過生日最好的方式是什么(下)
What is the best way to celebrate your birthday?譯文簡介
生日到了,雖然你可以用簡單的方式慶祝(午餐時和同事們一起吃蛋糕,邀請親朋好友一起舉行生日派對,然后和你的伴侶一起共進晚餐),但是你難道不想嘗試一些新的東西,一些能讓你的生日變得難忘和特別的東西嗎?
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What is the best way to celebrate your birthday?
過生日最好的方式是什么?
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There are many plans for every day of life. Holding a party, cutting the cake, drinking with friends late at night, but this is just a plan that my friends and family have set for me, such a birthday is not different from others, and I want to do something different:
I had booked myself a camping trip on the top of the mountain.
Important things in my check list
每個人在生日的時候都會有很多計劃。舉辦一個聚會,切蛋糕,和朋友一起喝酒到深夜等等,可這只是我朋友和家人為我設(shè)定的計劃,這樣的生日和別人的沒有什么不同,而我想要來點不一樣的:
我準備來一場山頂野營的旅行。
以下是我清單上標注的重要事情:
2) Venue has to be Private
3) Plenty of books in the bags.
So after hitting all the ticks in my check list, 2 days before my birthday, i left for the trip. But i didnt wanted to be rude so i messaged all my friends saying, "as much as I am honored that you guys planned all this, i had a better idea that involved me. and i have alos switched off my cell phone.
不帶手機
場地必須是私人的
準備很多書放包里
所以,我在生日的前兩天完成清單上的每一項以后,就開啟了我的旅行。為了不讓自己表現(xiàn)得很沒有禮貌,我給所有的朋友發(fā)消息說道,“我很榮幸你們計劃了這一切,不過我有一個更好的主意”,在這之后我就把手機關(guān)機了。
The venue had raffling, rock climbing, trekking etc etc organized on the site itself. There was no tv, radio or anything, just people and nature.
One side of the hotel had mountain peaks and other side had rivers flowing by.I have to say that was so beautiful. For our hotel rooms they had build tents with cloth.
經(jīng)過5個小時的車程,我到達了目的地,但我不知道每年的這個時候這里會有很多人前往,不過想想,這也沒有多大關(guān)系吧。
場地的負責人組織了抽獎、攀巖、徒步旅行等活動。這里沒有電視、收音機或任何電子設(shè)備,只有人類和大自然。
我住的地方是用布搭建的帳篷,一邊是山峰,另一邊是河流,不得不說這里簡直太美了!
The scenery was amazing, watching the sunset, in a place where it seems the best gift i could have given myself.
我一整天都在帳篷里看書,晚上我和營地里的其他人一起打乒乓球、羽毛球、排球。隨著夜幕的降臨,我在山頂進行了徒步旅行。
看著日落,欣賞著令人驚嘆的風(fēng)景,我想這是我能給自己最好的禮物吧。
The experience surely trumped any dinner in any 5 star restaurant or any wish i could have gotten that day.
Thanks to this experience, it has became my yearly thing. I plan trips and follow the same routine every year.
對我來說,這一切都是對靈魂的探索。作為一個孤獨、內(nèi)向的人,我想要找到我內(nèi)心深處的幸福。我一直想要前往一個我可以獨自一人感受生活的地方,享受一段遠離人群的時光,我相信它會讓我變得與眾不同。
這種經(jīng)歷無疑勝過了在任何一家五星級餐廳享受的任何一頓晚餐,也勝過了在生日那天我能實現(xiàn)的任何一個愿望。
我很感謝這次經(jīng)歷,它已經(jīng)成為了我每年都要做的事情,我希望每年都可以按照同樣的流程旅行一次。
Robert Van Nest南佛羅里達大學(xué)工藝美術(shù)教育學(xué)士
For the past 5 years I've been living for the past 5 years I've been living alone as I had my wife divorced me in 2014 cuz she spent all our money all right I'm not going to do it again so that's why I'm not married anymore and I will never get married again I don't have any children anyway So marriage doesn't matter to me.
有趣的是,我覺得你應(yīng)該在81歲的時候再問這個問題,因為昨晚我一個50歲的好朋友跟我說,他們可以為我舉行一個晚宴來慶祝我的82歲生日。
因為我的妻子花掉了我們所有的錢,于是我們在2014年的時候離婚了。在過去的5年里,我一直過著孤獨的生活。于是我對自己說,好吧,我不會再這樣做了,這也就是為什么我不再結(jié)婚的原因,再說一次,我永遠不會再結(jié)婚,我沒有孩子,所以結(jié)婚對于我來說并不重要。
My friend had a restaurant and a coffee shop west of Jacksonville, and I happened to work near him. One day I saw a Vietnamese woman running a nail shop decorating the store, wondering why, there was always a force driving me in, and I came to the corner nail shop from the back door of the cafe, but I couldn't get in because the door in their shop was broken. As I felt that I might help, I beckoned to the people inside. It was because of this help that I became good friends with this Vietnamese woman.
幾年前我們通常會在生日的時候去外面吃飯,然后回家喝點香檳,一起聽聽我收藏的那些很棒的音樂,這樣我們就可以在家里跳舞了。這是很快樂的時光,不過現(xiàn)在一切都屬于過去式了,我為這個家庭付出了8年,到最后一無所有。
我的朋友在杰克遜維爾的西邊有一家餐館和一家咖啡店,我碰巧在他那附近工作。有一天我看見一家開美甲店的越南女人正在裝修店面,不知道為什么,總有一股力量驅(qū)使我走進去,我從咖啡館的后門來到了拐角處的美甲店,可我進去不了,因為她們店里的門壞了。我估摸著自己可能幫得上忙,就招手示意里面的人。正是因為這次的幫忙,我和這個越南女人成為了很好的朋友。
One birthday I can remember was 21, but it was a long time ago. I lived in an art school in Sarasota and had a great day with a friend studying interior design.
我是雙魚座,是一個腦回路很奇怪的人,她也是這樣,我們之間總能發(fā)生一些有趣的事情。她比我小兩歲,是我在弗吉尼亞見過長得最漂亮的女人,還彈得一手好鋼琴。有一次生日,我們?nèi)チ怂_拉索塔海灘上的一個夜總會聽了著名的爵士樂管弦樂隊的精彩表演,這是一個令人難忘的夜晚。
我還能記得的一次生日是我21歲的時候,不過那是很久以前的事了。那時的我住在薩拉索塔的一所藝術(shù)學(xué)校,和我一個學(xué)室內(nèi)設(shè)計的朋友度過了十分愉快的一天。
Swetcha Asha 我學(xué)會了一種新的慶祝方式
One day during my mothers colleague ( my mom is a school teacher) requested my mom to drop her at some place on my mother's bike. As my mom was busy on that day, she asked me to go with that teacher. So I went to drop her. She asked me whether I can wait for few more minutes. I said ok . So I parked her bike aside, when a girl came to us.
過去我常常會和許多朋友一起慶祝我的生日,也常常會給他們舉辦生日聚會。我們老是會花很多時間去談?wù)撐覀兊拇髮W(xué)生活,開開班主任、其他老師以及一些同學(xué)的玩笑。不知道為什么,每次生日的最后,我總會有一種今年少了些什么的感覺。為了填補這缺失的部分,我在上次生日結(jié)束的時候就開始計劃該如何慶祝我的下一次生日了。
一天,我媽媽的一個同事(我的媽媽是一名老師)請求我媽媽騎自行車把她送到某個地方,不過那天我媽媽很忙,她便讓我送那個老師去。我把她送到目的地以后,她問我能不能再等幾分鐘,我答應(yīng)后便在一邊停放自行車,這時一個女孩向我們走來了。
這個老師告訴我這是她的女兒,我和她們一起走進了大門,進去后我才意識到這是一所專門為孤兒開設(shè)的學(xué)校。她把隨身帶來的糖果給了女兒,她的女兒再把那些糖果分發(fā)給其他的孩子們??粗麄兡樕系男腋?,我的內(nèi)心也十分的感動。女孩分完糖果后就去上課了,之后我和這個老師一起離開,把她送回家后我也回家了。
This may not be a stunning incident for many of the people as our brain used to see many such scenes in movies but when u experienced such an incident it will make a remarkable impact on you. Similarly this made a large impact on me. Since then I stopped celebrating my birthday with friends.
