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每天读一点英文 Think It Over注：是个人非常喜欢的一篇双语阅读文章，直面生活，却又不止于自嘲与无奈。让我们珍惜每一天，幸福每一天！
Every day，every hour，and every minute is special！
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘；
We spend more,but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；
We have more compromises,but less time;
我们妥协更多，时间更少；
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；
We have more medicines,but less health;
我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍；
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；
We have highter income,but less morals;
我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少；
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了；
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；
That's why I propose,that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别；
Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；
Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存；
Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”；
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们；
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情；
Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别；
And you don't know if it will be your last.
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