你可能7項全中了：英語精讀講義

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

幸福，很多人會建議你如何獲得它，

but maybe you're not trying to be happy.

但也許你並不想變得幸福。

Your actions aim for the opposite.

你的行為背道而馳。

You want to be the saddest saddo 用詞

你想成為最悲慘的可憐蟲，

sailing on the sea of sadness. 慣用語

在悲傷的海洋上航行。

Much easier to achieve

這容易實現得多，

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

而這個影片有七個策略，能讓你開始向黑暗的洋流進發，

at least one of which you are already doing. 文法

至少其中一個是你已經在做的。

So let's begin.

那麼我們開始吧。

First, stay still.

首先，保持靜止。

Remain indoors as much as possible,

盡可能待在室內，

preferably in the same room.

最好是在同一個房間裡。

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

做一堆待洗衣物的人類化身，

inert, unmoving.

惰性十足，一動不動。

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

不要讓美好的天氣誘惑你去散步。

Avoid anything even vaguely exercisial.

避免任何哪怕只有一點點運動意味的事情。

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

這樣能讓你的大腦中沒有那些可能會讓你偏離軌道的獎賞化學物質。

And stillness guides you towards medical problems

而且，靜止會引導你走向健康問題，

which will keep this wheel turning. 慣用語

這會讓悲傷的飛輪繼續轉動。

Stillness is the most effective thing you can do.

保持靜止是你所能做的最有效的事情。

So be the laundry pile.

所以，做那一堆待洗衣物吧。

Make your bedroom your allroom.

把你的臥室變成你的「萬能室」。

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

在盡可能小的半徑範圍內生活、工作、娛樂和睡覺。

Which brings us to 表達脈絡

這就引出了我們的下一個話題，

screw with your sleep. 片語動詞

搞砸你的睡眠。

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

失眠的怒火將成為你在悲傷之海上的副駕駛。

Her mere presence is unpleasant,

單單她的存在就令人不快，

but she also helps confuse the productive part of your brain

但她也能幫助迷惑你大腦中負責生產力的那部分，

which might look to navigate you toward the islands of happiness

也就是那部分可能會試圖引導你駛向幸福島嶼的腦區，

on the horizon.

就在地平線上。

More on that later. 表達脈絡

我們稍後再談這個。

A regular sleep cycle is a fragile thing

規律的睡眠週期很脆弱，

and takes at least three days to establish.

建立起來至少需要三天。

Be sure then to vary your bedtime by several hours

那麼一定要讓你的就寢時間相差好幾個小時，

twice a week at least.

每週至少兩次。

Even better,

更好的是，

vary your wake time.

改變你的起床時間。

Sleep in late,

睡個懶覺，

preferably very late,

最好是非常晚，

some but not all days.

在某些天裡，但不是每一天。

And tell yourself you are making up for sleep

告訴自己你是在補眠，

to feel like you're doing something healthy

這樣會感覺你在做一件健康的事，

even though you feel terrible when you wake up early 文法

儘管你早起時感覺很糟糕，

and when you wake up late.

晚起時同樣感覺很糟糕。

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

不規律的睡眠是這片海洋上另一股加速的洋流。

The more you vary your sleep, 文法

你越是改變睡眠時間，

the harder regular sleep becomes,

規律睡眠就變得越困難，

which makes your sleep more variable.

這又使你的睡眠變得更加多變。

To never sleep or wake at the same time naturally

從不在同一時間自然入睡或醒來，

is the goal.

就是目標。

And to help in this,

為了達到這個目的，

maximize your screen time.

最大化你的螢幕使用時間。

Staying on screen complements the previous sailing tactics. 用詞

盯著螢幕能完美配合之前的航行策略。

Boredom could drive you to motion,

無聊可能會驅使你活動，

so let the screen entertain you.

所以讓螢幕來娛樂你。

Tiredness can push you to sleep,

疲勞會推你入睡，

so let the screen keep you awake,

所以讓螢幕讓你保持清醒，

sort of,

在某種程度上，

as long as possible.

盡可能長久。

Always fall asleep with a screen in your hand

總是手裡拿著螢幕入睡，

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

醒來後馬上把眼睛轉回螢幕。

Every moment away from a screen 表達脈絡

離開螢幕的每一刻，

is a moment you might notice the horizon.

你都可能注意到遠方的地平線。

Keep your head down 慣用語

低下頭，

and let the currents pull you.

讓洋流拉著你走。

Here you have allies unknown.

在這裡，你有不為人知的盟友。

Behind the screen are teams of the smartest people

在螢幕後面，有一群最聰明的人

and brightest bots competing to hold your attention 片語搭配

和最聰明的機器人在競爭，想盡可能長久地

on them as long as possible.

把你的注意力留在它們身上。

Let them reach you

讓他們接觸你，

to pull you back if you turn away.

以便在你轉身離開時把你拉回來。

Plus,

此外，

screens help with number four.

螢幕還有助於實現第四點。

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

用你的螢幕來激發你的負面情緒，

to feed your anger or anxiety about things

去滋長你對某些事物的憤怒或焦慮，

over which you have no control or influence. 文法

那些你無法控制或施加影響的事物。

Be well informed while doing nothing. 表達脈絡

做到見多識廣卻無所作為。

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

你所關心的事情本來可以成為駛離這片海域的導航指南，

reasons to leave your allroom and take meaningful action

成為離開「萬能室」並與周圍的人一起

with the humans around you.

採取有意義行動的理由。

But you can instead use the things you care about

但相反，你可以把你關心的事情

as further sources of misery.

