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我人生中的TIME
前两天，看到否悟在他自己博客的文后给网友留言的回复，感到很有趣，就在群里引他出来聊天，聊了一会。他忽然问：“你是时代的读者”，他这一问，有关TIME的往事又浮现在我眼前……
确切地说，我并不是TIME的真正读者，由于英文程度低，我充其量只能算一个间接读者，但，却是一个忠诚的读者。
第一次看到TIME，是十几年前的事。当时还是经济栏目小编辑的妻子下班拿回来一本杂志，坐下就埋头看了起来，我也凑过去看，真是与众不同！封面，是一幅人物大头像，满面红光，眼镜上也布满红点，我想，这是谁呢？如是嗜血魔王，脸色应该用阴暗来表达吧，内页里高清的图片，精美的印刷，与国内的杂志相去甚远，最不可思议的是其纸质，薄薄的，却不透明，而且，翻起来很容易，或许是人的手都会有点汗，只要轻轻粘到纸顺手一翻，就爽手的翻过去了，单就纸质，我也翻来覆去地看了很久。伊很忙，自然不会为我翻译，而我，后来也很艰难的通过字典大体上弄明白了封面上的人物是美籍华裔科学家何大一，因发明了爱滋病的鸡尾酒疗法而荣登TIME当年的全球风云人物榜首。从此，我知道了TIME每年都评选风云人物，而这风云人物也通过TIME而走向世界。每年TIME100评选，似乎成为世界潮流的风向标。
此后，伊就订起了TIME，每每杂志到了，伊都要花一两天的时间把杂志全部看一次，连广告也不放过。而这TIME也真能吸引人，伊的同事，来家里作客的越来越多，且是男同事居多（为此我曾颇有微言，伊说我傻，还说有人来帮你翻译不好吗），来到，英文好的，翻起TIME，便高谈阔论，英文不好的，便请人告诉杂志里面的内容，而我，也在他们的讨论中知道TIME的历史，TIME的辉煌，也许是他们的职业习惯，对TIME的编辑，他们也有弹有赞，我记得好像那时新上任一位主编，他们中有些人对这位据说给TIME带来新鲜气息的主编很欣赏，有些又说他把TIME搞得多元化了，变俗了，总之，他们的话题总是围绕着TIME展开，也永远讨论不完，而一致认同的，是TIME平实真挚的语言风格、对新闻事件的客观忠实的报道、对世界潮流的准确把握及引领，而我，也耳闻目睹了TIME与众不同的魅力。
那段时间，我也免不了把这份杂志拿到单位去炫耀一翻。那时，我在一国营灯具厂搞设计。厂子不很大，三百多号人，经营不算好，也还能挨下去，比较清闲。科室里有一位文革前哈工大的毕业生，他技术在厂里数一数二，可一直是助理工程师，就是不给他工程师的职称。他做事很快，但完成以后就看报纸，不会主动去找事做，待下班就去别的厂里加班。杂志第一次拿回去，大家都很兴奋，也与我一样，先是对纸质感兴趣，后来，各自散去，只剩下他拿起他那本发黄的字典在一声不响地看杂志，看完一本，又问我要新的，我家订的杂志，他看的比我还多，而我，也乐得有人翻译，因为他看到重要的新闻，会告诉我们，虽然翻译起来不是很通，但我们也能大致理解。一年后，这位老助理工程师终于有了机会去考工程师，本来最怕英语不过关的他竟然轻而易举地通过了。
如此订了三年多的TIME，伊转行了，做了广告策划，TIME就由广告公司订了，但她也不时拿几本回家看。2001年9月11日晚上约11时，电视直播了美国受到恐怖袭击，看着纽约世界贸易中心双子塔，从上到下噼里啪啦往下掉，我的眼泪也哗啦啦的往下掉，随着这两栋一百层的楼宇瞬间变成废墟，我也似乎已魂飞魄散。之后的一段时间，伊拿回来的TIME，我没有去翻， TIME对这次人类历史上最严重的恐怖袭击所造成的灾难所刊登的高清而视角震撼的图片，还有其用平淡而人性化的语言对灾难的描述，会令我如置身于那高楼之上惊慌失措逃命不及的人群之中，痛苦感同身受。（思想家顾晓军先生的小说《太阳地》，我也只看一次。文字越美，悲情的震撼力越大，仿佛沉没的不是小说里的主人公，而是我自己。这种感觉我真有点受不了。）而我也总觉得，TIME也如我一样，对这个世界的所有苦难也会感同身受。
后来，要搬家了，东西太多，我把最早的几十本TIME包装好，伊说不要了，我说我念旧，于是就搬到了新家。第二次搬家，还是舍不得扔掉，我怀念TIME曾带给我的快乐而充实的时光。
TIME100的评选给我印象最深的是2009年把第二号风云人物颁给了中国工人群体，这着实令我激动，中国工人，不少人还走在被欠薪而讨债的途中，有几个人能把他们放在眼里？而TIME看到他们了，但，成为第二号风云人物以来，三年过去了，他们的现状并没有改观，这是为什么呢？
及至最近一个多月来，为宣扬“公正是第一价值观”，向TIME100推荐思想家顾晓军先生。看到石三生大师的一篇篇给TIME的文章，我心里真不是滋味，给TIME的狠话我也说不出口。而为了解TIME的候选人名单，我问妻讨要TIME看，伊说已不订，改为订《经济学人》了，什么时候改的？什么原因改的？我怅然若失……
此刻，我不愿提及推荐的那一百多篇文章，就为了使对TIME的追忆带给我的美好感觉尽可能长久。其实，这一箱TIME保不保留，意义已经不大，TIME曾经的辉煌已深深烙在我记忆的深处，这记忆只会随着我生命的终结而终结。
而我，却多么希望TIME的辉煌永远没有终点……
中国网民 森林之子
2012-12-13
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_b5c0a4fa01014qdg.html
My life in the TIME Translator: God has eyes A couple of days ago, to see to whether Gordon
in his own blog text messages to users reply was
very interesting group to bring him out to chat
and talked for a while. He suddenly asked: "You
are the readers of the times, he asked, past and
came back to me about TIME ...
