1、Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days 小计划帮你实现大目标 A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock, and try something new for 30 days. The idea is actually pretty simple. Think about something youve alway
2、s wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days. 几年前， 我感觉对老一套感到枯燥乏味， 所以我决定追随伟大的美国哲学家摩根 斯 普尔洛克的脚步，尝试做新事情 30 天。这个想法的确是非常简单。考虑下，你常想在 你生命中做的一些事情 接下来 30 天尝试做这些。 It turns out, 30 days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit like watching the news from you
3、r life. 这就是，30 天刚好是这么一段合适的时间 去养成一个新的习惯或者改掉一个习惯 例如看新闻 在你生活中。 Theres a few things I learned while doing these 30-day challenges. 当我在 30 天做这些挑战性事情时，我学到以下一些事。 The first was, instead of the months flying by, forgotten, the time was much more memorable. 第一件事是，取代了飞逝而过易被遗忘的岁月的是 这段时间非常的更加令人难忘。 This was part
4、of a challenge I did to take a picture everyday for a month. And I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day. 挑战的一部分是要一个月内每天我要去拍摄一张照片。我清楚地记得那一天我所处的 位置我都在干什么。我也注意到随着我开始做更多的，更难的 30 天里具有挑战性的事 时，我自信心也增强了。 I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges, my self-
5、 confidence grew. I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd to the kind of guy who bikes to work for fun. Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30-day challenges. 我从一个台式计算机宅男极客变成了一个爱骑自行车去工作的人 为
6、了玩乐。甚至 去年，我完成了在非洲最高山峰乞力马扎罗山的远足。在我开始这 30 天做挑战性的事 之前我从来没有这样热爱冒险过。 I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days. 我也认识到如果你真想一些槽糕透顶的事，你可以在 30 天里做这些事。 Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Every November, tens of thousands of people try to write their
7、 own 50,000 word novel from scratch in 30 days. It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month. So I did. 你曾想写小说吗？每年 11 月，数以万计的人们在 30 天里，从零起点尝试写他们自己 的 5 万字小说。这结果就是，你所要去做的事就是每天写 1667 个字要写一个月。所以 我做到了。 By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep until youve written your words
8、for the day. You might be sleep-deprived, but youll finish your novel. Now is my book the next great American novel? No. I wrote it in a month. 顺便说一下，秘密在于除非在一天里你已经写完了 1667 个字，要不你就甭想睡觉。你 可能被剥夺睡眠，但你将会完成你的小说。那么我写的书会是下一部伟大的美国小说 吗？不是的。我在一个月内写完它。 Its awful. But for the rest of my life, if I meet John Hodg
9、man at a TED party, I dont have to say, “Im a computer scientist.” No, no, if I want to I can say, “Im a novelist.” 它看上去太可怕了。但在我的余生，如果我在一个 TED 聚会上遇见约翰霍奇曼，我不 必开口说，“我是一个电脑科学家。”不，不会的，如果我愿意我可以说，“我是一 个小说家。” (Laughter) （笑声） So heres one last thing Id like to mention. I learned that when I made small, sust
10、ainable changes, things I could keep doing, they were more likely to stick. Theres nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges. In fact, theyre a ton of fun. But theyre less likely to stick. When I gave up sugar for 30 days, day 31 looked like this. 我这儿想提的最后一件事。当我做些小的、持续性的变化，我可以不断尝试做的事时， 我学到我可以把它们更容易地坚
11、持做下来。这和又大又疯狂的具有挑战性的事情无关。 事实上，它们的乐趣无穷。但是，它们就不太可能坚持做下来。当我在 30 天里拒绝吃 糖果，31 天后看上去就像这样。 (Laughter) （笑声） So heres my question to you: What are you waiting for? I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30 days. 所以我给大家提的问题是：大家还在等什么呀？我保准大家在未来的 30 天定会经历你 喜欢或者不喜欢的事，那么为什么不考虑一些你常想做的尝试并在未来 30 天里试试给 自己一个机会。 Thanks. 谢谢。 (Applause) （掌声） 英语单词： in a rut rt 墨守成规，一成不变 nerd n:d n. （只会读书或者只会玩电脑的）呆子 from scratch skrt 从零开始，从头做起 a ton of 许多 更多英语学习：企业英语培训
