the blue day book.doc

《the blue day book》

2008-01-12 01:30
                                                         --Bradley Trevor Greive

Everybody has blue days.
每个人都有忧郁的日子。
These are miserable days when you feel lousy,grumpy,lonely,
那些日子真是惨透了，你觉得心里乱糟糟的、怨气丛生、寂寞、
and utterly exhausted.
整个人彻底的精疲力竭。
Days when you feel small and insignificant,
那些日子总会让你感到自己的渺小和微不足道，
when everything seems just out of reach.
每件事似乎都够不着边。
You can"t rise to the occasion.
你根本无法振作起来。
Just getting started seems impossible.
根本没有力气重新开始。
On bule days you can become paranoid that everyone isout to get you.
在忧郁的日子里，你可能变成偏执狂，觉得每个人都想要吃定你。
(This is not always such a bad thing.)
（其实情况并不总是那么糟。）
You feel frustrated and anxious,
你感到灰心、焦虑，
Which can induce a nail-biting frenzy,
可能开始神经质地拼命咬指甲，
that can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake eating freny in ablink of an eye!
然后不可救药地陷入一眨眼吃掉三大块巧克力蛋糕的疯狂！
On blue days you feel like you're floating in an ocean of sadness.
在忧郁的日子里，你会觉得自己在悲伤的海里沉沉浮浮。
You're about to burst into tears at any moment and you don't even know why.
不论在什么时候，你总有种想哭的冲动，却不知道为什么。
Ultimately,you feel like you're wandering through life without purpose.
最后，你觉得自己犹如行尸走肉，失去生活目标。
You are not sure how much longer you can hang on,
你不知道自己还可以撑多久，
and you feel like shouting,"will someone please shoot me!"
然后你想大喊一声：“谁来一枪把我打死吧！”
It dosen't take much to bring on a blue day.
其实一点小事就让你一天都郁闷难当。
You might just wake up not feeling or looking your best,
也许只是一觉醒来，没有感觉到或看到自己最棒的一面，
find some new wrinkles,
发现自己又多了几条皱纹,
put on a little weight,
又重了几斤,
or get ahuge pimple on your nose
或是鼻子上冒出了一个大包。
You could forget your date's name
你可能忘记了你约会对象的名字，
or have an embarrassing photograph published.
或是有张可笑的照片被登出来。
You might get dumped,divorced ,or fired,
你或许被人抛弃、离了婚，或是被开除，
make a fool of yourself in public,
当众出丑，
be afflicted with deneaning nickname,
被刻薄的绰号弄的心乱如麻，
or just have a plain old bad-hair day.
或许只因为你得整天顶着一个其丑无比的发型。
Maybe work is a pain in the butt.
也许工作让你痛苦的如坐针毡。
You're under major pressure to fill someone else's shoes,
你在强大的压力下顶替他人的位置，
your boss is picking on you,
你的老板对你百般挑剔，
and everyone in the office is driving you crazy.
办公室里的每一个人都让你发疯。
You might have a splitting headache,
你可能会头疼欲裂，
or a slipped disk,
或重心不稳跌个正着，
bad breath,a toothche,chronic gas,dry lips,
口臭、牙痛、不停放屁、口干舌燥，
or a nasty ingrown toennail.
或是指甲长到肉里头。
Whatever the reason,you are convinced that someone up there dosen't like you.
不管什么原因，你确定上面有人不喜欢你。
Oh what to do, what to dooo?
哎，该怎么办，到底该怎么办呢？
Well,if you are like most people,you'll hide behind a
flimsy belief that everything will sort itself out.
恩，你可能跟大部分人一样，随便找个地方躲起来，以为事情会自行解决。
Then you'll spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder,
waiting for everything to go wrong all over again.
