来自百词斩爱阅读：Our Deepest Fear
- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate[1].
我们最大的恐惧并不是因为我们不够好。 - Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure[2].
我们最大的恐惧是我们自己超乎想象的能力。 - It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
我们害怕的不是黑暗的那一面,而是我们的光明的一面。 - Your playing small[3] does not serve the world.
畏缩的态度不能改变世界。 - There's nothing enlightened about shrinking[4] so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
隐藏自己内心的潜能并不会让你身边的人觉得更有安全感。 - We are all meant to shine, as children do.
我们都应该发挥自己内心的潜能,就像小孩子那样。 - It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
每个人都一样,当我们让自己发光时, - And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
我们不自觉地影响到身边的人,让他们也能这么做, - As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
我们不但摆脱了自己的恐惧,我们的存在也自然地解放了别人。
本文节选自《发现真爱》一书,作者是美国作家玛丽安娜-威廉森。这几段话流传广泛,不仅是电影《卡特教练》的经典台词,还被南非总统曼德拉在就职似式上引用。
【深度讲解】：
- [1]. Inadequate： 不够好，不足够 ， not good enough
UK/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/ US/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/
eg: He said I was inadequate for zhe task but I believed in myself.- adequate， good enough.
- [2]. Beyond measure： 没有办法衡量，超越了衡量的界限.
adv./ adj. extremely; greatly; unable to be measured
eg：The depth of his love towards her is beyond measure.
小练习：
I find myself unable to read his mind. It's _______.
A. behind measure
B. beyond measure
C. beside measure-
[3]. Play small：假装自己是个微不足道的人 , Act as someone unimportant
eg: He doesn't care about you. He is only playing God to impress people.- play +形容词/名词 = 假装是个...的人
- play big: act as someone important; 假装自己是个很重要的人
- play God: act as someone kind; 假装自己是个好人
[4]. Shrink: (shrink, shrank, shrunk) 缩小，变小 , Become smaller
UK/ʃrɪŋk/ US/ʃrɪŋk/
eg 1: The class size shrank the second day because a lot of students quit.
eg 2: My sweater shrank after the dry cleaning.
-Shrink from ...: 避免...， 从...地方退缩 , avoid...小练习：
Prices for some products _____ last year because the supply of them was larger than the demand.
A. shrink
B. shrunk
C. shrank
【金句分享】：
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
