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英语美文点亮智慧人生29:To My Son 给爱子的信(MP3+双语字幕)
[by:www.pronounceword.com] [00:00.00]Dear Seth, 亲爱的塞斯: [00:06.88]You're only three years old, 你现在仅仅3岁, [00:08.65]and at this point in your life you can't read, 在你生命中的这一时刻你还不识字, [00:11.64]much less understand what I'm going to 更不用说让你去懂得我接下来 [00:13.64]try to tell you in this letter. 想在这封信里对你所说的话了。 [00:15.13]But I've been thinking a lot 但是我已经想了好久, [00:16.89]about the life that you have ahead of you, 关于你即将面临的人生以及我的生活, [00:19.20]about my life so far as I reflect on what I've learned, 我反思我所学会的: [00:23.96]and about my role as a dad 思考一个做父亲的职责, [00:26.41]in trying to prepare you for the trials that 力图让你为未来岁月中 [00:29.75]you will face in the coming years. 即将面临的艰巨做好充分准备。 [00:31.79]You won't be able to understand this letter today, 你今天并不能懂得这封信的含义, [00:35.34]but someday, when you're ready, 但是某一天,当机会成熟, [00:37.88]I hope you will find some wisdom and value 我渴望你能在我与你分享的内容中 [00:40.96]in what I share with you. 找寻到些许的智慧和价值。 [00:43.40]You are young, 你还很年轻, [00:44.70]and life has yet to take its toll on you, 生命还尚未开始摧残你, [00:47.31]to throw disappointments and heartaches 没有在你的人生道路上 [00:50.22]and loneliness and struggles and pain into your path. 安排失望、伤心、孤单、挣扎和苦痛。 [00:54.50]You have not been worn down yet by long hours of thankless work, 你还没有被漫长的吃力不讨好的工作, [01:00.44]by the slings and arrows of everyday life. 被日常生活的磨难搞得筋疲力尽。 [01:04.59]For this, be thankful. 因此,谢天谢地吧。 [01:06.46]You are at a wonderful stage of life. 你正处在人生一个美好的阶段。 [01:10.50]You have many wonderful stages of life still to come, 还有很多美好的阶段会来到你面前, [01:14.25]but they are not without 但是这些都不是唾手可得的, [01:17.53]their costs and perils. 你都得付出代价,经历风险。 [01:19.97]I hope to help you along your path 我渴望通过和你分享一些我所学到的 [01:22.75]by sharing some of the best of what I've learned. 最好的道理能帮助你走好人生路。 [01:25.57]As with any advice, 至于任何建议, [01:27.62]take it with a grain of salt. 且把它当做佐料, [01:29.97]What works for me might not work for you. 因为适合我的并不一定就适用于你。 [01:33.64]Life can be cruel 生活会很残酷 [01:35.23]There will be people in your life who won't be very nice. 你的生活中必定会有不友好的人。 [01:40.29]They'll tease you because you're different, 他们嘲笑你因为你不同, [01:42.57]or for no good reason. 或没有什么好的理由。 [01:44.30]They might try to bully you or hurt you. 他们可能会欺负你或者侵害你。 [01:47.37]There's not much you can do about these people except to learn to deal with them, 对这种人你除了学会和其相处无计可施, [01:52.91]and learn to choose friends 同时你也要学会择友, [01:55.35]who are kind to you, 选择那些对你友善的, [01:56.65]who actually care about you, 那些真正关心你的, [01:59.40]who make you feel good about yourself. 那些令你对自己感觉良好的人做朋友。 [02:01.55]When you find friends like this, 当你寻找到像这样的朋友, [02:04.69]hold on to them, 就必定要坚守这份友谊, [02:06.40]treasure them, 珍爱他们, [02:07.20]spend time with them, 花些时间和他们在一起, [02:08.65]be kind to them, and love them. 友善地看待他们并爱他们。 [02:10.89]There will be times when you are met with disappointment instead of success. 有时你会遭遇挫折而非成功。 [02:16.65]Life won't always turn out the way you want. 生活并不总会如你所愿。 [02:19.29]This is just another thing you'll have to learn to deal with. 这是另一件你需要学会处理的事情。 [02:22.94]But instead of letting these things get you down, 但你要挺住向前, [02:25.84]push on. 而不是因这些事而陷入低谷。 [02:26.74]Accept disappointment and learn to persevere, 要接受失望并要学会备持, [02:30.55]to pursue your dreams despite pitfalls. 要不畏风险地追求你的梦想。 [02:33.49]Learn to turn negatives into positives, 学会把消极转化为积极, [02:37.20]and you'll do much better in life. 之后你在生活中就能做得更好。 [02:39.29]You will also face heartbreak 你同样会面临令人心碎的时刻 [02:42.54]and abandonment by those you love. 