年齡加減法英語勵志小故事大綱
The Counting Rule of Age
At the age of 79, the inventor Adisonannounced with pound and humor: “I am 135 years old.”
Seemingly, at the age of 40, the popularqueen Madana declared surprised that actually 35 years old might be morereasonable to her then.
Why Adison thought he was 135 years old butnot 79? This is because he accumulated the double working time than normalpeople: from
16-year-old to 60-year-old, Adison usually worked 18~20 hoursevery day. At some key point, he might worked all day and all night longwithout thinking of food and rest for several days in a row.; after 60 yearsold, he was suggested to decrease his work, but he insisted to work 16 hoursevery day; after his 80 years old, he still went to his lab
punctuately andworked all day with another three to five hours’ reading after going home. Thetime that Adison accounted and treasured, if counted as the time scheme thatnormal people, his lifespan has undoubtedly doubled. Therefore, his age was not79 but 135.
Why Mdana held that she should be aged 35but not 40? This is because she thought that sometime was be wasted in her lifeand of course should eliminated: the marriage time with her pre-husband waswasted in quarrels. This should be cut one year; the time she turned her back to her friend for something. Thisshould reduce two years; she once been a actress in a nonsense film for aworthless year. This should one year; she was spotted with enormous loveaffairs should be cut; in this way, she totally lost five years and from theage of 40 t 35. The counting rule of age, add the treasure time and reduce the wasteful;accumulate the meaningful and worthy years, while cut the meaningless andworthless moment. Good at counting rules, you can carding and check your pastin a wise way; good at counting rules, you can arrange yourself and make a planfor your future in a proper road..
翻譯：年齡加減法
發明大王愛迪生，在他79歲時，自豪而風趣地對人們宣佈：“我已經是135歲的人了。”
流行天后麥當娜，在她40歲時，語出驚人地對外宣稱，她應該是35歲才合理。
79歲的愛迪生爲何加歲到135歲?因爲他積攢了超出常人多倍的時間財富：16至60歲，愛迪生通常每天工作18~20小時，而在實驗關鍵期，他則常常會通宵達旦、廢寢忘食地連續奮戰幾晝夜;60歲後，人們勸服他縮減了工作量，但每天仍要幹16小時;80歲後，他依然堅持白天準時去實驗室，一干一整天，晚上回家還要讀3~5小時的書。愛迪生一生積攢和珍惜時間，如按平常人一生活動和工作的時間來計算，他的生命早已成倍延長了，壽命早就大大增長了，所以他纔將79歲加成135歲。
40歲的麥當娜爲何要減歲到35歲?因爲她認爲生命中有些歲月是被浪費的`，所以理應減去：她與前夫的婚姻，有一整年是在爭吵中浪費掉的，減1歲;她與好友因事翻臉，兩年友情算空白，減2歲;她出演過一部爛片，那一年毫無價值，又減1歲;她與某男星屢傳緋聞，那一年沒有意義，再減1歲。這般算來，她整整少了5歲，一下子從40歲減成35歲。年齡加減法，加入的是珍惜的時光，減去的是浪費的歲月;加入的是有意義有價值的時光，減去的是被揮霍被耗空的歲月。善用減法，可理智地梳理和清點過去;善用加法，可合理地安排現在，規劃未來。
