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🤔️小作业：

1. What is the author's main purpose in illustrating her father's life story?

A. To demonstrate how financial hardship can be overcome through hard work

B. To argue that gratitude is most valuable during times of prosperity

C. To provide an example that supports the idea that gratitude is independent of circumstances

D. To emphasize the generational differences in how people view gratitude

无注释原文：

Be Grateful. Not Just In Good Times, But At All Times.

From: Forbes

We all know that it's good to be grateful.

Yet let's face it, the gravitational pull of negativity is strong. Unless we're consciously choosing to do otherwise, our attention tends to get pulled toward what's wrong, what's missing and whom we can blame.

Yet recognize that each time your attention is focused on what you don't like in your life, you are inadvertently choosing to reside in the land of deficit. It explains why some of the most joyful people you might meet have so little and why some people with wealth beyond what you can imagine can be so miserable.

No matter how many 'blessings' you may have to count, if you're dwelling on what you don't have or don't like about your current circumstances, you're living in emotional poverty.

The Covid pandemic has been awash with circumstances that have not been as most of us would like. So as this Thanksgiving holiday draws close, it's the perfect time to reflect on the virtue of gratitude, not just in good times, but at all times.

I'm guessing that you, like me, have had the good fortune to meet people who live from gratitude despite their troubles and life trials. My dad is one of those people for me.

Dad didn't own a pair of shoes until he was 12, left school at 16 and spent nearly 50 years milking cows, morning and night, to make ends meet. He's also had his share of heartaches. Losing his youngest son to mental illness and supporting his oldest son to readjusting to life in a wheelchair after an accident left him with paraplegia. Now at 86, he's buried most of his friends. Yet dad has told me numerous times that he feels like "the richest man in all the world." Needless to say, he's not referring his stock portfolio (never had one), but to the wealth of love in his life.

Dad has taught me that gratitude isn't something to be practiced just when times are good - when the rain finally comes or the illness is healed - but at all times. He's demonstrated how gratitude bolsters our resilience and buoys our spirits to stay above the waves when life's storms roll in.

International travel restrictions have meant that I've been unable to see my dad since I was last in Australia in March 2020. Yet I'm so grateful for the technology that enables us to speak often. And grateful for the skies reopening to travel back to Australia to give him a huge bear hug in the months ahead. You see, gratitude is not dependent on life being just as we want it to be, but on our decision to find the good in it just as it is.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Be Grateful. Not Just In Good Times, But At All Times.

From: Forbes

We all know that it's good to be grateful.

我们都知道，心怀感恩是件好事。

Yet let's face it, the gravitational pull of negativity is strong. Unless we're consciously choosing to do otherwise, our attention tends to get pulled toward what's wrong, what's missing and whom we can blame.

然而，必须承认，负面能量极具引力。除非我们有意识地作出不同选择，否则很容易被各种不满、缺憾和责备对象吸引。

表示“我们面对事实吧；让我们正视事实吧！我们实话实说吧！”，英文解释为“said before stating something that is unpleasant but true”举个🌰：Let's face it, we're not going to win. 实话实说，我们不会赢的。

gravitational /ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/ 表示“重力的，引力的”，英文解释为“relating to gravity or gravitation (= the force that attracts objects towards one another)”如：gravitational forces 重力，gravitational pull 引力。

negativity /ˌneɡ.əˈtɪv.ə.ti/ 表示“消极的态度”，英文解释为“an attitude that is not hopeful or enthusiastic”举个🌰：There's too much negativity in the world today. 今天的世界上消极的态度太多了。

consciously /ˈkɒn.ʃəs.li/ 1）表示“有意识地”，英文解释为“in a way that involves noticing that a particular thing exists or is present”举个🌰：The patient may not be consciously aware of the emotion. 患者可能不会有意识地感觉到这种情绪。

2）表示“有意的，故意的”，英文解释为“in a way that is determined and intentional”

📍词根“consci-”来自拉丁语“conscius”，意味着“知道”，后缀“-ously”表示副词，意为“以…的方式”。近义词: deliberately（故意地），同根词: conscious（有意识的），常用短语: act consciously（有意识地行动）

Yet recognize that each time your attention is focused on what you don't like in your life, you are inadvertently choosing to reside in the land of deficit. It explains why some of the most joyful people you might meet have so little and why some people with wealth beyond what you can imagine can be so miserable.

