第3章 You’re Awesome

·Anonymous·

Consider...YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come，there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow！ Stop and think about that. You’re better than one in a million，or a billion，or a gazillion...

You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity！

You’re amazing！ You’re awesome！ And by the way，TAG，you’re it. As amazing and awesome as you already are，you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature，but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don’t become“beautiful”just by virtue of the aging process.

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.

Paint a Masterpiece.

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.

令人敬畏的你

佚　名

试想一下……你空前绝后！无论过去还是将来都不会有一个和你完全一样的人。在整个历史和宇宙中。你也是独一无二的。噢！想想吧，你是一百万人、十亿人、一兆人中……最好的。

在浩渺的大千世界中，你绝无仅有！

你令人惊异！令人敬畏！没错，这就是你。生来不同凡响、卓越的你，还可以更加强大。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇迹，美丽的老人是艺术家的杰作。而你却不会随着年龄的增长而自然变得“美丽”。

真正的美丽源于生命中不断地学习、成长和关爱。这就是生命的艺术。你可以选择等候命运的安排，缓慢地、有时甚至是痛苦地学习。你也可以选择使自己快速成长，如饥似渴地享用生活提供的一切。你就是用今天的画笔绘制未来宏伟蓝图的艺术家。

创作一幅杰作吧。

上帝给了鸟儿食物，但并未把它们扔进鸟巢。不论你想去哪里，要做什么，决定权在你自己。

实战提升篇

核心单词

unique [ju：5ni：k] adj. 唯一的，独特的；无与伦比的

infinity [in5finiti] n. 无限，无穷大

awesome [5C：sEm] adj. 令人敬畏的；可怕的；有威严的

accelerate [Ak5selEreit] v. 使增速；促进；促使

intentionally [in5tenFEnli] adv. 有意地，故意地

实用句型

You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.

你就是用今天的画笔绘制未来宏伟蓝图的艺术家。

①that引导的定语从句在这里修饰限定the artist。

②paint即可作名词，也可作动词，类似的词还有 fool ； knight ； group ； widow等。

翻译行不行

1.恰似你的温柔。（just like）

2.凭借财富而行使权力的人。（by virtue of）

3.你应该把实情告诉他。（want to ）