three days to see
假如拥有三天光明
helen keller/海伦·凯勒
all of have read thrillg stories which the hero had only a liited and specified ti to livetis it was as long as a year；tis as short as enty-four hours，but always we were terested disverg jt how the dood an chose to spend this fast days of this st hoursi speak，of urse，of free n who have a choice，not ndened crials whose sphere of activities is strictly deliited
such stories set thkg，wonderg what we should do under siir circustanceswhat asciations should we crowd to those st hours as ortal begs？what happess should we fd revieg the past，what regrets？
我们都读过这样一些动人的故事，故事里主人公将不久于人世。长则一年，短则24小时。但是我们总是很想知道这个即将离开人世的人是决定怎样度过他最后的日子的。当然，我所指的是有权做出选择的自由人，不是那些活动范围受到严格限制的死囚。
这一类故事会使我们思考在类似的处境下，我们自己该做些什么？在那临终前的几个小时里，我们会产生哪些联想？会有多少欣慰和遗憾呢？
tis i have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die toorrowsuch an attitude would ephasize sharply the vaes of lifewe should live each day with a ntleness，a vigor，and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when ti stretches before the nstant panoraa of ore days and onths and years to ethere are those，of urse，who would adopt the epicurean otto of“eat，drk and be rry，”but ost people would be chastened by the certaty of ipendg death
有时我想，把每天都当作生命的最后一天来度过，也不失为一个很好的生命法则。这种人生态度会使人非常重视人生的价值。每一天我们都应该以和善的态度、充沛的精力和热情的欣赏来度过，而这些恰恰是在来日方长时往往被我们忽视的东西。当然，有这样一些人奉行享乐主义的座右铭——吃喝玩乐，但是大多数人却不能摆脱死亡定会来临的恐惧。
ost of take life for grantedwe know that one day we t die，but ually we picture that day as far the future，when we are buoyant health，death is all but uniagablewe seldo thk of itthe days stretch out an endless vista we go about our petty task，hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life
我们大多数人认为生命理所当然，我们明白总有一天我们会死去，但是我们常常把这一天看得非常遥远。当我们身强体壮时，死亡便成了难以想像的事情了。我们很少会考虑它，日子一天天过去，好像没有尽头。所以我们为琐事奔波，并没有意识到我们对待生活的态度是冷漠的。
the sa lethargy，i a afraid，characterizes the e of all our faculties and sensesonly the deaf appreciate hearg，only the bld realize the anifold blessgs that lie sightparticurly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearg adult lifebut those who have never suffered ipairnt of sight or hearg seldo ake the fullest e of these blessed facultiestheir eyes and ears take all sights and unds hazily，without ncentration，and with little appreciationit is the sa old story of not beg grateful for what we nscio of health until we are ill