死亡并不会因为我们年轻而遥远,何为重要?

死亡并不会因为我们年轻而遥远,何为重要?

2020-04-01    09'20''

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为你读英语美文·第354期 死亡并不会因为我们年轻而遥远,何为重要? 主播:Zac 坐标:北京 Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. 无论是否准备好,总有一天它都会走到尽头。那里没有日出,没有白天,没有小时和分钟。 All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 你收集的所有东西,不管你珍惜或忘记与否,它们都将流入他人手中。 Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. 不管是你得到的或是你欠别人的,可你的财产、名誉和权势也都会变成和你毫不相干的东西。 Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear. 你的怨恨、愤慨、挫折和妒忌最终也将消失。 So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire. 因此,你的希望、抱负、计划以及行动日程表也将全部结束。 The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. 当初看得比较重的成功得失也会消失。 It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived. 你来自何方,住在穷人区还是富人区也都不重要了。 It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant. 你昔日的漂亮与辉煌也都不重要了,你的性别、肤色、种族地位也将消失。 So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? 因此,什么重要呢?怎么衡量你有生之年的价值呢? What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave. 重要的不是你买了什么,而是你创造了什么;不是你得到了什么,而是你给予了什么。 What will matter is not your success, but your significance. 重要的不是你成功了,而是你生命的意义。 What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught. 重要的不是你学到了什么,而是你传授了什么。 What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. 重要的是每个行动之中都有正直和勇气的气概,伟大的同情心和牺牲精神,并且鼓励他人遵从榜样。 What will matter is not your competence, but your character. 重要的不是你的能力,而是你的性格。 What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone. 重要的不是你认识多少人,而是在你离开后,别人会认为是个永远的损失。 What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you. 重要的不是你想念谁,而是爱你的人想念你。 What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what. 重要的是别人会记你多长时间,谁记着你,为什么记着你。 Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. 生命中重要的是平安无事。 It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 那不是环境的问题,而是选择的问题。 Choose to live a life that matters. 选择有意义的人生吧! 为你读英语美文的听众朋友们好,我是Zac,在4月的北京向你问好。 清明,我们祭祖的时节,也是我们和祖先,和自己未来的宿命对话的机会。 疫情全球蔓延,夺去了很多人的生命。明天和意外,我们不知道哪一个会到来。 死亡并不因为我们年轻而显得遥远,思考这个问题能帮助我们更好地生活。借由对曾经的生命的陨落,我们会联想到自己未来生命陨落,会发自内心地产生一种紧迫感。 生命时不我待,不如静下心来想想什么是对自己真正重要的事情,然后以活在当下的心,去做这些重要的事情吧。 My Way 演唱:Elvis Presley And now, the end is near; 现在,我的末日将近, And so I face the final curtain. 面临人生的最后落幕, My friend, I'll make it clear, 我的朋友,我要说个清楚, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. 向你讲述我的人生之路。 I've lived a life that's full. 我活过一个充实的人生, I've traveled each and every highway; 我经历过每一段路途, And more, much more I did, 而更重要的是, I did it my way. 我用自己的方式。 Regrets, I've had a few; 遗憾,也有一些吧, But then again, too few to mention. 算不上多,不值一提。 I did what I had to do 我做了该做的一切, And saw it through without exemption. 洞悉世事,不求赦免。 I planned each charted course; 我规划过每一段人生, Each careful step along the by way, 每一个细微的脚步, and more, much more than this, 而更重要的是, I did it my way. 我用自己的方式。 Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew 是的,你知道有些时候, When I bit off more than I could chew. 我曾背负不能承受之重, But through it all, when there was doubt, 但自始至终,就算充满疑惑, I ate it up and spit it out. 我还是克服困难战胜了它。 I faced it all and I stood tall; 我挺直身躯,勇敢面对, And did it my way. 用我自己的方式。 I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried. 我曾经爱过,笑过,哭过, I’ve had my fill; my share of losing. 我曾经满足,也曾经失落, And now, as tears subside, 现在,当泪水慢慢沉淀, I find it all so amusing. 我发现原来可以一笑置之。 To think I did all that; 想到我所做过的一切, And may I say - not in a shy way, 我可以说,毫不羞愧地说, No, oh no not me, 我没有虚度, I did it my way. 我用自己的方式。 For what is a man, what has he got? 男人究竟是什么,拥有什么? If not himself, then he has naught. 除了自己,我们一无所有。 To say the things he truly feels; 说出心里最真实的感受, And not the words of one who kneels. 而不是那些身不由己的话。 The record shows I took the blows - 时间证明,我经受住了磨难, And did it my way! 用我自己的方式! Yes, it was my way. 没错,这就是我的方式。 ▎主播介绍 Zac: 本科毕业于西安外国语大学,硕士毕业于日本同志社大学,喜欢语言,音乐,美术,旅行 主播: Zac, 制作:永清 ▎节目首发,背景音乐,图文资料,更多推送 敬请关注Wechat:为你读英语美文,ID:readenglishforyou