By Kevin Ngo/郭玉章（譯）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

人生如一重大工程，定有截止期限！每日，每周，每月，每年，你皆有機(jī)會(huì)發(fā)奮拼搏。若有想做的事，請(qǐng)立即行動(dòng)起來(lái)！現(xiàn)在還不晚！

Although people might not always feel like it,life is so short.It probably wouldn’t mean much or be worth much if it lasted forever.Because it’s so short,with the limited time that you have,I recommend creating something worthwhile,and if you dare,something amazing.

Think of your life as a major project,with a deadline.Every day,every week,month and year,you get the opportunity to either work on improving it,piece by piece,one section at a time or you can sit back and watch it corrode away.

That’s life.At some point,you have to be improving just to stay where you are.

At the end of it all,you will get to look at your project in its entirety,the life you’ve created,and how you will feel will depend on how good of a job you think you did compared to whatever standard you live by.

Regardless of the outcome,will you be satisfied knowing you did what you could or will you be filled with regret knowing you could have easily done a better job?

Life is too short to delay getting started.Forget New Years or your next birthday or whatever life event you’re waiting to occur.If there is something you want to do,to create,to experience in this life,start doing it NOW because whatever it is you’re waiting to happen before beginning might not ever happen.Then what?Squander your life away just waiting and waiting?

The deadline for this project is unknown.It can be due at ANY moment.So for the love of life,stop waiting and get started!

◆詞語(yǔ)積淀

recommend/,rek?'mend/vt.推薦；勸告

corrode away 腐蝕；腐朽

entirety/In'taI?r?ti/n.整體；全部

regardless of不管；不顧

occur/?'kз?(r)/v.發(fā)生；存在于

squander/'skw?nd?(r)/v.揮霍；浪費(fèi)

due/dju:/adj.到期的；預(yù)定到達(dá)的

◆典句賞析

1.Because it’s so short,with the limited time that you have,I recommend creating something worthwhile,and if you dare,something amazing.正因人生短暫，時(shí)日有限，世人自當(dāng)勇創(chuàng)自身價(jià)值，如若足夠果敢，那就爭(zhēng)創(chuàng)奇跡。

because引導(dǎo)了一個(gè)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，that引導(dǎo)的是定語(yǔ)從句，修飾time，if引導(dǎo)的是條件狀語(yǔ)從句，并列連詞and將前后兩個(gè)復(fù)合句結(jié)構(gòu)并列連接起來(lái)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】如果你愿意，他正好又有空，你一定要好好抓住機(jī)會(huì)跟他學(xué)學(xué)英語(yǔ)。

2.Regardless of the outcome,will you be satisfied knowing you did what you could or will you be filled with regret knowing you could have easily done a better job?無(wú)論結(jié)果如何，你是否知曉己生已盡全力，自有滿意無(wú)憾；又或若，盡知本可大有作為，卻落得后悔不迭？

or并列了兩個(gè)由will you引起的一般疑問句，每個(gè)疑問句后面的現(xiàn)在分詞knowing短語(yǔ)構(gòu)成狀語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)。在第一個(gè)knowing結(jié)構(gòu)里，“what you could”作did的賓語(yǔ)。在第二個(gè)knowing結(jié)構(gòu)里，“you could have easily done a better job”用作knowing的賓語(yǔ)；regardless of是常見的搭配形式，意為“無(wú)論……如何”，用作整個(gè)句子的狀語(yǔ)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】他不顧危險(xiǎn)地爬上了山。

3.If there is something you want to do,to create,to experience in this life,start doing it NOW because whatever it is you’re waiting to happen before beginning might not ever happen.你若有所愿，所創(chuàng)，所欲經(jīng)歷，當(dāng)下即做；無(wú)論何事，盡自期盼久久，若無(wú)行動(dòng)，自難發(fā)生！

if引導(dǎo)的是條件狀語(yǔ)從句，because引導(dǎo)了一個(gè)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，whatever引導(dǎo)了一個(gè)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。除此之外，這個(gè)句子還使用了to do、to create、to experience這樣的排比結(jié)構(gòu)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】如果你想說(shuō)一口流利的英語(yǔ)，你就張口大聲說(shuō)。

譯文助讀

盡管人們可能不總這樣感覺到，人生卻如此短暫。倘若人生持久永恒，生命的意義將變得淺薄，價(jià)值寥寥。正因人生短暫，時(shí)日有限，世人自當(dāng)勇創(chuàng)自身價(jià)值，如若足夠果敢，那就爭(zhēng)創(chuàng)奇跡。

設(shè)想把你的人生設(shè)想成一項(xiàng)有截止期限的重大工程！每日，每周，每月，每年，你都有機(jī)會(huì)發(fā)奮拼搏，一次一點(diǎn)，點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴，日臻完善；君亦可退而后坐，靜看人生腐朽！

這就是生活。每至重要時(shí)刻，雖欲停留原地，你亦需拼盡全力！

人生一日走盡，回首觀覽生命全景，你生所創(chuàng)，你生所感，盡決于你生標(biāo)準(zhǔn)之上，你之再創(chuàng)造。

無(wú)論結(jié)果如何，你是否知曉己生已盡全力，自有滿意無(wú)憾；又或者，盡知本可大有作為，卻落得后悔不迭？

人生苦短，自難推延啟動(dòng)。忘記新年狂歡，生日慶典，抑或殷殷期盼之人生諸多大事。你若有所愿，所創(chuàng)，所欲經(jīng)歷，當(dāng)下即做；無(wú)論何事，盡自期盼久久，若無(wú)行動(dòng)，自難發(fā)生！你將奈何？揮霍人生，盡自等待？

人生終期，難以知曉，隨時(shí)可至，無(wú)時(shí)不可。大愛人生，立即行動(dòng)！