It Is Truly up to You
Guidance for Reciting
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
Real beauty comes from learning，growing，and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly，and sometimes painfully，by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.
God gives every bird its food，but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go，whatever you want to do，it's truly up to you.
Notes
1.accelerate [Ek5selEreit] vt. 加速，促进
2.devour [di5vauE] vt. 吞食；挥霍
最终做决定的还是你
诵读导言
卓别林说过，“人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。”
真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。这就是生命的艺术。你可以只听天由命，慢慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦。又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。
上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。
口语点津
现简单归纳一下与bird相关的习语或谚语：
1.be for the birds：“不重要，不实际”；
2.eat like a bird“吃得很少”（而eat like an elephant：“吃得很多”；drink like a fish：“大喝，豪饮”）；
3.the birds and the bees （幽默语）（尤指跟儿童讲的）性的基本知识；
4.Birds of a feather flock together 。物以类聚，人以群分；
5.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush把握住现有的要比因过分追求而失去一切好；
6.killing two birds with one stone 一石二鸟。