4. Fresh air is vital for health and growth. Another thing the beach has helped me do is get fit by running and cycling. When there is such a great and natural place to run everyday, I wonder why anyone would go to the gym (yes, people around here do!) to breathe in that recycled air-con air. I know not everybody lives by the beach, but I think that getting outside is very important when growing up. I was actually born in the city, but I still learned to ride a bike outdoors in the street. We spend too much of our days trapped in our houses/cars/offices/schools/work places that I think it would be good for everyone should try to go outdoors as much as they can. Also, I find the sea air quite healing, and perhaps that’s part of the reason why I almost never get sick (touch wood).

4.新鲜空气对健康和成长是关键的：
在海边生长的另一件好处是是我能够通过跑步和骑车锻炼了良好的体魄。当你有一个很棒的并且很自热的地方能让你每天都跑的时候，我想任何人都不会想去健身房了吧（不过我这里有些人还是去健身房），不会想在健身房里呼吸那些循环的空调产生的空气。我知道不是每个人都生活在海边，但是我认为对于成长中的人来说，呆在室外是很重要的一件事。我的确是在城市出生的，但是我在城市里也学会了在室外，在街道上骑自行车。我们花费了一天中太多的时间在房间里、汽车里、办公室里、学校里、工作的地方，而我认为人们应该尽可能多的呆在室外，这样才有好处。我还发现海边的空气十分的有治愈效果，也许这也是我在海边那么久都不怎么生病的原因吧。（呸呸呸，上帝保佑，别让我就生病了。）

5. The world carries on. Everyday, the sun never fails to rise and set. The tide never fails to come in and go out. The birds never fail to call every morning. There are some things that will never change (for a few million years at least) which shouldn’t be surprising except that I didn’t realize how much life will go on without me. Of course nothing would stop just for me, but I remember coming back to the the beach for the first time in a long while and thinking “It’s all still the same”. Although it was a little upsetting at first, I came to think of it as a reassuring thing that I can rely on at least some parts of my life to stay just like it was when I was a kid.

5.世界是不断前进的：
每一天，太阳从未停止过东升西落。大海从未停止过潮涨潮汐。鸟们从来没有在早晨不啼叫。有些东西永远不会改变（至少在几百万年之内）这也就不难令我感到惊讶在我没有意识到这样的生活在我不在人世之后还会有多久。当然，没有什么事情会因我而停留，但是我记得在我第一次很长一段时间后才回到海滩那时，我想着：这一切还是一样。尽管起初我有些沮丧，但我意识到，这能确保我所居住的地方是可以依靠的，就像我小时候那样。

I learned that the familiar sound, smell and feel of the beach means it will always be my home.
我学到了熟悉的声音、味道、海滩给我的感觉永远意味着我将永远在温馨的家里。