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在生命的早期，我们用仪式来标志每个阶段，像是生日、毕业典礼，但步入晚年后呢？在这个“思前想后”的冥想演讲中，Bob Stein提出了一个新的仪式：当你长大后，把自己的东西（及它们背后的故事）分享给大家，来反思自己过去的生活并打开通向未来的大门。
adj. 相关的，切题的，中肯的
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- So I started experimenting. I got a few dozen things out of the boxes,
- 我开始尝试。我从箱子里挑选了几十样东西，
- I put them about in a room, and I invited people to come in and ask me about anything that they found interesting.
- 将它们摆放在一个房间内，邀请人们前来并询问他们感兴趣的事物。
- The results were terrific. A good story became a launching pad for a much deeper discussion,
- 结果非常棒。一段好的故事会激发出更深入的讨论，
- in which my visitors made meaningful connections to their own lives.
- 让我的访客建立起和他们自身息息相关的联系。
- Derrius asked me about a Leonard Peltier T-shirt that I'd worn a lot in the '80s, that, sadly, is still relevant today.
- Derrius曾问过我关于Leonard Peltier T恤的故事，我在80年代经常穿它，令人感伤的是，它与现在仍紧密相连。
- Our conversation moved quickly, from a large number of political prisoners in American jails,
- 我们的对话进展很快，从美国监狱中关押的大量政治犯，
- to Derrius wondering about the legacy of the Black Liberation Movement of the '60s,
- 到Derrius想要了解60年代黑人解放运动的遗留问题，
- and how his life might be different if he'd come of age then, instead of 30-odd years later.
- 以及如果他在那时就已成年，而不是30年后，他的人生将是什么样子。
- At the end of our conversation, Derrius asked me if he could have the T-shirt.
- 在谈话的最后，Derrius问我能否把T恤给他。
- And giving it to him felt just about perfect.
- 我想这可能是最完美的做法。
- As these conversations established common ground, especially across generations,
- 当这些对话建立起共同点，特别是跨世纪的共同点，
- I realized I was opening a space for people to talk about things that really mattered to them.
- 我意识到我开拓了一片新天地，人们可以谈论他们真正关心的事情。
- And I started seeing myself with a renewed sense of purpose
- 我的人生也有了全新的使命感，
- not as the old guy on the way out, but as someone with a role to play going forward.
- 我不再是将要离世的老人，而是有角色要扮演的人，在向前迈进。
- When I was growing up, life ended for most people in their 70s.
- 在我小时候，大多数人会在70岁逝世。
- People are living far longer now, and for the first time in human history,
- 但是人们的寿命在延长，人类史上第一次发现，
- it's common for four generations to be living side by side.
- 四世同堂是一件很平常的事情。
- I'm 71, and with a bit of luck, I've got 20 or 30 more years ahead of me.
- 我已经71岁了，如果幸运的话，我还可以活20年或30年。
- Giving away my stuff now and sharing it with friends, family,
- 现在就拿出我的收藏，把它们的故事讲述给我的朋友、家人，
- and I hope strangers, too, seems like the perfect way to enter this next stage of my life.
- 我甚而希望是陌生人，似乎是进入人生新阶段的最好方式。
- Turns out to be just what I was looking for:
- 这正是我所找寻的：
- a ritual that's less about dying and more about opening the door to whatever comes next. Thank you.
- 一个与死亡无关的仪式，敞开大门，迎接未来，谢谢你们。
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| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| relevant | ['relivənt] | 联想记忆 | ||
| established | [is'tæbliʃt] | |||
| ritual | ['ritjuəl] | |||
| movement | ['mu:vmənt] | 联想记忆 | ||
| legacy | ['legəsi] | 联想记忆 | ||
| conversation | [.kɔnvə'seiʃən] | 联想记忆 |
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