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1、Sunsmil陽光般的微笑The sun shone brightly on the ground in front of her feet as she pondered the reality of light.太陽光芒四射地照耀這她腳前這片大地。她在沉思，思考著陽光是怎么一回事：How did light get here? Who made it and why?它是怎么來到這兒的？誰讓它來的？來做什么？She instinctively stepped into the sunspot and instantly felt warmer, brighter, and fuller o

2、f life and energy.她下意識(shí)地踏進(jìn)陽光里，整個(gè)人立刻覺得暖和，清醒起來，渾身充滿了生機(jī)和活力。The sun wrapped her in comfort and stability for, if nothing else,she could always count on the sunwaking her up most mornings.陽光籠罩著她，她感到很舒服很踏實(shí)，如果沒有其他事情，大多數(shù)早晨，她都會(huì)讓陽光叫她起床。Its predictable radiance felt like the mother she never had as her childhoo

3、d was characterized moreso by pain and heartache than comfort and love.太陽那如期而至的光芒就像媽媽一樣，雖然她從來就沒有感受過母愛，她的童年記憶里滿是痛苦和傷心，而不是關(guān)懷和愛 She stepped out of the sunlight and felt that all-too-familiar anxious pang in the pit of her stomach as she remembered how horrible it was to live in her childhood home.她從陽光里

4、走出來，一陣再熟悉不過的惱人的悲痛襲擊了她的胸口，讓她回憶起童年時(shí)的可怕生活。Memories flooded her mind as she unsuccessfully tried to block them out by thinking good thoughts.她努力朝好的方面想，希望能抵擋住如洪水般泛濫的痛苦回憶，但是無濟(jì)于事。Oh how she wished she could curl up in the middle of the sun and allow its love to encase her for alleternity.她是多么希望可以蜷縮在溫暖的陽光里，

5、讓太陽的愛包裹著她直到永遠(yuǎn)。But, no, she was stuck here on earth with those who didn't feel the sun's rays the same way shedid,who didn't feel deeply connected to this amazing source of life.然而，這是不可能的。她只能在這兒，和其他人一起。其他人不像她一樣渴望陽光，也不曾覺得自己與這神奇的 生命之源有什么緊密聯(lián)系。All she could do was stand in the sun on occasion

6、 and shut out the rest of the world for a little while.她唯一能做的就是偶爾站在陽光里，和陽光以外的世界短暫地隔離。Maybe if she stood here long enough they would cease to exist.她想也許只要一直站在陽光里，外面的世界也就不復(fù)存在了。The sound of her cell phone playing its predictable tune brought her out of her thoughts and thewarmth of the sun as she went

7、inside to take the call.手機(jī)響起熟悉的鈴聲，把她帶回到現(xiàn)實(shí)，她從溫暖的陽光里走出來，進(jìn)屋接電話。Another client, another sales pitch, another moment of feeling disconnected from people.又是一個(gè)客戶，又是一通兜攬生意的套話，又是一陣脫離人群的空虛。Tonight would be no difference as she would go home and try to make small talk with her husbandover the dinner table,all

8、the while wishing she was communing with the sun instead.今晚又會(huì)是老樣子：回家，盡量在晚餐時(shí)和丈夫聊幾句，她倒希望這時(shí)候和自己交流的是太陽。Just as she was feeling really sorry for herself, she was met with a smile from a perfect stranger,passing through the office.正當(dāng)她為自己難過的時(shí)候，她看到一個(gè)完全陌生的人在對(duì)著她微笑，微笑穿透了整個(gè)房間The feeling created by the smile rem

9、inded her of something very familiar.這個(gè)微笑帶給她一種似曾相識(shí)的感覺。She paused, reflecting on the sensation deep inside of her and realized that she just felt the sun shining on her, only this time it was in the form of another human being.她愣了一會(huì)兒，回想起剛才內(nèi)心深處的感受，頓時(shí)明白了那是陽光的溫暖，只不過這次帶給她這種感覺的是一個(gè) 活生生的人。Funny how she had

10、been smiled at a million times before, but this was the first time she felt the actual essence of it.然而有趣的是，千千萬萬的人都對(duì)她微笑過，這次卻是她第一次感受到微笑的真諦。At that moment she saw that humans have as much of the sun in them as the sun itself;they're justnot used to letting themselves shine.就在那一刻，她發(fā)覺在人身上也有像太陽一樣的熱情，

11、只是人們不習(xí)慣表達(dá)這種熱情而已。Why bother when very few of us embody this? Why does it matter since we're all just out for ourselves ?" 既然大家都不太愿意表達(dá)，我們又何必自找麻煩呢？反正我們只代表著自己，都只為自己而活？She now knew that all it took was one smileone ray of light to change the world, for in that smileshines the entire force that i

12、s the giver of all that is.現(xiàn)在她明白了，僅僅一個(gè)微笑，一道光芒，就可以改變整個(gè)世界，這個(gè)微笑閃耀著微笑者的整個(gè)光輝。One smile passed from stranger to stranger will lighten the whole world.人人都以微笑示人，那么這一道光芒就能照亮全世界。Love is the answer to every question.愛是所有問題的答案。Why are we here? Love.我們?yōu)楹蝸淼竭@個(gè)世界上？因?yàn)閻?。Where do we come from?Love.我們從哪里來？來自愛。How do we

13、 create world peace?Love.我們?cè)趺磩?chuàng)造世界和平？通過愛。It may sound overly simplistic to themodern human being, since we want to analyze and look for complex answers to questions.這對(duì)當(dāng)今的人們來說，未免過于簡(jiǎn)單，因?yàn)槲覀兿矚g復(fù)雜地分析問題并且希望得到復(fù)雜的答案。We don't believe that life is simple and the answers to its problems can also be simple: l

14、ove.我們不相信生活是簡(jiǎn)單的，也不相信生活中所有問題的答案也是簡(jiǎn)簡(jiǎn)單單的一個(gè)字：愛。In truth, what are anger, sadness, pain but the soul's desire for love?事實(shí)上，與靈魂對(duì)于愛的渴求相比，憤怒，悲傷，痛苦對(duì)于靈魂而言簡(jiǎn)直不名一文。If we learn to love ourselves without reservation, and to love the world in the same way, the answer is simple.如果我們能毫無保留地愛自己，并且同樣地愛這個(gè)世界，那么答案就十分簡(jiǎn)單

15、了。It is impossible, when f川ed with love, to be aggressive or hate-f川ed or violent.當(dāng)心中充滿愛的時(shí)候，我們是不可能崇尚暴力，并充滿仇恨情緒的。When we know that we are beautiful and wonderful, we see the world through those eyes.當(dāng)我們認(rèn)識(shí)到自己很完美的時(shí)候，我們就會(huì)以同樣的眼光看待這個(gè)世界,We see the beauty and wonder in all things around us.我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)周圍的事物有多么美好，有

16、多么奇妙。We don't need to look outside ourselves for the love we seek. It has been there all along.要尋找愛，我們只需要看到自己就可以了。其實(shí)愛一直在我們自己身上，It is the voice of our self-esteem.愛是我們自尊的呼聲，It is our anger saying, Hey this is not right for me. I don't want this in my life any longer.是我們憤怒地喊出的那句話：嗨，不能這樣對(duì)我，我再也不

17、想這樣了。Self-love is saying no to abuse and betrayal.自愛會(huì)告訴你不要以惡待人，It is wanting the very best for yourself and accepting only that in your life.也不要做出背叛他人的事情。她希望你表現(xiàn)出最好的一面，It is healing the wounds that you have carried all your life.在你的一生中，她也只允許你這么做。她會(huì)撫平你一生中的傷口。Self-love is walking away from those who mi

