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i have a choice

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-09-21 00:46 字体： [ ]　

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i woke up early today, excited over all i get to do before the clock strikes midnight. i have responsibilities to ¹ today. i am important.

my job is to choose what kind of day i am going to have.

today i can complain because the weather is rainy or i can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

today i can feel sad that i don’t have more money or i can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

today i can ² about（发牢骚，抱怨） my health or i can rejoice that i am alive.

today i can ³ over（哀悼，悲痛） all that my parents didn’t give me when i was growing up or i can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

today i can cry because roses have thorns or i can celebrate that thorns have roses.

today i can mourn my lack of friends or i can excitedly ⁴ upon（从事，着手） a quest to discover new relationships.

today i can ⁵（抱怨，牢骚） because i have to go to work or i can shout for joy because i have a job to do.

today i can ⁶ dejectedly（沮丧地） because i have to do housework or i can feel honored because the lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.

today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. and here i am, the ⁷ who gets to do the shaping.

what today will be like is up to me. i get to choose what kind of day i will have!

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1
vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意
参考例句：
if you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。 this company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

2
vi.抱怨；咕哝；n.抱怨，牢骚；咕哝，隆隆声
参考例句：
i don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的抱怨。 he could do nothing but grumble over the situation.他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。

3
n.悲叹，悔恨，恸哭；v.哀悼，悔恨，悲叹
参考例句：
her face showed lament.她的脸上露出悲伤的样子。 we lament the dead.我们哀悼死者。

4
vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机
参考例句：
he is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。 many people embark for europe at new york harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

5
v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣
参考例句：
you are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。 the bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

6
n.低语，低声的怨言；v.低语，低声而言
参考例句：
they paid the extra taxes without a murmur.他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。 there was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.大厅里有窃窃私语声。

7
n.雕刻家，雕刻家
参考例句：
a sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。 the sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。