Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments 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 judgment; 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 goblets.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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