不要把生命當成最后的沖刺

文◎Benedict Cumberbatch 繪◎秋林夕

不要把生命當成最后的沖刺

DON'T TAKE THE JOURNEY OF LIFE AS THE ENDGAME

文◎Benedict Cumberbatch 繪◎秋林夕

"Benedict" means "blessed", my parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly①slightly 英 ['sla?tl?] 美 ['sla?tli] adv. 些微地，輕微地；纖細地blessed②blessed 英 ['bles?d; blest] 美 ['bl?s?d] adj. 幸福的；受祝福的；神圣的 v. 祝福（bless的過去分詞）because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time. Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness③sadness 英 ['s?dn?s] 美 ['s?dn?s] n. 悲哀, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes. Enjoy the journey④journey 英 ['d???n?] 美 ['d??ni] n. 旅行；行程vi. 旅行of life and not just the endgame⑤endgame 英 ['en(d)ge?m] 美 ['?ndɡem] n. 最后階段；尾聲. If I’d had fame⑥fame 英 [fe?m] 美 [fem] n. 名聲，名望；傳聞，傳說 vt. 使聞名，使有名望early on , I'd have been able to abuse⑦abuse 英 [?'bju?z] 美 [?'bjus] n. 濫用；虐待；辱罵；弊端；惡習，陋習vt. 濫用；虐待；辱罵it in the way that a young man should. I'm also a great believer in treating⑧treat 英 [tri?t] 美 [trit] vt. 治療；對待；探討；視為vi. 探討；請客；協商n. 請客；款待others as you would like to be treated.

“Benedict”的意思是“被保佑的”。我的父母很喜歡這個名字的讀音，也有一點點感覺老天保佑了他們的

意思，因為他們想要一個孩子很久了。對快樂的尋覓注定會以不快收場，我是這么想的。你得學會“既來之則安之”。享受生命的旅程，而不僅僅是做最終沖刺。如果我早一點成名，我就會像年輕人一樣揮灑青春。我深信的一句話是：“己所不欲，勿施于人”。