回家后,我媽媽告訴了我那個老師的家庭情況。他們家里一共有十二口人,擁有格外嚴格的家規(guī),如果沒有家長(女孩的祖父)的允許,任何人不可以花一分錢。她的祖父每月給家里的孩子50印度盧比作為零用錢,在她母親的支持下,這個女孩攢了6個月的零花錢,就是為了在生日那天給那些孤兒買糖果。
因為我們的大腦過去經(jīng)常在電影中接受到許多這樣的場景信息,所以這種事情對于許多人來說,可能不是令人震驚的。但是當你真的經(jīng)歷這種事情的時候,它會對你產(chǎn)生很顯著的影響,同樣的,它也對我產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。從那以后,我的生日不再和朋友一起慶祝了。
Birthday is a wonderful day belonging to me, and I did a lot of meaningful things that day. I don't feel something missing at the end of my birthday.
對我來說,這是好好反思自己的一天。那天我給自己寫了一封信,信上寫了我的目標,我的興趣,我的愛好,我下一次生日應(yīng)該怎么度過,以及我在接下來的一年里如何轉(zhuǎn)變我的思想作風(fēng)等等。我至少一個人坐了一個小時,不停地和自己說話。
生日是屬于我的美好一天,在那天我做了很多有意義的事情。我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不會在生日結(jié)束的時候感覺缺了什么東西了。
Shelley Gupta普拉亞斯軍團的一名志愿者
Birthday usually starts with a midnight surprise either by your parents(if you are home) prepare it for youor your friends (if you are staying away)prepare it for you. Cake facial, decorations, gifts all these are the things with which we start our usual birthdays with. And then the day continues, we tend to feel special as each n every person we meet us with a warm smile. And we party with our loved ones celebrating our special day.
生日是每個人生命中非常特殊的時刻。人們期待著來自父母和所有社交媒體、聯(lián)系人或者同事的電話、信息,也希望在這一天可以實現(xiàn)自己的愿望。
生日通常從午夜的驚喜開始,要么是你的父母為你準備(如果你在家),要么是你的朋友為你準備(如果你不在家)。蛋糕面、裝飾品、禮物這些都是通常我們過生日的標志。接下來的這一天,我們遇到的每一個人都會帶著溫暖的微笑和我們相處,以致于我們會覺得自己很特別。我們會和我們所愛的人一起慶祝這特殊的一天。
但是啊…...我覺得我們不應(yīng)該這樣慶祝生日,然后就這么隨意地結(jié)束了!在過去的19年里,我也以同樣的方式慶祝我的生日,但是這一次,我想有點不一樣,在我20歲的時候,我想要實現(xiàn)自己的一個愿望!我成功的學(xué)會了薩爾薩舞,這是我愿望清單上的其中一項,很巧的是,生日那天我在所有大學(xué)同學(xué)面前表演了它,我覺得生日除了接受每個人的祝福和邀請我愛的人參加聚會之外,還應(yīng)該送給自己的一些東西。
Your birthday is special, so make it and feel special on your own!
我現(xiàn)在的目標就是要在每次生日的時候都實現(xiàn)我的一個愿望,同時我也希望每次生日過去,我能有所成長,擁有良好的品質(zhì)和學(xué)識。
生日是屬于你的特別日子,自己去過吧,自己去感受特別的地方!
There is no mandate on what to do on one's birthday.
There is a mandate, however, that it must be meaningful to you.
Given the broad nature of your question and given that you don't put any limits on your geography or your preferences or your income level, you can either see if you have any unfulfilled wishes in that bucket list of yours (or please take time to make one).
Margaret Weiss
我們并沒有規(guī)定一個人的生日具體應(yīng)該要做些什么。
然而,有一個要求,那就是它必須對你來說是有意義的。
考慮到你這個的問題的廣泛性質(zhì),以及你沒有對你的地理位置、偏好或收入水平施加任何限制,我覺得你可以看看你的愿望清單中是否有任何沒有實現(xiàn)的愿望(或者花時間列出一個吧)。
It does not need to be a lavish expense, and you don't need to know the person.You just need to do a random act of kindness.
