Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 12
这不是我锄地时看待它们的角度。
This was not the light in which I hoed them.
星星是多么奇妙的三角形的顶点啊!
The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles!
宇宙各处居所中,那些遥远而各异的生灵,此刻正凝视着同一颗星!
What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment!
自然与人类生活,正如我们各自的禀性一样千变万化。
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions.
谁能说清生活为他人展示着怎样的前景?
Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
还有什么奇迹能比我们片刻间透过彼此的眼睛去看世界更伟大呢?
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
我们将在一个小时内活遍世界所有的时代;是的,活遍所有时代的所有世界。
We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages.
历史、诗歌、神话!——我所知道的,没有任何对他人经历的阅读能像这般令人震撼、启人心智。
History, Poetry, Mythology!—I know of no reading of another's experience so startling and informing as this would be.
我内心深处相信,邻居们所称赞的善,大部分其实是恶;如果我要悔恨什么,那很可能就是我的良好行为。
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.
是什么恶魔缠身让我表现得如此循规蹈矩?
What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?
老人,你尽可以说出你最睿智的话——你这活了七十年、也算有过某种荣誉的人——我听见一个无可抗拒的声音在召唤我离开这一切。
You may say the wisest thing you can, old man,—you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind,—I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that.
一代人像抛弃搁浅的船只一样,放弃了上一代人的事业。
One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.
我认为,我们可以放心地比现在更多地信赖自然。
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.
我们真诚地给予他人多少关怀,就可以对自己少操多少心。
We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
自然对我们的软弱与对我们的强大,同样适应自如。
Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.
Vocabulary
- light
- 光;光线;也可指角度或观点
- hoed
- 用锄头耕地或除草(hoe的过去式)
- apexes
- 顶点,最高点(apex的复数)
- wonderful
- 极好的,令人惊叹的
- triangles
- 三角形(triangle的复数)
- distant
- 遥远的,在很远地方的
- different
- 不同的,有差异的
- beings
- 存在物,生命体(being的复数)
- various
- 各种各样的,多种多样的
- mansions
- 豪宅;大厦(mansion的复数)
- universe
- 宇宙,所有物质和空间的总体
- contemplating
- 深思,凝视,沉思考虑某事
- moment
- 片刻,瞬间,某一时刻
- Nature
- 自然界,大自然
- human
- 人类的,与人有关的
- several
- 几个,若干个(通常指三个以上)
- constitutions
- 体质;宪法(constitution的复数)
- prospect
- 前景,展望,可能性
- offers
- 提供,给予(offer的第三人称单数)
- miracle
- 奇迹,不可思议的事情
- instant
- 瞬间,片刻;立即的
- ages
- 时代,年龄(age的复数)
- ay
- 是的,表示肯定(古英语用法)
- History
- 历史,记录过去事件的学科
- Poetry
- 诗歌,诗歌创作的艺术
- Mythology
- 神话,古代神话故事的集合
- experience
- 经历,体验,经验
- startling
- 令人震惊的,使人吃惊的
- informing
- 提供信息的,有启发性的
- neighbors
- 邻居(neighbor的复数)
- soul
- 灵魂,精神,内心
- repent
- 悔过,后悔,为过去行为感到遗憾
- likely
- 可能的,很有可能发生的
- behavior
- 行为,举止,表现
- demon
- 恶魔,邪灵,魔鬼
- possessed
- 被占据;被恶灵附体的
- behaved
- 表现,行为(behave的过去式)
- wisest
- 最聪明的,最有智慧的(wise最高级)
- honor
- 荣誉,尊重,名誉
- kind
- 善良的,友善的;种类
- irresistible
- 无法抗拒的,不可抵挡的
- invites
- 邀请,吸引(invite第三人称单数)
- generation
- 一代人,同时代的人
- abandons
- 放弃,抛弃(abandon第三人称单数)
- enterprises
- 事业,企业(enterprise的复数)
- stranded
- 搁浅的,被困的,陷入困境的
- vessels
- 船只,容器(vessel的复数)
- safely
- 安全地,放心地
- trust
- 信任,信赖,托付
- deal
- 大量,交易;a great deal意为"许多"
- waive
- 放弃(权利或要求),不坚持
- honestly
- 诚实地,坦率地
- bestow
- 给予,赐予,授予
- elsewhere
- 在别处,到其他地方
- adapted
- 适应的,改编的;经过调整的
- weakness
- 弱点,缺点,软弱
- strength
- 力量,强度,优点
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