It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me. 那天是6月15日，再过两天我就要30岁了。即将进入生命中的又一个十年，我对此感到不安，担心自己最美好的岁月已经离我远去了。 My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn't full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas's age, so I asked him, "What was the best time of your life?" 我每天的惯例是上班之前先去体育馆锻炼。每天早上我都会在体育馆见到我的朋友尼古拉斯。他79岁，身材很好。那天我跟他打招呼时，他注意到我不像往常那样充满活力，就问我有什么不对劲。我告诉他我就要30岁了，心里感到焦虑。我寻思着等我到了尼古拉斯的岁数真不知该怎样回顾自己的一生，于是我问他：“你一生中最美好的时光是什么时候？” Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, "Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question: 尼古拉斯毫不犹豫地回答：“你瞧，乔，对于你这个富有哲理的问题，这就是我富有哲理的答案。” "When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents, that was the best time of my life. “小时候我在奥地利，凡事都不用操心，父母抚育我长大，那是我一生中最美好的时光。” "When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life.
