爱和时间Love.doc

爱和时间Love Time爱是人类永恒的话题，时间也是人们生生不息探求的领域，那么把爱和时间放在一起会有怎么样的化学反应呢？ Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,Richness, can you take me with you? Richness answered, No, I cant. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you. Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. Vanity, please help me! I cant help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat, Vanity answered. Sadness was close by so Love asked, Sadness, let me go with you. Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself! Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her. Suddenly, there was a voice, Come, Love, I will take you. It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, Who Helped me? It was Time, Knowledge answered. Time? asked Love. But why did Time help me? Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is. 中文翻译 从前有一个岛，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的，爱也不例外。一天，所有的情感听说小岛即将沉没，因此建造小船，纷纷离开，除了爱。 爱是唯一留下来的，因为它希望能坚持到最后一刻。 小岛即将沉没了，爱决定请求帮助。 富有驾着一艘大船从爱身边经过，爱说，“富有，你能带上我么？” 富有回答说：“不行，我的船上载满金银财宝，没有你的地方。” 虚荣坐在漂亮的小船中从爱身边驶过，爱问：“虚荣，你能帮助我么？” 虚荣说：“不行，你全身湿透，会弄脏我的船。” 悲伤的船靠近了，爱问：“悲伤，请带我走吧。” “哦爱，我太难过了，想一个人呆着。” 幸福经过爱的身边，它太开心了，根本没听见爱在呼唤。 突然，一个声音喊道：“来，爱，我带你走。” 声音来自“年老”。爱太高兴了，甚至忘了问他们即将去何方。当他们来到岸上，年老自己离开了。爱突然意识到“年老”给了它多大的帮助。 于是，爱问另一位老者知识：“谁帮助了我？” 知识说：“是时间。” “时间？”爱问：“但是时间为什么帮助我？” 知识睿智地微笑道：“因为只有时间了解爱的价值。”青春常在 Feeling of YouthNo young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brothers, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. One half of time indeed is flown-the other half remains in store for us with all its countless treasures; for there is no line drawn, and we see no limit to our hopes and wishes. We make the coming age our own- The vast, the unbounded prospect lies before us. Death. old age. are words without a meaning. that pass by us like the idea air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them-we bear a charmed life“, which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward- Bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail! And see no end to the landscape, new objects presenting themselves as we advance; so, in the commencement of life, we set no bounds to our inclinations. nor to the unrestricted opportunities of gratifying them. we have as yet found no obstacle, no disposition to flag; and it seems that we can go on so forever. We look round in a new world, full of life, and motion, and ceaseless progress; and feel in ourselves all the vigor and spirit to keep pace with it, and do not foresee from any present symptoms how we shall be left behind in the natural course of things, decline into old age, and drop into the grave. It is the simplicity, and as it were abstractedness of our feelings in youth, that （so to speak） identifies us with nature, and （our experience being slight and our passions strong） deludes us into a belief of being immortal like it. Our short-lives connection with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union-a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation. As infants smile and sleep, we are rocked in the cradle of our wayward fancies, and lulled into security by the roar of the universe around us0we quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the more-objects press around us, filling the mind with their magnitude and with the strong of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death. 年轻人不相信自己会死。这是我哥哥的话，可算得一句妙语。青春有一种永生之感它能弥补一切。人在青年时代好像一尊永生的神明。诚然，生命的一半已以消逝，但蕴藏着不尽财富的另一半还有所保留，我们对它也抱着无穷的希望和幻想。未来的时代完全属于我们 无限辽阔的远景在我们面前展现 死亡，老年，不过是空话，毫无意义；我们听了，只耳边风，全不放在心上。这些事，别人也许经历过，或者可能要承受，但是我们自己，“在灵符护佑下度日”，对于诸如此类脆弱的念头，统统付之轻蔑的一笑。像是刚刚走上愉快的旅程，极目远眺 向远方的美景欢呼！ 此时，但觉好风光应接不暇，而且，前程更有美不胜收的新鲜景致。在这生活的开端，我们听任自己的志趣驰骋，放手给它们一切满足的机会。到此为止，我们还没有碰上过什么障碍，也没有感觉到什么疲惫，因此觉得还可以一直这样向前走去，直到永远。我们看到四周一派新天地生机盎然，变动不居，日新月异；我们觉得自己活力充盈，精神饱满，可与宇宙并驾齐驱。而且，眼前也无任何迹象可以证明，在大自然的发展过程中，我们自己也会落伍，衰老，进入坟墓。由于年轻人天真