英語美文朗讀 第506期 The Time You Have
These are roughly 28,835 Jelly Beans. I counted out 500 of them and used those to weigh the rest. In this pile, there is one Jelly Bean for each day that the average American will live. You might have more beans in your life, or maybe less, but on average this is the time we have. Here's a single bean. It's your very first day. A special day, but kind of a rough day on everyone involved. Add 364 more and you have the first year of your life.
這是大概28835顆糖豆。我數(shù)出單獨的500顆糖豆，然后用它們來衡量剩下的糖豆。在這一堆里面，每顆糖豆代表普通美國人的一天。你的糖豆可能多些，也可能少些，但是平均來看，這就是我們擁有的時間。這是一顆單獨的糖豆，這就是你生命中的第一天。這是很獨特的一天，但是對于所有與這天有關(guān)的人來說，這也是很艱難的一天。再數(shù)上364顆，這就是你人生中的第一年。
Now for a sense of scale, here are your first fifteen years. 5,475 days. Which brings us to the threshold of adulthood. And at that moment this is the time that we have left. And this is, on average, what we will do with all that time. We will be asleep for a total 8,477 days. If we're lucky some of the time will be sleeping next to someone we love. We will be in the process of eating, drinking, or preparing food for 1,635 days. We will be at work, hopefully doing something satisfying for the equivalent of 3,202 of those days.
為了讓你更清楚地看到量的大小，這是你人生中的頭15年，一共有5475天，然后你就準(zhǔn)備成年了。在那時，這是你剩下的時間。接下來要說的，就是我們一般如何使用這些時間。我們會用8477天來睡覺。如果我們足夠幸運，那么在這8477天中的一部分時間里，我們將會睡在心愛的人身旁。我們會用1635天來吃飯，喝水，或者準(zhǔn)備食物。我們會用3202天來工作，但愿這個工作能讓我們滿意吧。
1,099 days will be spent commuting or travelling from one place to another, maybe a little bit more if you live in LA. On average we will watch television in one form or another for a total of 2,676 days. House hold activities, like chores and tending to our pets and shopping will take another 1,576 days. And we will care for the needs and well-being of others, our friends and family, for 564 days. We will spend 671 days bathing, grooming, and doing all other bathroom related activities.
我們會把1099天的時間花在路上，從一個地方去另一個地方，如果你住在洛杉磯的話，可能你花的時間比這還要多些。我們平均會花2676天來觀看電視節(jié)目，花1576天來做家務(wù)，照料寵物，購物，花564天來照顧他人，照顧朋友和家人，花671天來梳洗打扮等。
And another 720 will go to community activities like religious and civic duties, charities, and taking classes. After we remove all those beans, this is what remains. This is the time that we have left. Time for laughing, swimming, making art, going on hikes, text messages, reading, checking Facebook, playing softball, maybe even teaching yourself how to play the guitar. So, what are you going to do with this time? How much of it do you think you've already used up?
我們會花720天參與社區(qū)活動，比如參加宗教活動，履行公民義務(wù)，參加慈善活動，參加不同課程。把剛才的那些糖豆拿開之后，這些就是剩下的，這就是我們真正剩下的時間，用來開懷大笑，游泳，創(chuàng)造藝術(shù)，爬山，發(fā)短信，閱讀，瀏覽Facebook，打壘球，甚至自學(xué)彈吉他。那么，你會怎么使用這些時間呢?你已經(jīng)用了其中的多少呢?
If you only had half of it, what would you do differently? What about half of that? How much time have you already spent worrying instead of doing something that you love? What if you just had one more day? What are you going to do today?
如果你擁有的時間，只有這些的一半，那你會怎么做?要是再減半呢?你已經(jīng)把多少時間花在了憂慮上，而不是花在做自己熱愛的事情上?如果你擁有再多一天，會怎么樣?你今天會做什么?
