卡卡英語 第278期:改變我的那個(gè)瞬間
今天分享的是一個(gè)溫暖人心的小故事。
喬布斯在2005年斯坦福大學(xué)的演講中曾經(jīng)說過這樣一段話：
當(dāng)我十七歲的時(shí)候, 我讀到了一句話:"如果你把每一天都當(dāng)作生命中最后一天去生活的話,那么有一天你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你是正確的。"這句話給我留下了一個(gè)印象。從那時(shí)開始,過了33年,我在每天早晨都會(huì)對(duì)著鏡子問自己:"如果今天是我生命中的最后一天, 你會(huì)不會(huì)完成你今天想做的事情呢？"當(dāng)答案連續(xù)多天是"No"的時(shí)候, 我知道自己需要改變某些事情了。
生活中，改變我們心情或者決定的或許就在那么一個(gè)不起眼的瞬間，今天我們就來聽這樣一個(gè)故事，講述的就是關(guān)于“瞬間”的故事。
temperature n.溫度; 氣溫; 體溫;
exhaust grate n.排氣
filthy adj. 骯臟的；污穢的；猥褻的
ski parka n.滑雪服
I was living in Chicago and going through what was a particularly cold winter both in my personal life and the outside temperature. One evening I was walking home from a bar where I had been drinking alone, feeling sorry for myself, when I saw a homeless man standing over an exhaust grate in front of a department store. He was wearing a filthy sport coat and approaching everyone who passed by for money.
I was too immersed in my own troubles to deal with him so I crossed the street. As I went by, I looked over and saw a businessman come out of the store and pull a ski parka out of a bag and hand it to the homeless man. For a moment both the man and I were frozen in time as the businessman turned and walked away. Then the man looked across the street at me. He shook his head slowly and I knew he was crying.
It was the last time I have ever been able to disappear into my own sorrow.
在芝加哥，我經(jīng)歷了一個(gè)特別寒冷的冬天，無論是個(gè)人生活還是室外溫度。一天晚上，我獨(dú)自一人喝酒, 為自己感到難過，當(dāng)我從酒吧往回走的時(shí)候，我看見一個(gè)無家可歸的人站在百貨公司前的排氣爐前。他穿著一件臟兮兮的運(yùn)動(dòng)衣，走近每個(gè)路過的人要錢。
我自憐自艾，沒工夫理會(huì)他，所以我過了馬路。當(dāng)我走過，我看見一個(gè)商人從店里出來，從包里拿出一件滑雪外套遞給那個(gè)流浪漢。那個(gè)商人轉(zhuǎn)身走開的那一刻，對(duì)于我和那個(gè)流浪漢來說，時(shí)間似乎都凝固住了。然后那個(gè)流浪漢在街對(duì)面看著我。他慢慢地?fù)u了搖頭，我知道他在哭。
這是我最后一次為自己難過。
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