心情忽明忽暗

There’s nothing wrong with being afraid of somebody. Just never be intimidated.

—— Mike Tyson

害怕别人并没有什么错，但永远别被吓倒。

——迈克·泰森

A man’s concept is shaped by his experience.

——Don’t ask “why”or“how he did that” ， instead， you should ask：“What part of life experience that I don’t share leads us to totally different opinions ？ ”

人的观念是经历塑造出来的。

——不要问“为什么”，不要问“这人怎么这样”，而应该问：“你有哪些我没有的经历，让我们得出了完全不同的结论？”

The essence of learning is the ultimate repetition.

——Most of us don’t know how to learn.

学习的本质就是极致的重复。

——大多数人并不知道怎么学习

Read more books， or else your values will be shaped by only your relatives and friends.

——Why do we have to read？

多读点书，要不然你的三观是由你的亲朋好友决定的。

——为什么要多读书

Confidence is never about thinking yourself better than other people， but about realizing you don’t need to compete with others.

——The real confidence

自信不是认为自己比其他人都好，而是意识到自己不需要和其他人做比较。

——真正的自信

If you hope you can’t feel the weight of expectation， the first thing you have to do is to forget about it.

——When you are looking forward to something， you’ll be on an emotional roller coaster.

想让等待显得轻松，首先要忘掉它的存在。

——人一旦有了期待，心情就会忽明忽暗

（子尹摘自《英语街·高中版》2024年第5期）