❶A little bit more

◆语篇导读

一分钟很短，但许许多多的一分钟加起来，就形成了人的一生；一粒沙石很小，但无数沙石堆砌起来，就会形成高山。人生是一种态度，生活是一种习惯。骐骥一跃，不能十步；驽马十驾，功在不舍。如果你事事都多付出一点儿，会取得什么样的效果呢？

Every day is an excellent day for small improvements.Whatever you’re doing,You have to find a way to improve it just a little.There’s no need to make a huge change,just a small one,or something you can change right now.

If you called just one more customer each day,over the course of the next month you would talk to about 30 new people.If you learned just one more new word each day,in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.

Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments.Look around you,consider the work you do each day,think about how you could do it just a little bit better.

Think a little bit more before you do anything.Maybe you can find a better way to finish it.And you will be able to prepare for it.After all,well begun is half done.

Pay a little bit more attention while you do anything.Perhaps you will find the differences between the things you thought and you’re doing.Then you can think about how to change your plan and make it better.

Do a little bit more check after you do anything.Making a summary is good for you to get better and more experience.That will bring you more progress next time.

In a marathon race,each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher.Yet over the course of the race,that small difference adds up in a big way.

Without a small step,not a thousand miles.Do just a little bit more today,and tomorrow,and each day after that.Anyone can make just a small improvement,and that can make a big,big difference.

◆词语积淀

improvement/ɪm΄pruːvmənt/n.改进

over the course of...在……的过程中

increase/ɪn΄kriːs/v.增加；增多

accomplishment/ə΄kʌm plɪʃmənt/n.成就

consider/kən΄sɪdə(r)/v.仔细考虑；细想

make a summary做一个总结

marathon/΄mærəθən/n.马拉松赛跑

stride/straɪd/n.大步；步伐

◆典句赏析

1.There’s no need to make a huge change,just a sm all one,or som ething you can change right now.不用做太大的改变,只要一点点，或者是你现在可以做到的一些改变。

There’s no need to do sth.为常用的句式，表示“没有必要做某事”，need后接动词不定式短语。need在此处用作名词，意为“必要；需要”，其后也可接介词for或of短语作定语。

【即时尝试】不必寻求帮助，你也可以独自完成这项任务。

2.Perhaps you will find the differences between the things you thought and you’re doing.也许你会在做事的过程中发现事情与你的想象并不同。

between作为介词，与the things构成的介词短语作后置定语，修饰前面的名词differences；you thought and you’re doing为省略了关系代词的定语从句，修饰先行词things。

【即时尝试】这就是我今天列的想要吃并想要买的食物清单。

译文助读

每一天都会因为小小的进步而成为精彩的一天。无论你在做什么，你得找到一个方法然后进行一点点的改进。不用做太大的改变,只要一点点儿，或者是你现在可以做到的一些改变。

如果你每天多给一个顾客打电话，一个月下来你会发现你又多认识了差不多三十个人；如果你每天多学会一个新单词，一年后，你将会增加300多个词汇量。

小小的改进能够逐步累积成大大的成就。观察你的周围，思考你每天所做的工作，想一下你怎么做才能做得更好一点儿。

做事前多思考一点儿。或许你会找到更好的办法去完成这件事，并为之做好准备。毕竟，好的开始是成功的一半。

做事时多用心一点儿。也许你会在做事的过程中发现事情与你的想象并不同。那么你可以考虑该如何改变计划，使之做得更好。

做事后多回顾一点儿。做好总结，这有利于你为下次取得更大的进步而积累更多、更好的经验。

在马拉松比赛中，冠军的每一步都只比第一百名选手的步伐大一点儿，速度也只快一点儿。但是在比赛过程中,那些小小的不同累积成了巨大的区别。

不积跬步，无以至千里。今天、明天、以后的每一天都应尽力做得更多一点儿。任何人都能做一点小小的改进，而那小小的改进将会起到非常大、非常大的作用。