作為進一步痛苦的源泉。

Focus on the bad

專注於糟糕的一面，

to fuel your resentment or despair. 慣用語

來加劇你的怨恨或絕望。

If you must contribute,

如果你必須做出貢獻，

do so only in meaningless token ways

只以毫無意義的象徵性方式去做，

and be disappointed in the lack of change.

並對毫無改變感到失望。

We're coming towards the end

我們快要講完了，

and if you're doing it right, 語氣意圖

如果你做得很對，

misery is descending.

痛苦正在降臨。

But some part of your brain is rebelling,

但你大腦的某些部分正在反抗，

trying to turn the ship by setting a goal.

試圖透過設定目標來調轉船頭。

If you're not careful, 語氣意圖

如果你不小心，

that part of your brain just might save you.

大腦的那部分可能就會救了你。

But luckily,

但幸運的是，

we can do more than just hobble it. 文法

我們能做的不僅僅是絆住它。

We can fool it to navigate deeper into the sea.

我們能欺騙它，讓它向海洋更深處航行。

To reach goals,

為了實現目標，

they must be specific, 文化背景

它們必須是具體的、

measurable, actionable,

可衡量的、可執行的，

for which you are responsible and time-bounded.

由你負責並有時間限制的。

I will turn the wheel 1° right now.

比如「我現在就把方向盤轉動1度」。

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

相反，讓你大腦中負責生產力的部分去設定空洞的目標，

vague, amorphous, pie in the sky, 慣用語

模糊的、無定形的、不切實際的，

irrelevant, delayed.

不相關的、延後的。

Make the target unclear and the path unclear.

讓目標變得不清晰，路徑也變得不清晰。

If motivation strikes, 片語搭配

如果動力來了，

aim ridiculously high to guarantee failure.

把目標定得荒謬地高，以保證必然失敗。

I will clean the whole house today

「我今天要把整個房子打掃乾淨」

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

比「我要洗這一堆衣服」好得多。

Cleaning a whole house is impossible.

打掃整個房子是不可能的。

There's always more to do,

總有更多的事情要做，

so you will always fail.

所以你注定會失敗。

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

專注於那些在你想要實現的目標之後才能達成的目標。

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

在學習寫程式之前，先學習如何行銷一款應用程式。

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

這將非常完美地分散你大腦中負責生產力的部分的注意力。

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

並且一定要等待動力的到來，而不是設定一個時間。

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

你想做的時候自然會去做，

which will be never or never enough to matter.

也就是永遠不會，或者永遠不足以產生影響。

With vapid goals,

有了這些空洞的目標，

you will turn the productive part of your brain

你就能把你大腦中負責生產力的部分

from a dangerous source of self-improvement

從一個獎勵每一次微小進步的危險的自我提升源泉，

that rewards every small step

獎勵每一次小步前進

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

變成一個不斷喋喋不休、責罵你失敗的嘮叨者，

to have already accomplished your goal

責怪你沒有在每一步

every step of the way. 慣用語

都已經完成目標。

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

現在，你設定的這些空洞目標應該已經分散了大腦中負責生產力的部分的注意力，

but if it still fights against you,

但如果它仍在與你抗爭，

direct it towards the mirage on the sea of sadness, 慣用語

就把它引向悲傷之海上的海市蜃樓——

the islands of happiness themselves.

幸福島嶼本身。

Pursue happiness directly.

直接去追求幸福。

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

人類的思維就是這樣，透過啟航駛向幸福，

you will achieve the opposite.

你將會得到相反的結果。

Imagine happiness as a place

把幸福想像成一個地方，

where happy people are happy all the time.

在那裡，幸福的人們總是幸福的。

This turns happiness into an unreachable feeling of constant bliss

這把幸福變成了一種無人擁有的、無法觸及的、持續的狂喜之情。

that no one has.

沒人能做到。

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

真正的幸福就像一隻可能落在你船上的鳥，

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

但如果你一直站崗守衛想要抓住它，它就永遠不會來。

Instead,

相反，

improve your ship and sail into warmer waters.

去改進你的船，駛向更溫暖的水域。

The bird will land when you aren't looking.

鳥兒會在你沒注意的時候落下來。

Uh so,

呃，所以，

be sure never to do that. 語氣意圖

確保永遠不要那麼做。

Aim toward the mirage of happiness

瞄準幸福的海市蜃樓，

rather than improving the ship upon which you sail.

而不是去改進你乘坐的這艘船。

Last, but most important, 表達脈絡

最後，也是最重要的一點，

follow your instincts. 片語搭配

聽從你的直覺。

Navigation deeper into the sea of sadness is quite easy.

向悲傷之海的更深處航行非常容易。

For there is a dark magnetic field 慣用語

因為一旦你開始，就會有一個黑暗的磁場

that points the compass of your impulses in the right direction

把你衝動的指南針指向正確的方向。

once you get started.

只要你一旦開始。

You will want to stay indoors.

你會想要待在室內。

You will want to not exercise. 文法

你會想要不運動。

You will want to sleep in.

你會想要睡懶覺。

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

你會想要去做那些明知做完之後

after you've done it.

會讓你更悲傷的事情。

Your compass points the way both in and out.

你的指南針既指明了進去的路，也指明了出來的路。

So,

所以，

follow the true north of your impulses 慣用語

遵循你衝動的「正北」方向，

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

遠離長遠考慮的另一個極點。

It's all so simple.

一切都如此簡單。

Just get started with these tactics

只要開始運用這些策略，

and let the sea carry you along. 慣用語

讓這片海帶著你漂流吧。