第14期青春励志(14) - 英语听力

[00:00.0]第14期青春励志(14)-英语听力
[00:00.8]Choose Optimism
[00:06.88]If you expect something to turn out badly,
[00:10.06]it probably will.
[00:12.35]Pessimism is seldom disappointed.
[00:15.37]But the same principle also works in reverse.
[00:19.41]If you expect good things to happen,
[00:22.11]they usually do!
[00:24.23]There seems to be a natural
[00:25.96]cause-and-effect relationship
[00:28.34]between optimism and success.
[00:31.78]Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces,
[00:36.72]and each of us must choose
[00:39.34]which we want to shape our outlook
[00:41.98]and our expectations.
[00:44.92]There's enough good and bad
[00:46.87]in everyone's life
[00:48.83]ample sorrow and happiness,
[00:51.28]sufficient joy and pain
[00:53.57]to find a rational basis
[00:55.9]for either optimism or pessimism.
[00:59.89]We can choose to laugh or cry,
[01:02.97]bless or curse.
[01:05.37]From which perspective do we want to view life?
[01:09.72]Will we look up in hope
[01:11.479996]or down in despair?
[01:14.08]It's all about our decision.
[01:17.44]I believe in upward look.
[01:20.28]I choose to highlight the positive
[01:22.71]and slip right over the negative.
[01:26.270004]I am an optimist by choice as much as by nature.
[01:30.75]Sure, I know that sorrow exists.
[01:35.009995]But when all is said and done,
[01:37.71]the good in life far outweighs the bad.
[01:42.020004]An optimistic attitude is not a luxury;
[01:45.65]it's a necessity.
[01:48.29]The way you look at life
[01:50.06]will determine how you feel,
[01:52.42]how you perform,
[01:54.31]and how well you will get along
[01:56.479996]with other people.
[01:58.39]Conversely, negative thoughts,
[02:01.22]attitudes, and expectations
[02:04.26]feed on themselves;
[02:06.38]they become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
[02:09.58]Pessimism creates a dismal place
[02:12.89]where no one wants to live.
[02:15.73]Optimism doesn't need to be naive.
[02:19.34]You can be an optimist
[02:21.38]and still recognize that problems exist
[02:24.51]and that some of them are not dealt with easily.
[02:28.41]But what a difference optimism makes
[02:30.95999]in the attitude of the problem solver!
[02:34.20999]Optimism diverts our attention away from negativism
[02:38.20999]and channels it into positive,
[02:40.75]constructive thinking.
[02:42.97]When you're an optimist,
[02:44.75]you're more concerned with problem-solving
[02:47.44]than with useless carping about issues.