中年

Midlife

[1]钟表上的时针是在慢慢的移动着的,移动的如此之慢,使你几乎不感觉到它的移动,人的年纪也是这样的,一年又一年,总有一天会蓦然一惊,已经到了中年;到这时候大概有两件事使你不能不注意,讣闻不断的来,有些性急的朋友已经先走一步,很煞风景;同时又会忽然觉得一大批一大批的青年小伙子在眼前出现,从前也不知是在什么地方藏着的,如今一齐在你眼前摇晃,磕头碰脑的尽是些昂然阔步满面春风的角色,都像是要去吃喜酒的样子。

[1]The hour hand on a clock moves slow ly.It moves so slowly that you’d think it’s not moving at all.Likewise,you may not feel yourself getting older as each year passes until one day you awaken to the horror that you’ve wandered into midlife.At this time there are two things you’ll not fail to notice.First,you are often saddened by obituaries for your impatient friends who opt for an early departure from this world.Second,hordes of younger folks crop up all of a sudden as if emerging from hiding som ewhere.