You must want real life, not mere pleasure of sensual gratification.

为此，你必须将自己终极目标设定为获取真正生活，而决不能因为一些世俗感官享受就感到心满意足。

Because, sweetheart, it is my job to teach you about responsibility, setting goals, delayed gratification.

因为，亲爱，我有责任让你会履行职责，会确立人生目标，会先劳后享。

People today want fast food, sound bytes and instant gratification.

如今人们餐，电台、电视台播放简短片断，还即刻得到满足。

First, the need for immediate gratification and quick results.

第一，对即时满足和立见影渴望。

I needed to work towards my goals accepting that I may not get instant gratification.

我得努力朝目标前进，接受自己可能不会得到立即满足感。

If you want to build self-discipline, you need to become a master of long-term gratification.

如果你想养成自律，你善于长期奖励。

That is, long-term goals begin to suffer at the expense of instant gratification.

就这样，长远目标开始遭受即时满足损耗。

“derive profound gratification from the prospect of humiliating their former masters and overlords.”

相反，他写道，数百万人“从羞辱自己祖先和君主过程获得极大满足感。”

There's a quality you shouldn't have a need for instant gratification.

有一种品质你不应该即时满足。

Every morsel of this last dish was finished, to Martha's great gratification.

这最后一道菜每一口都被吃完了，这让玛莎非常满意。

Because I get self-gratification, but I even get more gratification seeing other people's faces light up.

因为我能获得自我满足感，但看到别人眼前一亮，我这种满足感会更多。

Millions, he writes, “derive profound gratification from the prospect of humiliating their former masters and overlords.”

相反，他写道，数百万人“从羞辱自己祖先和君主过程获得极大满足感。”

Our minds bounce from one distraction to the next, trapped in a vortex of distraction and instant gratification.

我们大脑从一个分心事物跳到下一个分心事物，陷入分心和即时满足漩涡中。

Interest rates are the reward for deferring gratification, for renting out money that could have been spent today.

利率是对延迟满足回报，是把本可以花在今天钱租出去回报。

The life of a dog or a cat or a chicken consists of appetites, cravings, desires, and their gratifications.

狗、猫、小鸡生命都充斥着各类嗜好、渴望、欲望以及满足感。

On the topic of immediate gratification, I think back to that Excel document I created as a first-year teacher.

说到即时满足，我想起了当小班老师时做那张表格。

Along the way, they conquered their bad habits and they learned the importance of delaying gratification.

一路走来，他们战胜了自己恶习，懂得了延迟满足重性。

On top of this, people have become used to the instant gratification offered by social media and streaming platforms.

此外，人们已经习惯了社交媒体和流媒体平台提供即时满足感。

What do you know about delayed gratification? It's not even noon yet, you're already on your third glass of wine.

你知道什么叫先劳后享？还不到中午，你已经喝了3杯了。

The point is to simply make the conscious effort to engage less and less in this type of instant gratification.

关键是有意识逐渐减少从事这种及时满足行为。