Anything from throwing a birthday party for a person who's in a hospital (an adult or a child), to actually helping someone (a neighbor or a friend who's in poor health or of modest means), put your day into a charity and start volunteering once (which is a great feeling, believe me).
如果你沒有什么迫切的需求,你可以選擇為別人做些好事。
你不需要花費太多的錢,也不需要了解那個人,你只需要做一個隨意的善舉就可以了。
從為住院的人(成人或兒童)舉辦生日聚會,到為某些人(健康狀況不佳或者收入微薄的鄰居或者朋友)做一些實際性的幫助,再到把你的一天投入到慈善機構(gòu)中,做一次志愿服務(wù)(相信我,這會帶給你很棒的感覺)。
It would not be a simple celebration, it would be more of an affirmation, of an act to mark the passing of another year of your life, and you will be creating something more valuable than a present: you will be making memories.
If your heart has defined the birthday form as a fixed ritual or tradition, then you can do so, before your birthday, do a good act of kindness and at least help a person, then there will be at least two happy people on the planet on your birthday.
當然,你可能會問到"為什么?”你并不一定要像我說的那么做,你可以誠實地說,你今天在慶祝什么,你希望誰和你一起慶祝。
這不是一個簡單的慶祝,它更多的是一種肯定,是一種標志著你的生命又過去了一年的舉動,你將創(chuàng)造比禮物更有價值的東西——創(chuàng)造記憶。
如果你的內(nèi)心已經(jīng)把生日的形式定義為一個固定的儀式或者傳統(tǒng),那么你可以這樣做:在生日之前,做一個善舉,至少幫助一個人,那么在你生日的時候,這個星球上至少會有兩個快樂的人。
To donate.
Today was my birthday and I decided to make a donation for the treatment of elderly cancer patients. There are many old age people who suffer daily because of this deadly disease and they cannot even afford the palliative treatment. My donation will take care of the medication of three old age cancer patients for a whole year. This is a small contribution that I made on my birthday this year and I am writing about this on Quora not to win votes or hearts of people, but I aim to make people aware about the true reason of donations.
去捐款吧!
今天是我的生日,我決定捐款為老年癌癥患者做治療。由于這種致命疾病的存在,許多老年人每天都在遭受各種各樣的痛苦,他們甚至負擔不起治療的費用。我的捐款可以幫助三位老年癌癥患者整整一年的藥物治療,這是我今年生日的時候做的一個小貢獻。然而我在這上面發(fā)表這個并不是為了贏得點贊或者人心,只是為了告訴人們我捐款的真正原因。
Just bring smiles.
許多人認為他們不欠任何人錢,我同意這個觀點。你努力工作,賺取屬于你的財富,但問題是,沒有人生下來就是平等的,也不是每個人都有平等的機會賺錢,這個社會有許多無人能控制的對手,他們可以隨時攻擊任何人。我們可以為自己的生活和健康而奮斗,所以我覺得我們都應(yīng)該感到幸福,也可以嘗試幫助那些不如我們幸運的人,試著讓某人臉上帶著微笑,把他的一些負擔放在你的肩膀上吧!
只要給別人帶來笑容就可以了。
Dhairya Thanawala,我不喜歡慶祝我的生日
I had spent my birthday in 2015 alone. I was in Hyderabad (away from home) and I didn't have many friends other than my colleagues so I was happy as this year I can spend my birthday my way.
我從來不會因為生日的到來而感到興奮,我總是想在那一天獨自度過,思考一下我在這一年里取得了什么成就。
2015年的生日我是獨自一人度過的,那時我在海德拉巴(遠離家鄉(xiāng)),除了我的同事以外,我沒有很多朋友。我很高興今年我終于可以過我自己想過的生日了。
I woke up at six in the morning, went for a jog, took bath, read newspaper and check out the cell phone for breakfast . While walking to office I spoke to my family.
I spent only few hours at the office and went to an orphanage with cake, snacks and chocolates. This was my first orphanage visit and I realised how much different their life. Although they have no loved ones, they still love life and enjoy every minute, every second, they have spent in orphanages. This experience made me understand, don't always feel unhappy with life, I have been very happy compared to these orphans.
