认识，我们稍后再探讨；第二是试验的观念--当你要按直觉行事时，记住：在作出重大决定之前要试验清楚。
莉莲·鲁宾博士：不错！但是，不只要试验，倘若你说：“我感到要走那条路而不是这条”，走了一段路程后，当你发现自己选错了，你会说：“哦，我应该回头。”那么，你就不要犹豫，去做！
范·德·马克：自我认识是个更重要、更广泛的问题。要知道什么是你真正想要的，什么是真正适合你的：例如择偶或找新房子、新工作或新老板，你应该问自己些什么问题呢？你是否应经常性地问自己呢？
莉莲·鲁宾博士：我想是这样的。在做重大决定时，最好坚持多问自己问题。自我认识需要你聆听内心的声音，你要明白自己未必总是在做你想做的事情，你也许只是在做你应该做的事情。我不是说人该被“应该”两个字困着，但你知道的，我们却经常会做我们应该做的事。用婚姻举例说明：人人都想结婚，想坠入爱河然后跟理想的对象结婚。他们这么做恰好是错误的。你认识多少这样的人--我就认识很多--他们直到结婚的当天才问自己：“你在干什么？”其结果是他们还是结了婚。
范·德·马克：你认识多少这样的人？我的意思是你给很多人做过咨询，有多少人会有那种感觉呢？
莉莲·鲁宾博士：很多很多，这不是什么罕见的事。那种不是一时的婚姻焦虑感，而是你内心在告诉你“也许这个决定是错的。”但他们没有不理会，因为他们已经投入了太多的感情和时间。
范·德·马克：请大家听听其他将直觉付诸行动的人有何高见。
霍华德·舒尔茨：你一辈子认识多少人是说过“我也曾有过那种想法”、“我早知道是这样”或者“我差点就成功了，但我最终还是放弃了。”我觉得有时候，成败输赢之间只是一步之遥，只视乎你是坚持还是放弃。
萨姆纳·列思多：你是没办法了解自己的。很多时候你只能凭直觉下判断。那么你的直觉是什么？直觉是经验，我认为智力从某种程度上说便是直觉。你要勇于冒险。
杰克·韦尔奇：获得自信是你成功的关键，贯穿你的人生。
保尔·萧：五年后潮流有什么转变，那便要靠你的直觉做判断了。但直觉真的是要来自经验，而不是指你某天醒来突然决定不做这个而做那个。真正的直觉是来自你对不同事物的明察秋毫。
马琳·麦克丹尼尔：我想一切的挫折都对你有利，这就是所谓的柳暗花明又一村。这些挫折可能早已注定，也许这是命运，我相信命运。但这些早已注定的挫折是要令你改变方向，也许你停留在某种状况下实在太久，已不会前进了。生命是要不断地学习和成长，而你要随着那股动力不断前进，动力是无时不在的。
注释：
1) hunch n. 基于直觉的想法
2) sort out 挑选出
3) in terms of 根据，按照，在……方面
4) intuition n. 直觉
5) steep v. 沉浸，浸，泡
6) observance n. 惯例，仪式
7) setback n. 挫折，顿挫
★★《2003年03月号-第39期-disc02-09》★★
campus english
dialogue one: "i'm always two steps behind"
(karen, marvin and tony are in the school cafeteria.)
karen: i can't believe finals will be here in just two weeks. once again, i'm not even close to "being ready"! you'd think that by now i'd learn how to 1)budget my time better.
marvin: welcome to the club! i was doing fine until after midterms. then i took it easy. now i'm paying for it. i have three research papers to finish in three weeks. help!
tony: you're not alone. i don't have any papers, but i have final exams and several books to finish before then. that's not counting all the review reading i'll have to do, either.
karen: all my friends are in the same boat. i'm going to have to pull quite a few all-nighters during the next couple of weeks.
marvin: me, too. in fact, (checking his watch) i really have to get going, you guys. i've got a hot date...
tony: how can you have time for a date when you've got all that work to do?
marvin: ...with the library.
tony: oh, i see. well, catch you later, marv.
karen: yeah, marv. call me on the weekend.
marvin: right. anyway, see you guys later. (he leaves.)
tony: seriously, though, karen, you're a senior. you should have some good tips on budgeting time in college. you know, i was thinking of getting a part-time job next year because i really need more money, but i don't want to ask my parents for any more. but i'm so busy, how am i going to work and study? i know you have a part-time job. how do you do it?
karen: to be honest with you, tony, i don't think i'm doing a very good job of balancing my schoolwork with my job. i'm always two steps behind. if you do find a cure for always being behind, let me know, ok? (checking her watch) i've got to get back to the dorm and continue writing that paper. say! why don't you talk to your advisor. and let me know! (she leaves running.)
tony: (to himself) my advisor...
dialogue two: "i've come to my advisor for some advice"
( tony pays a visit to his advisor, dr. hampton. he knocks on the professor's door.)
hampton: come in!
tony: hi, professor hampton. it's me, tony trembley again. i hope i'm not bothering you. i know how busy everyone is near the end of the 2)semester, but...
hampton: have a seat, tony. i'm not that busy. like everyone else, i have plenty to do, but i try to keep up with my work. now, what's on your mind?
tony: that's it! that's it exactly!
hampton: i'm not following you.
tony: excuse me, but you were talking about keeping up with your work, keeping on 3)schedule. that's my problem. i can never seem to keep up with all my responsibilities, no matter how hard i try. and next year i'd like to try working part- time for some more spending money. if i can't manage my time right, i won't be able to do either well.
hampton: now that would be a problem, wouldn't it? i'm a believer in working to take care of one's bills, but i also believe you have to do things well, or they're not worth doing.
tony: and so i've come to my advisor for some advice. i know this isn't an 4)academic problem, madam, but i'd really like some help with this one.
hampton: i'm afraid the answer to your problem isn't in any of our textbooks, tony. but maybe a little common sense will see you through.
tony: i'm afraid i don't have much common sense, or i could figure out what to do on my own.
hampton: well, consider these tips for time management. first, don't bite off more than you can chew. take a full study load - not more - and plan your time 5)accordingly.
tony: i thought i was doing that now.
hampton: chances are you're not using your time 6)efficiently, ton