【英语关于高中时间作文】英语写作问题-《The Value of Time时间的价值》

our life is nothing more than our time . to kill time is therefore a form of suicide .

翻译：我们的生命是我们的时间，所以浪费时间是自杀。

We are shocked when we think of death，and we spare no pains，no trouble，and no expense to

preser velife . but we are too often indifferent to the loss of an hour of a day，forgetting that our life is

the sum total of the days and of the hours we live。

翻译：我们一想到死亡就惊讶，不惜一切努力和代价保存我们的生命。但是我们对失去一个小时或一天的时间漠不关心，忘记了我们的生命本来就是我们生活的每天和每一个小时的总和。

a day or an hour wasted is therefore so much life forfeited . our life isa brief span measuring some seventy or eighty years in all。

因此，浪费一天或一个小时就是失去一天或一个小时的生命。人生短暂，但都只有890年。

but nearly one third of this has to be spent in sleep；some years have to be spent over our meals；

然而，近三分之一的时间需要用于睡眠。吃饭也要好几年。

some in making journeys on land and voyages by sea；some in merry-making；

翻译：汽车、旅行等又是几年。此外，几年的娱乐活动；

some in watching over the sick beds of nearest and dearest relatives。

在病床边照顾亲人又是几年。

now if all these years are to be de-duct ed from the term over which our life extends we shall find

about twenty or thirty years at our disposal active work . whoever remembers this can never willingly

Waste a single moment of his life。

翻译：如果现在从我们的寿命中扣除所有这些年，我们会发现，可能受我们支配的有效工作时间只有大约20 ~ 30年。能记住这一点的人不会愿意浪费他生命的分秒。