你可能7件全占了：英语精读讲义

Happiness, many will advise you how to obtain it, 語法

幸福，很多人会建议你如何获得它，

but maybe you're not trying to be happy.

但也许你并不想变得幸福。

Your actions aim for the opposite.

你的行为背道而驰。

You want to be the saddest saddo 用詞

你想成为最悲惨的可怜虫，

sailing on the sea of sadness. 習語

在悲伤的海洋上航行。

Much easier to achieve

这容易实现得多，

and this video has seven tactics to get you started toward the dark currents,

而这个视频有七个策略，能让你开始向黑暗的洋流进发，

at least one of which you are already doing. 語法

至少其中一个是你在做的。

So let's begin.

那么我们开始吧。

First, stay still.

首先，保持静止。

Remain indoors as much as possible,

尽可能待在室内，

preferably in the same room.

最好是在同一个房间里。

Be the human equivalent of a pile of laundry, 短語搭配

做一堆待洗衣服的人类化身，

inert, unmoving.

惰性十足，一动不动。

Don't let a beautiful day tempt you for a walk.

不要让美好的天气诱惑你去散步。

Avoid anything even vaguely exercisial.

避免任何哪怕只有一点点锻炼意味的事情。

This keeps reward chemicals out of your brain which could diverge you.

这样能让你的大脑中没有那些可能会让你偏离轨道的奖赏化学物质。

And stillness guides you towards medical problems

而且，静止会引导你走向健康问题，

which will keep this wheel turning. 習語

这会让悲伤的飞轮继续转动。

Stillness is the most effective thing you can do.

保持静止是你所能做的最有效的事情。

So be the laundry pile.

所以，做那一堆待洗衣服吧。

Make your bedroom your allroom.

把你的卧室变成你的“万能室”。

Live and work and play and sleep in the smallest radius you can.

在尽可能小的半径范围内生活、工作、娱乐和睡觉。

Which brings us to 表達脈絡

这就引出了我们的下一个话题，

screw with your sleep. 短語動詞

搞砸你的睡眠。

The wrath of insomnia will be your co-pilot on the sea of sadness. 習語

失眠的怒火将成为你在悲伤之海上的副驾驶。

Her mere presence is unpleasant,

单单她的存在就令人不快，

but she also helps confuse the productive part of your brain

但她也能帮助迷惑你大脑中负责生产力的那部分，

which might look to navigate you toward the islands of happiness

也就是那部分可能会试图引导你驶向幸福岛屿的脑区，

on the horizon.

就在地平线上。

More on that later. 表達脈絡

我们稍后再谈这个。

A regular sleep cycle is a fragile thing

规律的睡眠周期很脆弱，

and takes at least three days to establish.

建立起来至少需要三天。

Be sure then to vary your bedtime by several hours

那么一定要让你的就寝时间相差好几个小时，

twice a week at least.

每周至少两次。

Even better,

更好的是，

vary your wake time.

改变你的起床时间。

Sleep in late,

睡个懒觉，

preferably very late,

最好是非常晚，

some but not all days.

在某些天里，但不是每一天。

And tell yourself you are making up for sleep

告诉自己你是在补觉，

to feel like you're doing something healthy

这样会感觉你在做一件健康的事，

even though you feel terrible when you wake up early 語法

尽管你早起时感觉很糟糕，

and when you wake up late.

晚起时同样感觉很糟糕。

Irregular sleep is another of the sea's accelerating currents.

不规律的睡眠是这片海洋上另一股加速的洋流。

The more you vary your sleep, 語法

你越是改变睡眠时间，

the harder regular sleep becomes,

规律睡眠就变得越困难，

which makes your sleep more variable.

这又使你的睡眠变得更加多变。

To never sleep or wake at the same time naturally

从不在同一时间自然入睡或醒来，

is the goal.

就是目标。

And to help in this,

为了达到这个目的，

maximize your screen time.

最大化你的屏幕使用时间。

Staying on screen complements the previous sailing tactics. 用詞

盯着屏幕能完美配合之前的航行策略。

Boredom could drive you to motion,

无聊可能会驱使你活动，

so let the screen entertain you.

