该句使用拟人和比喻手法表达时间对人生的作用。
I cherish the life nourishment extracted from the vast sea of people, which nourishes my life and inspires my spirit. I cherish the experience of success as well as the lessons of failure; I cherish painful memories as well as joyful moments. I cherish every fragment and every process of life, every setback and every advance. Success and failure, pain and joy, all become part of my life, accompanying me as I write a fuller and more meaningful existence.
The power of time should leave traces upon the earth, and the wheel of years should crush the unevenness along the path. Without ruins, there is no yesterday; without yesterday, there is no today or tomorrow.
我珍惜从茫茫人海中汲取的人生养分，它滋养着我的生活，激励着我的精神；我珍惜成功的经验，也珍惜失败的教训；我珍惜痛苦的回忆，也珍惜快乐的时光；我珍惜人生中的每一个片段、每一个过程；我珍惜每一次坎坷与每一次奋进。成功与失败、痛苦与欢乐，都会融入我的生命之中，陪伴我书写更加充实的人生。
时间的力量理应在大地上留下痕迹，岁月的车轮也理应在道路上碾过起伏。没有废墟，也就无所谓昨天；没有昨天，也就无所谓今天与明天。