雙語美文，不要太苛求自己

Sometimes what everybody has been advocating is exactly what's bad for you.

有時(shí)候人人都推崇的東西正是那些會(huì)害了你的東西。
 

One of these thing is being overly harsh on yourself.

其中一種就是對(duì)自己過于苛刻。
 

We keep seeing it as a virtue.

我們一直把它看成一種美德。
 

But we keep silent whenever we see someone fail because of it.

但每當(dāng)我們看到有人因此而一敗涂地，卻保持沉默了。

Advocate /?ædv?ke?t/ v. 提倡;鼓吹

Harsh /ha:?/ adj. 刺耳的;殘酷的 (be overly harsh on sb. 對(duì)...過于苛責(zé))

Virtue /?v?:t?u:/ n. 美德;德行

This may have something to do with our education system.

這或許和我們的教育系統(tǒng)有關(guān)。
 

In school, you have a clear goal to work for, your efforts have clear criteria, and the questions you encounter have standard answers.

在學(xué)校里，你有明確的努力目標(biāo)，而且你的努力有明確的評(píng)判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，你遇到的問題都有標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案。
 

In such certain environment, any mistakes can be avoided, and such environment has spawned an unhealthy perfectionism.

在這樣一個(gè)無比確定的環(huán)境中，任何錯(cuò)誤都是可以避免的，而這樣的環(huán)境催生了一種不健康的完美主義。
 

In the workplace, there are no standard solutions for many of the tasks you take over, therefore making mistakes is inevitable.

在職場(chǎng)中，你接手的很多任務(wù)并沒有標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的解決方案，犯錯(cuò)是不可避免的。

Education /?ed?u?ke??n/ n. 教育;培養(yǎng)

Criteria /kra?'t??r??/ n. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，準(zhǔn)則(criterion的名詞復(fù)數(shù))

Encounter /?n?ka?nt?(r)/ v. 遭遇;不期而遇

Environment /?n?va?r?nm?nt/ n. 環(huán)境，外界

Spawn /sp?:n/ v. 引起，釀成

Perfectionism /p?'fek??n?z?m/ n. 完美主義，至善論

Inevitable /?n?ev?t?bl/ adj. 不可避免的;必然發(fā)生的

People who are accustomed to perfectionism blame themselves too much for each mistake they make, and even feel discouraged, and this will not help them make progress.

習(xí)慣了完美主義的人對(duì)每一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤都表現(xiàn)得過分自責(zé)，甚至感到氣餒，而這會(huì)讓人裹足不前。
 

What is really important is not the ability to avoid mistakes, but the ability to recognize the nature of the mistakes.

真正重要的不是不犯錯(cuò)的能力，而是認(rèn)清錯(cuò)誤本質(zhì)的能力。
 

Do not treat every mistake as a shame. They are all important learning opportunities for you.

不要把每一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤當(dāng)成一次恥辱，他們都是你重要的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)。

Accustom /??k?st?m/ v. 使習(xí)慣(be accustomed to 使習(xí)慣于...)

Discouraged /d?s'k?r?d?d/ adj. 氣餒的;泄氣的

Recognize /?rek?gna?z/ v. 承認(rèn);識(shí)別;認(rèn)出

Opportunity /??p??tju:n?ti/ n. 機(jī)會(huì);適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)機(jī)良機(jī)