结果你得花掉下半辈子的时间回头看，等着一次次重蹈覆辙。
All the while becoming crusty and cynical
最后你变成一个易怒的愤世嫉俗的，
or a pathetic,sniveling victim.
或者是一个可怜兮兮的、哭哭啼啼的受害者。
Until you get so depressed that you lie down and beg the earth to swallow you up
最众你绝望的躺在地上，祈求地球将你吞没，
or even worse, become addicted to Billy Joel songs.
或是沉迷在比利.乔的蓝调音乐中无法自拔。
This is crazy, because you are only young once
这的确很蠢，因为你只能年轻一次，
and you are never old twice.
而且绝不可能老两次。
Who knows what fantastic things are in store just around the corner?
谁会料到有什么奇妙的事情在拐角处等着你呢？
After all, the world is full of amazing discoveries,
毕竟，这个世界充满着值得去发掘的事，
things you  can not even imagine now,
一些完全超乎你想象的事，
There are delicious, happy sniffs and scrumptious snacks to share.
有着妙不可言、令人心醉的香气，以及美味的点心与你分享。
Hey, you might end up fabulously yich,
嘿，你最后可能会非常富有，
or even become a huge superstar(one day).
甚至某天会成为一个超级明星。
Sounds good, dosen't it?
听起来很不错，不是吗？
But wait, there's more!
等一下，还有呢！
There are handstands and games to play, and yoga, and karaoke,and wlid,crazy,bohemain dancing.
还有倒立和游戏可以玩，还有瑜珈、卡拉OK，以及狂野、激情四溢、放荡不羁的舞蹈。
But best of all, there's romance.
但最棒的莫过于，爱情。
Which means long dreamy stares,
那意味着如梦似幻的长久凝视，
whispering sweet nothings,cuddles, smooches, more smooches, and more smooches,
 在耳边甜言蜜语、拥抱、拥吻、更多的拥吻，还有更多的拥吻，
a frisky love bite or two,
一个充满爱意的调皮的咬痕，或是两个，
and then, well, anything goes.
然后，恩，什么事都会发生。
So how can you find that blissful
"just sliding into a hot bubble bath" kind of feeling?
你如何才能找到“仿佛滑入一个温暖的泡泡浴池”那种幸福的感觉呢？
It's easy.
其实很简单。
First, stop slinking away from all those nagging issues.
It's time to face the music.
首先，停止逃避那些纷纷扰扰的纠纷，是勇敢面对问题的时候了。
Now,just relax.Take some deep breaths.
现在，稍稍放松心情。深呼吸。
Try to meditate if you can.
试着沉思冥想，如果可以的话。
Or go for a walk to clear your head.
或是出去散散步，让头脑清醒一下。
Accept the fact that you'll have to let go of some emotional baggage.
接受既成事实，放下情绪包袱。
Try seeing things from a different perspective.
试着从不同的角度看问题。
Maybe you're actually the one at fault.
也许你本身就是问题的症结所在。
If that's the case, be big enough to say you're sorry.
如果事实如此，大大方方的说声抱歉。
If someone else is doing the wrong thing,
stand up tall and say,"that's not rignt and I won;t stand dor it!"
It's ok to be forceful.
如果是别人做的不对，勇敢的站出来大声说：“那时错误的，
我绝对不支持这件事！”强硬一点没有什么不好。
Be proud of who you are,
为自己感到骄傲，
but don't lose the ability to laugh at yourself.
但是别忘了适当的自嘲。
（This is a lot easier when you associate with positive people.)
(和心态明朗的人交往真是轻松多了）
Live every day as if it were your last, because one day it will be.
把每一天过的就象生命中的最后一天，因为它总会到来。
Don't be afraid to bite off more than you can chew.
别害怕去尝试仿佛超过能力所及的事情。
Take big aisks.
敢于冒巨大的风险。
Never hang back. Get out there and go for it.
不要畏缩不前，走出去，大胆尝试。
After all, isn't that what life is all about?
毕竟，生命的价值不就是如此吗？
I think so too......
我也是这样想的......