如今，科技已经完全改变了我们以前的生活，我们的时间被社交网络、手机、游戏等慢慢吞噬，真正去完成一些事情的时间逐渐变少。
我们的意志力在不断地接受着各种诱惑的考验，在目标和堕落中挣扎的人越来越多。
不知道你有没有听过这样一个有趣的实验：测试孩子们对糖的自控能力。
具体做法是，能在一定时间内忍住不吃糖的孩子，会额外得到一块糖作为奖励。
结果显示，只有少部分孩子能坚持得到第二块糖。
根据观察，不管是在学校，还是在其他重要的领域，能在短期内抵抗糖诱惑的孩子，比无法抗拒诱惑的孩子表现更好。
那么，自律是什么？
自律是为了实现更长期目标而适当管理我们的冲动的能力，即意志力。
善于控制自己的人能做正确的事情，来保持自己的健康和快乐。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 完全 | wán quán | totally; entirely |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | interaction / social contact |
| 网络 | wǎng luò | network |
| 手机 | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone |
| 游戏 | yóu xì | game |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 吞噬 | tūn shì | to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | really; indeed |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 逐渐 | zhú jiàn | gradually |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 意志力 | yì zhì lì | willpower |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 不断 | bù duàn | unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept; to acquiesce |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 诱惑 | yòu huò | to entice / to lure / to induce / to attract |
| 考验 | kǎo yàn | trial / ordeal |
| 目标 | mù biāo | target / goal / objective |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 堕落 | duò luò | to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 挣扎 | zhēng zhá | to struggle |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
| 实验 | shí yàn | experiment / test |
| 测试 | cè shì | to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 糖 | táng | sweets / candy |
| 自控 | zì kòng | self-control |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 具体 | jù tǐ | concrete; specific; detailed |
| 做法 | zuò fǎ | way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 一定 | yī dìng | a certain ...; a given ... |
| 内 | nèi | within |
| 忍住 | rěn zhù | to hold back; to restrain oneself from doing something |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 额外 | é wài | extra / added / additional |
| 得 | dé | to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 作为 | zuò wéi | one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / as (in the capacity of) / qua |
| 奖励 | jiǎng lì | reward (as encouragement) |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | outcome; result; consequence |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 坚持 | jiān chí | to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 观察 | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 领域 | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 无法 | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 抗拒 | kàng jù | to resist / to defy / to oppose |
| 表现 | biǎo xiàn | expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 自律 | zì lǜ | self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 实现 | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 长期 | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 适当 | shì dàng | suitable; appropriate |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise / to manage / to administer |
| 冲动 | chōng dòng | impulse / urge |
| 即 | jí | namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) |
| 善于 | shàn yú | to be good at; to be adept at |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 正确 | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | health |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |