假如给我三天光明

作者：  海伦

中文朗诵：崔莉

英文朗诵：洁白

        我们都读过震撼人心的故事，故事中的主人公只能再活一段很有限的时光，有时长达一年，有时却短至一日。但我们总是想要知道，注定要离世的人  会选择如何度过自己最后的时光。当然，我说的是那些  有选择权利的自由人，而不是那些活动范围受到严格限定的死囚。

         这样的故事  让我们思考，在类似的处境下，我们该做些什么？作为终有一死的人，在临终前的几个小时内我们应该做什么事，经历些什么或做哪些联想？回忆往昔，什么使我们开心快乐？什么又使我们 悔恨不已？ 

          有时我想，把每天都当作生命中的最后一天来过，也不失为一个极好的生活法则。这种态度  会使人格外重视生命的价值。我们每天 都应该以优雅的姿态，充沛的精力，抱着感恩之心来生活。但当时间以无休止的日，月和年在我们面前流逝时，我们却常常没有了这种感觉。当然，也有人奉行“吃，喝，享受”的享乐主义信条，但绝大多数人还是会受到 即将到来的死亡的惩罚。 

         在故事中，将死的主人公通常都在最后一刻因突降的幸运而获救，但他的价值观通常都会改变，他变得更加理解生命的意义及其永恒的精神价值。我们常常注意到，那些生活在 或曾经生活在死亡阴影下的人无论做什么 都会感到幸福。

    Three Days To See

       Helen

All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live.Sometimes it was as long as a year;sometimes as short as twenty-four hours.But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.I speak,of course,of free men who have a choice,not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.

Such stories set us thinking,wondering what we should do under similar circumstances.What events,what experiences,what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings?What happiness should we find in reviewing the past,what regrets?

Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life.We should live each day with a gentleness,a vigor,and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come.There are those,of course,who would adopt the Epicurean motto of"Eat,drink,and be merry,"but most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.

In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune,but almost always his sense of values is changed.he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values.It ahs often been noted that those who live,or have lived,in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.

作者：海伦·凯勒：Helen Keller 1880--1968，美国盲聋女作家，教育家，慈善家，社会活动家。主要著作有《假如给我三天光明》、《我的生活》、《我的老师》等。

    英文朗诵者简介：   洁白 ，中学英语高级教师。中国朗诵联盟会员。喜欢朗读，希望通过自己的声音向世界传播中国文化，讲好中国故事。

中文朗诵者简介：崔莉 （网名猫姐姐）   退休医生。在寂静的微观世界里与细胞对话。在喧腾的宏观世界中寻找声音的快乐，用声音传递温暖，传颂美好。