英語閱讀：改善情緒的10種方法

　　摘要：日常生產力和效率實際上取決於你的心情。 往往，快樂的人能更有效地工作，有更好的人際關係。 當然，偶爾的悲傷也是正常的，但有時一連幾天焦慮就會讓你備受煎熬。
 

　　Everyday productivity and efficiency practicallydepend on how you feel. More often than not, happypeople are more effective at work and have betterrelationships. Of course, it is normal to be sad every once in a while, but there are days thatanxiety gets the better of you. It is during these times where stress and anxiety attacksaffect your normal course of life. You find it difficult to get things done or even at least getthrough the day. If you ever have a bad day, here are some ways of lifting your spirits andgetting you back on track.

　　1. Try to socialize. Go out with a friend for a walk, a cup of coffee or a lunch date. You need notdiscuss your problems at all. Sometimes all you need is a good laugh to get you going again.

　    日常生產力和效率實際上取決於你的心情。 往往，快樂的人能更有效地工作，有更好的人際關係。 當然，偶爾的悲傷也是正常的，但有時一連幾天焦慮就會讓你備受煎熬。 正是在這種時候，壓力和焦慮會影響你的日常生活。 你會感到很難把事情做好，甚至度日如年。 如果你有一天感覺不爽，以下有一些方法能讓你改善情緒，重回正常生活。

　　1. 多與他人交往。和朋友出去散散步，喝杯咖啡或吃一頓午餐。 你根本就不需要討論你的問題。 有時你只需要好好大笑一場，恢復正常情緒。

改善情緒的10種方法

　　2. Get some relaxation time. This is one of the most obvious solutions for anxiety. Too muchtension in your body affects your mood. Try to be calm. Learn proper breathing, observegood posture, and practice muscle relaxation techniques. These are most helpful in reducingstress.

　　2. 抽時間徹底放鬆一下。這是解決焦慮問題的一個最有效辦法。 太多的身體壓力會影響你的情緒。 儘量保持冷靜。 學會正確呼吸，調整好姿勢，並練習肌肉放鬆技巧。 這些方法對減少壓力最有幫助。

　　3. Exercise on your free time. Some people find it more relaxing when they exert physically. Goout for some brisk walking or ride a bike. There is no need for a structured gym routine; whatis important is that you keep on moving.

　　3. 空閒時間多運動。有些人覺得身體運動時心情會更放鬆。 出去做一些快步走或騎自行車。 不需要進行按部就班的健身活動;重要的是你要經常活動。

　　4. Play and have fun. You can use the things that you love to do to your advantage. Go out toplay fetch with your dog or go for a round of your favorite video game. The perfect way toshake off the blues is to find amusement.

　　4. 遊戲尋開心。你可以用自己喜歡做的事情取悅自己。 出去跟你的狗狗瘋玩或玩一輪自己最喜歡的視訊遊戲。 擺脫抑鬱的最佳方式就是找樂子。

　　5. Read a good book. Reading is always a perfect way of getting your mind off things. Just finda cozy spot where you can enjoy silently. Feel refreshed or even inspired after a good read.

　　5. 讀一本好書。閱讀永遠是你忘記煩惱的一個完美方式。 只要找一個可以默默地享受自己的舒適地點。 好好讀一番，就會感覺神清氣爽，甚至靈感迴歸。

　　6. Do chores. Who says you cannot beat counter-productivity with productivity? Clean upyour room, do the laundry, or even cook a meal. Not only would you find doing chores a sweetescape, getting them done is an accomplishment.

　　6. 做家務。誰說生產力不能擊敗反生產力? 清理你的房間，洗衣服，甚至是做飯。 你不僅會發現做家務是一件擺脫煩惱的愜意事，而且做完家務還有一種成就感。

　　7. Do charity work. You can devote some of your time and money to the needy by donating orvolunteering in a charitable institution. What you give can make a big difference to otherpeople’s lives. At the same time, you get a sense of fulfillment by doing your part in helpingsociety. Such reasons alone are something to be happy about, but more so, charity donationsare most of the time tax-deductible.

　　7. 做慈善工作。你可以通過捐贈或在慈善機構做義工把自己的一些時間和金錢奉獻給那些需要的人。 你的奉獻能給他人生活帶來很大影響。 同時，在幫助社會過程中盡一己之力也會讓你獲得一種滿足感。 這樣的原因本身就值得高興，更何況，慈善捐贈大多時均為免稅之舉。

　　8. Take a shower. Literally, cool down. You would feel actually refreshed and rejuvenated aftergetting cleaned-up, not only physically but also psychologically. More or less, you would feellike you are taking on the day with a fresh start. Now, that is one way of tricking yourself intothe mood.

