To break bad habits 如何改掉坏习惯(大学英语作文)

To break bad habits

如何改掉坏习惯

大学英语作文

你的新年愿望中，

有没有改掉之前的坏习惯这 一条呢？我们每年

都要花很多时间和精力与坏习惯做斗争，

但改掉恶习是 一项艰难的任

务，

并且没有捷径可走。

下面就来看看怎样 才能尽快和坏习惯说再见

吧。

A habit is any action that we have performed so often that

it becomes almost an involuntary response. If we consider this

habit

to

be

undesirable

then

we

may

label

it

a

habit

People

spend

countless

hours

and

dollars

each

year

attempting to break these bad habits and often do not have

any success. Why? Because there is no magic bullet. Change is

hard work and there is no short cut to achieving it. The steps a

person needs to take, however, can be very simply outlined. To

effect a change in habits, one needs to bring the action back

into the realm of consciousness and regain the ability to make

choices.

习惯是一个经常做的下意识动作。

如果我们认为这是不良的习惯

,

那么我们就标签它是一个“坏习惯 ”

。人们每年花了无数的时间和金

钱努力去改掉这些坏习惯，但通常都是 不成功的。为什么

?

因为没有

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灵丹妙药。改变是很困难的，是没有捷径的。然而，需要遵守 的步骤

可以很简单地概括。

要改变习惯，

需要有意识的行 动并且重新恢复做

决定的能力。

What's the payoff

？

回报是什么？

The first step in breaking a bad habit is to look at why you

find

this

action

so

compelling.

In

other

words,

what's

the

payoff for doing this seemingly negative thing? Since you've

already classified this as a

say

there

isn't

one.

But

look

closer.

There

is always

a

payoff.

Let's say your bad habit is yelling at your kids. What's in it for

you?

You

let

off

some

steam

and

feel

a

little

better

for

the

moment.

Or

you

have

a

bad

habit

of

leaving

the

dishes

unwashed? The payoff could be that you get to spend more

time on the Internet!

改变不良习惯的第一步是看看为什么你会觉得那个动作是那么

的 具有强制性。换句话说，做这个看似消极的行为有什么回报呢

?

既

然你已经把它划分到“坏”习惯这一类了，你可能会努力想说没有。

但细究，总 是有回报的。比如说你的坏习惯是对孩子们吼叫。对你来

说这将意味着什么

?

你出了一些气来让自己在那时候感觉好些。或者

你有一个坏习惯是不 洗碗

?

带来的可能是，你可以在互联网上花更多

的时间< /p>

!

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What's the trade off

？

代价是什么呢？

Next, take a look at the trade off. What is it

that you are losing by exercising your habit? This step should

be easier. Just think why it is that you consider it a bad habit in

the

first

place.

Yelling

at

your

kids

is

a

bad

habit

because

it

leaves everybody feeling tense and tears down your children's

self-esteem. You are trading a temporary release of tension for

the

emotional

health

of

your

children.

Leaving

the

dishes

undone is a bad habit because your kitchen is a smelly mess.

To

have

more

Internet

time

you

are

trading

off

having

a

pleasant living environment. When you look at it that way it

doesn't seem like you are making very wise choices, does it?

There has to be a better way.

接下来

,

看看代价。由于习惯，你又失去了什么呢？这一步应该

比较容易。首先，

你要知道为什么你觉得它是一个坏习惯。对孩子们

< br>吼叫是一个坏习惯，

因为它会让每个人都感觉到紧张，

也会毁了孩子

的自尊。

你是以孩子的情绪健康为代价来换取你的一时情绪放松。

不

洗碗之所以是一个坏习惯是因为你的厨房会变得一团糟。

而更多的上

网时间是以你舒适的生活环境为代价的。当你以这种方式看待它时，

你似乎不是在做明智的选择，难道不是吗

?

应该有更好的方式。

Now

that you've weighed both sides of the issue--your payoff and

your

tradeoff--it's

time

to

make

a

choice.

It's

no

longer

an

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