答案和解析来啦:
When I show most people this image that I created and ask what they see,
当我向大多数人展示我画的图像,问他们看到了什么的时候,
everybody says that they see some variation of a question mark and two periods.
每个人都说他们看到了一个问号和两个句号。
When I ask them what else they see, I get weird looks as if there isn’t anything else to see in that image.
当我问他们还看到了什么的时候,他们的表情有些奇怪,好像除了这些图片中什么都没有一样。
Most people can even tell you that the two periods represent your past and your future and the question mark is what you are doing today.
大多数人甚至会说,两个句号代表着你的过去和未来,而问号则是你当下的状态。
They wouldn’t be wrong.
说的没错。
But here is where we get our focus all wrong.
但我们关注的点完全错了。
As a society, we are either focused on not repeating the mistakes of our past or focused on what we are going to do in the future.
作为社会中的一份子,我们要么努力不重复过去犯的错,要么专注于我们未来要做的事情。
Our past could be five minutes ago or fifty years ago.
我们说的过去,可能是五分钟前,也可能是五十年前。
Our future could be what we are going to order at the drive-through in thirty seconds or thirty years from now.
未来可能是三十秒后在穿梭餐厅点餐的时刻或从现在算起的三十年后。
We focus on what we are doing and make awesome lists to keep us on track and keep us moving ahead.
我们专注于当下,制定完美的计划,并在正确的道路上不断前进。
We focus on what we are reading, what we are studying, what we are watching and listening to.
我们关注的是我们读的内容,研究的内容,看的内容和听的内容。
We focus on where we were wronged, the injustices that have happened to us, and
what society needs to do to give us equality.
我们关注的是出现错误的地方,发生在身边的不公平现象,以及如何实现人人平等。
What if I were to tell you that in the image above there is more white space than there are actual markings in the image?
如果我告诉你,图中空白的空间比符号要大得多。
Would you shift your focus?
你会转移注意力吗?
解析在这里哦!
1. periods,名词,单词原形为:period,表示“句号”,也就是full stop。
2. drive-through,名词,表示“免下车餐馆、银行或饭馆”,比如:I got some dinner at a drive-through and headed home. (我在一个汽车餐馆买了晚餐就奔家去了。)
3. injustices,名词,单词原形为:injustice,表示“不公正的行为; 不公平的评论”,比如:He had been the victim of a grievous injustice. (他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。)
4. markings,名词,单词原形为:marking,表示“记号”,比如:A plane with Danish markings was over-flying his vessel. (一架带有丹麦标志的飞机正从他的轮船上空飞过。)