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Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments1 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,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;

  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 famillies;

  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 judgment2

  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,但健康状况却更不如意;

  We have multiplied out 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,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;

  We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross 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 uter 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 highter income,but less morals;

  我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德却少了;

  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 divorces increase;

  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 broken homes;

  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.不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,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;

  寻找更我的知识,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 goblets3.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“有那么一天”去写的信,就在今天吧!

  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.你无从知道这是否最后刻。



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1 temperaments 30614841bea08bef60cd8057527133e9     
性格( temperament的名词复数 ); (人或动物的)气质; 易冲动; (性情)暴躁
参考例句:
  • The two brothers have exactly opposite temperaments: one likes to be active while the other tends to be quiet and keep to himself. 他们弟兄两个脾气正好相反, 一个爱动,一个好静。
  • For some temperaments work is a remedy for all afflictions. 对于某些人来说,工作是医治悲伤的良药。
2 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
3 goblets 9daf09d5d5d8453cf87197359c5852df     
n.高脚酒杯( goblet的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Oh the goblets of the breast! Oh the eyes of absence! 噢,乳房的杯盏!噢,失神的双眼! 来自互联网
  • Divide the digestive biscuit crumbs mixture between 6 goblets. 消化?底分成6双玻璃杯中。 来自互联网
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