Rather, I am not TIME true readers, due to the
low level of English, at best, only to count an
indirect readers, but it is a loyal reader.
TIME, the first time I saw a dozen years ago.
Then the economic part edited wife from work to
take back a magazine, sit down on the
countersunk looked up I also Couguo to see,
really different! Cover, a character avatar
Manmianhongguang, covered with red spots on
the glasses, I thought, This is it? Case
bloodthirsty devil, and his face should be dark to
express it, the HD picture inside pages, fine
print, and a far cry from the domestic magazine,
the most incredible is paper thin, but not
transparent, and turned up easily, perhaps it is
the people's hands are a little sweat, just a stick
to the paper easily doubled, cool hand turned
the single on the paper, I read over and over
again for a long time. Iraqi busy, naturally not
translated for me, and I, and later also very
difficult by dictionary generally figured out the
characters on the cover is a Chinese-American
scientist David Ho, crowned TIME invented the
AIDS cocktail therapy top of the world's Person of
the Year. From then on, I know that TIME has
named the man of the hour, this man of the
hour to the world by TIME. Annually TIME100
vote seems to be the trend of the world
weathervane.
Since then, Iraq on the set from the TIME, to
often Magazine, Iraq to spend a couple of days
time brought all to see once, not sparing even
the ads. TIME really attractive, Iraqi colleagues,
guests come home more and more, and mostly
male colleagues (for which I was rather critical of
Iraq said I was stupid, and said someone to help
you translate bad ), came with good English,
flips the TIME we talk, English is not good, and
they told the magazine inside, and I also know
that in their discussions TIME history, TIME
brilliant, perhaps their professional habits, TIME
editors, they are inclined to praise, I remember
as if then an editor of the newly appointed some
of them appreciate the people who bring fresh
breath of editor-in-chief is said to TIME, some
also said that He made the TIME diversification,
becomes vulgar In short, the topic is always
around TIME commence, and never discussed
endless consensus TIME plain and sincere
language style and faithful objective news event
reports accurately grasp on the trend of the
world, and to lead, and I also seen and heard
the distinctive charm TIME.
During that time, I can not stop the magazine to
get the unit to show off doubled. At that time,
in a state lamp factory engaged in the design.
Yard not much more than 300 people, business
is not good, and also can drag relatively free.
Have one before the Cultural Revolution HIT
graduates in the department, and he one of the
best in the factory, has been the assistant, just
do not give him the title of engineer. Him to do
things quickly, but after the completion of
reading the newspaper, does not take the
initiative to find something to do until after work
to go to another factory overtime. Magazine for
the first time to take back, everyone was excited,
and I first interested in the paper, and later,
trapped by their own, leaving him to pick up his
yellow dictionary quietly reading magazines ,
read one asked I want my home magazine set, he
saw more than I do, and I am also happy
someone translated, because he saw the
important news will tell us that, although the
translation up not pass, but we can roughly
understand. A year later, the old assistant
finally had the chance to test engineers, the
English have been most afraid But off he turned
out to be easily passed.
So provides three years TIME, Iraq to change
jobs, advertising planning, TIME set by the
advertising company, but when she did not take
a few home to see. September 11, 2001 at about
11:00, televised by the terrorist attacks, looking
at the New York World Trade Center twin towers,
from top to bottom crackling fall down, my tears
fall down also crashed, with two hundred layers
of buildings instantly reduced to rubble, and I
seem to have been out of their wits. After a
period of time, Iraq get back TIME, I did not look
through TIME perspective shocking pictures
published on this time in human history, the
most serious terrorist attacks caused the
disaster HD also dull and humane language
description of the disaster, will I like being back
in the crowd at to panicked escape beyond the
top of that high-rise, painful empathy. (Sun by
thinkers Mr. Gu Xiaojun novel, I also look at
time. Text more the United States, the greater
the tragedy shocking, as if the sinking is not
novel in which the hero, but I own such feeling
that I really can not stand .) and I always feel,
TIME, like me, all the suffering in the world will
identify with.
Later, you want to move, and too many things I
earliest dozens TIME packaging, Iraq said do not,
I said I forgive and forget, so he moved to a new
home. The second move, or reluctant to throw
away, I miss TIME makes me happy and fulfilling
time.
TIME100 judging me the deepest impression is
the Second Person of the Year in 2009, awarded
to groups of workers in China, this really make
me excited, Chinese workers, many people walk
in the way debt collection wage, few people can
they looked down on? TIME to see them, but
since the Second Person of the Year, three years
later, the status quo has not changed, which is
why it?
Until recently for more than a month, to preach
"justice is the first values" thinker Mr. Gu
Xiaojun recommended to TIME100. See Dan
Sansheng master one chapter to the TIME
article, my heart really was not the taste of hard
words to TIME and I can not say. While to
understand TIME's list of candidates, I asked the
wife to beg TIME look to Iraq, said has not set
instead set "The Economist", when changed?
What reason to change? I saw it ...
At the moment, I do not want to mention which
more than one hundred articles recommended as
long as possible, it gives me a better feeling to
make TIME's Remembrance. In fact, this box
TIME Paul is not retained, do not mean much,
TIME former glory has been seared in the
depths of my memory, this memory will only end
with the end of my life.
Me, but TIME brilliant wish never end ...... The Chinese netizens The children of the forest
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