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1、Wearealldying我们都在走向死亡1.Ihavesomegoodnewsandsomebadnewsforyou(asthejokegoes).Thebadnews–andI'mverysorrytobethebearer–isthatwearealldying.It'strue.I'vecheckeditout.Infact,I'vedouble–andtriple-checkedit.I'vehaditsubstantiatedand,well,there'snoeasywaytosayit.
2、wearedying.It'ssomethingthatIalwayskindofknew,butneverreallychosetothinkabouttoomuch.Butthefactis,withinthenext70or80years–dependingonhowoldyouareandhowlongyoulast–weareallgoingtobeeithercoffindwellersortrampledashintherosegardenofsomelocalcemetery.Wemayn
3、otevenlastthatlong.Afterall,weneverquiteknowwhenthehooded,scythe-carrying,bringer-of-the-last-breathmightcome-a-calling.Itcouldbesoonerthanwe'dlike.Ihavewatcheddeathfromthesidelines,quiterecentlyinfact,andnothingunderlinestheuncertaintyandabsolutefrailtyo
4、fhumanityliketheuntimelyexitofafriend.我给你带来一条好消息,还有一条坏消息(正如笑话所说的)。坏消息是:我们都在走向死亡——很抱歉是我带来了这条坏消息。这可是真的,我已经核实过了,事实上我已经三番五次地核实过了。我也找到了证据,可是要说出这个事实实在是不容易,不过我们的确都在走向死亡。这件事我过去多少知道一点,但不愿过多地去想它。但事实是,再过70年或80年——这要取决于你现在年龄有多大,寿命有多长——我们都会躺到棺材里,或者变成某个地方公墓玫瑰园里的灰尘,被人践踏。
5、我们甚至活不到这么老。毕竟,我们从来就不清楚那位戴着头巾、手持长柄镰刀、命人吐出最后一口气的死神什么时候会来召唤我们,有可能会比我们希望的要早。其实我最近就曾经从局外人的角度观察过死亡,没有什么比朋友的早逝更能表明人生的无常和生命的脆弱了。2Scary.真可怕。3NowthatIhavedepressedyou,here'sthegoodnews.Knowingthatweareallbuddingcrypt-kickerstakesawayalltheuncertaintyoflife.Wealread
6、yknowhowthestoryends.Theprologueandepiloguearealreadytypedin.Allthat'sleftisthemiddlebitandthat'sdowntous.Wegettochoosethemeatofthestory。我已经让你够沮丧的了,现在告诉你那条好消息吧:知道了我们都在走向坟墓,我们就不再有人生无常的感觉了。我们已经知道故事的结局,开场白和尾声也都确定了,剩下的就是介于两者之间的那些事儿了,这些事是我们作得了主的。我们必须挑选故事情节。4.S
7、o,allthoseplansthatyouhaveonthebackburner,youknow,thegreatthingsyou'regoingtodowithyourlife"whenthetimeisright"?Well,thetimeisneverquiteright,Ifind.Itneedstobebroughtforwardanddonenow,thisminute,pronto,inahurry,asquickasyourlittlelegswillcarryyou.Thenovel
8、thatyouwanttowrite,thetriptotheGrandCanyonyou'vealwaysplannedtotake,yourmind's-eyedream-job,theWestEndplayyouwanttodirect–youhavetodothemnow.We'redying,see.It'sofficial.所以,那些被你搁置在一边的计划,即那些“当时机成熟时”你会用生命来完成的伟大事业怎么办呢?可