18、streat you, knowing that you deserve better.自愛會(huì)讓你離開不善待你的人，因?yàn)樗滥銘?yīng)該過得更好。It is taking the risk to pursue the career that will bring you joy.她會(huì)讓你冒險(xiǎn)去嘗試能帶給你快樂的事業(yè)。It is listening to your own inner voice: the one that will always guide you to what is best.她會(huì)傾聽你內(nèi)心的聲音，那個(gè)聲音會(huì)引領(lǐng)你找到最美好的事物。It is trusting in yours

19、elf completely.自愛是完完全全相信自己。Self-love is following that little voice within that says, Oh I want to do that today.當(dāng)你心里想：哦,我想今天做這件事。自愛就會(huì)支持這個(gè)小小的念頭。Sometimes it means ignoring the voice ofshoulds' and have-tos'.有時(shí)，自愛就意味著不要在意那些應(yīng)該和必須，It is believing that, when you seek what you desire and f川 yours

20、elf with joy, you will also be spreading that joy to those around you.她相信你因?qū)ふ易约簤?mèng)想而滿心愉悅的時(shí)候，你也會(huì)把那份快樂帶給周圍的其他人。Love will f川 you up so you will know there is nothing missing in your life.當(dāng)愛一直陪伴你左右的時(shí)候，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一生當(dāng)中你沒有錯(cuò)過任何事情。Love will lead you to every answer.愛，會(huì)告訴你所有答案。Three Days to See假如給我三天光明All of us have r

21、ead thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live.我們大家都讀過一些令人激動(dòng)的故事，這些故事里的主人公僅僅活在有限并且特定的時(shí)間內(nèi)，Sometimes it was as long as a year;有時(shí)長(zhǎng)達(dá)一年，sometimes as short as twenty-four hours.有時(shí)卻短至一日。But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend

22、 his last days or his last hours.但我們總是想要知道，注定要離世人的會(huì)選擇如何度過自己最后的時(shí)光。I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice,not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.當(dāng)然，我說的是那些有選擇權(quán)利的自由人，而不是那些活動(dòng)范圍受到嚴(yán)格限定的死囚Such stories set us thinking,wonderingwhat we should do under similar circu

23、mstances.這樣的故事讓我們思考，在類似的處境下，我們?cè)撟鲂┦裁?？What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortalbeings?作為終有一死的人，在臨終前的幾個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)我們應(yīng)該做什么事，經(jīng)歷些什么或做哪些聯(lián)想？What happiness should we find in reviewing the past,what regrets?回憶往昔，什么使我們開心快樂？什么又使我們悔恨不已？Sometimes I have thought it wo

24、uld be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should dietomorrow.有時(shí)我想，把每天都當(dāng)作生命中的最后一天來邊，也不失為一個(gè)極好的生活法則。Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life.這種態(tài)度會(huì)使人格外重視生命的價(jià)值。We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor,and a keenness of appreciation which are oftenlost when time stret

25、ches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years tocome.我們每天都應(yīng)該以優(yōu)雅的姿態(tài)，充沛的精力，抱著感恩之心來生活。但當(dāng)時(shí)間以無休止的日，月和年在我們面前 流逝時(shí)，我們卻常常沒有了這種子感覺。There are those, of course,who would adopt the Epicurean motto of "Eat, drink, and be merry,當(dāng)然，也有人奉行吃，喝，享受”的享樂主義信條，but most people would be chaste

26、ned by the certainty of impending death.但絕大多數(shù)人還是會(huì)受到即將到來的死亡的懲罰。Most of us, however, take life for granted.然而，我們中的大多數(shù)人都把生命看成是理所當(dāng)然的。We know that one day we must die,but usually we picture that day as far in the future.我們知道有一天我們必將面對(duì)死亡，但總認(rèn)為那一天還在遙遠(yuǎn)的將來。When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable.當(dāng)我們身強(qiáng)體健之時(shí)，死亡簡(jiǎn)直不可想象，We seldom think of it.我們很少考慮到它。The days stretch out in an endless vista.日子多得好像沒有盡頭。So we go about our petty tasks,hard