我就是這樣過生日的:
我早上六點醒來,慢跑,洗澡,看報紙,吃早餐的時候再看看手機。走向辦公室的路上,我和家人通了一通電話。
我在辦公室只呆了幾個小時,之后就帶著蛋糕、零食和巧克力去了孤兒院。這是我第一次去孤兒院,進去之后我才意識到他們的生活有多么的不同。雖然他們沒有親人的陪伴,但是他們?nèi)匀粺釔凵睿埠芟硎芩麄冊诠聝涸憾冗^的每一分,每一秒。這次經(jīng)歷讓我明白了:不要老是對生活感到不滿,相比這些孤兒,我已經(jīng)過得很幸福了。
After dinner, I turned on my phone and found that many people had sent me my birthday wishes.
When I got home, I played Sudoku for a while and I fell asleep.
This was my best birthday in 23 years.
離開孤兒院后,我拿著幾張優(yōu)惠券,去了上面的一家新餐廳,這里的食物據(jù)說很好吃。因為今天是工作日,這里人很少,不過不影響我的好心情。
飯后,我打開手機,發(fā)現(xiàn)很多人都給我發(fā)了生日祝福。
回到家后,我玩了會兒數(shù)獨,看了會兒小說就睡著了。
這是我23年來過得最好的一次生日。
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meet a few close friends
spend time at an orphanage
spend time at an old-age home
donate money to a charity
feed animals
go for a trip alone or with friends or family
and the most important thing is to continue doing this the next full year and not just on birthday.
我慶祝生日的理想方式是:
結(jié)交幾個好朋友
在孤兒院度過這一天
在養(yǎng)老院度過這一天
向慈善機構(gòu)捐款
喂養(yǎng)一些動物
獨自或與朋友或家人一起去旅行
我覺得最重要的是要在接下來的一整年里繼續(xù)這樣做,而不僅僅是在生日那天。
Krati,我最喜歡慶祝生日了
It was 1st November, my birthday. As usual my father came to me and asked what I wanted for my birthday. I said nothing, “I've everything.”
我很喜歡舉辦派對,特別是生日的時候,但是這次生日,我做了和過去完全不一樣的事情。
那是11月1日,我的生日,像往常一樣,我父親來問我生日想要什么禮物,我什么也沒說,回復(fù)到:“我什么都有?!?/b>
After reaching the nursing home,I started distributing gifts to those old ladies and gentlemen. They gave me ashirwaad (blessings) and they seemed happy. I felt content. I felt happy.I was impressed by an old grandmother,when I went to her with the gift her eyes are full of tears and I can see through them that she want her kids instead of any gifts. I felt like crying but I controlled my emotions.
當他問我的生日派對打算怎么弄的時候,我沒有說這個,反而說我想捐點錢給養(yǎng)老院。我的父親聽到這件事后很高興,他很支持我的想法,我們做了90個裝有日常用品以及食品和糖果的包裹一起去了養(yǎng)老院。
到了養(yǎng)老院后,我開始給那些老爺爺老奶奶們分發(fā)禮物,他們看起來很開心,給了我生日祝福,對此我感到很滿足,也覺得很開心。有一位年紀很大的老奶奶讓我印象很深刻。當我?guī)еY物去見她時,她的眼睛里充滿了淚水,我知道她想要見見她的孩子,而不是收到任何禮物。我想哭,但我控制住了自己的情緒。
Distribuout the gifts and went home after hugging them and having a lot of blessing from those old people. I felt great.
When I came home my father said get ready for your birthday party , he organised one party and invited his friends . I enjoyed that day.
I'm sharing it on quoraand I know people here will understand my message.
有一些老奶奶們很高興的說到“排燈節(jié)到了”(后來有人給我們帶了排燈節(jié)的糖果)
分發(fā)完了禮物,和他們擁抱后我們就回家了。我收到了很多老人的祝福,這種感覺很好。
當我回家時,我父親說要準備一個生日聚會慶祝一下,他組織了一個聚會,還邀請了他的朋友,那天我過得很開心。
我在quora上分享了這次生日,我知道這里的人會理解我這么做的原因。