第35章 没有什么不可改变 Nothing Unchangeable

佚名/Anonymous

When I was tidying out my drawers I happened on a few diaries that I'd kept long ago. The writing showed a youthful, or rather childish hand. I casually took up one to have a look.

“Today the teacher announced the results of the term examinations. To my greatest surprise, I was ranked No. 5 on the list, the first time I've failed to achieve No. 1.I was so grieved that I wept bitterly and restrained myself from supper. I must punish myself for it is the greatest failure I've suffered in my life. It is also the most painful thing in my life that I should never forget.”

At this I couldn't help smiling. I could hardly remember what the actual situation was like. For more than a decade since then I've suffered lots of failures and painful things, any one of which is much weightier than an examination success.

Then I turned over to another page and read the following.____________

“I was very upset today. I wonder why Mum should have done so. Isn't she my Mum, my blood relation? I really want to leave her, leave this home. In a few days I'll take part in college entrance examinations. I'll apply for admittance to colleges or universities in other provinces far from home. When I go, I'll never come home again.”

This record astonished me. I tried my best to recall what mother did that annoyed me so much. But however hard I tried I still failed to call it to mind.

I glanced over several pages and the entries showed what was termed as“very grieving”,“very painful”, or“most unforgettable”things are nothing consequential, or even laughable from today's point of view. Then I put down one and picked up another. Opening it I saw on its title page the following.

To the one I love most:

Your love will keep me company all my life.

My love for you will never change.

It reminded me of someone—a vague image emerging before my eyes—the boy sharing a desk in class with me. I used to look on him as the whole of my life. But since we left school I've never met him again. I know nothing about him: where he is now or what he is doing. All I know is that his love doesn't keep me company while my love has already changed.

Having undergone so many changes of persons and things I've come to realize that nothing in the world is unchangeable. Not only nice and cheerful things will go, painful and troublesome things will also pass away. Even the things regarded as immutable will turn out actually altered after a passage of years. And you'll find the most altered is none other than you yourself, what remains unchanged is only the childish aspirations for nice things.

我整理抽屉时，发现了几本很久以前写的日记。它们记录了我年轻时的思想，或者更确切地说是幼稚的思想。我随便翻开一本看了看。

“老师今天宣布了期末考试成绩。让我吃惊的是自己居然得了第五名。这是我第一次没拿第一名。我伤心地哭了，晚饭也没吃。为了这个今生最重大的失败，我必须惩罚自己。这也是我一生中最痛苦的事情，我永远也不会忘记。”

看到这些我不禁笑了。当时的情况，我已经记不清了。因为在那之后的十多年里，我经历了太多的失败和痛苦，每一次经受的打击都远重于那次失败的考试。

接着我翻到另一页，看到了下面这段文字。

“我今天特别伤心。我不明白妈妈为什么会那么做。她是我的妈妈，我的亲生妈妈吗？我真想离开她，离开这个家。再过几天就要填报考志愿了，我要报考离家远的外省大学。上学后，我就永远也不回家了。”

这段话把我吓了一跳，我使劲回想妈妈到底做了什么事让我那么恼火，但不管我怎么想还是没想起来。

我又看了几页，写的都是些“非常悲伤”、“特别痛苦”或“极其难忘”的事情。但在现在看来，都没那么严重，有的甚至很可笑。我放下这本，拿起另一本。翻开时我看见扉页上写着这样一段话：

献给我最心爱的人，

你的爱将伴我一生，

我对你的爱永不变。

这让我想起了一个人——一个小男孩模糊的身影浮现在我眼前——我的同桌。我曾经把他看成是生命的全部。但自从离开学校后，我再也没有见过他，也不知道他的任何情况——不知道他在哪里，在干什么。我只知道他的爱没能伴我一生，而我的爱也早已改变。

经历过那么多人与事的变化，我才认识到世界上没有什么是不可改变的。美好且令人愉快的事物会离去，痛苦麻烦的事物也会消失。就算是那些被认为是永恒的事物，若干年后，也会发生变化。而且，你会发现改变最多的是你自己，唯一不变的是对美好事物孩子般的渴望。

世界上没有什么是不可改变的。美好且令人愉快的事物会离去，痛苦麻烦的事物也会消失。就算是那些被认为是永恒的事物，若干年后，也会发生变化。而且，你会发现改变最多的是你自己，唯一不变的是对美好事物孩子般的渴望。

记忆填空

1.“Today the teacher announced the____________of the term examinations. To my greatest surprise, I was____________No. 5 on the list, the first time I've failed to achieve No. 1.I was so grieved that I wept bitterly and restrained myself from____________. I must punish____________for it is the greatest failure I've suffered in my life. It is____________the most painful thing in my life that I should never forget.”

2.I glanced____________several pages and the entries showed what was termed____________“very grieving”,“very painful”,or“most unforgettable”things are____________consequential, or even laughable from today's point of view. Then I put____________one and picked up another.

佳句翻译

1.因为从那以后的十多年里，我经历了太多的失败和痛苦，每一次经受的打击都远重于那次失败的考试。

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2.我只知道他的爱没能伴我一生，而我的爱也早已改变。

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3.美好且令人愉快的事物会离去，痛苦麻烦的事物也会消失。

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短语应用

1.Then I turned over to another page and read the following.

turn over：移交给；翻阅；发动；反复考虑

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2.Your love will keep me company all my life.

keep company：陪伴（某人）

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