雅思阅读丨人生的最后一周他最在乎的五件事！

假如生命只剩下最后一个星期，你会做些什么？本期的雅思阅读栏目，长沙新航道小编推荐的这篇文章或许有些沉重，但却能让我们陷入沉思。

What If You Had Just One More Week ToLive?

In the last weeks I’ve been joining one of my friends to his visits to a hospital for kids with cancer.

It’s amazing how you can bright their day by just giving them a smile and by looking at them as what they are, kids, and not as sick people.

They’re tired of people who only show pity for them.

What they need is people who look at them and instead of show pity, they show love and energy so the kids feel full of life again.

After a couple of visits to the hospital I made myself some questions about how much I value the fact that I’m healthy.

Why is hethe one who’s gonna die soon and not me?

This is a question many of us have thought about after this kind of experiences, but the question I want to focus on is what would you do if you’d have only one more week to live?

Probably you have a huge list of things you’d want to do, but when you have such a short time you need to prioritize and choose which things are possible and which are not.

Here are some ideas of what you could do in that week you’ve got left. Enjoy!

假如你的生命只剩一周，你会怎么做？

上星期，我和我的一个朋友一起去医院探望身患癌症的孩子们。

仅仅是给予他们一个微笑，并把他们当成孩子而非病人一样看待就能点亮他们的一天，这一点是那么的美妙。

对于那些只向他们表示怜悯的人，孩子们已感到厌倦。

孩子们需要的是那些望着他们，向他们展示爱与力量，让他们重新感受到生命力的人，而不是那些向他们表示同情的人。

在去医院探访了几次后，我向自己提出了关于“究竟我有多么珍惜自己身体健康这一事实”的一些问题。

为什么他是那个即将离世的人而不是我？

这是一个许多有过类似经历的人都曾想过的问题，但是， 我想要关注的问题则是，假如你的生命只剩一周，你会做些什么？

也许关于想要做的事情，你有一个超长的清单，但是当时间所剩不多时，你就需要给事情排排序，选出哪些事有可能，哪些则没可能了。

这儿有一些你可以在最后的一周中做的事情。尽情享受吧！

1. Spend Time with Your Family

As I’ve said before, family is our greatest treasure on earth.

My family has given me everything I’ve needed through the years and if I were about to die in a week, I’d spend every moment I could with them.

Think about how much they would suffer if you died, specially your parents.

Nothing hurts a parent more than watching one of their children die before them.

Your family has always supported you and even if you don’t get along with them, deep inside your heart you love them as they love you too.

Spend time with them and don’t wait until events like this come to your life to value your family.

1. 和家人一起共度时光

正如我之前所说的，家人是我们在这个世界上的财富。

我的家人给予了我这些年来所需要的一切东西，那么，如果一周后我就要离开这个世界，我会用所有的时间来陪伴他们。

想一想如果你离开，他们会多么得痛苦，尤其是你的父母。

对于父母来说，没有什么比白发人送黑发人更令人心碎了。

你的家人一直以来都支持着你，而且，即使你不在他们身边，你从内心深处爱着他们正如他们爱你一样。

花些时间陪伴他们，不要等到当这样的时刻来临时才去珍惜你的家人。

2. Date The One You Love.

It’s interesting how when we’re running out of time is when we have the courage to do things that normally we would be scared of.

If you love someone tell that person, because you don’t know when you won’t be able to do it.

Tell the one you love how much he or she means to you.

It’s a shame that some people wait until moments like this ones to tell what they feel to others.

Have your last date with that person and don’t hold anything back.

Be sincere and don’t expect that person to love you back or you could end heartbroken. Just tell that person how you feel and expect nothing in return.

You’ll feel much better after that and you’ll be proud of yourself for it.

2. 与你爱的人约会

有趣的是当时间所剩无几时，我们才有勇气去做那些我们平常不敢做得事情。

你如果爱一个人，那就告诉他，因为你不知道自己什么时候就做不到了。

告诉你爱的人，他或她对你来说有多么重要。

可惜的是有些人等到这种时候才告诉别人自己对对方的感觉。

和那个人来一次最后的约会，不要有任何的保留。

要真诚，并且不要期待对方也爱你，否则到最后你会以心碎收场。仅仅是告诉那个人你的感受，不要对回应抱有任何的期待。

这么做完以后，你会感觉好很多，而且你会为此而感到自豪。

3. Visit Your Best Friend.

Best friends are always there for you no matter what. If I were to die soon, I’d go to my best friend’s house and talk with him or her for hours.

Probably we would cry, but no one else would make me feel better than him or her.

It’s possible that we would laugh, cry, argue and then laugh again, because we would try to spend every possible remaining minute together.

Take a day from that week and spend it with your best friend.

Tell him or her how much you appreciate all the time you’ve spent together and how your spirit will take care of him or her when you leave.

Hug your best friend, cherish those last moments with him or her and remember that it’s not a goodbye, but a see you later.

3. 拜访你的朋友

的朋友无论如何都会一直在那里支持着你。如果我不久就要离去，我会去我的朋友的家，和她或他畅谈几个小时。

也许我们会哭泣，但是，没有谁比他或她能更令我感觉好受些。

有可能我们会大笑，会哭泣，争吵然后又大笑，因为我们要努力一起度过余下可能的每一分钟。

从最后一周中抽出一天来，和你的朋友一起度过。

告诉他或她你是多么感激你们一起度过的所有时光，还有你的灵魂会如何在你离开人世后保佑他。

拥抱你的朋友，珍惜与他或她在一起的最后时光，并且要记住这并不是永别而是再见。

4. Make Peace With Your Enemies.

Okay this one is tough, but when you think deeply about it you’ll see that sometimes we hate someone for stupid reasons.

I’m not telling you to forgive and forget, because that’s really difficult, mostly when someone has hurt you so bad (physically or emotionally) that you just want that person to disappear and never see him or her again.

Try to forgive those people, not just because you’d die in a week, but because you really want to be in peace with them.

Apply this to your life. Think about how you could help to soothe the waters and be in peace again with him or her.

Your enemies don’t have to be your best friends, but at least you should treat them with respect, as they need to do the same with you.

4. 与你的敌人握手言和

这一点有些困难，但是当你深入地想想后，你会发现有时候我们是因为一些很愚蠢的理由而恨一个人的。

我不是在告诉你要原谅或是忘记，因为那实在是太难了。多数情况下，当一个人深深地伤害（身体上或是情感上）你以后，你只想要那个人消失，永远不再与他或她相见。

试着去原谅那些人，这并不仅仅是因为你一周后就将要离开人世，而是因为你是真得想要与他们握手言和。

在你的生活中去实践这一点。去想一想你如何才能够帮着抚平波澜，并与对方重归于好。

你的敌人并不需要成为你的朋友，但是你至少应当尊重地对待他们，因为他们也需要这样去对待你。

5. Write A Personal Letter To Your Closest Friends And Family Members.

This is something they’ll never forget. Write a personal letter to the person who is really close to you.

They’ll love it and they’ll save the letter until they die.

Just imagine how every year they’ll open it and read everything you wrote specifically for each of them.

They’ll cry every time they read it and you’ll always be in their hearts and minds by doing it.

5. 给你最亲近的朋友和家人写一封亲笔信

他们永远不会忘记你写的信。去给你十分亲近的人写一封亲笔信吧。

他们会珍爱你的信，并一直收藏着它直到他们离去。

想象一下他们是如何每一年都把信打开来，读一读你专门写给他们每一个人的话语。

每每读到这封信时他们都会哭泣，那么这样做以来，你也就永远地留在了他们的心中。

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