Becuase believe or not,each one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing,turn cold and die. I'd like you to step forward of you and peruse some of the faces from the past. They're not that different from you ,are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones. Just like you. Invincible just like you fell. The world is their oyster. They belive they're destined for great things, just like many of you,their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to makefrom their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because,you see gentelman,these boys are now fertilising daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on,lean in. Listen,you hear it ? Carpe...hear it?...Carpe,carpe diem,seize the day,boys,make your lives extrordinary.

因为信不信由你，这个房间里的每个人，总有一天都要停止呼吸，僵冷，死亡．我要你们向前到这儿来，细细玩味过去的面孔，你们经过这儿无数次，但从未真正看过他们，和你的差异并不大，对吧？同样的发型，和你们一样精力旺盛，和你们一样不可一世，世界都在他们的掌握之中，他们认为注定要成就大事，和大多数的你们一样，他们的双眼充满了希望，和你们一样．他们是否虚度时光，到最后一无所成？因为各位所见到的......这些男孩现在都已化为尘土了，如果你们仔细倾听，便能听见他们在低声耳语，附耳过去，仔细听，听见了?CARPE...听见了吗?CARPE... CARPE DIEM 及时行乐,孩子们,让你的生命超越凡俗.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may/Old time is still a-flying/And this same flowers that smiles today/Tomorrow will be dying.

及时采撷你的花蕾／旧时光一去不回/今天尚在微笑的花朵／明天变得风中枯萎（丁尼生《劝少年们珍惜时光》）

Carpe diem. Seize the day，boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

人生就应该是快乐的，要抓住每一天，孩子们。让你们的生活变得非凡起来。

To fully understand poetry, we must first be fluent with its meter, rhyme and figures of speech, then ask two questions: 1) How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered and 2) How important is that objective?

要完全理解诗歌，我们首先必须了解它的格调、韵律、修辞手法，然后提两个问题：第一，诗主题如何艺术地实现；第二，诗主题的重要性。第一个总是解决的是诗歌的艺术性。第二个问题回答的是诗歌的重要性。（《英语诗歌五百年》序言）

We're not laying pipe. 我们不是在接水管。

Learn to think for yourselves again.
No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas ca

n change the world.

学会自己思考，学会欣赏文学和语言。
不管别人怎么说，文学和语言的确能改变世界。

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry be