【文明礼仪】改变世界，从整理床铺开始

Hello, everyone! Today I want to share with you the words of American who knows the secret to changing the world.

大家好，今天我想和大家分享的是一位著名的美国人所说的话。他知道改变世界的秘密。

He said, if you want to change the world, and then start by making your bed. That might surprise you. You might think making your bed is simple and easy, but that was the point.

他说，如果你想要改变世界，就从整理床铺开始。可能这种说法会让你们感到惊讶。或许你们认为铺床是多么简单、容易的一件事儿，但关键点恰恰就在这儿。

He said if you make your bed every morning and you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will turn into many tasks completed.

如果每天早上铺好床，你就已经完成了一天中的第一个任务。它将给你一种自豪感，并且会鼓励你去完成一个又一个任务。在一天结束的时候，这个完成的小任务就会变成很多很多完成的任务。

Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. If you can't do little things right, you will never do the big things right.

而铺床这件小事更加印证了一个事实;生活中的小事至关重要。如果你不能把小事做好，那么你也不会做成大事。

And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come to the bed that you made and it will give you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

如果偶尔你感觉痛苦，当你回到家中，躺在那张铺你亲手铺好的床上。这张床会给予你鼓励，明天会更加美好！

So my advice to you is this: Make sure you do all the little things, and do them well. Brush your teeth, do your homework, treat your teachers and classmates with respect...and if you want to change the world, make your bed.

所以，我的建议是：确保认认真真地做好生活中的每一件小事，刷牙、做作业，尊敬老师，友爱同学。如果你想改变世界，那么就从铺好床开始吧！

其实我们中国也有类似的汉语典故：

可见，做好生活中的每一件小事，是多么重要。那么，10月就让我们从班级常规习惯比赛开始吧！