<font size="7"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px;">Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; 如今，我们住的楼房更高、走的路更宽阔，但我们的性情却变得急躁，眼光也变得狭隘。<br/> <br/>We spend more, but enjoy less; <br/>我们付出的更多，享受到的却更少； <br/> <br/>We have bigger houses, but smaller families; <br/>我们的住房更大，但我们的家庭却更小； <br/> <br/>We have more compromises, but less time; <br/>我们做出的让步更多，但是时间更少； <br/> <br/>We have more knowledge, but less judgment; <br/>我们拥有了更多的知识，但判断力却更差； <br/> <br/>We have more medicines, but less health; <br/>我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意； <br/> <br/>We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values; <br/>我们拥有了更多的财富，但价值观却在沦丧； <br/> <br/>We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much; <br/>我们说的多了，爱的却少了，仇恨也更多了； <br/> <br/>We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors; <br/>我们可以往返月球，却难以迈出一步去问候一下我们的左邻右舍； <br/> <br/>We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space; <br/>我们可以征服太空，却征服不了自己的内心； <br/> <br/>We have higher income, but less morals; <br/>我们的收入增加了，但道德却变少了； <br/> <br/>These are times with more liberty, but less joy; <br/>我们的时代更加自由了，但拥有的快乐时光却越来越少； <br/> <br/>We have much more food, but less nutrition; <br/>我们有了更多的食物，但得到的营养却越来越少； <br/> <br/>These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase; <br/>如今每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了； <br/> <br/>These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes; <br/>如今的住房越来越精致，但破碎的家庭也越来越多； <br/> <br/>That's why I propose, that as of today; <br/>这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始； <br/> <br/>You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION. <br/>不要将一切都为某一天而准备，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别； <br/> <br/>Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs; <br/>不断汲取知识，多读一些书，坐在家里的前廊上，用赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带有任何功利的想法； <br/> <br/>Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love; <br/>多花点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方； <br/> <br/>Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival; <br/>生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存； <br/> <br/>Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it. <br/>举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，想用的时候就用吧！ <br/> <br/>Remove from your vocabulary phrases like "one of these days" or "someday"; <br/>将所谓的"有那么一天"或"某一天"从你的字典中删掉； <br/> <br/>Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"! <br/>曾打算"在那么一天"要写的信，就在今天提笔吧！ <br/> <br/>Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them; <br/>告诉家人和朋友，你是多么的爱他们； <br/> <br/>Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life; <br/>做一切可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情； <br/> <br/>Every day, every hour, and every minute is special, and you don't know if it will be your last.<br/>每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别；你无法知道这是否是你的最后一刻。</span>
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