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Recently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meanlng of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week.From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.
He says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have a wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesnt. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life7 In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
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I once got on a taxi of which the owner is a faithful reader of mine. On the hurtling bus, The driver asked me : “Mr.Lin, could you tell me what is meaning of living?”
He was the first one who asked me such a question about the life, and I was dumb to be asked suddenly.
Suddenly, the couplet which hanged on the wall of the auditorium of my middle school was floating on my mind.
The purpose of living is to develop the living quality of mankind.
(the purpose of living is to promote the living standard of mankind;)
The meaning of life is to create the supervene lives of universe.
(the meaning of life is to carry on the continuum of the universe)
And then, I talked to the driver, “The meaning of life is to make a difference in your mind and soul, meanwhile, do something good and devote yourself to the world everyday.”
When I have said all this, we were just gone through Renai Road, where were standing beautiful trees of the each side. It is there that I saw the pretty flower blooming on the ceiba trees. How beautiful they are.
When we are making progress, that means we are ‘blooming’for ourselves. Out willing of devoting to our world is a flower for the world.
Last month, I happened to watch an interview of a Chinese student studying abroad. At one point the hostess asked: "For how long have you been away from home?" "Three years," he said. "How do you keep in touch with your parents?" "We wrote emails," the young man replied proudly. "Then I guess your parents learned how to send an email just because of you, right?" Having heard this from the hostess, the young man was speechless for a long time. Indeed, in the world today, it is not easy for the elder generation to keep up to date with the rapid development of technology.
This story reminded me of my concerns when I first left home for college three years ago: My parents don't understand English. They couldn't identify the buttons marked in English on our remote controls. So when I was away from home, who would help them select Chinese subtitles when they wanted to watch a foreign movie on our DVD? My parents don't use pinyin, the phonetic symbols for Chinese. Therefore, they couldn't input Chinese characters into their cell phones using the keyboard. Without me, whom could they depend on when they needed to reply to a text message? I worried a lot, so before I left, I carefully prepared a flow chart on how to operate the DVD player, and stored as many template messages in my parents' phones as I could possibly think of.
Fortunately, my efforts did work for my parents. However, what makes me more optimistic is that society at large is becoming more concerned about the elder generation, and the fruit of technological innovation is no longer believed to be an asset only for the young people. Today, with simple Chinese instructions on the remote control, even my 80-year-old grandfather can play his favorite TV program on a DVD. Last year, with the money I earned from a part-time job, I bought my mother a new cell phone which supports handwritten messages instead of inputting words through a keyboard. And now, my mother no longer has to use the templates messages I've stored for her, instead, she now sends me messages as long as 300 words. The joy I have when reading those text messages is inexpressible, not only because of the words she writes, but also because our technology has indeed become a real blessing in her life.
Two years ago, the counter service in our neighborhood bank was replaced by an ATM station. With those intelligent machines, people can carry out all their regular banking services. My father, however, was not used to such a change. Thereafter, he always walked three blocks further to a bank with a counter to use their services. In the future, however, this will no longer happen, because when I went to that ATM station again last spring festival, I found a delightful change: the terminals there have adopted a voice guidance system. While I was there, I noticed a grey haired man using the voice instructions. And despite his hesitation between pressing the buttons, he left the bank with a satisfactory smile. What a marvel! My vision for the future was unfolding before my very eyes. At that moment, I rejoiced thinking of my father, someday, standing there using the banking service. I rejoiced thinking of myself that when I become old, the new inventions can still ease my life rather than making the life harde.
When asked “Whats the biggest mistake we make in life?” the Buddha replied. ” The biggest mistake is you think you have time.”
当被问及“人生最大的错误是什么”佛祖会这样回答，“最大的错误是你认为你自己有时间。”
Time is free but it’s priceless.
时间是免费的，但也是无价的。
You can’t own it, but you can use it.
你不能拥有它，但你能够使用它。
You can’t keep it but you can spend it.
你不能储存它，但你能花费它。
And once it’s lost, you can never get it back.
一旦它消失了，你就再也拿不回来了。
That average person lives 78 years.
人的一生平均有78年。
We spend 28.3 years of our life sleeping.
