And now， Joe， I am seventynine years old. I have my health， I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.
The Best Time of My Life
Joe Kemp
It was June 15， and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure insecure adj.不可靠的， 不安全的 about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
现在呢，乔，我已79岁了。我身体健康、感觉良好，我与妻子就像我们初次相遇时那样恩爱。这就是我一生中最美好的时光。
一生最美好的时光
乔·坎普
那一天是6月15日，再过两天我就30岁了。我有些茫然，因为即将要跨越30岁门槛了，害怕那些快乐的时光从此一去不回还。
My daily routine included going to the gym gym gymnasium ［体育］ n.体育馆， 体操 for a workout workout n.测验 before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas Nicholas n.尼古拉斯(m.) at the gym. He was seventynine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day， he noticed I wasnt full of my usual vitality vitality n.活力， 生命力， 生动性 and asked if there was anything wrong.
I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered wonder vt.对……感到惊讶， 惊奇， 想知道 how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholass age， so I asked him， “What was the best time of your life？”
Without hesitation hesitation n.犹豫， 踌躇 ， Nicholas replied， “Well， Joe， this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question：
每天早晨我都按惯例去健身房运动一下，然后再上班去。每次都会在那里遇到我的老朋友尼古拉斯。他已经79岁了，但身材依然保持良好。这天我跟他打招呼，他觉察到我有些不在状态，便问我是否哪里不太舒服。
我告诉他我马上要到30岁了，心里有些烦躁。我想等我到了尼古拉斯这个年纪，真不知道该如何回首自己走过的岁月，于是我问他：“你一生最美好的时光是在什么时候？”
尼古拉斯回答得毫不犹豫：“好的，乔，对于你这个哲学问题，这便是我的哲学回答——
“When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured nurture vt.养育， 给与营养物， 教养 by my parents， that was the best time of my life.
“When I was going to school and learning the things I know today， that was the best time of my life.
“When I got my first job and had responsibilities responsibility n.责任， 职责 and got paid for my efforts， that was the best time of my life.
“When I met my wife and fell in love， that was the best time of my life.
“The Second World War came， and my wife and I had to flee flee vt.逃避， 逃跑， 逃走 Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship bound for bound for 驶往 North America， that was the best time of my life.
“When we came to Canada and started a family， that was the best time of my life.
“当我还是一个小孩儿，在奥地利生活，父母养育我、照顾我的一切，那时就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“当我上学以后，在课堂上学到我今天所拥有的这些知识，那时就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“当我找到了第一份工作，承担起工作职责并因自己的付出而获得酬劳时，那就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“当我遇见我的妻子并爱上她时，那就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“二战爆发，我与我的妻子逃出奥地利幸免于战火。当我们一道平安地站在开往北美的轮船上时，那就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“当我们来到加拿大开始组建家庭，那就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“When I was a young father， watching my children grow up， that was the best time of my life.
“And now， Joe， I am seventynine years old. I have my health， I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
“当我还是个年轻的父亲，看着孩子们一天天长大时，那就是我一生中最美好的时光。
“现在呢，乔，我已79岁了。我身体健康、感觉良好，我与妻子就像我们初次相遇时那样恩爱。这就是我一生中最美好的时光。”
人生中美好的时光是由每个幸福瞬间拼凑起来的，这些瞬间会是我们人生前行路上的动力，它会告诉我们不要停下脚步，无论在困境还是在顺境时，努力继续前进。一个人的幸福时光不是金钱堆积起来的，也不是金钱可以买到的。它就在我们身边，就在我们简单而有意义生活当中。