你可以改变世界吗

When I was a young man, I wanted tochange the world.

当我年轻的时候，我想改变世界。

I found it was difficult to changethe world, so I tried to change my nation.

我发现改变世界很难，因此，就尝试去改变我的国家。

When I found I couldn't change thenation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an olderman, I tried to change my family.

在我发现无法改变国家时，便开始把目光集中在我的城市。当我老去的时候，我已没法改变这个城市，于是试想改变我的家庭。

Now, as an old man, I realize theonly thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago Ihad changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and Icould have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed thenation and I could indeed have changed the world.

如今，作为一个迟暮老人，我意识到我所能唯一改变的，就是我自己。但我同时恍然悟到，如果年轻时我就去该变自己，可能就会影响到我的家庭。我和我的家庭也就会对我的城市产生影响。这些影响可能就会改变国家，进而我可能就会真的改变世界了。