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Hooked on the Quick Fix
迷恋快速解决法
Mary Ellen Strote
玛丽·埃伦·斯特罗特
Ten pounds down. Twenty-five to go. With the help of a personal trainer, former yo-yo dieter Nancy H. had been making steady progress toward a healthier weight. But when her trainer told her she needed more aerobic exercise and a better diet, Nancy, 31, hesitated. She didn't have the patience to wait a whole year to feel better about the way she looked. Instead, she paid the first of several visits to a cosmetic surgeon, where she signed up for a liposuction plus tummy tuck, then more on her thighs and torso, and hey, while she was at it, a breast reduction.
已经减掉了10磅，还需要再减25磅。在私人教练的帮助下，原先节食减肥总是反弹的南希·H.的体重正稳步达到更健康的水平。但是当教练告诉她还需要做更多的有氧运动，并且进一步节食时，31岁的南希犹豫了。她还需要再这样坚持一整年的时间才能对自己的样子感觉更好，她没有这份耐心。于是南希拜访了一位整形医师，接下来还拜访了很多次。她在整容医师那里报名做了吸脂手术和收腹手术，然后又进行了美腿手术和美体手术。最后，嘿，一不做二不休，还进行了缩乳手术。
With Internet shopping and 30-minute pizza delivery, we've come to expect, even demand, instant gratification. If we can turn our work around in a flash with the help of laptops, pagers, cell phones, faxes and e-mail, why shouldn't we expect to turn ourselves around—physically, mentally or emotionally—with the same expedience? Well, because that is not the way self-improvement happens.
随着网上购物和披萨30分钟送上门这些事成为现实，我们开始期盼甚至要求即时的满足。 既然我们能够借助手提电脑、呼机、手机、传真和电子邮件很快地完成我们的工作，那么我们为什么不能期望我们的身心及情感靠同样的速效方法得到改善呢？那是因为那不是自我完善应该发生的方式。
