生活充滿樂趣

曲永華

Every morning my daughter and I go for a twenty-minute walk to my workplace. For me， in those twenty minutes， I’m in transit（通過）. For my daughter， it’s nothing less than a parade（游行）of flowers， fire trucks， pebbles（鵝卵石）， and friendly folk.

One morning， ①I noticed that a sweet old man， amused by my toddler（學步的幼兒）， was watching her with a smile on his face. As we crossed his path， he chuckled（輕聲地笑）to himself， “Children have all the fun！”

He’s right. They do. And clearly， I’m missing out！ My age is no good reason for me to miss out on this street party！

Now， I try to remember that fun is a perspective（洞察力）. It’s not a force bound within the walls of amusement parks. The days that I remember this， it makes all the difference.

②We are born with a complete understanding of fun， which seems to fade（逐漸消逝）over time and conditioning. I say we should learn from children.

First of all， Kids are really good at enjoying the moment. ③Adults are addicted（上癮的）to thinking about all the things we have to do tonight， tomorrow， next week. Where you are is where the fun is. Nowhere else.

Second， we should learn something new. From new words to new facial expressions， kids are constantly（不斷地）mastering new skills. Make it a point to continuously be learning something， anything. Aren’t we the ones who tell our kids that“learning is fun”？

Next， use your imagination（想象力）. ④ A child can get lost in her make-believe world for hours. Imagine riding an elephant in Thailand. Or running a marathon on the Great Wall of China. ⑤You’ll have so much fun pretending that you might want to make it a reality（現實）—which leads to more fun than you can imagine.

[精彩譯文]

每天早上我和女兒走20分鐘的路程去我上班的地方。對我來說，這20分鐘的路程上我是行路者。對于我的女兒來說，這不亞于一場熱鬧的游行，隊伍中有鮮花、消防車、鵝卵石和友好的人們。

一天早上，我注意到一位和藹的老人被我的女兒逗樂了，他看著她臉上露出了微笑。當我們走過他的身邊，他自言自語：“孩子們總是那么快樂。”

他說對了。孩子們確實如此。而且很明顯，我錯過這些快樂。就算我年紀大了，我也沒有理由錯過這街頭派對。

現在我努力記住：我們需要發現樂趣的洞察力。樂趣并沒被束縛在游樂園里。只要我們有了發現樂趣的心態，我們的生活就會充滿樂趣。我記住了這一點，我的生活變得完全不同。

我們生來就具備完全理解樂趣的能力，它似乎隨著時間和條件的變化而逐漸消逝。我認為我們應該向孩子們學習。

第一，孩子們真的善于享受眼下這一刻，而成人則沉溺于考慮那些在今晚、明天、下周，所有我們不得不做的事情。當下就是快樂所在，不在今晚、明天、下周。

第二，我們應該學習一些新事物。從新單詞到新表情，孩子在不斷掌握新的技能。努力做到持續不斷地學習，學習任何事物，這是生活的意義所在。難道不是我們告訴孩子們“學習很有趣”的嗎？

除此之外，發揮你的想象力。孩子會沉浸在虛幻的世界里好幾個小時。想象著在泰國騎上一頭大象，或是在中國長城跑馬拉松。設想你或許要把它變成現實，你會感到非常多的樂趣——這會帶來比你想象的更多的樂趣。

[難點解讀]

①本句中amused by my toddler，過去分詞短語作定語，和所修飾名詞a sweet old man是被動關系。

例如：The vegetables sold in this shop are grown without chemicals.

這家商店賣的蔬菜不含化學物質。

②本句中which引導非限制性定語從句。

例如：Some of the roads were flooded， which made our journey more difficult.

一些道路被洪水沖毀了，這導致我們的旅程更加困難。

③be addicted to 沉溺于做某事

例如：Some people may be addicted to net surfing， which impairs their and mental health.

有些人可能沉溺于網上沖浪， 這會危害他們的身心健康。

④ get lost in 迷失在，沉浸在

例如：She stared out of the window， getting lost in a daydream.

她凝視窗外，沉浸在幻想之中。

⑤have fun doing sth.開心做某事

例如：I have fun playing with my friends.我和朋友們玩得很開心。