瞬间秒杀听力 第584期:我想改变世界

 

When I was a young man,

I wanted to change the world. 

I found it was difficult to change the world, 

so I tried to change my nation. 

When I found I couldn't change the nation, 

I began to focus¹ on my town. 

I couldn't change the town and as an older man, 

I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, 

I realize the only thing I can change is myself, 

and suddenly I realize tha t

if long ago I had changed myself,

I could have made an impact² on my family.

My family and I could have

made an impact on our town. 

Their impact could have changed the nation

and I could indeed have changed the world.

当我年轻的时候，我想改变世界。

但我发现改变世界很难，

因此我试着去改变我的国家。

当我发现我也改变不了国家的时候，

我开始想着要改变我居住的小镇。

我也没能改变小镇。年纪大一些了，

我尝试改变我的家人。

现在，我已然是一位老人。

我才意识到我所能改变的只有我自己。

我突然觉得如果很久之前就改变自己，

我就可以影响到我的家人。

我的家人和我就可以影响我的镇子。

他们的影响力就可以改变国家，

那样的话，我就真正改变了世界。

1 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。

2 impact   

n.冲击，碰撞；影响；vt.装紧，压紧

参考例句：

• The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
• How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响？