　　8. 洗個澡。確切的說，冷靜下來。 洗乾淨後，你就會覺得真的精神振作、充滿活力，不僅身體上而且心理上亦是如此。 或多或少，你會覺得你以一個嶄新開始迎接這一天。 看看，這可是一種調整自己心情的好方法。

　　9. Cultivate intimate relationships. Have a good chat with a loved one. Just talk about how yourday went to lighten up your mood. A good hug or a pat on the back from people you careabout are one of the best comforts that would get you through rough days.

　　9. 培育親密關係。和你愛的人暢聊一番。 只是談論你的一天是如何放鬆自己的情緒。自己關心的人給你一個溫暖擁抱或拍拍你的背都是一種最好的安慰，幫你度過苦日子。

　　10. Give time to contemplate. Sometimes, you just have to think over what is eating you up.Ask yourself what is bothering you and acknowledge such thoughts or beliefs that areassociated with such negative feelings. Once you have done that, you might be able to changeor get rid of such unhealthy fears and thoughts. Part of coping with anxiety is understandinganxiety itself.

　　10. 留出時間思考。有時，你還真的要仔細考慮到底是什麼讓你煩惱不安。 問問你自己是什麼讓你感到困擾並找出與負面情緒相關的此類想法或觀念。 一旦你這樣做了，或許你就能改變或擺脫這種不健康的恐懼和想法。 要解決焦慮問題就必須先知道焦慮的根源。

　　Being an efficient and happy person can be as simple as knowing how to take care of youremotional well being. Whenever you feel down, turn on to habits or activities that ease anxietyor take your mind off things for a while. There are a lot of ways of improving your mood andde-stressing. It is just a matter of finding out what works for you.

　　作一個有效和快樂的人並不難，只是你必須知道如何管理自己的情緒。 每當你感覺不爽，就藉助於緩解焦慮的習慣或活動，或暫時忘卻那些煩心事。 有很多方法能幫助你改善自己的情緒和減壓。 只是你要找出哪些適合自己。

　　今天我學會控制情緒

　　The tides advance; the tidesrecede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises;the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowersbloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown; harvests are reaped. all nature is a circle of moods and Iam a part of nature and so, like the tides, my moods will rise; my moods will fall.

　　潮起潮落，冬去春來，夏末秋至，日出日落，月圓月缺，雁來雁往，花飛花謝，草長瓜熟，自然界萬物都在迴圈往復的變化中，我也不例外，情緒會時好時壞。

　　Today I will be master of my emotions.

　　今天我學會控制情緒。

　　It is one of nature's tricks, little understood, that each day I awaken with moods that havechanged from yesterday. Yesterday's joy wilI become today's sadness; yet today's sadness willgrow into tomorrow's joy. Inside me is a wheel, constantly turning from sadness to joy, fromexultation to depression, from happiness to melancholy. Like the flowers, today's full bloomof joy will fade and wither into despondency, yet I will remember that as today's dead flowercarries the seed of tomorrow's bloom so, too, does today's sadness carry the seed oftomorrow's joy.

　　這是大自然的玩笑，很少有人窺破天機。每天我醒來時，不再有舊日的心情。昨日的快樂變成今天的哀愁，今天的悲傷又轉為明日的喜悅。我心中像一隻輪子不停地轉著，由樂而悲，由悲而喜，由喜而憂。這就好比花兒的變化，今天枯敗的花兒蘊藏著明天新生的種子，今天的悲傷也預示著明天的快樂。

　　Today I will be master of my emotions.

　　今天我學會控制情緒。

　　And how will I master these emotions so that each day will be productive? For unless my moodis right the day will be a failure. Trees and plants depend on the weather to flourish but I makemy own weather, yea I transport it with me. If I bring rain and gloom and darkness andpessimism to my customers then they will react with rain and gloom and darkness andpessimism and they will purchase naught. If I bring joy and enthusiasm and brightness andlaughter to my customers they will react with joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughterand my weather will produce a harvest of sales and a granary of gold for me.

　　我怎樣才能控制情緒，以使每天卓有成效呢?除非我心平氣和，否則迎來的又將是失敗的一天。花草樹木，隨著氣候的變化而生長，但是我為自己創造天氣。我要學會用自己的心靈彌補氣候的不足。如果我為顧客帶來風雨、憂鬱、黑暗和悲觀，那麼他們也會報之於風雨、憂鬱、黑暗和悲觀，而他們什麼也不會買。相反的，如果我們為顧客獻上歡樂、喜悅、光明和笑聲，他們也會報之以歡樂、喜悅、光明和笑聲，我就能獲得銷售上的豐收，賺取成倉的金幣。

　　Today I will be master of my emotions.

