变为自己想要的样子从来不迟

绘◎夏日已尽

lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent ability. The idea is to grow up by always fi nding the opportunity in change.

Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did,but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."

At the year's end Rose finished the college degree. One

week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended

her funeral⑥to honor the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

“不要留有遗憾。老年人通常不会为做过的事遗憾，而是为还没有做过的事情感到遗憾。只有那些有遗憾的人才会怕死。”

年底的时候，罗斯获得了大学学位。毕业一星期后，她在梦中安详地离开了人世。两千多名大学生参加了她的葬礼，来纪念这位通过自己的亲身经历来告诉我们永远都可以成就自己的理想的了不起的老人。

① motivate 英 ['məʊtɪveɪt] 美 ['motə'vet]vt. 刺激；使有动机；激发……的积极性

② instant 英 ['ɪnst(ə)nt] 美 ['ɪnstənt]adj. 立即的；紧急的；紧迫的

③ semester 英 [sɪ'mestə] 美 [səˈmɛstɚ] n. 学期；半年

④ deliver 英 [dɪ'lɪvə] 美 [dɪ'lɪvɚ] vt. 交付；发表；递送；

⑤stop doing sth. 停下正在做的事

⑥ funeral 英 ['fjuːn(ə)r(ə)l] 美 ['fjunərəl] n. 葬礼；麻烦事