你爱洗澡吗？你爱在洗澡的时候唱歌吗？你会因为家人用水影响到你洗澡时的水温而郁闷吗？Al batt的又一篇幽默小短文，记录某天清晨洗澡时的感受，语言生动风趣，让人忍俊不禁。
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The Shower by Al Batt A famous line from a great book reads, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Now I know what the author meant. I am taking a shower——the best way I have found for me to start a day. Some people like an icy cold whower in the morning——one that will wake them up quickly. Not me. Some people like a very hot shower——one that eases the sleep out of the body and limbers up those sleep stifened muscles. Not me. I like showers just the way Goldilocks liked her porridge——just right. Not too cold and not too hot. Just right. While I am in a shower, I have no doubt that the day is going to be a great one. I stride the earth like a colossus. The best ideas come to me when I am in the shower. I should write them down, but the paper always gets too wet and soggy. I depend on my memory to preserve them. I sing in the shower. Normally a pathetic singer, I am a regular canary when I'm in the shower. Today I am pretending to be Elvis Presley singing It's Now or Never in front of thousands of adoring fans. The louder I sing, the more they love me. I rock. I have a neighbor who is fond of saying, "When things get too good, look out." He is Lutheran, he has to say things like that.
浴室变奏曲 作者：阿尔·巴特 某本伟大的书里有这么一句名言：“那曾是最好的时代，也是最糟糕的时代。”现在，我知道作者说这话的意思了。我在洗澡——这是我能找到的开始新一天的最好的方式。有些人喜欢在早上冲个冰冷醒神的冷水澡，那会让他们迅速清醒过来。我不是这类人。有些人喜欢水温很高的热水澡，能把睡意赶出体外，让那些处于睡眠状态的僵硬的肌肉变得柔软。我也不是这类人。如同金发姑娘对粥的要求一样，我对洗澡水的要求也是——温度刚刚好。不要太冷也不要太热，温度要刚刚好。洗澡的时候我无疑会觉得“今天”会是很棒的一天。我像巨人一般大步大步地踏地前行。洗澡的时候，我总能想到最好的点子。我应该把他们都写下来，但纸总是给弄湿，吸满了水。于是，只能凭借记忆保存它们。 洗澡的时候，我会唱歌。平时我唱歌唱得很差劲，但洗澡时，我就成了十足的金丝雀。今天，我假扮“猫王”埃尔维斯·普雷斯利，在数千名崇拜我的“粉丝”面前唱着“现在，或永不”。我唱得越大声，他们就越爱我。我边唱边摇头摆尾。我有个邻居喜欢说一句话：“当事情都太顺利的时候，要当心。”他信奉路德教，会说那样的话。