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All of us have read thrilling stories

大家都讀過一些扣人心絃的故事，

in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live.

裏面的主人公只有一點有限的時間可以活了，

Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours

有時長達一年，有時短到只有24小時。

But always we were interested in discovering

然而，我們總是能感動地發現，

just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.

這些註定要死亡的人是如何想辦法度過他最後的幾天或最後的幾小時。

I speak,of course,of free men who have a choice,

當然，我所說的是有選擇的自由人，

not condemned cri- minals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.

而不是活動範圍受到限制的被判刑的罪犯。

Such stories set us thinking,

這類故事使人們思索，

wondering what we should do under similar circumstances.

很想知道我們在同樣的境況下將會怎麼辦。

What events,what experiences,what associations,

我們會充滿什麼樣的遭遇，什麼樣的感受，什麼樣的聯想

should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings?

作爲必死的生物，處在這幾小時內。

What happiness should we find in reviewing the past,what regrets?

我們回顧往事，會找到哪些幸福，哪些遺憾呢?

Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule

有時我認爲，最好的規則就是

to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.

我們像明天就會死去那樣生活。

Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life.

這樣一種態度可以尖銳地強調生命的價值。

We should live each day with a gentleness,

我們每天都應該懷着友善，

a vigor and a keenness of appreciation

朝氣和渴望去生活，

which are often lost

這些品質往往會喪失，

when time stretches before us

當時間在我們面前不斷地延伸開去，

in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come.

日復一日，月復一月，年復一年。

There are those,of course,

當然，也有那些人

who would adopt the epicurean motto of'Eat,drink,and be merry,'

願意把"吃吧，喝吧，及時行樂吧"作爲座右銘的人，

but most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.

然而大多數人卻爲死神的來臨所折磨。

In stories,

在許多故事中，

the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune,

命運已定的主人公通常在最後一分鐘，由於遭遇好運而得到拯救，

but almost always his sense of values is changed.

然而他的價值觀念幾乎總是改變了。

He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life

他更加領悟了生命

and its permanent spiritual values.

及其永恆的精神價值的意義。

It has often been noted that those who live,or have lived,

常常可以看到，那些活在或者曾經活在

in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.

死亡陰影中的人們，對他們所做的每件事情都賦予了一種醇美香甜之感。

To the punctual means to do what you should do on time.

守時的意思是準時去做你該做的事。

A punctual person is never late for his appointments,

一個守時的人有按時做事的習慣，約會從來不會遲到。

which is especially important in the current fast- developing society.

這一點在目前這個高速發展的社會中尤其重要。

To workers,time is students, time is knowledge.

對工人來說，時間就是產品;對學生來說，時間就是知識。

Therefore punctua- lity is of great importance for every one of us.

所以，守時對我們每個人都很重要。

A punctual person always cherishes his own time and seldom complains.

一個守時的人通常很珍惜自己的時間，很少抱怨。

However, an unpunctual man is always wasting his time

然而，一個不守時的人通常浪費自己的時間，

and complaining that he finds no time to answer letters,

還常抱怨沒有時間覆信

return calls or keep appointments on time

沒有時間回電話或準時赴約。

He never does what he had to do at the proper time.

他從來都不在適當的時間做應該做的事。

Surely everyone wants to be a punctual person

當然每個人都想成爲守時的人，

but it is actually not easy.

但實際上做起來並不容易。

To do this one should learn to keep every appointment promptly

爲了做到這一點我們應該學會準時赴約，

and deal with every piece of work as quickly as one can.

儘快地處理每一項工作

Let's try to be punctual and keep this in mind:

讓我們努力做到守時，把這記在心裏：

a man who is known to be habitually unpunctual

一個時常不守時的人

is never trusted by his friends or colleagues.

不會得到朋友和同事的信任。

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