第310期:You're Amazing

人類一直在探尋這三個問題的答案：我是誰？我從哪來？我要去哪？不管這三個問題的答案已經探索到何種地步，你每天還是會吃飯，睡覺，上班，學習，思考。可能，你有時會厭倦這樣的生活，似乎自己在重複着和別人一樣的人生。你感到無聊，卻深感無奈。
但你需要知道一件事情，在這個世界上，你是獨一存在的，即使有人和名字相同，但是性格和境遇也會不同。即使有人和你長的相似，但他的聲音也許和你不一樣。是的，我們太容易找到和我們相似的人，或者遇到相似的境遇，但我們每個人都是獨立不相同的。在這個世界上，你找不到和你一模一樣的人。今天我們聽到的這篇英語美文《令人敬畏的你》講述的就是這樣的一個你。一個和任何人不一樣的你。一個令人敬畏的你。

重點詞彙：
gazillion n. 極大量
whimsy n. 怪念頭；反覆無常
virtue n. 美德；優點；
intentionally adv. 故意地，有意地
devour v.吞食；毀滅

Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.
試想一下……你！一個空前絕後的你，不論是以往還是將來都不會有一個跟你一模一樣的人。
You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe.
你在歷史上和宇宙中都是獨一無二的。
Wow !Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion...
哇！想想吧，你是萬里挑一、億裏挑一、兆裏挑一的。
You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!
在無窮無盡的宇宙中，你是舉世無雙的！！！
You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so.
你是了不起的！你是卓越的！沒錯，就是你。你已經是了不起的，是卓越的，你還可以更卓越更了不起。
Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art.
美麗的年輕人是大自然的奇想，而美麗的老人卻是藝術的傑作。
But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.
但你不會因爲年齡的漸長就自然而然地變得“美麗”。
Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life.
真正的美麗源於生命裏的學習、成長和熱愛。
That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you.
這就是生命的芝術。你可以只聽天由命，慢慢地學，有時候或許會很痛苦。
Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers.
又或許你可以選擇加速自己的成長，故意地揮霍生活及其提供的一切。
You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. Paint a Masterpiece. God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.
你就是手握今日之刷描繪自己未來的藝術家。畫出一幅傑作吧！上帝給了鳥兒食物，但他沒有將食物扔到它們的巢裏。不管你想要去哪裏，不管你想要做什麼，真正做決定的還是你自己。

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