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A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack.

一个很特别的高中老师，其丈夫死于突发性心脏病。

About a week after his death, she shared some of her thoughts with a classroom of students.

在他死后大约一周，她便把她的一些所思所想讲给全班学生。

As the late afternoon sunlight shined through the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on her desk and sat down there.
下午的阳光透过教室的窗户照射进来，快要放学了，她把一些东西放在讲桌上，坐了下来。

With a gentle look on her face, she paused and said, Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought which I feel is very important.

她脸上带着温柔的表情，稍稍停顿了一下，便开始讲话：“在放学前，我想跟你们分享一种我认为很重要的想法。

Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves...and none of us knows when this fantastic experience will end.

我们每个人都生活在地球上，学习、分享、爱护别人、欣赏和付出自我，却没有一个人知道这种美好的体验什么时候就会结束了。

It can be taken away at any moment.

它随时都可能被带走。

Perhaps this is a sign that we must make the most out of every single day.
也许这预示着我们必须最大限度地利用每一个日子。

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, So I would like you all to make me a promise...from now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice.

她的眼睛开始湿润了，她接着说：因此我想让你们每个人答应我：从今以后，在你上学或者放学的路上，要发现一些美丽的事物。

It doesn't have to be something you see---it could be a scent---

它不一定是你看到的某个东西----它可能是一种香味----

perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house,

也许是新鲜烤面包的味道从某一座房里飘出来，

or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees,

也许是微风轻拂树叶的声音，

or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.

或者是晨光照射在轻轻飘落的秋叶上的方式。

Please, look for these things, and remember them.
请你们寻找这些东西并且记住它们吧。

For, although it may sound silly to some people, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy.

因为，尽管听起来有些傻气，这些东西却就是生活的内容，是我们活在世上要欣赏的一些小东西。

The things we often take for granted.

这些东西我们经常认为是理所当然的。

We must make it important to notice them, for at any time...it can all be taken away.
我们必须注意它们，这很重要，因为说不定在什么时候，它就被带走了。

The class was completely quiet.

整个教室里非常安静。

We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.

我们都收拾起课本，整理好，一个个默默地走出教室。

That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.

那天下午，在放学回家的路上我注意到很多事物，比我以前整个学期发现的事物还要多。

Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
不时地，我会想到那位老师，回忆起她给我们留下的深刻印象，我便会尽力去欣赏有时我们都忽略的东西。

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today.

今天中午吃饭的时候专注一下你所看到的特别事物。

Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset.

光着脚丫散散步。或在日落时分在沙滩上漫步。

Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double dip ice cream cone.

今晚在回家的路上，要驻足仔细品味一下冰淇淋蛋卷。

For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.因为随着我们年龄的增长，并不是做过的事情值得我们后悔，而是那些没有去做的事情。