Heart of Darkness — Page 8
降落在沼泽地，穿越森林行军，在某个内陆据点感受到那种野蛮——彻底的野蛮——已经将他团团包围：荒野那神秘莫测的生命力，在森林中涌动，在丛林中涌动，在野蛮人的心中涌动。
Land in a swamp, march through the woods, and in some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him—all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men.
对于这些秘密，根本没有任何入门仪式可言。他必须生活在那无法理解、同时也令人厌恶的一切之中。
There's no initiation either into such mysteries. He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable.
而这一切同样对他产生了一种魔力，悄悄地在他身上发挥作用。那是丑恶之物的魔力——你懂的，试想那与日俱增的悔恨，那渴望逃离的心情，那无力的厌恶，那最终的屈服，还有那深入骨髓的憎恨。"
And it has a fascination, too, that goes to work upon him. The fascination of the abomination—you know, imagine the growing regrets, the longing to escape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate."
他停顿了一下。
He paused.
「注意，」他重新开口，从肘部抬起一只手臂，手掌朝外，双腿盘坐在面前，摆出一副身着欧式服装、却没有莲花的布道佛陀的姿态，「注意，我们当中没有人会有完全相同的感受。
"Mind," he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower—"Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.
能够拯救我们的，是效率——对效率的全身心奉献。
What saves us is efficiency—the devotion to efficiency.
但那些家伙其实没什么了不起。他们算不上殖民者；他们的管理不过是一味榨取，仅此而已，我猜。
But these chaps were not much account, really. They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect.
他们是征服者，而征服者所需要的不过是蛮力——这并没有什么值得夸耀的，因为你的力量不过是源于他人的软弱所造就的一种偶然。
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
他们竭尽所能地攫取一切可以到手的东西，只为得到那些能够得到的。
They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got.
Vocabulary
- Land
- 陆地,地面,土地
- in
- 在...里面,位于...内部
- swamp
- 沼泽,湿地,泥沼地区
- march
- 行进,前进,行军
- through
- 穿过,经过,通过
- the
- 定冠词,用于特定名词前
- woods
- 树林,森林,林地
- and
- 连接词,表示并列关系
- some
- 一些,某些,大约
- inland
- 内陆的,远离海岸的地区
- post
- 邮局,岗位,柱子
- feel
- 感觉,感受,触摸
- utter
- 完全的,绝对的,说出
- had
- 过去完成式助动词
- closed
- 关闭的,围合的,密闭的
- round
- 圆形的,周围,轮回
- him
- 他,代词宾格形式
- all
- 所有的,全部,一切
- that
- 那个,那种,指示代词
- mysterious
- 神秘的,难以理解的,奇异的
- life
- 生活,生命,人生
- of
- 的,属于,来自
- wilderness
- 荒野,未开发地区,原始环境
- stirs
- 搅动,激起,引发
- forest
- 森林,树木茂密的地区
- jungles
- 丛林,密林,热带雨林
- hearts
- 心脏,心,感情
- wild
- 野生的,狂野的,未驯化的
- men
- 男人,人类,复数形式
- There
- 那里,存在,引导句子
- no
- 没有,不,否定词
- either
- 也不,任何一方,两者之一
- into
- 进入,变成,到...里面
- such
- 这样的,如此的,类似的
- mysteries
- 神秘事物,奥秘,谜团
- He
- 他,男性代词主格
- has
- 有,已经,助动词
- to
- 到,向,不定式标记
- live
- 生活,居住,生存
- which
- 哪个,哪些,关系代词
- is
- 是,存在,动词
- also
- 也,同样,而且
- And
- 和,而且,连接词
- it
- 它,这个,代词
- fascination
- 着迷,吸引力,迷恋
- too
- 也,太,同样
- goes
- 去,进行,运作
- work
- 工作,劳动,运转
- upon
- 在...上面,关于
- The
- 定冠词,用于名词前
- you
- 你,你们,代词
- know
- 知道,认识,了解
- imagine
- 想象,设想,猜测
- growing
- 生长中的,增长的
- regrets
- 遗憾,后悔,懊悔
- longing
- 渴望,渴念,憧憬
- escape
- 逃脱,逃离,躲避
- powerless
- 无力的,无能为力的
- disgust
- 厌恶,反感,令人厌恶
- surrender
- 投降,屈服,放弃
- hate
- 仇恨,讨厌,厌恶
- paused
- 停顿,暂停,中断
- Mind
- 头脑,精神,注意
- he
- 他,男性代词主格
- began
- 开始,着手,起动
- again
- 再次,又,重新
- lifting
- 提升,抬起,举起
- one
- 一,一个,某个
- arm
- 手臂,武器,胳膊
- from
- 从,来自,由...起
- elbow
- 肘部,肘关节,弯曲处
- palm
- 手掌,棕榈树
- hand
- 手,手臂,帮手
- outwards
- 向外,往外,朝外
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