我们花28.3年在睡觉上。
That’s almost a third of our life but 30% of us struggle to sleep well.
差不多花了我们三分之一的时间，但同时30%的我们在为睡个好觉而斗争。
We spend 10.5 years of our life working but over 50% of us want to leave our current jobs.
我们花10.5年去工作，但超过50%的人想离开现在的岗位。
Time is more valuable than money.
时间比金钱更有价值。
You can get more money, but you can never get more time.
你会赚更多的钱，却不能赚到更多的时间。
We spend 9 years on TV and social media.
我们在电视和社交媒体上花费了9年的时间。
We spend 6 years doing chores.
花6年的时间在家务上。
We spend 4 years eating and drinking.
四年的时间花在吃吃喝喝上。
We spend 3.5 years in education.
累计消费3.5年在教育上。
We spend 2.5 years grooming.
2.5年花费在打扮上。
We spend 2.5 years shopping.
2.5年花费在购物上。
We spend 1.5 years in child care.
1.5年的时间花费在呵护孩子。
And we spend 1.3 years commuting.
1.3年的时间花费在通勤上。
That leaves us with 9 years.
剩下留给我们的只有9年的时间。
How will we spend that time?
我们将会怎么消费这些时间呢？
Steve Jobs said “your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
乔布斯说：生命有限，别将它浪费在重复他人的生活上。
So there’s good news and there’s bad news.
所以这有好消息也有坏消息。
That bad news is time flies; the good news is you’re the pilot.
坏消息是时光飞逝，好消息是你是领航者。
Imagine you wake up every day with $86400 in your bank account.
想象一下你每天醒来银行账户中都有86400美元。
And at the end of the night, it’s all gone whether you spent it or not.
一天结束它们都消失了，不管你是否消费它们。
And then the next day you get another $86400.
第二天你的账户又会拥有86400美元。
What would we do with it?
我们将会用它做什么呢？
Every day 86400 seconds are deposited into your life account.
每天86400秒都会存入你的生命账户。
At the end of the day once they’re all used up you get a new 86400 seconds.
一天结束后，第二天你将拥有新的86400秒。
We would never waste it if it was money, so why do we waste it when it comes to time?
如果是钱我们绝不会浪费，那为什么我们要浪费时间呢？
Those seconds are so much more powerful than dollars because you can always make more dollars, you can’t always make more time.
时间比金钱的力量更大，因为你能赚钱却不能赚取时间。
To realize the value of 1 year, ask a student who failed a grade.
想知道一年的价值，要去问考试失利的学生。
To realize the value of 1 month, ask a mother who lost their child in the final month.
想知道一个月的价值，去问在分娩前一月失去孩子的母亲。
To realize the value of 1 week, ask the editor of an online magazine.
想知道一周的价值，去问在线杂志的编辑们。
To realize the value of 1 hour, ask the couple who’s in a long-distance relationship.
想知道一小时的价值，去问异地恋的情侣们。
To realize the value of 1 minute, ask the person who just missed a bus, train or plane.
想知道一分钟的价值，去问刚刚错过公交和飞机的人。
To realize the value of 1 second, ask the person who just missed an accident.
想知道一秒钟的价值，去问刚刚幸免于难的人。
To realize the value of 1 millisecond, ask the person who just came 2nd at the Olympics.
想知道一毫秒的价值，去问与奥运冠军失之交臂的运动员。
We think it’s people wasting our time but it’s really us giving them the permission to do that.
别人总是浪费我们的`时间，其实是我们准许他们这样。
And in reality, these two people live inside us.
现实是，我们体内有两个人。
Don’t let someone be a priority when all you are to them is an option.
当你对别人只是选择项时，别将他们排在前面。
Some of us lose the people most important to us because we don’t value their time.
我们失去了很多重要的人，因为我们没有珍惜他们。
Some of us don’t recognize how important someone is to us until they’re gone.
有时直到失去才知道他们有多重要。
Inside all of us are two voices.
我们的内心有两种声音。
one voice that wants to uplift, one voice that wants us to expand, one voice that wants us to grow.
一种声音鼓励我们上进，鼓励我们丰富自己，鼓励我们不断成长。
And then there’s the other voice----The voice that holds us back, the voice that makes us lazy, the voice that makes us complacent. The voice that restricts us from our potential.
