Western society promotes being busy at all times and at all costs. As a result, it seems that we are always rushing. We live by the calendar and we are run by the clock. We learn early on in life that you had better be on time for things or bad stuff will happen. Be late to turn in your papers and your grade gets lowered. Be late to pay your bills and you get stuck with a penalty. Be late to finish your work and you may be out of a job.

西方社会让人们不惜一切代价、每时每刻都忙碌不停。结果我们似乎总是在赶时间。我们生活在日程表之下，按照时钟运转。生活中我们很早就明白，你最好按时完成事情，否则坏事就要发生。没按时交论文你的分数就会降低；没按时付账单你就要被罚款；没按时完成工作你就可能被炒鱿鱼。

As a result many people conclude that time is their enemy. It must be battled and beaten. But there is no permanence in any victory over time — the clock gets reset tomorrow and the calendar at the first of the month, or at the very latest at the first of the year.

因此许多人断定，时间是他们的敌人。他们要和时间作战并且战胜它。然而，面对时间，并没有永远的胜利。明天时钟又会归零，每个月又会有新的开始，一年也会终结，来到新的一年。

Consider the popular phrase, “Life is too short to __________.” Here are some beauties you hear all the time:

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