英语美文：我期待自己变老_英语美文

英语美文：我期待自己变老

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2020-03-17 06:39 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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I choose the thoughts that make me feel comfortable with growing older.

我选择能让自己坦然面对衰老的想法。

I am the perfect age.

我正值最佳年龄。

Each year is special and precious and filled with wonders all its own.

人生当中的每一年都是特别而珍贵的，且充满新奇。

Being elderly is as special as being a child.

成为老人和成为孩子一样都是一段特殊的经历。

Yet, my culture fears old age so much.

然而，我所身处的文化对于变老却非常恐惧。

We’ve made it such a terrible, terrible thing to get old.

人们认为变老是一件非常非常可怕的事情。

And yet it’s normal and natural.

然而这是正常而自然的现象。

We’ve created a youth-worship culture that is harmful to us all.

我们建立了一种“青春崇拜”的文化，这让我们所有人都深受其害。

I look forward to growing older.

我期待自己变老。

The alternative is to leave the planet¹.

代价是要离开这个世界。

I choose to love myself at every age.

我选择去爱每一岁的自己。

Just because I am older it does not mean I have to get sick and infirm.

虽然变老了，但这不意味着我一定会生病或变得虚弱。

I do not have to be hooked² up to machines or suffer in nursing homes in order to leave the planet.

当我离开这个世间时，我也并不一定非要在身上插满各种管子或待在养老院里挨日子。

When it’s my time to go, I’ll do it gently-perhaps go to bed, take a nap³, and leave peacefully.

到了我该告别的时候，我会温柔地完成这件事情-----也许我会走到床边躺下，打个盹，然后平静地离开。

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1 planet
n.行星
参考例句：
Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。 Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。

2 hooked
adj.钩状的，弯曲的
参考例句：
I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. 12 岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水。 He hooked his arm round her neck and pulled her head down. 他一只胳膊钩在她的脖子上，把她的头拉低。

3 nap
n.(白天)打瞌睡，打盹
参考例句：
The nap of the coat has been worn off.外衣上的绒毛已经磨掉了。 Don't bother me while I am taking my nap.我小睡的时候不要打扰我。