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6月15日，也就是我即将年满30岁的前两天，对于迈进生命中一个新的十年，我深感不安，因为我害怕自己的花样年华就这样离我远去了。 每天去上班前，我都会先到健身房里锻炼身体。每天早上，在健身房里我都会遇到我的朋友尼古拉斯。他79岁了，但体形还非常好。就在那天当我向尼古拉斯问候时,他似乎注意到我不像平常那样活力十足了，就问我出了什么事。于是我就把对跨过30岁门槛的担忧告诉了他。我在想：要是我到了他这个岁数，我会对自己走过的这段岁月怎么想呢？于是就问他:“您生命中的哪段时光 是您的花样年华呢?” 他想也不想就脱口而出：“哦,乔,对于你这个充满哲理的问题，我有一个同样充满哲理的答案：“当我在奥地利还是个孩子的时候，父母养育我，为我打理好一切,那段时光便是我的花样年华。” “当我去上学,学到了今天我所掌握的这些知识的时候，那段时光便是我的花样年华。” “当我找到第一份工作,肩上有了责任,并且从自己的努力中得到收获的时候，那段时光便是我的花样年华。” “当我遇到现在的妻子并与她坠入爱河的时候，那段时光便是我的花样年华。” “当第二次世界大战爆发，我与妻子为活下去而背井离乡离开奥地利，我们一起坐船安全前往北美大陆的时候，那段时光便是我的花样年华。” “当我们来到加拿大，组建起一个家，那段时光便是我的花样年华。 “当我当上父亲，看着自己的孩子长大，那段时光便是我的花样年华。” “哦,乔,现在我79岁了，身体还不错，感觉良好，并且和妻子还是像当初相遇时那般地恩爱,这便是我的花样年华。” 乐观进取，生命的鮮花便会一路绽放。 The Best Time of My Life It was June 15，and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me. My daily routing included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn’t full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas’s age, so I asked him，“What was the best time of your life?” Without hesitation,Nicholas replied，“Well，Joe，this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question “When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents，that was the best time of my life. “When I was going to school and learning the things I know today,that was the best time of my life. “ When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life. “When I met my wife and fell in love,that was the best time of my life. “The Second World War came,and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship bound for North America, that was the best time of my life. “ When we came to Canada and started a family，that was the best time of my life. “When I was a young father，watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life. And now Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life. |
