英文晨读美文：什么才重要?

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英文晨读美文：什么才重要?

　　Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
3 H! @7 h7 ]0 q　　There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.
' M6 K6 p+ L) ^# M2 P1 ]　　All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
　　无论是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。
$ _; S* N8 [7 T" r& K) {' B　　那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。
! r0 J( @, d6 O0 c0 D　　你收集的所有东西，不管你珍惜或忘记与否，它们都将流入他人手中。
* G6 Y" w- b% Z7 M: A* X/ B3 o　　Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
　　不管是你得到的或是你欠别人的，可你的财产、名誉和权势也都会变成和你毫不相干的东西。
. n: I0 |, O5 _4 Z& I. w' s　　Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
　　你的怨恨、愤慨、挫折和妒忌最终也将消失。
4 [  ^; B- s) M3 b7 k9 \$ ~" n　　So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire.
$ p* n1 L- n* J4 |# Z! ]% a& L. E　　The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
　　因此，你的希望、抱负、计划以及行动日程表也将全部结束。
5 \4 W4 y2 ?: T5 B4 x6 f　　当初看得比较重的成功得失也会消失。
　　It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.
　　你来自何方，住在穷人区还是富人区也都不重要了。
　　It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
. ?, H) m% {( R2 ~" E　　Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.
　　你昔日的漂亮与辉煌也都不重要了，你的性别、肤色、种族地位也将消失。
* t7 b/ L% M! g3 r, }- Z6 l　　So what will matter?
& ]! G& h1 e1 r6 c5 B  ~　　How will the value of your days be measured?
　　因此，什么重要呢?怎么衡量你有生之年的价值呢?
　　What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;
, C0 I1 H& T% q* g　　not what you got, but what you gave.
, M; k% E  M4 @( m3 P* o　　重要的不是你买了什么，而是你创造了什么;
% C( D9 g( T2 X0 @　　不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。
. k- S3 B1 X7 I8 Y' m& U; `  w　　What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
4 f" Y' P2 N2 n1 h# @! e/ ~$ a! f　　重要的不是你成功了，而是你生命的意义。
/ w% I0 ?* N) u　　What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
　　重要的不是你学到了什么，而是你传授了什么。
/ Q. ^6 s2 z) T9 u1 v　　What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
5 w, f" r( u% A& n: [　　重要的是每个行动之中都有正直和勇气的气概，伟大的同情心和牺牲精神，并且鼓励他人遵从榜样。
　　What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
  w: k) N9 w" _. K' [4 j　　重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。
　　What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you re gone.
　　重要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离开后，别人会认为是个永远的损失。
　　What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.
8 T5 B0 t4 Y8 ?# V, Y% r& ]4 F　　重要的不是你想念谁，而是爱你的人想念你。
　　What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
　　重要的是别人会记你多长时间，谁记着你，为什么记着你。
　　Living a life that matters doesn t happen by accident.
　　生命中重要的是平安无事。
　　It s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
　　那不是环境的问题，而是选择的问题。
* T" y& I. j" c  g8 h0 I8 C　　Choose to live a life that matters.
　　选择有意义的人生吧!

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