朗读英语美文（124）就为了今天
Just for today
I will try to live through this day only
and not tackle
my whole life problem at once.
就为了今天
我将尽力只度过今天
而不立刻去解决终身的问题
I can do something for twelve hours
that would appall me
if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
对一件令我沮丧而又必须坚持一辈子的事
我只能坚持十二个小时
Just for today I will be happy.
This assumes to be true
what Abraham Lincoln said,
that "Most folks are as happy
as they make up their minds to be."
就为了今天，我会很快乐
亚伯拉罕-林肯说过
“大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就怎么高兴。”
这已经被认为是真理
Just for today
I will adjust myself to what is,
and not try to adjust everything
to my own desires.
I will take my "luck" as it comes.
就为了今天，
我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目
而不是想方设法使每一件事满足自己的欲望
当机会来临的时候我会抓住它
Just for today
I will try to strengthen my mind.
I will study.
I will learn something useful.
I will not be a mental loafer.
I will read something
that requires effort,thought
and concentration.
就为了今天，我会尽力心强志坚
我会学习，学一些有用的东西
我不会做一个精神上的流浪汉
我会读一些需要努力、思考
和注意力集中的东西
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways.
I will do somebody a good turn
and not get found out:
If anybody knows of it,
it will not count.
就为了今天
我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂
我会做对某人有利的事
但不能被发现
若有人发现了就不算数
I will do at least two things
I don't want to do—
just for exercise.
我将会做至少两件
我不愿做的事情——
只为了磨练
I will not show anyone
that my feelings are hurt:
they may be hurt,
but today I will not show it.
我不会让任何人感到我的感情受到了伤害：
它们可能受到了伤害
但今天我不想表现出来
Just for today I will be agreeable.
I will look as well as I can,
dress becomingly, talk low,
act courteously, criticize not one bit,
and try not to improve
or regulate anybody but myself.
就为了今天，我会过得很惬意
看起来我达到了最佳状态
穿着得体、讲话谦虚
行为礼貌、一点不吹毛求疵
尽量改进和调节自己而不是别人
Just for today I will have a program,
I may not follow it exactly,
but I will have it.
就为了今天
我会制定一个计划
我也许不会严格地遵守它
但我一定要有计划
I will save myself from two pests:
hurry and indecision.
我会避免两种错误：
仓促行事和优柔寡断
Just for today
I will have a quiet half hour
all by myself and relax.
就为了今天
我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松
During this half hour, sometime,
I will try
to get a better perspective of my life.
在这半小时里
某个时刻
我会日后对我的生活有个更好的看法
Just for today I will be unafraid.
就为了今天
我将不再害怕
Especially I will not be afraid
to enjoy what is beautiful,
and to believe
that as I give to the world,
so the world will give to me.
尤其我不会再害怕享受美丽的事物
并且相信我给予世界的
世界也会给予我
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