?Sometimes life needs patience

By Paul Chernyak/陳傳光(譯)

◆語篇導讀

“心急吃不了熱豆腐”，有些事情，并不是心急就能促成的，有時我們需要休息，需要冷靜，需要積累更多的經歷和經驗，這樣才能走得更高、更遠。向著自己的目標不斷前進，鍥而不舍，這是毅力的表現，是耐心的體現。

In China,an old saying goes， “If your ship is against thecurrent,you lose your ground when you don't move forward.”

Isn't this talking about life?

If you want something,you need to work at your best all the time.

But many other great men have told us that sometimes you need to slow down so that you can find peace and see clearly what you truly want in the first place.

The competition in our society is very strong,it is now,it used to be,and it will be.

And at the same time.We have families,friends who we need tocherish.

But we all only have 24 hours a day.

And a lot of time among these hours has to be used to rest.Otherwise we won't be able to live.

Yes,your energy is limited.There arelimitationsthat you can not go beyond.So you really need to remind yourself that sometimes life does take patience.There are things that you can't do only with your determination.They require your patience as well.

Slow down,shake off someanxiety,find more peace.By doing these things you can actually go further.

◆詞語積淀

current/?k?r?nt/n.水流；氣流

cherish/?t?er??/v.珍愛；愛護

limitation/?l?m??te??n/n.限制；局限

anxiety/???za??ti/n.焦慮；憂慮

◆典句賞析

But many other great men have told us that sometimes you need to slow down so that you can find peace and see clearly what you truly want in the first place.但是也有很多偉人告訴過我們：人生，有時候也需要放慢腳步，這樣才能冷靜下來看清自己的初心。

這是一個復合句。that和what都用來引導賓語從句；so that作連詞，意為“以便；為了”，引導表示目的的狀語從句。這類狀語從句中的謂語常用情態動詞，此時so that相當于in order that。

【即時嘗試】為了今年取得更大的進步，我每天用了更多的時間學英語。

（答案見第63頁）

譯文助讀

中國有句諺語：“逆水行舟，不進則退。”

這不就是人生嗎？

你需要不斷地努力，才能得到自己想要的東西。

但是也有很多偉人告訴過我們：人生，有時候也需要放慢腳步，這樣才能冷靜下來看清自己的初心。

社會上的競爭是激烈的，現在是，以前是，將來也一樣會是。

同時，我們還有親人、朋友需要珍惜。

然而，我們每個人的一天都只有24個小時。

而且這其中的許多時間還必須用來休息，不然我們就沒法生存。

是的，你的精力是有限的，有些極限是你沒有辦法超越的。

所以有時候真的得提醒自己：人生需要耐心。

有很多事情并不是你下決心就能夠做到的，它們也需要你的耐心。

慢一點，少一點焦慮，多一些平靜，這樣你能走得更遠。