但要意识到，每当你把注意力放在生活中不满的事上时，你其实是在无意间把自己置于“匮乏”之地。这正是为何你会遇到一些虽然身无长物却快乐无比的人，也会见到那些富可敌国却郁郁寡欢的人。

inadvertently /ˌɪn.ədˈvɜː.tənt.li/ 表示“无意地”，英文解释为“in a way that is not intentional”举个🌰：He inadvertently deleted the file. 他无意中删除了文件。

reside /rɪˈzaɪd/ 表示“居住；定居”，英文解释为“to live, have your home, or stay in a place”举个🌰：The family now resides in southern France. 这家人现居住在法国南部。

deficit /ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt/ 1）表示“赤字；逆差；亏损”，英文解释为“the amount by which money spent or owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time”举个🌰：The UK's deficit in manufactured goods fell slightly in the last three months. 在过去的3个月里，英国制造业的亏损略有好转。

2）表示“不足额；缺款额；缺少”，英文解释为“the amount by which sth, especially an amount of money, is too small or smaller than sth else”举个🌰：The team has to come back from a 2–0 deficit in the first half. 这支队得扳回上半场0:2的落后局面。

No matter how many 'blessings' you may have to count, if you're dwelling on what you don't have or don't like about your current circumstances, you're living in emotional poverty.

哪怕你有再多可感恩之处，只要始终纠结于不满与欠缺，你便会陷入心理上的贫瘠。

blessing /ˈbles.ɪŋ/ 作名词，1）表示“祈神赐福；祝福”，英文解释为“a request by a priest for God to take care of a particular person or a group of people, or God's act of doing this”，如：to pray for God's blessing 祈求上帝降福。

2）表示“好事；有益之事；幸事”，英文解释为“something that is good or helpful”举个🌰：It's a blessing that nobody was in the house at the time. 幸好当时屋子里没人。

3）sb. blessing表示“同意；支持；许可，赞同”，英文解释为“If something is done with someone's blessing, it is done with their approval and support”举个🌰：He went with his parents' blessing. 他是得到父母的同意去的。

补充：

📍mixed blessing表示“喜忧参半，福祸兼有的事物，利弊并存的事物”，英文解释为“something that has advantages and disadvantages”举个🌰：Getting into the team is a mixed blessing - I'll have to spend a lot of time training. 加入这支队伍有好处也有坏处——我得花许多时间训练。

📍a blessing in disguise表示“祸中之福，因祸得福”，英文解释为“something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later”举个🌰：Losing that job was a blessing in disguise really. 失去那份工作真是因祸得福。

📍count your blessings表示“往好处想；知足”，英文解释为“to be grateful for the good things in your life, often to stop yourself becoming too unhappy about the bad things”

dwell on sth表示“老是想着，一直在说（尤指不好或令人不快之事）”，英文解释为“to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant”举个🌰：In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry. 演讲时他一直在说遭受疾病和饥饿折磨的人们所处的困境。

dwell /dwel/ 表示“居住，栖身”，英文解释为“to live in a place or in a particular way”举个🌰：She dwelt in remote parts of Asia for many years. 她在亚洲边远地区居住了很多年。

The Covid pandemic has been awash with circumstances that have not been as most of us would like. So as this Thanksgiving holiday draws close, it's the perfect time to reflect on the virtue of gratitude, not just in good times, but at all times.

疫情带来的种种不顺让人心力交瘁。因此，在感恩节来临之际，这正是思考感恩意义的好时机：感恩不是好日子里的装饰，而是任何境遇下的力量。

awash /əˈwɒʃ/ 表示“（尤指被水）淹没的，漫过的”，英文解释为“covered with a liquid, especially water”举个🌰：By the time I discovered the problem, the floor was awash. 等到我发现这个问题时，地板已经泡在水里了。

2）表示“充满的；充斥的；泛滥的”，英文解释为“having an amount of something that is very large or larger than necessary or wanted”举个🌰：The city is awash with drugs and the police are powerless to do anything about it. 该城市毒品泛滥，警方对此束手无策。

🎬电影《猜火车》（Trainspotting）中的台词提到：The streets are awash with drugs you can have for unhappiness and pain, and we took them all. 失眠 失业 失恋什么都有的医（充满各种各样的药）我们当然照单全收。

I'm guessing that you, like me, have had the good fortune to meet people who live from gratitude despite their troubles and life trials. My dad is one of those people for me.

