2021年1月23日发(作者：masturbate)
The Warmth in Winter
冬日的温暧

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、
The Warmth in Winter
冬日的温暧

Winter gives us the opportunity to stay inside and look outside, as we’re
not called outdoors to enjoy the warmth and sunshine. SnuggN1 up in the
sofa,
put
a
blanket
over
you,
have
a
cup
of
hot
cocoa,
and
enjoy
the
observations on this precious season...
当我们没有出外享受温暖和阳光时，冬季为人们创造了一

个待在室
内，观察室外的机会。铺条毯子在身上，卷曲在沙发

上，喝着一杯
热可可，享受着观察这个美丽季节的快乐。



Winter is the
time
for
comfort,
for good
food
and
warmth,
for
the
touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: It is the time for
home.


冬季是一个享受舒适，美食与温馨的季节。冬季也是传递

友谊
的季节，
冬季还是围坐在火炉旁谈天说地的季节。
冬季是享受家之温
暖的季节 。



During
the
winter
I
am
content,
or
try
to
think
I
am.
There
is
a
wonderful
joy
in
leaving
behind
the
noisy
city
streets
and
starting
out
along the white road that leads across the hills. With each breath of the
sharp, reviving air one seems to inhale new life. A peace as evident as the
sunshine on the fields takes possession of one’s inner being. The trivial
cares are driven away by the first sweep of wind that comes straight from
the mountains. The intense silence that broods over the snow-bound land
is a conscious blessing from the nature.
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在冬季，我很满足，或自认为满足。把喧闹的城市街区抛在

身
后，沿着白皑 皑的公路前往山岗。在每一次强烈，复苏的呼吸下，整
个人也好像注入了新生。
照射在田野上的 宁静的阳光同时也感染了我
们的内心世界，
从山岗上径直吹来的第一丝风也将心中琐碎的烦恼一
并吹走。
白雪覆盖着的大地显得分外寂静，
这是一份来自大自然的祝
福。


Sometimes
our
fate
resembles
a
fruit
tree
in
winter:
Who
would
think
that
those
branches
would
turn
green
again
and
blossom,
but
we
hope it, we know it.




有时我们的命运就像冬天里的一棵果树：当时，谁会去想

这棵
果树的枝叶会 再次变绿，开花
,
但我们一直怀有希望，并坚定着信念。


02
、
Dream Will Come true
梦想终有成真时

The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us.


开学第一天，教授把一位小个子老太太介绍给了我们。



“
Why are you in college at such a young age?
”
I asked later. She
jokingly replied, I
’
m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a
couple of children, and then retire and travel.
”



随后我问道，
“你为什么这么‘年轻’还来读大学
?
”她开玩笑
地 回答：
“我来这儿是为了认识一个有钱的丈夫，结婚，生几个孩子，
然后退休去旅行。
”


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冬日的温暧



“
No, seriously
，
”

I asked. I was curious what may have motivated
her
to
be
taking
on
this
challenge
at
her
age.
“
I
always
dreamed
of
having a college education and now I
’
m getting one!
”

she told me.


“不，认真点儿。
”我问道。我很好奇，到底是什么东西让她在
这个年纪还要接受这样一个挑战。
“我一直梦想着上大学，现在我就
在读大学
!
”她告诉我。



We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we
would leave class together and talked nonstop. I was always listening to
this
“
time machine
”
as she shared her wisdom and experience me.


我们马上成了朋友。在随后的三个月里，我们每天一起离

开教
室，不停地交谈。我总是和历经了岁月沧桑的她一起分享

她的智慧
和经验。



At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a speech to our
football team. I
’
ll never forget what she taught us. As she began to deliver
her
prepared
speech,
she
dropped
her
note
card
on
the
floor.
A
little
embarrassed she simply said,
“
I
’
m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I'll
never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began:“We do not stop playing
because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only
four
secrets
to
staying
young,
being
happy,
and
achieving
success.
You
have
to
laugh
and
find
humor
every
day.
You’ve
got
to
have
a
dream.
When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking
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around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference
between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and
lie
in bed
for one
full
year
and don't
do one productive thing,
you
will
turn
twenty
years
old.
Anybody
can
grow
older.
That
doesn’t
take
any
talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity
in
change.
Have
no
regrets.
The
elderly
usually
don’t
have
regrets
for
what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who
fear death are those with reg
rets.”



期末的时候，我们邀请罗斯给我们的橄榄球队讲话。我永

远都
不会忘记她教给我们的东西。就在她要开始进行她事先

准备好的演讲时，她把写了要点的卡片掉在了地上。她有点儿尴尬，但只是说
,
“对不起。这酒可真要 命
!
我没办法再准备好我的讲稿了，就让我把
我知道的东西告诉你们吧。
”我 们笑了起

来，她清了清嗓子，开始演
讲我们并不是因为年老就不再玩耍
;< br>我们变老是因为我们不再玩耍。
只有四个秘密可以让你保持年轻，快乐，获得成功。你必须每天都 开
怀大笑，寻找幽默。你必须有一个梦想。失去了梦想，你就会虽生犹
死。我们周围有很多人， 他们已经‘死了’
，自己却不知道。成长和
长大之间有着巨大的差距。如果你现在
19
岁，躺在床上整整一年什
么都不做，你也还会变成
20
岁。每一个人都会长大 ，这不需要任宇
何天赋和能力。要不断地在变化中寻找机遇，这样才是成长。不要留
有遗憾。< br>老年人通常不会为做过的事遗憾，
而是为还没有做过的事情
感到遗憾。只有那些有遗憾的 人才会怕死。
”

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At the year
’
s end Rose finished the college degree. One week after
graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college
students attended her funeral to honor the wonderful woman who taught
by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.


年底的时候，罗斯获得了大学学位。毕业一星期后，她在

梦中
安详地离开了人世。
两千多名大学生参加了她的葬礼，
来纪念这位通
过自己的 亲身经历来告诉我们永远都可以成就自己的理想的了不起
的老人。


03
、
Feel the Meaning of Life
感悟生活的真谛


Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the
air. You name them: Work, Family, Health, Friends, Spirit. And you
’
re
keeping
all
of
these in
the air.
You
will
soon understand
that work
is a
rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls
—

family,
health,
friends
and
spirit
are
made
of
glass.
If
you
drop
one
of
these,
they
will
be
irrevocably
marked,
nicked,
damaged
or
even
shattered.
They
will
never
be
the
same.
You
must
understand
that
and
strive for balance in your life.


把生活想象成一个在空中抛接五只球的游戏。
这五只球被你分别
称为：工作、家庭、健康、友 谊和精神。你努力不让它们从空中掉下
来。你马上就发现惟有工作是一个橡皮球。如果你将它掉到地上， 它
还会弹回来。但其它四只球
-
家庭、健康、朋友和精神都是玻璃的。
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