2014新标准大学英语原文译文.docVIP

We are all dying我们都在走向死亡 1.I have some good news and some bad news for you (as the joke goes). The bad news – and Im very sorry to be the bearer – is that we are all dying. Its true. Ive checked it out. In fact, Ive double – and triple-checked it. Ive had it substantiated and, well, theres no easy way to say it. we are dying. Its something that I always kind of knew, but never really chose to think about too much. But the fact is, within the next 70 or 80 years – depending on how old you are and how long you last – we are all going to be either coffin dwellers or trampled ash in the rose garden of some local cemetery. We may not even last that long. After all, we never quite know when the hooded, scythe-carrying, bringer-of-the-last-breath might come-a-calling. It could be sooner than wed like. I have watched death from the sidelines, quite recently in fact, and nothing underlines the uncertainty and absolute frailty of humanity like the untimely exit of a friend.我给你带来一条好消息， 还有一条坏消息（正如笑话所说的） 。 坏消息是：我们都在走向死亡——很抱歉是我带来了这条坏消息。这可是真的，我已经核实过了，事实上我已经三番五次地核实过了。我也找到了证据，可是要说出这个事实实在是不容易，不过我们的确都在走向死亡。这件事我过去多少知道一点，但不愿过多地去想它。但事实是，再过70年或80年——这要取决于你现在年龄有多大，寿命有多长——我们都会躺到棺材里，或者变成某个地方公墓玫瑰园里的灰尘，被人践踏。我们甚至活不到这么老。毕竟，我们从来就不清楚那位戴着头巾、手持长柄镰刀、命人吐出最后一口气的死神什么时候会来召唤我们，有可能会比我们希望的要早。其实我最近就曾经从局外人的角度观察过死亡，没有什么比朋友的早逝更能表明人生的无常和生命的脆弱了。 2 Scary. 真可怕。 3 Now that I have depressed you, heres the good news. Knowing that we are all budding crypt-kickers takes away all the uncertainty of life. We already know how the story ends. The prologue and epilogue are already typed in. All thats left is the middle bit and thats down to us. We get to choose the meat of the story。 我已经让你够沮丧的了，现在告诉你那条好消息吧：知道了我们都在走向坟墓，我们就不再有人生无常的感觉了。我们已经知道故事的结局，开场白和尾声也都确定了，剩下的就是介于两者之间的那些事儿了，这些事是我们作得了主的。我们必须挑选故事情节。 4. So, all those plans that you have on the back burner, you know, the great things youre going to do with your life when the time is right? Well, the time is never quite right, I find. It needs to be brought forward and don