我猜，你和我一样，都曾遇到过那些尽管经历困境却依然怀抱感恩的人。对我来说，我父亲就是这样的人。

Dad didn't own a pair of shoes until he was 12, left school at 16 and spent nearly 50 years milking cows, morning and night, to make ends meet. He's also had his share of heartaches. Losing his youngest son to mental illness and supporting his oldest son to readjusting to life in a wheelchair after an accident left him with paraplegia. Now at 86, he's buried most of his friends. Yet dad has told me numerous times that he feels like "the richest man in all the world." Needless to say, he's not referring his stock portfolio (never had one), but to the wealth of love in his life.

父亲直到12岁才有第一双鞋，16岁辍学，此后五十年如一日地靠挤奶维持生计。他也经历了难以承受的痛：小儿子因精神疾病早逝，大儿子因事故截瘫终身离不开轮椅。如今86岁的他，大半好友都已长眠。但他无数次告诉我，他觉得自己是“世界上最富有的人”。显然，他指的不是股票（他从未有过），而是生命中的爱。

表示“使收支相抵；勉强维持生计”，英文解释为“to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need”

paraplegia /ˌpær.əˈpliː.dʒə/ 表示“截瘫；下身麻痹”，英文解释为“loss of the ability to move or feel the legs and lower part of the body, usually because of a severe injury to the spine (= bones in the centre of the back)”

portfolio /pɔːtˈfəʊliəʊ/ 很久没出现了，很早之前在88岁股神巴菲特日喝5罐可乐一文中出现过：Even though Apple stock is a major part of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, Buffett still uses a flip phone that he showed off on CNN. 表示“（某人或某公司持有的）有价证券组合，投资组合”（a group of stock s owned by a particular person or compan），如：an investment portfolio 投资组合。

此外，portfolio还有多个不同含义：1）表示“公事包，文件夹；画夹”（a large flat case used especially for carrying pictures, documents etc）。

2）表示“部长（大臣）的职责”（the work that a particular government official is responsible for）

3）表示“（艺术家、摄影师等的）作品选集”（a set of pictures or other pieces of work that an artist, photographer etc has done）

4）表示“（公司或机构提供的）系列产品，系列服务”（the range of products or services offered by a particular company or organization）如：a portfolio of wines 系列葡萄酒。

Dad has taught me that gratitude isn't something to be practiced just when times are good - when the rain finally comes or the illness is healed - but at all times. He's demonstrated how gratitude bolsters our resilience and buoys our spirits to stay above the waves when life's storms roll in.

父亲教会我：感恩不是在顺境、雨水降临或疾病痊愈时才去实践，而是在任何时候。他向我展示了感恩如何增强人的韧性，让我们在生活风暴来袭时不被打倒。

bolster /ˈbəʊl.stər/ 表示“支撑；加固；提高；改善；加强”，英文解释为“to improve sth or make it stronger”如：to bolster sb's confidence / courage / morale 增加某人的信心 / 勇气 / 士气，举个🌰：Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence. 提前降低利率的希望增强了信心。

🎬电影《塞尔拉·伯格斯是废柴》（Sierra Burgess Is a Loser）中的台词提到：I was wondering if you had any suggestions on how to bolster my resume. 想问问 对提升我的简历你有没有什么意见？

resilience /rɪˈzɪliəns/ 表示“快速恢复的能力；适应力”，英文解释为“the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc.”

buoy /bɔɪ/ 1）表示“鼓舞；鼓励，使…更自信”，英文解释为“to make someone feel happier or more confident about a situation”举个🌰：She was buoyed (up) by the warm reception her audience gave her. 观众们热烈的欢迎使她倍受鼓舞。

2）表示“支持；使更成功”，英文解释为“to support something and make it more successful”举个🌰：House prices have been buoyed (up) in the area by the possibility of a new factory opening. 因为可能有一家新工厂在此开设，所以该地区的房价一直居高不下。

International travel restrictions have meant that I've been unable to see my dad since I was last in Australia in March 2020. Yet I'm so grateful for the technology that enables us to speak often. And grateful for the skies reopening to travel back to Australia to give him a huge bear hug in the months ahead. You see, gratitude is not dependent on life being just as we want it to be, but on our decision to find the good in it just as it is.

因疫情出行受限，自2020年3月离开澳洲后，我一直无法见到父亲。但我感恩有科技让我们保持联系，也庆幸边境重新开放，让我能回去拥抱他。你看，感恩不是等生活完全如我们所愿，而是源于我们选择在当下发现其美好。

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