　　今天我學會控制情緒。

　　And how will I master my emotions so that every day is a happy day, and a productive one? Iwill learn this secret of the ages: Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions;strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts. Each day, when I awaken, I willfollow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness, self-pity and failure.

　　我怎樣才能控制情緒，讓每天充滿幸福和歡樂?我要學會這個千古祕訣：弱者任思緒控制行為，強者讓行控制思緒。每天醒來當我被悲傷、自憐、失敗的情緒包圍時，我就這樣與之對抗。

　　If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feelfear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raisemy voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will rememberpast success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be master of myemotions.

　　沮喪時，我引吭高歌。 悲傷時，我開懷大笑。 病痛時，我加倍工作。 恐懼時，我勇往直前。 自卑時，我換上新裝。 不安時，我提高嗓聲。 窮困潦倒時，我想象未來的富有。 力不從心時，我回想過去的成功。 自輕自賤時，我想想自己的目標。 總之，今天我要學會控制自己的情緒。

　　Henceforth, I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I amnot inferior. There will be days When I must IN THE WORLD constantly struggle againstforces which would tear me down. Those such as despair and sadness are simple torecognize but there are others which approach with a smile and the hand of friendship andthey can also destroy me. Against them, too, I must never relinquish control.

　　從今往後，我明白了，只有低能者才會江郎才盡，我並非低能者，我必須不斷對抗那限些企圖摧垮我的力量。失望與悲傷一眼就會被識破，而其它許多敵人是不易覺察的。它們往往面帶微笑，卻隨時可能將我們摧垮。對它們，我們永遠不能放鬆警惕。

　　If I become overconfident I will recall my failures. If I overindulge I will think of past hungers. If Ifeel complacency I will remember my competition. If I enjoy moments of greatness I willremember moments of shame. If I feel all-powerful I will try to stop the wind. If I attain greatwealth I will remember one unfed mouth. If l become overly proud I will remember a moment ofweakness. If I feel my skill is unmatched I will look at the stars. Today I will be master of myemotions.

　　自高自大時，我要追尋失敗的記憶。 縱情得意時，我要記得捱餓的日子。 洋洋得意時，我要想想競爭的對手。 沾沾自喜時，不要忘了那忍辱的時刻。 自以為是時，看看自己能否讓步駐步。 腰纏萬貫時，想想那些食不果腹的人。 驕傲自滿時，要想到自己怯懦的時候。 不可一世時，讓我抬頭，仰望群星。 今天我學會控制情緒。

　　And with this new knowledge I will also understand and recognize the moods of him on whomI call. I will make allowances for his anger and irritation of today for he knows not the secret ofcontrolling his mind. I can withstand his arrows and insults for now I know that tomorrow hewill change and be a joy to approach.

　　有了這項新本領，我也更能體察別人的情緒變化。我寬容怒氣衝衝的人，因為他尚未懂得控制自己的情緒，就可以忍受他的指責與辱罵，因為我知道明天他會改變，重新變得隨和。

　　No longer will I judge a man on one meeting; no longer will I fail to call again tomorrow on hewho meets me with hate today. This day he will not buy gold chariots for a penny, yettomorrow he would exchange his home for a tree. My knowledge of this secret will be my keyto great wealth.

　　我不再只憑一面之交來判斷一個人，也不再一時的怨恨與人絕交，今天不肯花一分錢買金蓬馬車的人，明天也許會用全部家當換樹苗。知道了這個祕密，我可以獲得極大的財富。

　　Today l will be master of my emotions.

　　今天我學會控制情緒。

　　Henceforth I will recognize and identify the mystery of moods in all mankind, and in me. Fromthis moment I am prepared to control whatever personality awakes in me each day. I willmaster my moods through positive action and when I master my moods I will control mydestiny.

　　我從此領悟人類情緒的變化的奧祕。對於自己千變萬化的個性，我不再聽之任之，我知道，只有積極主動地控制情緒，才能掌握自己的命運。

　　Today I control my destiny, and my destiny is to become the greatest salesman in the world!

　　我控制自己的命運就是成為世界上最偉大的推銷員!

　　I will become master of myself. I will become great.

　　我成為自己的主人。 我由此而變得偉大。

　　1. recede v. 退, 後退 2. exultation n. 狂喜 3. pessimism n.悲觀, 悲觀主義 4. self-pity n. 自憐 5.relinquish v. 放棄; 棄絕 6. irritation n. 激怒, 生氣 7. personality n. 個性