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用心思索(Think it over)

作者:思 晴




  最近在看发小写的BLOG,其中一篇文章的标题我特别喜欢,叫做:《我们拥有这么多却还不够》。想想真是这样,其实我们已经拥有了很多很多,但仍然希望拥有更多的美妙,不知这样是不是太贪婪了一点儿。电影《情归巴黎》中有这样一段台词:More isn't always better,sometimes more is just more.(有时候,多并不是一件好事,多仅仅是在数量上占优势而已。)与其奢想一些遥不可及的东西,不如时常想想自己的对错与得失,好好地把握自己现在所拥有的幸福!因为,当有一天,一切变得简单得不能再简单的时候,可能一点点的拥有都会变得无比的幸福。
  
  Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
  今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却变得更为急躁,眼光变得更加狭隘了;
  We spend more, but enjoy less;
  我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;
  We have bigger houses, but smaller families;
  我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;
  We have more compromises, but less time;
  我们妥协更多,时间更少;
  We have more knowledge, but less judgement;
  我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;
  We have more medicines, but less health;
  我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却每况愈下;
  We have multipliedout possessions, but reduced out values;
  我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;
  We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
  我们说的多了,爱的少了,仇恨多了;
  We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome tocross our own street and meet our neighbors;
  我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
  We have conquered the ulter space,but not our inner space;
  我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;
  We have higher income, but less morals;
  我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德观念却淡薄了;
  These are times with more liberty, but less joy;
  我们的时代更加自由了,但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;
  We have much more food, but less nutrition;
  我们有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;
  These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorcesincrease;
  现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象越来越多了;
  These are times of finer houses, but more brokenhomes;
  现在的住房越来越精致,但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;
  That's why I propose, that as of today;
  这就是我为什么要说,让我们从今天开始;
  You do not keep anything for a special occasion. Because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
  不要为了某一个特别的时刻而预留某件东西,因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别;
  Search for knowledge, read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
  寻找更多的知识,多读一些书,坐在你家的前廊里,以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景,不要带上任何功利的想法;
  Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;
  花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起,吃你爱吃的食物,去你想去的地方;
  Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;
  生活是一串串的快乐时光;我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存;
  Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it;
  举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水,你想用的时候就享用吧;
  Remove from your vocabulary phrases like“one of these days”or“someday”;
  从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;
  Let's write that letter we thought of writing“one of these days”!
  曾打算在“有那么一天”去写的信,就在今天写吧!
  Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
  告诉家人和朋友,我们是多么地爱他们;
  Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
  不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情;
  Every day, every hour, and every minute is special;
  每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别;
  And you don't know if it will be your last.
  你无从知道这是否是最后时刻。
  
  【细节链接】
  ①compromise:妥协, 折中。
  ②judgement:判断。
  ③multiply:(v.)繁殖,乘,增加。补充词汇:加(add);减(minus);乘(multiply);除(divide)。
  ④find it troublesome to do sth.=find it hard to do sth.:在这里用于表示做某件事非常困难。
  ⑤ulter space:外太空。
  ⑥moral:道德。
  ⑦nutrition:营养、营养学。
  ⑧divorce:离婚。
  ⑨broken:破碎的。
  ⑩perfume:香水。