Three Days to See——能看到這個多彩的世界真好！
Three Days to See (Excerpts)
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited andspecifiedtime to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24 hours. But always we were interested indiscoveringjust how thedoomedhero chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, notcondemnedcriminals whosesphereof activities is strictly delimited.
單詞卡：
specified [?spes?fa?d] adj. 規定的；詳細說明的
discovering[d?s"k?v?r??] v. 發現（discover的ing形式）
doomed [du?md] adj. 命定的
condemned [k?n"d?md] adj. 已被定罪的
sphere [sf??] n. 範圍
我們都讀過震撼人心的故事，故事中的主人公只能再活一段很有限的時光，有時長達一年，有時卻短至一日。但我們總是想要知道，註定要離世人的會選擇如何度過自己最後的時光。當然，我說的是那些有選擇權利的自由人，而不是那些活動範圍受到嚴格限定的死囚。
Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, whatassociationsshould wecrowd intothose last hours asmortalbeings, whatregrets?
這樣的故事讓我們思考，在類似的處境下，我們該做些什麼？作為終有一死的人，在臨終前的幾個小時內我們應該做什麼事，經歷些什麼或做哪些聯想？回憶往昔，什麼使我們開心快樂？什麼又使我們悔恨不已？
單詞卡：
association [[?,so??"e??n]] n. 聯想；協會，聯盟
crowd into 湧入；擠入
mortal ["m??t(?)l] adj. 凡人的；終有一死的
regret [r?"gret] n. 遺憾；抱歉
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude wouldemphasizesharply the values of life. We should live each day withgentleness,vigorand akeennessofappreciationwhich are often lost when time stretches before us in theconstantpanoramaof more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean motto of 「Eat, drink, and be merry」. But most people would bechastenedby the certainty of impending death.
單詞卡：
emphasize ["emf?sa?z] vt. 強調，著重
gentleness ["d??ntln?s] n. 溫順；高貴
vigor ["v?g?] n.活力，精力
keenness [?ki?nn?s] n. 敏銳
appreciation [?pri???"e??(?)n] n. 欣賞；感謝
constant ["k?nst(?)nt] adj. 不變的
panorama [p?n?"rɑ?m?] n. 全景；概論
chasten ["t?e?s(?)n] vt. 懲罰；磨鍊
有時我想，把每天都當作生命中的最後一天來邊，也不失為一個極好的生活法則。這種態度會使人格外重視生命的價值。我們每天都應該以優雅的姿態，充沛的精力，抱著感恩之心來生活。但當時間以無休止的日，月和年在我們面前流逝時，我們卻常常沒有了這種子感覺。當然，也有人奉行「吃，喝，享受」的享樂主義信條，但絕大多數人還是會受到即將到來的死亡的懲罰。
In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and itspermanentspiritualvalues. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
單詞卡：
permanent ["p??m(?)n?nt] adj. 永恆的
spiritual ["sp?r?t???l] adj. 精神的，心靈的
在故事中，將死的主人公通常都在最後一刻因突降的幸運而獲救，但他的價值觀通常都會改變，他變得更加理解生命的意義及其永恆的精神價值。我們常常注意到，那些生活在或曾經生活在死亡陰影下的人無論做什麼都會感到幸福。
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