大家好，这里是湖北理工学院外国语学院英语调频广播台，我是主播张欣冉。你喜欢回忆往事吗？你是否担心随着时间的推移会忘记过去的点点滴滴？不妨在忙碌间抽出片刻写篇日记，记录生活中的美好或失意。本期“随身英语” 节目讨论写日记带来的种种好处。
首先让我们来了解一下这篇文章里出现的一些重要词汇
scribble /ˈskrɪb(ə)l/匆匆写下
detail /ˈdiːteɪl/详细描述
scrawl /skrɔːl/ 潦草地写
formulate /ˈfɔːmjuleɪt/ 确切表达，构想
consolidate /kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt/ 巩固，加强
cathartic /kəˈθɑːtɪk/ 释放情绪的
squiggle /ˈskwɪɡl/ （写或画的）弯弯扭扭的线条，点点画画
doodle /ˈduːd(ə)l/ 随手涂画
caricature /ˈkærɪkətʃʊə(r)/ 漫画，讽刺画
Why should you start journaling?
为什么要开始写日记？
For many of us, a work diary is a practical thing. We use them for work to make a note of appointments or meetings, scribbling words next to dates to remind us of something we have to do in the future. But journaling is more about feelings. It’s a personal diary, often kept far from prying eyes, sometimes detailing our secrets and desires.
对我们许多人来说，工作日记是一件实用的东西。我们在工作中使用它们来记录约会或会议，在日期旁边潦草地写下文字，提醒我们将来要做的事情。但日记更多的是关于感情。它是一种个人日记，通常远离窥探的目光，有时详细记录我们的秘密和欲望。
But, when it comes to feelings, what are the benefits to writing things down?
但是，当涉及到感情时，把事情写下来有什么好处？
Sometimes it can be difficult to say exactly what we’re feeling. Because of anxiety or frustration, it can be tricky to put your problems into words. For some of us, putting pen to paper and jotting down our thoughts is a much easier process than saying them. But it’s not just about the ease of scrawling words.
有时，要准确说出我们的感受可能很困难。由于焦虑或沮丧，把你的问题用语言表达出来可能很棘手。对我们中的一些人来说，把笔放在纸上，记下我们的想法，比说出来要容易得多。但是，这不仅仅是写下文字的便利性问题。
Writing things down can actually help us to formulate ideas, consolidate emotions, and understand our feelings. There’s something cathartic about making sense of something that is stressing us, annoying us, or getting us down. Writing a narrative of events or a series of words about what is on your mind can help you to focus, and is comparable to a form of meditation. And journaling isn’t just limited to words.
把事情写下来实际上可以帮助我们形成想法，巩固情绪，并理解我们的感受。对那些让我们感到压力、烦躁或沮丧的事情进行宣泄是有意义的。写下事件的叙述或一系列关于你心中所想的文字可以帮助你集中注意力，相当于一种冥想的形式。而且，写日记并不仅仅局限于文字。
Why not include squiggles, doodles or pictures of what’s happening in your life? Maybe the thing that is annoying you most could be best summed up by a caricature. In short, journaling is good for your mental health.
为什么不包括方块字、涂鸦或你生活中发生的事情的图片？也许最让你恼火的事情可以用一幅漫画来概括。总之，写日记对你的心理健康有好处。
Another thing to consider is that our memories fade over time. What is clear in our minds today may just be forgotten a few years down the line. Logging what’s happening in our lives could trigger memories when we read our diary entries back in years to come, or could act as an insight into our past selves. We can see our development, or be reminded of exciting flashpoints in our lives.
另一件需要考虑的事情是，我们的记忆会随着时间的推移而褪色。今天在我们脑海中清晰的东西可能在几年后就被遗忘了。记录我们生活中发生的事情，可以在我们多年后回读日记时引发记忆，或者可以作为对过去的自己的一种洞察。我们可以看到自己的发展，或者被提醒我们生活中令人兴奋的闪光点。
The person who was annoying us and you drew a doodle of five years ago may now be a close friend, or something that you were once scared of may now seem funny.
五年前让我们讨厌的人，你画的涂鸦，现在可能是一个亲密的朋友，或者你曾经害怕的东西，现在可能看起来很有趣。
So, if you have something on your mind, it might be good to get things written down. And if something exciting happens, writing about it may help you to remember that wonderful time!
因此，如果你有心事，把事情写下来也许是好事。如果发生了令人激动的事情，写下它可能会帮助你记住那段美好的时光!
A diary is a hole in a tree that can't talk. You can talk to yourself. Since you can't tell others about something, you can tell it to yourself. It's like today, I accidentally found something that has opened the scar in my heart for a long time. Those beliefs we thought were not what you thought. Then the spiritual beliefs you believed in suddenly collapsed. We even regret knowing these truths!
日记就是一个不会说话的树洞，自己跟自己对话，既然有些事不能跟别人说，那就说给自己听，犹如今日我无意间发现了一个事情，揭开了我内心已久的伤疤，那些我们原以为自己以为的信念，突然间发现它并不是你以为的，于是你坚信着的精神信念突然崩塌，我们甚至都后悔自己知道这些真相！
Keeping a diary is about recording life, "We must live, we must love, we must believe that there is still a lot of good that can happen to us.
写日记是为了记录生活，“我们必须生活、我们必须去爱、我们必须相信，还有很多好事能发生在我们身上。
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