美文欣賞:自由、選擇、責(zé)任

　　I love choices.

　　我愛選擇。

　　I love to walk around in bookstores-not because I can buy all the books,

　　我喜歡在書店里徜徉，不是因?yàn)槲夷苜I下所有的書，

　　but because I could buy one book, and I have so many to choose from.

　　而是因?yàn)槲铱梢再I一本書，我有這么多的選擇。

　　I like buffets.

　　我還喜歡自助餐。

　　I rarely get to go to them, but when I do,

　　雖然我很少去，但是當(dāng)我去的時(shí)候，

　　the first thing I do is walk around and see what the choice are.

　　我做的第一件事就是四處逛逛，看看有什么選擇。

　　I also like the internet.

　　我還喜歡互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

　　It seems like cyberspace really doesn't have any limits.

　　看來網(wǎng)絡(luò)真的沒有任何限制。

　　There are so many things to discover--- like space.

　　有這么多的東西等待發(fā)——比如空間。

　　Sometimes, I think we don't appreciate the freedom that we have.

　　有時(shí)候，我覺得我們不喜歡我們擁有的自由。

　　We are free to make many different choice.

　　我們可以自由地做出許多不同的選擇。

　　From the food we eat--- to the places we visit--- to the people we meet--- to the classes we take and on and on and on.

　　從我們所吃的食物到我們?nèi)サ牡胤?，我們見的人，我們所上的課程等等。

　　But freedom has dangers. If misused, it can be harmful.

　　但自由也有危險(xiǎn)。如果濫用，將會帶來危害。

　　I could pile a mountain of food on my plate and NOT to eat it.

　　我可以將山一樣的食物堆在我的盤子里，而我則不去吃它。

　　It would be a waste. But that's a choice I have.

　　它會是一種浪費(fèi)。但這是一個(gè)選擇。

　　The Internet has dangers, too.

　　互聯(lián)網(wǎng)也有危險(xiǎn)。

　　If parents are not careful and don't supervise what their kids can see--- well kids can lose some of their innocence because of freedom.

　　如果父母對他們的孩子所看到的不留神也不監(jiān)督，那么孩子們會因?yàn)樽杂啥ヒ恍┧麄兊臒o辜的。

　　There's a reason for legal age limits when it comes to driving, gambling, drinking,somking, andvoting.

　　當(dāng)涉及駕車、賭博、酗酒、吸煙、和投票時(shí)法律會有年齡的限制。

　　Until we reach that age, we aren't free to do those things.

　　直到我們到了那個(gè)年歲，否則我們?nèi)プ瞿切┦聦⒉粫毁x予自由。