When people are alive, they are not so mindful about day and night because they can only occupy themselves with a finite number of matters. Once a person has passed away, the days pile up: According to my reckoning, in twenty days' time it will be the third anniversary of my mother's death.
1. mindful adj. 留心的；记住的；警觉的
bearing in mind; attentive to
mindful of
注意的；想着的
e.g. The only thing I'm advocating is to be mindful of how we spend our own time.我唯一支持的理念是---要仔细地检视我们如何花费生活中的时间
2.事情很多
occupy themselves with a finite number of matters.
e.g.In modern society, people always occupy themselves with a finite number of matters.
3.reckoning n. 计算;估计
According to my reckoning算一算，算起来
e.g. According to my reckoning, in 3 days it will be the third anniversary of our marriage.算一算，再有3天就是我们3周年结婚纪念日。
During these three years, I have been seized by a queer sensation, namely, I have felt that my mother is not actually gone. I have also felt that my mother shares the sense that she has not departed. It is said that dying is like going to sleep, but while the sleeper knows he must slumber on a bed, he does not know when exactly he will drift off. For fourteen years, my mother lived together with me in Xi'an. After a serious illness, the doctor confirmed that all of her organs were in a state of terminal exhaustion. I then decided to send her back to our home village of Dihua, where she might continue to receive medical care. Every day, in my village, she knew that once one bag of intravenous medicine was spent, her children would feed another into the drip. She simply closed her eyes and lay down there at ease. On the third night, her closed eyes did not open, but she was certain that the drip remained attached. She did not anticipate that thereafter she would never regain consciousness because when she laydown, she asked my younger sister to wash her facecloth. The comb lay beside her pillow. The key tied to her belt stayed fastened. She did not convey her final wishes.
4.be seized by a queer sensation
有一种奇怪的想法
e.g. I have been seized by a queer sensation that he has lied to me.
5.share the sense
...也认为
e.g. He shares the sense that we can't go back to where we were.
6.drift off 睡着
e.g. I don't know exactly when I drfited off last night.
7.器官衰竭
organs were in a state of terminal exhaustion
8.放心地 at ease
e.g. He simply lay down there at ease.
9.交代后事convey her final wishes.
e.g. He passed away and didn't convey his final wishes.
Three years ago, whenever I sneezed, I would always ask "who is missing me?" My mother loved to crack jokes. She would pick up where I left off and say "who is missing? Your mother is missing you!" During these three years, I have sneezed with greater regularity. Usually, when I am late for a meal or stay up for too long, I shall sneeze. When I sneeze, I think of my mother and I am certain that my mother is still missing me.
10.说笑crack jokes
e.g. He loves to crack a joke ,to play a joke on each other.
11.接茬pick up where I left off and say