Life is Beautiful
精彩的生活
Not having done physical exercise for some time, I found myself a little low-spirited and couldn’t study efficiently, so I decided to do some running the next day.
好象有一段时间没有做体育运动了，发现自己情绪有点低落且学习也没有什么效率，于是决定第二天进行一点小跑。
At 6:15 the next morning, my alarm clock rang. Reluctant to rise from my bed, I turned it off and went back to sleep. However, 5 minutes later, I struggled to get up. After washing and brushing, I had my sneakers on and went out.
第二天早上6:15时分，闹钟开始响起来。我勉强地从床上爬起来，把它关掉，然后又回到床上睡起来。可是5分钟过后，还是努力爬起来。洗刷过后，穿上运动鞋然后出去了。
Wow! The air was fresh that I couldn’t help breathing it deeply. I stretched my arms and legs, then started to run. I found all things around me were so attractive. Look, the branches were waving, as if they were welcoming me; the blossoming flowers were bowing, with shyness, just like girls. Listen, the wind was whispering, as if to say “Come on, girl”. What’s interesting was those two birds, perching in the tree. They were scared and flew away when I passed them. “Hey, chaps, relax.” I shouted without stopping running, “Let’s enjoy the beautiful morning together!” Then miracle happened. The two little creatures seemed to understand what I said. They turned back and twittered around me. “Are you singing for me?” I asked. They chirped again and again, sounded like “Yes”. I was delighted to hear that. Ah, what a wonderful morning and how beautiful life is!
哇啊！空气是如此的新鲜以至于我情不自禁地作深呼吸。摆摆手，伸伸腿，接着开始跑起来。我发现周围的一草一木都是那么的有吸引力，看！那摇摆的树脂好象在向我招手；含苞正放的花朵像小女孩一样矜持着。听！风儿正吹着口哨，好象在说：“过来，小女生”。最有趣的还要数树上的那两只小鸟，她们好象有点胆怯，当我经过之时，立刻又飞开了。“嗨，小乖乖！不要恐慌，”我边跑边安抚着，“让我们一起享受着这阳光的早晨吧！”然而奇迹真的发生了，两只小可爱好象理解我所说的，马上转过头，然后在我的周围嘁嘁喳喳地叫个不停。“你们是在为我歌唱吗？”我问道。她们又嘁喳嘁喳回应着，俨然在说“是的”，我愉悦地享受着她们的歌唱。啊，多么奇妙的早晨啊，生活是那么地精彩和阳光！
Actually, there are a lot of charming things around us. Helen Keller wrote in her famous article Three Days to See, “The seeing see little”. Indeed, many of us ignore beauty around us, just because we are familiar with them. They always complain that life is boring. But, I just want to say, if you live each day with appreciation of things around, you will find life is very charming. So, let’s enjoy life from now on.
的确，我们的周围伴随着许多迷人的事物，正如海伦·凯勒女士在其《假如我有三天光明》所说的那样：“光明的人收获少”，的确，生活中很多人对其周围的美好事物往往视而不见，他们总是抱怨生活太枯燥无味，这也正是我们的缺点所在。然而，在此我想要说的是，如果我们每一天以积极的态度来看待周围的一草一木，这样你将会发现，生活是美好而阳光的。让我们就从现在开始吧！
（初稿：李泽龙译）