英语美文点亮智慧人生06：Every Day Is a Gift 每一天都是特殊的日子（MP3+双语字幕）

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[00:00.00]My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau	妹夫打开了妹妹衣柜的底层抽屉，
[00:12.42]and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package.	拿出一个用纸包装的包裹。
[00:15.61]"This," he said,	“这个，”他说，
[00:18.31]"is not a slip.	“不是件普通村裙内衣，
[00:20.22]This is lingerie."	而是一件做工非常精细的内衣。”
[00:22.56]He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip.	他把薄纸撕开，递给我那件内衣。
[00:27.90]It was exquisite,	它的确精致无比，
[00:28.99]silk, handmade	丝质、全手工缝制，
[00:31.70]and trimmed with a cobweb of lace.	周围还有一圈网状花边。
[00:34.10]The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached.	价签都尚未拆去，上面的数字高得惊人。
[00:39.92]"Jan bought this the first time we went to New York,	“这是我们第一次去纽约时简买的，
[00:44.50]at least 8 or 9 years ago.	至少已是八九年前的事了。
[00:47.48]She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion."	她从没有穿过它。
[00:53.29]Well, I guess this is the occasion.	她保留着它，想等一个特殊的日子再穿。”
[00:57.10]He took the slip from me and put it on the bed,	唉，我想现在便是那特殊的日子了。
[01:01.86]with the other clothes	妹夫从我手中拿过内衣放在床上，
[01:03.38]we were taking to the mortician.	和其它我们要带给
[01:05.79]His hands lingered on the soft material for a moment,	殡仪服务人员的衣服放在一起。
[01:10.50]then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me,	他的手在那柔软织物上徘徊了一会儿，
[01:13.85]"Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.	随即砰然关上抽屉，转身对我说：
[01:18.50]Every day you're alive is a special occasion."	“永远不要把任何东西留给什么特殊日子。
[01:22.99]I remembered those words	你活着的每一天就是一个特殊的日子。”
[01:26.86]through the funeral and the days that followed	在葬礼上和帮妹夫、侄女处理妹妹
[01:29.95]when I helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores	意外死亡后的伤心后事的那几天，
[01:35.16]that follow an unexpected death.	我一直记着这些话。
[01:38.90]I thought about them	我乘飞机从位于中西
[01:40.64]on the plane returning to California from the mid-western town	部的妹妹家的小镇上返回加州时，
[01:45.96]where my sister's family lives.	还在想这些话。
[01:48.80]I thought about all the things that she hadn't seen or heard or done.	我想着妹妹没有去看到、去听或去做的事。
[01:54.59]I thought about the things that she had done	我想着她虽然做过
[01:58.27]without realizing that they were special.	却没有意识到其特殊性的事。
[02:01.47]I'm still thinking about his words,	我至今还在想着妹夫说的话，
[02:04.56]and they've changed the weeds in the garden.	正是它们改变了我的花园里的杂草。
[02:08.12]I'm spending more time with ray family and friends	我花更多的时间与家人朋友在一起，
[02:11.90]and less time in committee meetings.	而少花时间在那些委员会议上。
[02:14.90]Whenever possible,	无论何时，
[02:17.34]life should be a pattern of experience to savour, not endure.	生活应当是一种“品味”而非一种“忍受”。
[02:22.41]I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.	我在试着欣赏每一刻，并珍惜每一刻。
[02:27.80]I'm not "saving" anything;	我不再去“珍藏”任何东西；
[02:30.15]we use our good china and crystal	只要有一件特别的事情，
[02:33.30]for every special event	比如说当体重减了一磅时，
[02:35.13]such as losing a pound,	当厨房水槽堵塞通了时，
[02:37.20]getting the sink unstopped,	当第一朵山茶花这放时…
[02:39.18]the first camellia blossom...	我们就会使用精美的免器和水晶制品。
[02:41.57]I wear my good blazer to the market	如果我想穿，我就穿上我的品质
[02:44.66]if I feel like it.	优良颜色鲜亮的运动衣去市场购物。
[02:46.50]My theory is	我的理论是：
[02:48.76]if I look prosperous,	如果我看上去还富足的话，
[02:50.32]I can shell out $28.49 	我可以毫不畏缩地
[02:54.44]for one small bag of groceries without wincing.	为一袋杂货付28.49美元。
[02:58.11]I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties;	我不再为特殊的派对而珍藏我上好的香水；
[03:03.23]clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function	五金店售货员和银行出纳员们的嗅觉，
[03:08.83]as well as my party-going friends.	不会比派对上朋友们来得差。
[03:11.46]"Someday" and "one of these days"	“有朝一日”和“终有一天”
[03:14.88]are losing their grip on my vocabulary.	这样的词正从我的词汇中淡出。
[03:18.31]If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing,	如果值得去看、去听或去做，
[03:22.86]I want to see and hear and do it now.	我当即就要去看、去听、去做。
[03:27.00]I'm not sure what my sister would've done	我们总是理所当然地以为自己必然有明天，
[03:30.60]had she known that she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow	不知假如妹妹知道她将没有明日，
[03:34.10]we all take for granted.	她会做些什么。
[03:36.12]I think she would have called family members and a few close friends.	我想她会给家人和几位密友打电话。
[03:40.89]She might have called a few former friends to apologize,	她可能还会给几位昔日朋友打电话主动道歉，
[03:45.13]and mend fences for past squabbles.	摒弃前嫌，重归于好。
[03:48.56]I like to think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner,	我想她可能会外出吃顿中餐，
[03:53.53]her favorite food.	那是她最喜欢的。
[03:55.11]I’m guessing.	我只是猜想而已。
[03:56.32]I'll never know.	我永远也不会知道。
[03:57.80]It's those little things left undone that would make me angry	假如我知道我的时间不多了，
[04:03.17]if I knew that my hours were limited.	那些没来得及做的小事会让我恼火。
[04:06.20]Angry because I put off seeing good friends	恼火是因为我一拖再拖没能去看看
[04:10.11]whom I was going to get in touch with someday.	“有朝一日”会去看的好友们。
[04:13.50]Angry because I hadn't written certain letters	恼火是因为我还没有
[04:17.43]that I intended to write one of these days.	写出我“终有一天”要写的信。
[04:21.38]Angry and sorry that	恼火与遗憾是因为我没能更经常地
[04:25.44]I didn't tell my husband and daughter often enough	告诉我的丈夫和女儿：
[04:29.26]how much I truly love them.	我是多么真切地爱他们。
[04:32.28]I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything	我正努力不再拖延、保留或珍藏
[04:39.13]that would add laughter and luster to our lives.	那些能给我们生活带来欢笑和光彩的东西。
[04:43.40]And every morning when I open my eyes,	每天清晨当我睁开双眼，
[04:46.81]I tell myself that every day, every minute,	我便告诉自己每一天、每一分钟、
[04:51.23]every breath truly, is...a gift from God.	每一瞬间都是…上帝赐予的礼物。

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英语美文点亮智慧人生06：Every Day Is a Gift 每一天都是特殊的日子（MP3+双语字幕）