所以让屏幕来娱乐你。

Tiredness can push you to sleep,

疲劳会推你入睡，

so let the screen keep you awake,

所以让屏幕让你保持清醒，

sort of,

在某种程度上，

as long as possible.

尽可能长久。

Always fall asleep with a screen in your hand

总是手里拿着屏幕入睡，

and put your eyes back on it as soon as you wake.

醒来后马上把眼睛转回屏幕。

Every moment away from a screen 表達脈絡

离开屏幕的每一刻，

is a moment you might notice the horizon.

你都可能注意到远方的地平线。

Keep your head down 習語

低下头，

and let the currents pull you.

让洋流拉着你走。

Here you have allies unknown.

在这里，你有不为人知的盟友。

Behind the screen are teams of the smartest people

在屏幕后面，有一群最聪明的人

and brightest bots competing to hold your attention 短語搭配

和最聪明的机器人在竞争，想尽可能长久地

on them as long as possible.

把你的注意力留在它们身上。

Let them reach you

让他们接触你，

to pull you back if you turn away.

以便在你转身离开时把你拉回来。

Plus,

此外，

screens help with number four.

屏幕还有助于实现第四点。

Use your screen to stoke your negative emotions, 短語搭配

用你的屏幕来激发你的负面情绪，

to feed your anger or anxiety about things

去滋长你对某些事物的愤怒或焦虑，

over which you have no control or influence. 語法

那些你无法控制或施加影响的事物。

Be well informed while doing nothing. 表達脈絡

做到见多识广却无所作为。

The things you care about could be navigational guides out of the sea,

你所关心的事情本来可以成为驶离这片海域的导航指南，

reasons to leave your allroom and take meaningful action

成为离开“万能室”并与周围的人一起

with the humans around you.

采取有意义行动的理由。

But you can instead use the things you care about

但相反，你可以把你关心的事情

as further sources of misery.

作为进一步痛苦的源泉。

Focus on the bad

专注于糟糕的一面，

to fuel your resentment or despair. 習語

来加剧你的怨恨或绝望。

If you must contribute,

如果你必须做出贡献，

do so only in meaningless token ways

只以毫无意义的象征性方式去做，

and be disappointed in the lack of change.

并对毫无改变感到失望。

We're coming towards the end

我们快要讲完了，

and if you're doing it right, 語氣意圖

如果你做得对，

misery is descending.

痛苦正在降临。

But some part of your brain is rebelling,

但你大脑的某些部分正在反抗，

trying to turn the ship by setting a goal.

试图通过设定目标来调转船头。

If you're not careful, 語氣意圖

如果你不小心，

that part of your brain just might save you.

大脑的那部分可能就会救了你。

But luckily,

但幸运的是，

we can do more than just hobble it. 語法

我们能做的不仅仅是绊住它。

We can fool it to navigate deeper into the sea.

我们能欺骗它，让它向海洋更深处航行。

To reach goals,

为了实现目标，

they must be specific, 文化背景

它们必须是具体的、

measurable, actionable,

可衡量的、可执行的，

for which you are responsible and time-bounded.

由你负责并有时间限制的。

I will turn the wheel 1° right now.

比如“我现在就把方向盘转动1度”。

Instead, set the productive part of your brain on vapid goals, 用詞

相反，让你大脑中负责生产力的部分去设定空洞的目标，

vague, amorphous, pie in the sky, 習語

模糊的、无定形的、不切实际的，

irrelevant, delayed.

不相关的、延后的。

Make the target unclear and the path unclear.

让目标变得不清晰，路径也变得不清晰。

If motivation strikes, 短語搭配

如果动力来了，

aim ridiculously high to guarantee failure.

把目标定得荒谬地高，以保证必然失败。

I will clean the whole house today

“我今天要把整个房子打扫干净”

is much better than I will do the laundry in this pile.

比“我要洗这一堆衣服”好得多。

Cleaning a whole house is impossible.

