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一张遗愿清单扭转生活(双语)

2015-02-27 15:35

来源:英语点津

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  After visiting a nudist beach, going sky diving, bungee jumpingand dying her hair pink, Laura Lawson lost weight, started a newcareer and even got married.

  经历过跳伞、蹦极,去过裸体海滩,染上一头粉发后,劳拉·劳森不仅成功减肥,拥有了一份新工作,甚至还结婚了。

  A "fat, sad and lonely" woman who didn't recognise her ownreflection turned her life around after writing a bucket list.

  在写下一张遗愿清单后,一个曾经“肥胖、悲观、孤单”的迷茫女人彻底扭转了她的生活。

  Fed-up Laura Lawson, 26, piled on the pounds after spending every weekend binge drinking andplaying computer games.

  26岁的劳拉·劳森以前每周末都与酒精和电脑游戏为伍,体重直线上升。

  But, terrified of lying on her deathbed full of regrets, Laura, who said her life "sucked", wasdetermined to change.

  但她不希望带着悔恨孤独终老,她说这样的生活“糟糕透顶了”,所以她决心改变。

  Since writing a list of 300 challenges, spurred on by a New Year's resolution in 2012, she has gotmarried, bought a house, lost weight - and ticked off 120 exciting targets which have taken heraround the world.

  2012年,劳拉许下了新年愿望,并受此启发,写下了300项挑战目标。那之后,她结了婚,买了房,减肥成功——完成了120项激动人心的目标,她也因此环游全球。

  Laura, from Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, said: "I was 23 years old and wasting my life away, and at14st I didn't even recognise my own reflection.

  劳拉来自英国阿伯丁郡的波特莱森,她说:“23岁的时候,我一直在浪费时间。甚至是体重达到了14英石(约177斤),我甚至都认不出镜子中的自己。

  "The last five years were spent drinking every weekend, eating anything I could get my hands onand spending every evening locked in my room playing the Xbox.

  “那之前的五年,每周末我都是靠喝酒度过的,手边有什么吃的都吃。每个晚上都锁在房里打电子游戏。

  "I tried to figure what had happened to me. Blaming everything on everyone else. My worksucked, my life sucked, I was fat, sad, lonely."

  “我试着去弄清楚自己究竟怎么了。把所有的错都怪在别人身上。工作一团糟,生活一团糟。觉得自己很胖,生活无趣又寂寞。

  "I came up with every excuse until I realised only I could change my life. Sitting feeling sorry formyself wasn't doing any good."

  “我找遍了所有借口,直到意识到唯有自己才能改变生活。坐在那里顾影自怜改变不了任何事情。”

  The former administration worker wrote down a list and started off small by climbing a hill, dyeingher hair pink and growing vegetables.

  劳拉曾任职于行政部门。她先是写了一张计划表,从爬山、染发、种蔬菜开始做起。

  And the satisfaction she gained from crossing off every activity inspired the idea for a bucket list.

  在完成所有目标之后,劳拉非常满足,萌生了列一张“遗愿清单”的念头。

  Laura kicked off the challenge with a bungee jump.

  劳拉完成的第一个挑战是蹦极。

  Since then, she has lost 3st 2lb in weight, managed to get a qualification and even changed hercareer, securing work as a buyer in the oil and gas industry.

  那之后,她减去了3英石2磅(约40斤),通过了一项资格考试,还成功跳槽进入石油行业,成为一名采购员。

  Laura has even managed to take her husband David, 29, who she married in Las Vegas lastSeptember, on the journey with her.

  劳拉还拉着自己的丈夫,29岁的大卫一同参与这些挑战。两人于2014年9月在拉斯维加斯结婚。

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