雙語 ● Think it over...　好好想想……

Think it over...　好好想想……

◎ Charles Chaplin

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路，但是我們的性情卻更為急躁，眼光也更加狹隘；

We spend more, but enjoy less;

我們消耗得更多，享受到的卻更少；

We have bigger houses, but smaller families;

我們的住房更大了，但我們的家庭卻更小了；

We have more compromises, but less time;

我們妥協(xié)更多，可時間卻更少了；

We have more knowledge, but less judgment;

我們擁有了更多的知識，可判斷力卻更差了；

We have more medicines, but less health;

我們有了更多的藥品，但健康狀況卻更差了；

We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;

我們擁有的財富倍增，但其價值卻減少了；

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;

我們說的多了，愛的卻少了，我們的仇恨也更多了；

We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

我們可以往返月球，但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍；

We have conquered the utter space, but not our inner space;

我們可以征服外太空，卻征服不了我們的內(nèi)心；

We have higher income, but less morals;

我們的收入增加了，但我們的道德卻少了；

These are times with more liberty, but less joy;

我們的時代更加自由了，但我們擁有的快樂時光卻越來越少；

We have much more food, but less nutrition;

我們有了更多的食物，但我們的營養(yǎng)卻越來越少了；

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;

現(xiàn)在每個家庭都可以有雙份收入，但離婚現(xiàn)象卻越來越多了；

These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;

現(xiàn)在的住房越來越精致，但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭；

That’s why I propose, that as of today;

這就是我為什么要說，讓我們從今天開始；

You do not keep anything for a special occasion. Because every day that you live is a special occasion.

不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預(yù)留著。因?yàn)槟闵畹拿恳惶於际悄敲刺貏e。

Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;

尋找更多的知識，多讀一些書，坐在你家的前廊里，以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風(fēng)景，不要理會任何功利的想法；

Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;

多花點(diǎn)時間和朋友與家人在一起，吃你愛吃的食物，去你想去的地方；

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;

生活是一串串的快樂時光；我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存；

Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.

舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇你最好的香水，你想用的時候就享用吧！

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like “one of these days” or “someday”;

從你的詞匯庫中刪除那些所謂的“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”去寫的信，就在今天吧！

Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them;

告訴家人和朋友，我們是多么愛他們；

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;

不要延遲任何可以給生活帶來歡笑與快樂的事情；

Every day, every hour, and every minute is special;

每一天、每一小時、每一分鐘都是那么特別；

And you don’t know if it will be your last.

你無從知道這是否是你的最后一刻。

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