打扫整个房子是不可能的。

There's always more to do,

总有更多的事情要做，

so you will always fail.

所以你注定会失败。

Focus on goals that are after what you wish to achieve.

专注于那些在你想要实现的目标之后才能达成的目标。

Learn how to market an app before you learn to code.

在学习编程之前，先学习如何营销一款应用程序。

This will distract the productive part of your brain quite nicely.

这将非常完美地分散你大脑中负责生产力的部分的注意力。

And be sure to wait for motivation rather than setting a time. 語法

并且一定要等待动力的到来，而不是设定一个时间。

You'll do something when you feel like it, 短語搭配

你想做的时候自然会去做，

which will be never or never enough to matter.

也就是永远不会，或者永远不足以产生影响。

With vapid goals,

有了这些空洞的目标，

you will turn the productive part of your brain

你就能把你大脑中负责生产力的部分

from a dangerous source of self-improvement

从一个奖励每一次微小进步的危险的自我提升源泉，

that rewards every small step

奖励每一次小步前进

into a consistent nag that berates you for your failure 短語搭配

变成一个不断喋喋不休、责骂你失败的唠叨者，

to have already accomplished your goal

责怪你没有在每一步

every step of the way. 習語

都已经完成目标。

Now, the vapid goals you've set should distract the productive part of your brain,

现在，你设定的这些空洞目标应该已经分散了大脑中负责生产力的部分的注意力，

but if it still fights against you,

但如果它仍在与你抗争，

direct it towards the mirage on the sea of sadness, 習語

就把它引向悲伤之海上的海市蜃楼——

the islands of happiness themselves.

幸福岛屿本身。

Pursue happiness directly.

直接去追求幸福。

The human mind is such that by setting sail towards happiness, 語法

人类的思维就是这样，通过启航驶向幸福，

you will achieve the opposite.

你将会得到相反的结果。

Imagine happiness as a place

把幸福想象成一个地方，

where happy people are happy all the time.

在那里，幸福的人们总是幸福的。

This turns happiness into an unreachable feeling of constant bliss

这把幸福变成了一种无人拥有的、无法触及的、持续的狂喜之情。

that no one has.

没人能做到。

True happiness is like a bird that might land on your ship, 習語

真正的幸福就像一只可能落在你船上的鸟，

but never if you constantly stand guard to catch it. 短語搭配

但如果你一直站岗守卫想要抓住它，它就永远不会来。

Instead,

相反，

improve your ship and sail into warmer waters.

去改进你的船，驶向更温暖的水域。

The bird will land when you aren't looking.

鸟儿会在你不注意的时候落下来。

Uh so,

呃，所以，

be sure never to do that. 語氣意圖

确保永远不要那么做。

Aim toward the mirage of happiness

瞄准幸福的海市蜃楼，

rather than improving the ship upon which you sail.

而不是去改进你乘坐的这艘船。

Last, but most important, 表達脈絡

最后，也是最重要的一点，

follow your instincts. 短語搭配

听从你的直觉。

Navigation deeper into the sea of sadness is quite easy.

向悲伤之海的更深处航行非常容易。

For there is a dark magnetic field 習語

因为一旦你开始，就会有一个黑暗的磁场

that points the compass of your impulses in the right direction

把你冲动的指南针指向正确的方向。

once you get started.

只要你一旦开始。

You will want to stay indoors.

你会想要待在室内。

You will want to not exercise. 語法

你会想要不锻炼。

You will want to sleep in.

你会想要睡懒觉。

You will want to do what you know will make you sadder 語法

你会想要去做那些明知做完之后

after you've done it.

会让你更悲伤的事情。

Your compass points the way both in and out.

你的指南针既指明了进去的路，也指明了出来的路。

So,

所以，

follow the true north of your impulses 習語

遵循你冲动的“正北”方向，

and stay away from that other pole of the long term.

远离长远考虑的另一个极点。

It's all so simple.

一切都如此简单。

Just get started with these tactics

只要开始运用这些策略，

and let the sea carry you along. 習語

让这片海带着你漂流吧。