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Dongguan Middle School—ssl, Crazy English Morning Reading
What Will Matter？
by Michael Josephson
Choose to live a life that matters.
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more
sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected,
whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will
not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally
disappear. So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all
expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin
color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value or your days be measured?
What is matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you
got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance. What will
matter is not what you learned, but what you taught. What will matter is
every act of integrity, compassions, courage and sacrifice that enriched,
empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. What will
matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not
how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when
you're gone. What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of
those who loved you. What will matter is how long you will be remembered,
by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter
of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
New Words and Expressions
① temporal: [ 'tempərəl ] a. 当时的,暂时的,现世的
② shrivel: [ 'ʃrivl ] v. 枯萎,皱缩vi. 枯萎,干枯
③ irrelevance: [ i'reləvəns ] n. 不切题(不相干,不中肯,没关系,枝节问题)
④ grudge: [ grʌdʒ ] n. 怨恨,恶意v. 怀恨,嫉妒,吝惜
⑤ resentment: [ ri'zentmənt ] n. 怨恨,愤恨 Dongguan Middle School—ssl, Crazy English Morning Reading
⑥ frustration: [ frʌs'treiʃən ] n. 打破,挫折,顿挫
⑦ jealousy: [ 'dʒeləsi ] n. 妒忌
⑧ expire: [ iks'paiə, eks- ] v. 期满,失效,终止,断气
⑨ ethnicity: [ eθ'nisiti ] n. 种族划分, 种族性
⑩ irrelevant: [ i'relivənt ] a. 不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的
11 integrity: [ in'tegriti ] n. 诚实,正直,完整,完善
12 emulate: [ 'emjuleit ] v. 效法,尽力赶上 [计算机] 仿真
13 competence: [ 'kɔmpətəns ] n. 能力
参考译文
何谓重要？
无论你是否准备好，有一天一切都会结束。不再有旭日东升，不再有灿烂白昼，也不再有一分一时的光阴。你收藏的一切，无论是弥足珍贵的还是被你遗忘的，都将留给别人。
你的财富、名望和世俗的权力都将变成无关紧要的东西。不管你拥有的还是别人亏欠你的，都不再重要。
你的嫉恨、冤仇，挫败和嫉妒终将消失。同样，你的希望、抱负、计划和未竟之事都将终止。曾经无比重要的成败得失也将变得无足轻重。你来自哪里，用什么方式生活都不再重要。你是貌美如花还是才华横溢也不再重要。你的性别、肤色、种族都将变得无关紧要。
那何为重要呢?又将如何衡量你生命的价值呢?
重要的不是你所买到的，而是你所建造的；不是你所得到的，而是你所付出的。重要的不是你的成功，而是你的价值。重要的不是你所学到的，而是你传授的。重要的是你每一次正直、怜悯、勇敢和牺牲的行为都能使人充实、给人以力量或是激励他人，让他们以你为榜样。重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。重要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离开时有多少人会感到这是永久的损失。重要的不是你的记忆，而是那些爱你的人的记忆。重要的是人们会怀念你多久，谁会怀念你，为什么怀念你。
过有意义的人生并非偶然，也非环境所能决定，而是你自己的选择。
要选择过有意义的生活。
Dongguan Middle School—ssl, Crazy English Morning Reading
Keeping Pleasant
"He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is really a wise man who will
not."
The habit of keeping pleasant is indeed better than an income of a
thousand dollars a year. The life without cheerfulness is like the severe
winter without sun.
We all love cheerful company, but we are apt to forget that cheerfulness
is a habit that can be cultivated by all.
We find it very difficult to be gay when we are in distress. It requires great
courage. We should never forget that to be cheerful when it is not easy to
be cheerful shows greatness. Thorny may be our way, but how happy is
the conqueror's song!
The perfection of cheerfulness consists in the happy frame of mind. It is
displayed in good temper and kind behaviour. It arises partly from
personal goodness and partly from the belief in the goodness of others.
It sees the glory in the grass and the sunshine of the flower. It
encourages happy thoughts, and lives in an atmosphere of peace. It
costs nothing, and yet it is invaluable. It blesses its possessor, and
affords a large measure of enjoyment to others.
New Words and Expressions
be apt to 易于；倾向于
frame of mind 心情，心境
consist in 在于
参考译文
保持快乐的心情
“不会生气的人是愚者，不生气的人乃是真正的智者。”
