Three Days to See
假如给我三天光明

Three Days to See is an essay written by Helen Keller, an indignant writer who is opposed to individuals with the gift of sight and refuses to see or is unaware of the beauty that surrounds them. In it she wrote about how she would appreciate just three days of sight. Keller makes very relevant points in her essay on how those with the capability to see are not taking full advantage of their gift of sight.
《假如给我三天光明》是海伦·凯勒的一篇散文。在文中，对那些可以看见却无视身边美好的人，作者由衷地感到愤慨和痛心。凯勒写道，就算只有三天的光明，自己也会感恩戴德。她用身边的例子论述了那些可以看见的人如何废弃了拥有光明这件上天赋予的礼物。

Helen writes down so many inspiring maxims about how to live a life with a movable and appreciative heart. She claims that it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow, because in this extreme way will human beings see clearly the value of life. It pains Helen to see people usually take life for granted. Days stretch out in an endless vista, only numbing people before its beauty and value. Helen imagines with passion, “If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.”
文中处处可见良言金句，那是凯勒在教导人们用一颗感恩的心去生活。她说，把每天都当作生命的最后一天来度过，乃是一个很好的生命法则，因为只有在这种极端情况下，人们才能看清生命的意义。让凯勒痛心疾首的是，人们将生命视为理所当然，日子一天天过去，好像没有尽头，麻木了人们认识美与真的心。凯勒激动万分地挥动着想象的羽翼：“既然仅仅通过触摸就能使我获得如此多的喜悦，那么光明定会展示更多美好的事物啊！”

“Oh, the things that I should see if I had the power of sight for three days!” As Helen sighs in vain in the end, this essay sounds so powerful yet subtle and should resonate with anyone who can't find beauty in their life. If someone so disabled like Helen can appreciate life without seeing it, then life must be more than beautiful and marvelous than we've ever assumed.
“哦，假如给我三天光明，我将会看见多少事物啊！”凯勒在文末唏嘘道。全文的力量和微言妙义值得每个在生活中错失美好的人去领悟。如若凯勒一般身体残缺却仍欣赏生活的美好，那身体健康的普通人的生活，必定比想象中更加美丽、更加精彩。

拓展学习：海伦·凯勒：假如给我三天光明（中英对照）