励志暖心英语短文-改变我的那个瞬间

His Action Changed My Life
(from kind spring)

乔布斯在2005年斯坦福大学的演讲中曾经说过这样一段话：
当我十七岁的时候, 我读到了一句话:"如果你把每一天都当作生命中最后一天去生活的话,那么有一天你会发现你是正确的。"这句话给我留下了一个印象。从那时开始,过了33 年,我在每天早晨都会对着镜子问自己:"如果今天是我生命中的最后一天, 你会不会完成你今天想做的事情呢？"当答案连续多天是"No"的时候, 我知道自己需要改变某些事情了。
生活中，改变我们心情或者决定的或许就在那么一个不起眼的瞬间，今天我们就来听这样一个故事，讲述的就是关于“瞬间”的故事。


重点词汇
temperature   n.温度; 气温; 体温;
exhaust grate n.排气
filthy adj. 肮脏的；污秽的；猥亵的
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，我经历了一个特别寒冷的冬天，无论是个人生活还是室外温度。一天晚上，我独自一人喝酒, 为自己感到难过，当我从酒吧往回走的时候，我看见一个无家可归的人站在百货公司前的排气炉前。他穿着一件脏兮兮的运动衣，走近每个路过的人要钱。
我自怜自艾，没工夫理会他，所以我过了马路。当我走过，我看见一个商人从店里出来，从包里拿出一件滑雪外套递给那个流浪汉。那个商人转身走开的那一刻，对于我和那个流浪汉来说，时间似乎都凝固住了。然后那个流浪汉在街对面看着我。他慢慢地摇了摇头，我知道他在哭。
这是我最后一次为自己难过。