“I don”t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”
—— Pearl Buck, Novelist
「我不等对的心情 ,如果这么做你不会完成任何事,你内心需知道它得努力工作。」– 珀尔‧巴克 (小说 家)
mood (n.) 是「心情」;如:I am not in the mood to talk. (我没有说话的心情。) have/has got to 是「必需」;如:We have got to leave early in order to arrive on time. (我们得早点出发以准时到达。) get down to 是「开始认真…」;如:Let”s get down to business. (我们开始认真做事吧。)