智慧背囊 品味人生-12-什么最重要

[00:02.63]What Will Matter?什么最重要
[00:05.87]Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
[00:10.10] There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.
[00:15.59]All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
[00:22.24]Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance¹.
[00:27.96] It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
[00:31.99]Your grudges², resentments³, frustrations⁴, and jealousies⁵ will finally disappear.
[00:37.45]So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire.
[00:43.80] The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
[00:49.00]It won’t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.
[00:54.52]It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
[00:57.76] Your gender⁶, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant⁷.
[01:02.00]So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
[01:07.03]What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;
[01:11.27]not what you got, but what you gave.
[01:14.45]What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
[01:19.47]What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
[01:23.95]What will matter is not your competence⁸, but your character.
[01:28.88]What will matter is not how many people you knew,
[01:32.60]but how many will feel a lasting⁹ loss when you’re gone.
[01:36.43]What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.
[01:41.71]What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
[01:46.93]Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.
[01:51.20]It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
[01:55.24]Choose to live a life that matters.

1 irrelevance   

n.无关紧要；不相关；不相关的事物

参考例句：

• the irrelevance of the curriculum to children's daily life 课程与孩子们日常生活的脱节
• A President who identifies leadership with public opinion polls dooms himself to irrelevance. 一位总统如果把他的领导和民意测验投票结果等同起来，那么他注定将成为一个可有可无的人物。 来自辞典例句

2 grudges   

不满，怨恨，妒忌( grudge的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He never grudges money. 他从不吝惜金钱。
• They bear grudges against each other. 他俩有过节儿。

3 resentments   

（因受虐待而）愤恨，不满，怨恨( resentment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He could never transcend his resentments and his complexes. 他从来不能把他的怨恨和感情上的症结置之度外。
• These local resentments burst into open revolt. 地方性反感变成公开暴动。

4 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

5 jealousies   

n.妒忌( jealousy的名词复数 )；妒羡

参考例句：

• They were divided by mutual suspicion and jealousies. 他们因为相互猜疑嫉妒而不和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I am tired of all these jealousies and quarrels. 我厌恶这些妒忌和吵架的语言。 来自辞典例句

6 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

7 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

8 competence   

n.能力，胜任，称职

参考例句：

• This mess is a poor reflection on his competence.这种混乱情况说明他难当此任。
• These are matters within the competence of the court.这些是法院权限以内的事。

9 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。