Don't feel guilty about guilty pleasures偶尔享受乐事莫自责

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Don't feel guilty about guilty pleasures偶尔享受乐事莫自责

  你有没有过这种感受:吃了一点零食,感到自责?买了新衣服穿,觉得自己乱花钱?明明是在享受一件让自己感到快乐的事情,却不禁认为这是在自我纵容而深感内疚。不妨换个角度想一想,把你适当犒劳自己的行为看作是一种自我呵护、促进身心健康的方式。听 “随身英语” 节目围绕这一话题展开讨论。
  词汇:guilty pleasures让人有负罪感的乐事
  You might have heard of the expression 'a guilty pleasure' – maybe it's the chocolate bar you buy on the way home from work, or the new clothes that you don't really need. It comes from the idea that when we treat ourselves, it can sometimes leave us feeling guilty. Perhaps we don't feel we deserved it, or we don't think it was a responsible way to spend our money. But should we feel like this? Do we really have to feel guilty about treating ourselves?
  Perhaps not. Psychologists have suggested that buying things for yourself can make you feel better as it provides an opportunity to take control of your situation. It can give you social contact as well as a confidence boost1 from changes you make to your self-image. It may be that as well as lifting your mood, when you buy a treat, you might just be looking after yourself.
  Of course, there are also examples of people turning to destructive2 behaviour when faced with stressful circumstances. People might spend money that they don't have or turn to dangerous addictions3. Psychologist Leon Seltzer considers the difference between self-indulgence and self-nurturing. Self-indulgence can be reckless4 and have negative consequences, while self-nurturing is taking responsible decisions to satisfy our needs and take care of ourselves in ways that don't have a significant impact.
  One stress that people may need to deal with is exam stress. Many universities publish guides with advice for coping with exam stress. Reflecting the difference between self-indulgence and self-nurture, they recommend rewarding yourself for your efforts, doing things that you enjoy and are good at so that you can feel accomplishment5 and to avoid things that may make you feel worse afterwards.
  So perhaps, as long as we make responsible decisions, we shouldn't feel guilty about our guilty pleasures.
  词汇表
  treat 善待,犒劳
  deserve 配得上,应得
  responsible 负责任的
  social contact 社会联系,社交
  confidence boost 增强自信,信心的提升
  self-image 自我形象
  lift your mood 振作你的精神,让你心情愉快look after 照顾,照料
  destructive behaviour 自毁行为
  stressful 有压力的,让人紧张的
  addiction 成瘾,上瘾
  self-indulgence 自我放纵,自我纵容
  self-nurturing 自我呵护,自我照顾
  reckless 轻率的,不顾后果的
  consequences 后果
  satisfy 使满足
  cope with 应对,处理
  reward 奖励,奖赏
  accomplishment 成就
 

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1 boost XtHzU     
n.鼓励,激励,提高;v.鼓励,使增强信心
参考例句:
  • This will be a great boost to the economy.这对于经济发展将是一个巨大的促进。
  • These changes will help to boost share prices.这些变化将有助于提高股票价格。
2 destructive cvaxr     
adj.破坏(性)的,毁灭(性)的
参考例句:
  • In the end,it will be destructive of our whole society.它最终会毁灭我们整个社会。
  • It is the most destructive storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的一次风暴。
3 addictions 08dc31943b9cad12eedd1150060b87f3     
瘾( addiction的名词复数 ); 吸毒成瘾; 沉溺; 癖好
参考例句:
  • He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
  • Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。
4 reckless biuyV     
adj.粗心大意的,鲁莽的
参考例句:
  • The policeman chewed out the driver for reckless driving.那位司机因为开车莽撞,被警察狠狠批评了一顿。
  • He thought she was too reckless at it.他觉得她对它太粗心大意了。
5 accomplishment 2Jkyo     
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能
参考例句:
  • The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
  • Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标,钱是至关重要的。

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