Three Days to See
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Helen Keller
I who am blind can give one hint to those who see -- one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Make the most of every sense: glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of contact which Nature provides. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight must be the most delightful.
如果给我三天光明
海伦.凯勒
我,一个盲人,可以给那些能看见的人一个提示---对想充分利用视力天赋的人的一个忠告:用你的双眼,就好像你明天就会遭致失明一样。这同样的方法也能用于其它的感觉上,去听悦耳的乐声,鸟儿的鸣唱,乐队的强劲旋律,就好像你明天就遭致失聪一样。去触摸你想摸的每个物体,就像你明天会推动触觉意识一样。去闻花朵的芳香,津津有味地去尝美味佳肴,就好像你明天会再也不能闻到,尝到一样。更多地体验每种感觉;所有的愉快和美感方面的天福,世界通过自然提供的几种接触方式将它展露给你。但是,在所有的感觉之中,我相信视觉可能是最愉快的。
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admonition:n.警告
make full use of: v.充分利用
strains:n.过渡的疲劳,紧张, 张力,应变vt.扭伤,损伤v.拉紧,扯紧,尽力
orchestra:n.管弦乐队, 乐队演奏处
tactile:adj.触觉的,有触觉的,能触知的n.触觉型