可可电台,每期节目一话题,让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识,丰富知识的同时受益于生活。
what a young person should do to life
年轻人的生活
Learn to delay gratification.
学会推迟享受。
Ability to delay gratification predicts future success.
推迟享受的能力预示着未来的成功。
Those who succumb to pressures and do what's immediately satisfying miss out on later satisfaction.
那些向压力投降而享受片刻的欢愉的人,错过了享受以后的满足的机会。
Kids in high school who partied every night are bagging groceries at Safeway now, while those who delayed that "fun" for just a few more years get to work at their dream job for the rest of their lives.
那些在高中夜夜聚会的孩子们现在在西夫韦超市整理杂货,而那些推迟了不过几年“享受”的孩子可以在余下的人生里从事着他们梦想的工作。
【知识点津】
succumb vi.屈服; 死亡
例句:
Do not succumb to a crave desire for money.
不能屈从于金钱的诱惑。
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