以及你深爱的人的抛弃。 [02:45.21]I hope you don't have to face this too much, 我渴望你无须经历太多此类事件, [02:48.89]but it happens. Again, 但如果不幸发生了,再一次, [02:50.79]not much you can do but to heal, 除了慢慢愈合心中的创伤 [02:53.62]and to move on with your life. 并继续你的生活,你别无选择。 [02:55.73]Let these pains become stepping stones 让这些苦楚成为你 [02:59.15]to better things in life, 通向更美好生活的垫脚石, [03:00.49]and learn to use them to make you stronger. 并学会利用它们让自己更刚强。 [03:03.41]But be open to life anyway 但无论如何,都要张开双臂拥抱生活 [03:05.96]Yes, 是的, [03:07.23]you'll find cruelty and suffering in your journey through life ... 在你的生命旅程中你会遇到残酷和苦难… [03:11.70]but don't let that close you to new things. 但不要因此而拒绝接收新鲜事物, [03:15.43]Don't retreat from life, 不要回避生活, [03:17.86]don't hide or wall yourself off. 不要暗藏,抑或封闭自己。 [03:20.78]Be open to new things, 拥抱新鲜事物, [03:22.62]new experiences, new people. 经历全新体验,接触新的人。 [03:24.70]You might get your heart broken 10 times, 你或许心碎了十次, [03:28.26]but find the most wonderful woman the 11th time. 但是在第十一次找到最好的女子。 [03:31.30]If you shut yourself off from love, 如果你把自己关在爱的门外, [03:33.86]you'll miss out on that woman, 你就会错过这个女子 [03:36.14]and the happiest times of your life. 和你生命中最幸福的时光。 [03:38.74]You might get teased and bullied and hurt by people you meet... 你可能会被你所遇到的人嘲笑、欺负、侵害… [03:43.23]and then after meeting dozens of jerks, 而在见了许多这种稀奇古怪的人后, [03:46.17]find a true friend. 你会找到一个真正的朋友。 [03:48.50]If you close yourself off to new people, 如果你拒绝接触新人群, [03:51.82]and don't open your heart to them, 并不向他们敞开心扉, [03:54.27]you'll avoid pain ... 你会避免受伤… [03:55.65]but also lose out on 但是同时也失去了 [03:58.10]meeting some incredible people, 认识一些不可思议的人的机会, [04:00.70]who will be there during the toughest times of your life 他们会在你生命最艰难的时刻陪伴着你, [04:03.46]and create some of the best times of your life. 并带给你人生中最美好的时光。 [04:06.23]You will fail many times 你会失败很多次, [04:08.90]but if you allow that to stop you 但是如果你让失∽柚沽四悖 [04:11.74]from trying, 使你不再努力, [04:12.95]you will miss out on the amazing feeling of 你就会错过那种当你达到 [04:15.20]success once you reach new heights with your accomplishments. 成就新高度的难以言喻的成就感。 [04:20.17]Failure is a stepping stone to success. 失败是通向成功的阶梯。 [04:22.64]Life isn't a competition 生命不是一场比赛 [04:25.84]You will meet many people who will try to outdo you, 你会遇到许多试图超过你的人, [04:29.72]in school, in college, at work. 在中学、大学以及工作中。 [04:31.99]They'll try to have nicer cars, 他们想要拥有更好的车, [04:34.72]bigger houses, nicer clothes, cooler gadgets. 更大的房子,更好的衣服,更酷的小玩意。 [04:37.68]To them, 对他们来说, [04:38.72]life is a competition-- 生命就是一场比赛―― [04:40.43]they have to do better than 他们不得不比同辈人 [04:42.46]their peers to be happy. 做得更好来让自己感到开心。 [04:43.88]Here's a secret: 这里有一个秘诀: [04:45.67]Life isn't a competition. 生命并不是一场比赛, [04:47.69]It's a journey. 而是一段旅程。 [04:48.84]If you spend that journey always trying to impress others, 如果你在途中一直试图给他人留下深刻印象, [04:52.85]to outdo others, 试图超越别人, [04:54.25]you're wasting your journey. 那你就是在浪费这段旅程。 [04:56.15]Instead, learn to enjoy the journey. 与之相反,学会享受这段旅程, [04:59.58]Make it a journey of happiness, 使之成为幸福之旅, [05:01.72]of constant learning, 永恒的学习之旅, [05:03.55]of continual improvement, of love. 持久的进步之旅以及爱之旅。 [05:06.27]Don't worry about having a nicer car 不要为拥有一辆更好的车、 [05:09.66]or house or anything material, 一所更好的房子、任何物质的东西, [05:11.85]or even a better-paying job. 或是一份更高薪水的工作费心。 [05:14.19]None of that matters a whit, 所有这些都无足轻重, [05:16.34]and none of it will make you happier. 也不会使你更快乐。 [05:19.10]You'll acquire these things and then only want more. 你在拥有了这些之后只想拥有更多。 [05:22.99]Instead, learn to be satisfied with having enough-- 与之相反,要学会满足你已经拥有的―― [05:26.79]and then use the time you would have wasted trying to earn money to buy those things... 然后学会利用你本想要浪费在为挣钱 [05:33.10]use that time doing things you love. 买这些东西的时间去做你真正热爱的事。 [05:36.20]Find your passion, and pursue it doggedly. 找到你所钟爱的事业,并坚持不懈地寻求它。 [05:40.91]Don't settle for a job that pays the bills. 别让自己被一个还债的工作所累。 [05:44.47]Life is too short 生命太短暂了, [05:45.89]to waste on a job you hate. 不值得将时间浪费在你不喜欢的工作上面。 [05:47.87]Love should be your rule 爱应当成为你的准则 [05:49.77]If there's a single word you should live your life by, 如果让一个词成为你的生活支撑的话, [05:53.69]it should be this: Love. 那它应当是爱。 [05:56.64]It might sound corny, 也许这听来已是老生常谈, [05:59.24]I know...but trust me, 我也明白…但是请信任我, [06:01.50]there's no better rule in life. 再没有更好的生活准则了。 [06:03.51]Some would live by the rule of success. 一些人以成功作为生活准则。 [06:06.80]Their lives will be stressful, unhappy and shallow. 他们的生活会很紧张、不开心并且很肤浅。 [06:09.83]Others would live by the rule of selfishness-- 另一些人的生活准则是个人利益―― [06:12.74]putting their needs above those of others. 他们将个人需要置于他人需求之上。 [06:16.22]They will live lonely lives, 这些人注定将孤独一生, [06:18.85]and will also be unhappy. 而且也不会快乐。 [06:20.59]Still others will live by the rule of righteousness-- 还有一些人,他们为正义而生―― [06:25.20]trying to show the right path, 努力展现其道路的正确性, [06:27.36]and admonishing anyone who doesn't live by that path. 试图劝服任何一个不以正义为生活准则的人。 [06:32.31]They are concerned with others, 他们关心他人, [06:35.70]but in a negative way, 却以一种消极的方法, [06:36.62]and in the end will only have their own righteousness to live with, 最终怀抱追寻生的正义而终, [06:41.80]and that's a horrible companion. 而这却是一个糟糕的伴侣。 [06:44.38]Live your life by the rule of love. 以爱作为你的生活准则。 [06:48.10]Love your spouse, your children, 爱你的妻子、你的孩子、 [06:50.71]your parents, your friends, 你的父母、你的朋友, [06:52.37]with all of your heart. 全心全意地去爱。 [06:54.51]Give to them what they need, 给予他们所需要的, [06:57.90]and show them not cruelty nor disapproval nor coldness nor disappointment, 不要流露出任何残暴、反对、冷淡或失望, [07:03.73]but only love. 只要将爱展现给他们, [07:05.90]Open your soul to them. 向他们敞开灵魂。 [07:07.61]Love not only your loved ones, 不仅仅爱你深爱的人, [07:10.57]but your neighbors...Your coworkers...strangers... 也要爱你的邻居…你的同事…甚至陌生人… [07:13.95]your brothers and sisters in humanity. 他们是你人道上的兄弟姐妹。 [07:16.73]Offer anyone you meet a smile, 给你遇到的任何一个人一个微笑、 [07:20.13]a kind word, a kind gesture, a helping hand. 一句善语、一个友爱的姿势、一只援助之手。 [07:23.75]Love not only neighbors and strangers... 不仅仅爱邻居和陌生人… [07:27.42]but your enemy. 也要爱你的敌人。 [07:28.72]The person who is crudest to you, 对那些对你最残暴的人, [07:31.66]who has been unkind to you...love him. 对曾经对你不善的人…爱他。 [07:35.10]He is a tortured soul, 他是一个备受折磨的灵魂, [07:37.43]and most in need of your love. 最需要你的爱。 [07:40.20]And most of all, love yourself. 最重要的是爱你自己。 [07:43.10]While others may criticize you, 当别人批评你时, [07:45.13]learn not to be so hard on yourself, 学会不要对自己太苛刻, [07:47.89]to think that you're ugly or dumb or unworthy of love... 去认为自己丑、笨或者不值得去爱… [07:52.34]but to think instead that you are a wonderful human being, 而要想着自己是一个很完善的人, [07:55.95]worthy of happiness and love... 值得拥有幸福和真爱… [07:58.42]and learn to love yourself for who you are. 并学会爱真实的自己。 [08:01.18]Finally, know that I love you and always will. 最后,要知道我爱你并且永远都会。 [08:05.91]You are starting out on a weird, scary, 你即将开启一段有点奇怪、令人惊慌、 [08:09.50]daunting, but ultimately incredibly wonderful journey, 令人生畏但最终很不可思议的奇妙旅程, [08:14.22]and I will be there for you when I can. 而且只要可以,我都会支持你。 [08:17.31]Godspeed 祝万事如意。 [08:18.78]Love, Your Dad 爱你的父亲