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美国海军上将麦克雷文分享他在海豹突击队训练中学到的10个改变人生的建议。适合练习励志表达和日常习惯主题。
What starts here changes the world.
从这里开始的一切，都将改变世界。
I have a few suggestions that may help you on your way to a better world.
我有一些建议，或许能帮助你们朝着建设一个更美好世界的方向迈进。
And while these lessons were learned during my time in the military,
虽然这些经验是在我服役期间积累的，
I can assure you that it matters not, whether you ever served a day in uniform.
我可以向你保证：你是否曾经穿制服服过一天兵役，这其实并不重要。
It matters not your gender, your ethnic or religious background, your orientation or your social status.
无论你的性别、种族或宗教背景、性取向，还是社会地位如何，这都无关紧要。
Our struggles in this world are similar, and the lessons to overcome those struggles and to move forward.
我们在这个世界上所面临的困境都是相似的；而克服这些困境、继续前行的过程中，我们也能够学到许多宝贵的经验。
Changing ourselves and changing the world around us will apply equally to all.
改变自己以及改变我们周围的世界，对所有人来说都是同样重要的。
So here are the ten lessons I learned from basic Seal training that hopefully will be of value to you as you move.
以下是我从基础海豹突击队训练中学到的十点经验，希望这些经验能在你的未来发展中对你有所帮助。
Forward in life.
在人生道路上继续前进吧。
Every morning in seal training, my instructors, who at the time were all Vietnam veterans,
每天早上在海豹训练过程中，我的教练们（当时他们都是越南战争的老兵）……
would show up in my barracks room.
它们会出现在我的营房房间里。
And the first thing they'd do is inspect my bed.
他们首先要做的就是检查我的床。
If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers would be pulled tight, the pillows centered just under the headboard,
如果你操作得当，床角的线条应该会是直角的；床罩会被拉得紧紧的；枕头则会正好放在床头板下方。
and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack.
那条额外的毯子被整齐地叠放在架子的底部。
It was a simple task, mundane at best.
这只是一项简单的任务，充其量也只是些日常琐事罢了。
But every morning we were required to make our bed to perfection.
但是每天早上，我们都必须把床铺整理得非常整齐（即达到“完美”的状态）。
It seemed a little ridiculous at the time, particularly light of the fact that we were aspiring to be real warriors,
当时这看起来有点荒谬——尤其是考虑到我们立志要成为真正的战士这一事实。
tough, battle-hardened seals.
这些海豹非常强壮，历经无数战斗的考验，已经变得极其顽强。
But the wisdom of this simple Act has been proven to me many times over.
但这个简单行为的智慧已经多次向我证明了它的价值。
If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day.
如果你每天早上都能整理好自己的床铺，那就意味着你已经完成了当天的第一项任务。
It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task,
这会让你感到一丝自豪，同时也会激励你去完成另一项任务。
and another, and another.
一个又一个……
And by the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed.
到了当天结束时，原本那个需要完成的任务，其实已经转化成了许多其他任务的成功完成。
Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter.
整理好自己的床铺，也会让人更加意识到：生活中的那些小事其实非常重要。
If you can't do the little things, right, you'll never be able to do the big things right.
如果你连那些小事都做不好，那么你就永远无法把大事做好。
And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made.
如果有一天你过得非常糟糕，回到家后你会发现床已经铺好了。
That you Made and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
自己动手整理床铺，会让你感到一种鼓励——相信明天一定会更美好。
So if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
所以，如果你想改变世界，那就先从整理好自己的床铺开始吧。
During seal training, the students during training the students are all broken down into boat crews.
在海豹训练期间，所有受训人员会被分成不同的小组（即“船队”）。
Each crew is seven students, three on each side of a small rubber boat, and one coxswain to help guide the dinghy.
每支队伍由七名学生组成：三名学生坐在小橡皮船的每一侧，还有一名舵手负责引导船只的行驶方向。
Every day your boat crew forms up on the beach and
每天，你的船员们都会在海滩上集合。
is instructed to get through the surf zone and paddle several miles down the coast in the winter.
在冬季，这些船只被要求穿过冲浪区，然后沿着海岸线划行数英里。
The surf off San Diego can get to be eight to ten feet high and it is exceedingly difficult.
圣地亚哥附近的冲浪海域海浪高度可达8到10英尺（约2.4到3米），因此冲浪极具挑战性（或者说几乎不可能完成）。
The paddle hook through the plunging surf.
桨钩在汹涌的海浪中穿行……
Unless everyone digs in, every paddle must be synchronized to the stroke count of the Coxon.
除非所有人都积极参与、齐心协力，否则每个划桨动作都必须与科克森（Coxon）的划桨节奏保持同步。
Everyone must exert equal effort, or the boat will turn against the wave and be unceremoniously dumped back on the beach.
每个人都必须付出同样的努力；否则，小船就会被海浪冲回岸上，后果不堪设想。
For the boat to make it to its destination, everyone must paddle.
为了让船能够到达目的地，每个人都必须用力划桨。
You can't change the world alone.
你无法独自改变世界。
You will need some help.
你需要一些帮助。
And to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues,
要想真正从起点到达目的地，就需要朋友和同事的帮助。