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Three Days to See 假如给我三天光明作者：Hellen Keller

1.All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live.Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24 hours.我们都读过震撼人心的故事，故事的主人公只能再活一段很有限的时光，有的长达一年，有的却短至一日。

thrill动词，颤抖。thrilling令人颤抖 thrilled感到战栗

in which介词+关系代词定语从句，其含义相当于in the stories

limited有限的；specified被明确指明了的2.But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed hero chose to spend his last days or his last hours.但我们总是想要知道，注定将要离世的人会选择如何度过自己最后的时光。

doomed命中注定的3.I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.当然，我说的是那些有选择权利的自由人，而不是那些活动范围被严格限制的罪犯。of course为插入成分，理解时可暂时忽略，句子主干：i speak of free men...speak of谈到，说到free men who have a choice有选择的自由人

condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.活动范围受到严格限制的罪犯。

condemned被宣告有罪的 sphere of activities活动范围delimited被划定界限的4.Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances.这样的故事让我们思考，在类似的处境下，我们会怎么做？

under...circumstances在某种情形下

5.What events, what experiences, what aociations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings ? What happine should we find in reviewing the past , what regrets? 作为终死之人，临终前的几个小时内我们应该做什么事，经历什么或做哪些联想？回忆往昔，什么使我们开心快乐？什么使我们悔恨不已？

crowd into those last hours挤进最后的时刻crowd into挤进

mortal beings必死的人们review the past回顾过去

6.Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.有时我想，把每天都当作生命中的最后一天来过，也不失为一个极好的生活法则。as if 仿佛

7.Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life.We should live each day with gentlene, vigor and a keenne of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come.这种态度会使人格外重视生命价值。我们每天都应改以优雅的姿态，充沛的精力，抱着感恩的心来生活。但当时间以无休止的日月年在我们面前流逝时，我们却常常没有了这种感觉。

time stretches before us时间在我们面前延展开来

in the constant panorama of more days/months/years to come以不断到来的年月日的情景（出现）

8.There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry”.当然，也有人奉行“吃喝享受”的享乐主义信条。

9.But most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.但绝大多数人还是会受到即将到来的死亡的威胁。

10.In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed.在故事中，将死的主人公通常都在最后一刻因突降的幸运而获救，但他的价值观通常都会改变。a stroke of fortune突然的幸运sense of values价值观

11.He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values.他变得更加理解生命的意义及其永恒的精神价值。

12.It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetne to everything they do.我们常常注意到，那些生活在或曾经生活在死亡阴影下的人无论做什么都会感到幸福。it作形式主语，that引导的句子是真正主语

those who live, or have lived那些生活或曾经生活...in the shadow of death在死亡阴影下 bring sth to sth将什么带入什么mellow sweetne醇和的甘甜

13.Most of us, however, take life for granted.然而，我们中的大多数都把生命看成理所当然的。

take sth for granted把什么看作理所当然

14.We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future.我们知道有一天我们必将面对死亡，但总认为那一天还在遥远的未来。

picture动词，表示“描画”

15.When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable.当我们身强体壮之时，死亡简直不可想象。

16.We seldom think of it.我们很少考虑到它。

17.The days stretch out in an endle vista.日子多得好像没有尽头。endle vista无尽的展望

18.So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listle attitude toward life.因此我们一味忙于琐事，几乎意识不到我们对待生活的冷漠态度。

go about从事listle冷漠的，倦怠的19.The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses.我担心同样的冷漠也存在于我们对自己官能和意识的运用上。

lethargy无生气characterize表现出什么特色

20.Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold bleings that lie in sight.只有聋子才理解听力的重要，只有盲人才明白视觉的可贵。

21.Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life.这尤其适用于那些成年后才失去视力和听力的人。apply to将...运用到...上

22.But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these bleed faculties.但是那些从未受过丧失视力或听力之苦的人很少充分利用这些宝贵的能力。

make the fullest use of充分利用

23.Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation.他们的眼睛和耳朵模糊地感受着周围的景物与声音，心不在焉，也无所感激。

24.It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill.这正如我们只有在失去后才懂得珍惜一样，我们只有在生病后才意识到健康的可贵。(..story)of not being grateful for...until...直到（失去）才感激

(..story)of not being conscious of...until...直到（生病）才意识到

25.I have often thought it would be a bleing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.我经常想，如果每个人在年轻的时候都有几天失聪，也不是为一件幸事。

26.Darkne would make him more appreciative of sight;silence would teach him the joys of sound.黑暗将使他更加感激光明，寂静将告诉她声音的美妙