We're traveling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of（鳞次栉比） corn ad wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle（七巧板）. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering -- waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
"When we reach the station, that will be it!" we cry. "When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!" "When I put our last kid through college." "When I have paid off the mortgage!" "When I get a promotion."
Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough.
相关单词：grazing
grazing解释：n. 放牧, 牧草 动词graze的现在分词
grazing例句：
There were cows grazing beside the river. 有些牛在河边吃草。
Cows were grazing on the marshes. 牛群在湿地上吃草。
相关单词：jigsaw
jigsaw解释：n.缕花锯，竖锯，拼图游戏；vt.用竖锯锯，使互相交错搭接
jigsaw例句：
A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.一副拼图就能让我沉醉几个小时。
Tom likes to work on jigsaw puzzles,too.汤姆也喜欢玩拼图游戏。
相关单词：restlessly
restlessly解释：ad.不安定地，不安静地
restlessly例句：
The children were squirming restlessly in their seats. 孩子们在位子上心神不定地动来动去。
Her husband prowled
相关单词：aisles
aisles解释：n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
aisles例句：
Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期，原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
They walked
相关单词：damning
damning解释：诅咒
damning例句：
The poverty in our cities is a damning indictment of modern society. 我们的城市中贫民的苦况是现代社会的一大败象。
The scandal is damning evidence of the government's contempt for democracy. 这宗丑闻是该政府蔑视民主的不可逃避的罪证。
相关单词：mortgage
mortgage解释：n.抵押，抵押贷款；vt.抵押
mortgage例句：
He's having a lot of trouble paying his mortgage every month.他付每月的抵押借款利息有很大的困难。
The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。
相关单词：promotion
promotion解释：n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
promotion例句：
The teacher conferred with the principal
The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。
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