The Beginning of a New Day
Guidance for Reciting
Yesterday is a cancelled check；tomorrow is a promissory note；today is the only cash you have，so spent it wisely.
This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or use it for good，
but what I do today is important，
because I am exchanging a day of my life for it！
When tomorrow comes，this day will be gone forever，
leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain，and not lose.
Good，and not evil；Success，and not failure，
in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it.
Notes
evil [5i：vl] a. 邪恶的，坏的
这是新的一天的开始
诵读导言
昨天是一张作废的支票；明天是一张期票；只有今天才是可以拥有的现金，所以要好好利用！
这是新的一天的开始，
上帝已将这一天恩赐于我，
让我按照自己的意愿来利用它。
我可以浪费它也可以很好地利用它，
但真正重要的是我今天的所作所为，
因为我正在用我生命中的一天与之交换！
当明天来临，这一天将永远消逝，
留给这一天的是我付出后换来的收获。
我希望这一天有所得而无所失，
美好幸福而无灾祸，取得成功而不失败，
这样我就不会后悔我为它付出的代价。
口语点津
for good表示“永久地”。例如：
He will give up smoking for good and all. 他再也不吸烟了。
The pianist gave a long and varied recital，with a couple of encores for good measure.
那钢琴家的独奏演出会时间长、节目多，还加奏了两支曲子。
Religion has been an influence for good in her life.
宗教信仰一直引导她向善。