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罗斯 荷叶/译 开学的第一天，教授做了自我介绍，并强烈要求我们结识一位陌生人。我站了起来，环视四周，这时，一支手臂轻轻地搭在我肩膀上。我转过身，发现一位满脸皱纹，身材瘦小的老太太正容光焕发，满面春风地看着我。 她说道：“嗨，姑娘！我叫罗斯，今年八十七岁，可以拥抱一下吗？” 我笑了起来，热情地答复：“当然可以！”于是，她给我一个熊抱。 “你为什么要在这样一个年轻无知的年龄上大学？”我问。她开玩笑地回答：“我来这儿为了结识一个有钱的丈夫，结婚，生几个孩子，然后退休，去旅游！” “你不是认真的。”我说着，很好奇是什么在激励她在这个年龄接受这份挑战。 “我一直想接受大学教育，现在终于如愿以偿了。”她告诉我。 在这一年的学习过程中，罗斯成了校园偶像，无论去哪儿，她都很容易结识朋友。她喜欢打扮，陶醉于其它同学对她的关注之中，她在尽情享受生活。 学期末，我们邀请罗斯在足球队的宴会上致词，我永远也不会忘记她的教诲。 “我们不是因为老了而不再玩耍，而是因为不再玩耍而日渐老去。保持年轻只有两大秘诀：开心和取得成功。每天都必须笑，都得去寻找开心。必须要有一个梦想，失去了梦想，人虽生犹死！”她说。 “变老和长大有天壤之别。如果你十九岁，躺在床上，无所事事一整年，你就会变成二十岁。我八十七岁了，如果躺在床上，无所事事一整年，我就变成八十八岁了。人人都会变老，但对于年轻人来说，每一分钟都很重要。”她接着说。 “我的意思是总要从从变化中寻找机会，不留遗憾。老年人通常不会为做过的事感到遗憾，而是为没有做的事感到遗憾。只有那些心存遗憾的人才畏惧死亡。” 她大胆地唱起了玫瑰之歌，结束了她的讲话。她要求我们每个人都要学习这首歌的歌词，并在日常生活中践行。 一年结束了，罗斯获得了大学学位，完成了多年的夙愿。毕业一周后，她在睡梦中平静地去世。 附：原文 The first day of school our professorintroduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. Istood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned aroundto find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit upher entire being. Shesaid, “Hi, girl! My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and enthusiastically responded,“Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such a young,innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband,get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel!” “No seriously,” I said. I was curious whatmay have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a collegeeducation and now I’m getting one!” she told me. Over the course of the year, Rose became acampus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dressup and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students.She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Roseto speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. “We do not stop playing because we are old;we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to stayingyoung, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humoreveryday. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die!” shesaid. “There is a huge difference between growingolder and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one fullyear and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20 years older. If I am87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added. “The idea is to grow up by always findingthe opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t haveregrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only peoplewho fear death are those with regrets.” She concluded her speech by courageouslysinging “The Song of Rose”. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics andlive them out in our daily lives. At the year’s end, Rose finished thecollege degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduationRose died peacefully in her sleep.
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