方法然后進行一點點的改進。不用做太大的改變,只要一點點兒，或者是你現在可以做到的一些改變。

如果你每天多給一個顧客打電話，一個月下來你會發現你又多認識了差不多三十個人；如果你每天多學會一個新單詞，一年后，你將會增加300多個詞匯量。

小小的改進能夠逐步累積成大大的成就。觀察你的周圍，思考你每天所做的工作，想一下你怎么做才能做得更好一點兒。

做事前多思考一點兒。或許你會找到更好的辦法去完成這件事，并為之做好準備。畢竟，好的開始是成功的一半。

做事時多用心一點兒。也許你會在做事的過程中發現事情與你的想象并不同。那么你可以考慮該如何改變計劃，使之做得更好。

做事后多回顧一點兒。做好總結，這有利于你為下次取得更大的進步而積累更多、更好的經驗。

在馬拉松比賽中，冠軍的每一步都只比第一百名選手的步伐大一點兒，速度也只快一點兒。但是在比賽過程中,那些小小的不同累積成了巨大的區別。

不積跬步，無以至千里。今天、明天、以后的每一天都應盡力做得更多一點兒。任何人都能做一點小小的改進，而那小小的改進將會起到非常大、非常大的作用。