还存在另一种声音----这种声音使我们退步，让我们变得懒惰，让我们骄傲自满。这种声音限制了我们的潜能。
Every day from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep, inside of us there’s this battle between the two voices.
每天从醒来到入睡，这两种声音都在斗争。
And guess which one wins?
猜猜谁赢了？
The one that we listen to the most.
我们听得最多的那个声音赢了。
The one that we feed.
我们更喜欢的那个声音。
The one that we amplify.
那个让我们更强的声音。
It is our choice of how we use our time.
我们选择如何使用我们的时间。
Life and time are the best two teachers.
生活和时间是两位最好的老师。
Life teaches us to make good use of time.
生活教会我们更好地使用时间。
And time teaches us the value of the life.
时间教会我们生活的价值。
And as William Shakespeare said,
就像莎士比亚说过的一样，
“Time is very slow for those who want, very fast for those who are scared, very long for those who are sad, and very short for those who celebrate，but for those who love, time is eternal.”
“对想要它的人来说，时间很慢，对害怕它的人来说，时间很快，对悲观的人来说，时间很长，对充满欢愉的人来说，它又很短暂，但对于爱它的人来说，时间即是永恒。”
Compared to the universe, our lives are really short, just like a meter. But the meaning of life doesnt depend on its length but contributions. For example, Marie Curie, in order to find the radium, she devoted her whole life to the research. Though the radioactive element had shorter her life, she never gave up her mind to serve the world. According to her story, I conclude that the first meaning of life is contribution. The standard of judging a life isnt how much he asks for but how much he gives away.
The second meaning of life is struggling for our goals. Each of us has goals, such as longing for position, hoping for wealth and looking forward to be loved. However, the path leading to them isnt filled with roses. But no matter how tough to accomplish our dream we should never say die. If you really want to achieve them, please keep diligent and patient just like an English motto goes;“No pains ,no gains.”
The third meaning of life is happiness. Not only should we keep happy, but also bring enjoyment to others .For example, we can have an optimistic attitude which can affect the people in our surroundings. Besides, we are supposed to be ready to help others, because in this way we can make both us and them happy .I consider it an unchangeable truth that ‘Helping others creates happiness.
just want to say, the lives for us are limited, but we are able to make efforts to make it shine out .Believe it, though our lives are rather short, we can also make a hit .If we try our best, our lives will be meaningful as well.
There are many forms of life on earth: organisms, animals, plants, and human beings. Life is given to man only once. And there are many natural disasters that will destroy life. Since life is short and preeious, everyone wants to enjoy longevity.
The mode of life differes from person to person. A person's life may be one of great achievement. He may also lead a quiet life. A career man has a busy life. A self content man has an easy one. Yet everyone is writing his own life story with his actions.
The intelligent and diligent person makes his life full of vigor and vitality. He works and plays with zest. A lazy man's life is dull and spiritless. While in life he is lifeless.
As a youth, I choose to live a busy and meaningful life.
Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering --waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
"Relish the moment " is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118：24："This is the day which the Lord hath made;we will rejoice and be glad in it. " It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. In stead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough.
As everyone knows，English is very important has been used everywhere in the has become the most common language on Internet and for international trade. If we can speak English well，we will have more chance to use more and more people have taken notice of it，the number of the people who go to learn English has increased at a high speed.
But for myself，I learn English not only because of its importance and its usefulness，but also because of my love for I learn English，I can feel a different way of thinking which gives me more room to touch the I read English novels，I can feel the pleasure from the book which is different from reading the I speak English，I can feel the confident from my I write English，I can see the beauty which is not the same as our Chinese...
I love English，it gives me a colorful dream.I hope I can travel around the world one day. With my good English，I can make friends with many people from different contries.I can see many places of great intrests.I dream that I can go to London，because it is the birth place of English.
I also want to use my good English to introduce our great places to the English spoken people，I hope that they can love our country like us.
I know，Rome was not built in a day. I believe that after continuous hard study，one day I can speak English very well.
If you want to be loved，you should learn to love and be lovable. So I believe as I love English everyday，it will love me too.
I am sure that I will realize my dream one day!