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her buildings and wider highways,

外面的世界愈加繁华，

but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

内心却变得急进而浮躁；

We spend more,

我们拼命付出，

but enjoy less;

却无力享受；

We have bigger houses,

我们拥有了更大的房子，

but smaller famillies;

房子里却只剩下小小的家庭；

We have more compromises,

我们向时光妥协，

but less time;

时光却无情飞逝；

e have more knowledge,

我们学到了更多的知识，

but less judgment;

却失去了判断的能力；

We have more medicines,

我们能得到更好的治疗，

but less health;

却再不如当初那样健康；

We have multiplied out possessions,

我们的财富倍增，

but reduced out values;

它却不再价值非凡；

We talk much,

我们拼命交流，

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

却爱少恨多；

We reached the Moon and came back,

我们向往星辰大海，

but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

却跨不过邻里之间的沟壑；

We have conquered the uter space,

我们可以征服宇宙，

but not our inner space;

却总输给自己的内心；

We have highter income,

我们的收入更高，

but less morals;

品性却无以约束；

These are times with more liberty,

我们向时代索取自由，

but less joy;

却取不回快乐；

We have much more food,

我们温饱不愁，

but less nutrition;

却营养不均；

These are times of finer houses,

我们的房屋更精致，

but more broken homes;

家庭却支离破碎；

That‘s why I propose,

因此，

that as of today：

从今天开始：

You do not keep anything for a special occasion.

立刻去做想做的事，

because every day that you live is a special occasion.

因为人生苦短，每一刻都独一无二。

Search for knowledge,read more ,

多读一些书，

sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;

发自内心地赞美每一道风景；

Spend more time with your family and friends,

多陪伴家人和朋友，

eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;

吃爱吃的食物，去想去的地方；

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;

生活本应尽情享受，

not only about survival;

不要为了生存而生活；

Use your crystal goblets.

举起酒杯。

Do not save your best perfume,

别再吝啬最好的香水，

and use it every time you feel you want it.

心血来潮就用它吧。

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

将“某一天”从字典中抹去；

Let‘s write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!

“到时候”打算写的信，不如现在提笔吧！

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

立刻告诉家人和朋友，你有多爱他们；

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

不要让拖延症耽误了美好的时光；

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

你的每分每秒都如此特别；

And you don‘t know if it will be your last.

人生苦短，谁又知道哪一刻是最后一刻。

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