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第86章

The Beginning of a New Day

Guidance for Reciting

Yesterday is a cancelled check;tomorrow is a promissory note;today is the only cash you have,so spent it wisely.

This is the beginning of a new day.

God has given me this day to use as I will.

I can waste it or use it for good,

but what I do today is important,

because I am exchanging a day of my life for it!

When tomorrow comes,this day will be gone forever,

leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.

I want it to be gain,and not lose.

Good,and not evil;Success,and not failure,

in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it.

Notes

evil [5i:vl] a. 邪恶的,坏的

这是新的一天的开始

诵读导言

昨天是一张作废的支票;明天是一张期票;只有今天才是可以拥有的现金,所以要好好利用!

这是新的一天的开始,

上帝已将这一天恩赐于我,

让我按照自己的意愿来利用它。

我可以浪费它也可以很好地利用它,

但真正重要的是我今天的所作所为,

因为我正在用我生命中的一天与之交换!

当明天来临,这一天将永远消逝,

留给这一天的是我付出后换来的收获。

我希望这一天有所得而无所失,

美好幸福而无灾祸,取得成功而不失败,

这样我就不会后悔我为它付出的代价。

口语点津

for good表示“永久地”。例如:

He will give up smoking for good and all. 他再也不吸烟了。

The pianist gave a long and varied recital,with a couple of encores for good measure.

那钢琴家的独奏演出会时间长、节目多,还加奏了两支曲子。

Religion has been an influence for good in her life.

宗教信仰一直引导她向善。