人生沒有終點站Relish the Moment
Read the article quickly and answer the following questions.
1. What do you usually do when you travel by train?
2. Did you regret for the passing time?
Tucked away in our subconsciousness is an idyllicvision. 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 flatlandsand 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.
“When we reach the station, that will be it!”we cry.“When I’m 18.”“When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!”“When I put the last kid through college.”“When I have paid off the mortgage!”“When I get a promotion .”“When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after!”
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. Intend, 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.
在我們的內心深處，總隱藏著一片詩情畫意的風景。我們覺得自己正處於一次跨越大陸的漫長旅行中。坐在火車上，窗外流動的風景在我們的麵前一掠而過：附近高速公路上馳騁的汽車；十字路口揮手的孩童；遠處山坡上放牧的牛群；電廠排放的嫋嫋煙塵；成片的玉米地和小麥地；還有，平原、峽穀、山脈和丘陵；城市的輪廓和鄉間的農舍。
可是，我們想得最多的還是目的地。某天的某一刻，我們抵達站點，會有樂隊演奏，歡迎旗幟飄揚。一旦我們到達了目的地，夢想就會變成現實，而我們破碎的生活會像一幅拚好的畫圖，變得完美。我們焦躁不安地在車廂裏踱來踱去，詛咒火車的遲緩——等啊等，等待進站的那一刻。
“進站時，一切都好了！”我們呼喊著。“我滿18歲時。”“我買了一輛新的450SL奔馳轎車時！”“當我供最小的孩子讀完大學。”“當我還了所有的貸款。”“當我退休的時候，就從此過上了幸福的生活！”
遲早，我們會意識到人生沒有終點站，沒有什麽地方真正完美。生命的真正樂趣在於旅行的過程。終點站隻是一個夢，它永遠在我們的前方。
“品味現在”本身就是一句很好的箴言，再加上《聖經·詩篇》第118章第24行的這樣一句話，使得它更顯特別，“主創造了今天，我們為活在今日而歡欣雀躍。”導致人們瘋狂的往往不是今日的沉重，而是對昨日的懊悔和對明日的畏懼。懊悔和畏懼如同一對孿生的竊賊，偷走了我們的今天。
因此，不要在車廂內徘徊，不要計算著餘下的行程！讓我們攀登更多的高山、吃冰激淩、赤腳漫步、遊泳、欣賞日落、多點歡笑，少些淚水吧。讓生命活在我們前進的腳步中，那麽車站很快就會到達。
心靈小語
我們從出生那天起就一直在尋覓，尋覓自己滿意的生活，尋覓最傑出優秀的自己。人生的旅途是漫長而又充滿煎熬的，當我們過五關斬六將受盡磨難與困苦找到了自認為理想的生活時，我們才發現，原來在這個過程中，我們也失去了很多，甚至是付出了巨大的代價。我們於是才恍然大悟，原來我們追求的是人生的過程，所謂的目的地，隻不過是個約定俗成的終點站而已，我們在這個過程中成長、鍛造。
Ace in the Hole
Keywords and expressons
promote，promoter，promotional
promote是promotion的動詞形式，意思是“晉升，升級”。
例：He certainly ought to be promoted.
他應該得到提升。
另外，此詞還有“促進、發揚”的意思。
例：The Prime Minister’s visit will promote the cooperation
between the two countries.
首相的訪問將促進兩國間的合作。
promoter
作名詞，意思是“促進者；助長者；起促進作用的事物”。
例：Good humor is a promoter of friendship.
良好的幽默感能促進友誼。
Chunks in Practice
Translate the following sentences into Enghish or Chinese.
1. 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.
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2.導致人們瘋狂的往往不是今日的沉重，而是對昨日的懊悔和對明日的畏懼。懊悔和畏懼
如同一對孿生的竊賊，偷走了我們的今天。
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Now a Try
試著運用sooner or later, couple with, arrive at撰寫一篇150字的小短文。______________________________________________________________