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【英文文筆補充錠】play big：玩大的？play small：玩小的？

play big vs. play small

Life is too short(短的). If you have only one chance(機會) in a lifetime(一輩子), you have to play big because(因為) it is “go big or go home”.

人生何其短。如果你一輩子僅有一次機會，就必須成就大事，因為你要嘛就做大一點，要嘛就滾蛋走人(回家)吧。

A: Let’s see who can finish(完成、搞定) 5 shots(小杯) of tequila(龍舌蘭酒) in 10 seconds(秒).

B: No, we’re playing big with 10 shots in 10 seconds. You still with me?

A: Um…Just keep(留著) those to yourself. I’m off!

A：我們來比看看誰能在10秒內喝完5杯龍舌蘭酒。

B：不對，我們要玩大一點，10秒內喝完10杯。你還要跟嗎？

A：痾…你自己留著喝吧，我閃人了啊～！

If you want to aim(瞄準) high, stop playing small.

如果你想要設下高遠的目標，就不要設限自己而把局給做小了。

Some people choose(選擇) to play small and suppress(壓抑) their desire(慾望) to become(成為) who they want to be, because they are afraid(害怕的) that they won’t be accepted(接受) by their parents(父母). If your parents don’t respect(尊重) you for who you really are, they don’t love you the right(正確的) way(方式).

某些人選擇限縮自己、壓抑想要做自己慾望，因為他們害怕自己不被父母接納。如果父母不尊重你真實的存在，他們就沒正確地愛你。

延伸閱讀：

dim 某人的 light [dɪm 某人的 laɪt]

dim 某人的 flame [dɪm 某人的 fleɪm]

Do not ever dim your light (flame) just because people look down on you. Shine it and show them.

別只因為人們看不起自己就屏蔽了自己的光芒，你要展現光芒讓他們看到。