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早读英语美文欣赏：假如我有三天的时光
All of us have read thrilling stories
大家都读过一些扣人心弦的故事，
in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live.
里面的主人公只有一点有限的时间可以活了，
Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours
有时长达一年，有时短到只有24小时。
But always we were interested in discovering
然而，我们总是能感动地发现，
just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.
这些注定要死亡的人是如何想办法度过他最后的几天或最后的几小时。
I speak,of course,of free men who have a choice,
当然，我所说的是有选择的自由人，
not condemned cri- minals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.
而不是活动范围受到限制的被判刑的罪犯。
Such stories set us thinking,
这类故事使人们思索，
wondering what we should do under similar circumstances.
很想知道我们在同样的境况下将会怎么办。
What events,what experiences,what associations,
我们会充满什么样的遭遇，什么样的感受，什么样的联想
should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings?
作为必死的生物，处在这几小时内。
What happiness should we find in reviewing the past,what regrets?
我们回顾往事，会找到哪些幸福，哪些遗憾呢?
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule
有时我认为，最好的规则就是
to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.
我们像明天就会死去那样生活。
Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life.
这样一种态度可以尖锐地强调生命的价值。
We should live each day with a gentleness,
我们每天都应该怀着友善，
a vigor and a keenness of appreciation
朝气和渴望去生活，
which are often lost
这些品质往往会丧失，
when time stretches before us
当时间在我们面前不断地延伸开去，
in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come.
日复一日，月复一月，年复一年。
There are those,of course,
当然，也有那些人
who would adopt the epicurean motto of'Eat,drink,and be merry,'
愿意把"吃吧，喝吧，及时行乐吧"作为座右铭的人，
but most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.
然而大多数人却为死神的来临所折磨。
In stories,
在许多故事中，
the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune,
命运已定的主人公通常在最后一分钟，由于遭遇好运而得到拯救，
but almost always his sense of values is changed.
然而他的价值观念几乎总是改变了。
He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life
他更加领悟了生命
and its permanent spiritual values.
及其永恒的精神价值的意义。
It has often been noted that those who live,or have lived,
常常可以看到，那些活在或者曾经活在
in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
死亡阴影中的人们，对他们所做的每件事情都赋予了一种醇美香甜之感。
早读英语美文欣赏：守时
To the punctual means to do what you should do on time.
守时的意思是准时去做你该做的事。
A punctual person is never late for his appointments,
一个守时的人有按时做事的习惯，约会从来不会迟到。
which is especially important in the current fast- developing society.
这一点在目前这个高速发展的社会中尤其重要。
To workers,time is money.To students, time is knowledge.
对工人来说，时间就是产品;对学生来说，时间就是知识。
Therefore punctua- lity is of great importance for every one of us.
所以，守时对我们每个人都很重要。
A punctual person always cherishes his own time and seldom complains.
一个守时的人通常很珍惜自己的时间，很少抱怨。
However, an unpunctual man is always wasting his time
然而，一个不守时的人通常浪费自己的时间，
and complaining that he finds no time to answer letters,
还常抱怨没有时间复信
return calls or keep appointments on time
没有时间回电话或准时赴约。
He never does what he had to do at the proper time.
他从来都不在适当的时间做应该做的事。
Surely everyone wants to be a punctual person
当然每个人都想成为守时的人，
but it is actually not easy.
但实际上做起来并不容易。
To do this one should learn to keep every appointment promptly
为了做到这一点我们应该学会准时赴约，
and deal with every piece of work as quickly as one can.
尽快地处理每一项工作
Let's try to be punctual and keep this in mind:
让我们努力做到守时，把这记在心里：
a man who is known to be habitually unpunctual
一个时常不守时的人
is never trusted by his friends or colleagues.
不会得到朋友和同事的信任。
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