Another Bill of Rights|权利新主张

[英语美文]

1. You have the right to be you—the way you are, the way you want to be.
 
2. You have the right to grow, to change, to become, to strive1, to reach for any goal, to be limited only by your degree of talent and amount of effort.
 
3. You have the right to privacy2 —in marriage, family, or any relationship or group,the right to keep a part of your life secret, no matter how trivial3 or important, merely because you want it to be that way.
 
4. You have the right to be alone part of the time each day, each week and each year, to spend time with and on yourself.
 
5. You have the right to be loved and to love, to be accepted, cared for, adored4, and you have the right to fulfill that privilege5.
 
6. You have the right to be listened to and taken seriously.
 
7. You have the right to self-respect and to do everything you need to do to increase your self-esteem6, so long as you hurt no one in doing so.
 
8. You have the right to be happy, to find something in the world that is meaningful and rewarding to you and that gives you a sense of completeness7.
 
9. You have the right to be trusted and to trust and to be taken at your word. If you are wrong, you have the right to be given a chance to make it good if possible.
 
10. You have the right to change your mind.
 
11. You have the right to be free as long as you act responsibly and are mindful8 of the rights of others and of those obligations that you entered into freely.
 
12. You have the right to win, to succeed, to compete, to make plans, to see those plans fulfilled, to become the best you can possibly become.

13. You have a right to boundaries and limits, a right to be intentional, a right to choice.


1.你有权保持自我,以你现在的方式或者以你希望的方式。

2.你有权发展,改变、成长、奋斗、实现任何目标,就看你有多高的天赋,肯付出多大的努力。

3.你有隐私权,无论是在婚姻、家庭方面还是在人际关系方面或是在团队中,你有权对自己的一部分生活保密,无论大事小事,只要你愿意。

4.你有权每天、每周、每年独处一段时间,与自己为伍,为自己办事。


5.你有被爱和爱人的权利,有权被人接受、被人惦念、被人仰慕,有权实现这种权利。

6.你有权被人倾听和重视。

7.你有权自尊,有权为了增强自尊心而做所有必要的事,只要你不伤害他人。

8.你有权幸福,有权寻觅世界上对你有意义、有价值并让你感到完美的事物。
9.你有权被人信任和信任别人,有权说话算话。如果你错了,你有权获得改正(如果能改的话)的机会。
10.你有权改变主意。
11.你有自由的权利,只要你行为负责,只要你顾及他人的权利和你自愿承担的义务。
12.你有权取胜,成功,竞争,制订计划,确保这些计划实行。尽你所能实现最完美的自我。
13.你有权限制、约束自己,有权做事有目的性,有权选择。

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1. strive [straiv] v. 努力,奋斗
2. privacy  n. 秘密,隐私
3. trivial  adj. 微不足道的
4. adore   v. 崇拜,爱慕
5. privilege  n. 特权,特别待遇
6. self-esteem  n. 自尊
7. completeness   n. 完全,完整
8. mindful  adj. 留心