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When love beckons you, follow him, though his ways are hard and stccp. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
当爱挥手召唤你们时,跟随着它,尽管它的道路艰难而险峻。当它展翼拥抱你们时,依顺着它,尽管它羽翼中的利刃会伤害你们。当它对你们说话时,要相信它,尽管它的声音会击碎你的梦,像狂风尽扫园中的花。
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your most tender branches that quiver in the sun,so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
爱虽可为你们加冕,也能将你们钉上十字架。它虽可助你们成长,也能将你们削砍剪刘。它会攀至你们的高处,轻抚你们阳光下颤动的最柔嫩的枝条,它也会降至你们的根底,动摇你们紧紧依附着大地的根须。
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart and in that knowledge become a fragment of life's heart.But if,in your fear,you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,then it is better for you that you cover your nakeness and pass out of love's threshing-floor. into the season less world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep. but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from pssesse, not nor would it be possessed. for love is sufficient into love.
这一切都是爱为你们所做的,使你们或许能从中领悟自己心中的秘密,从而成为生命之心的一小部分。但是如果你们出于畏惧只去寻求爱的和美与爱的欢乐,那你们最好掩起自己的赤裸,离开爱的打谷场,踏人那没有季节的世界,在那里,你会开怀,但不是尽情欢笑;你会哭泣,但不是尽为泪水。爱除了自身别无所求,除了自身别无所取二爱不占有,也不被占有,因为爱有了自己就足够了.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and have desires, don't let these be your desires:
爱别无他求,只求成全自己。但如果你爱了,又有所渴求,就别让这些成你的所求吧:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night
融化为一道奔流的溪水,在夜晚吟唱自己的清曲。
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
体会太多温柔带来的痛苦。
To be wounded by your own understanding of love
被自己对爱的体会所伤害。
And to bleed willingly andjoyfully.
心甘情愿地淌血
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
清晨,带着一颗生翼的心醒来,感谢又一个充满爱的日子;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
午休,沉思爱的心醉神怡;
To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart.
黄昏,带着感激归家;睡前,为你心中的挚爱祈祷。
Even at the age of 75. Thelma was very vivacious and full of life. Whcn her husband passed away, her children suggested that she move to a "senior living community." A gregarious‘and life-loving person. Thelma decided to do so.
已经75岁的西尔玛依旧十分活跃,富有朝气在她丈夫过世之后,她的儿女们建议她搬去老人社区生活西尔玛是一个喜欢辛卜交、热爱生活的人,欣然接受儿女们的建议.
Shortly after moving in,Thelma became a self-appointed activities director, coordinating all sorts of things for the people in the community to do and quickly became very popular and made many friends.
搬进老人社区后不久,西尔玛自动请缨,成为各项活动的组织者,负责为社区居民协调各类事务,很快便赢得了社区居民的喜欢,也结交了很多新朋友.
When Thclma turned 80, her newfound friends showed their appreciation by throwing a surprise birthday party fur her. When Thelma entered the dining room for dinner that night, she was greeted by a standing ovation and one of the coordinators led her to the head table. The night was filled with laughter and entcrtainmnt. but throughout the evening ,Thelma could not take her eyes off a gentleman sitting at the other end of the table.
西尔玛80岁生11那天,她那些新交的朋友为表示对她的感谢,决定给她办一个惊喜生日派对。当西尔玛像平常一样去餐厅吃晚餐时,餐厅内所有的人都站起来欢迎她,一位组织者将她引到上座入座。整个晚宴充满欢声笑语,大家都很尽兴,但整个晚上,西尔玛的眼睛都不曾离开过坐在桌子另一端的那位老先生。
When the festivities ended, Thelma quickly rose from her seat and rushed over to the man"Pardon me," Thelma said, "Please forgive me if I made you feel uncomfortable by staring at you all night. I just couldn't help myself from looking your way. You see, you look just like my fifth husband."
宴会结束后,西尔玛马上起身,走到那位老先生面前。“对不起”,西尔玛说到,“今晚我一直盯着你看,如果这让你很不舒服的话,希望你能原谅我,但我实在没法忍住,总想要朝你所在的方向看。你知道为什么吗,因为你和我的第五任丈夫太相像了!”
"Your fifth husband!" replied the gentleman. "Forgive me for asking, but how many times have you been married?"
“第五任丈夫!”那位老先生说道,“那么请原谅我这一问,你结过几次婚呢?”
With that, a smile came across Thelma's face as she responded, "Four."
这时,西尔玛笑容满面地回答:"4次。”
They were married shortly after.
不久后他们就结婚了。
A story is told about,a young married couple whose names are Jim and Dclla. They are poor but very much in love with each other.
有一对夫妻,丈夫叫吉姆,妻子叫黛拉他们生活窘迫,但是彼此深深相爱.
As Christmas approaches, Della wonder what to get Jim for C'hristmas. She would like to give him a watch chain fur his gold watch. but ;he doean't have a enough money. Then she gets an idea.She has beautiful long hair. So Della decide, to cut off her hair and sell it buy the fancy chain for Jim's watch.
圣诞节前,黛拉考虑着该给吉姆买什么样的圣诞礼物她想给他的金表配一根表链,可钱不够。后来她想到了一个主意。她长有一头漂亮的长发,因此她决定将长发剪短换钱,这样就可以给吉姆买一根漂亮的表链了。
On Christmas Eve she return s home, and in her hand is beautiful bos containing a gold watch chain which she purchased bys elling her hair. Suddenly Della begins to worry. She knows Jim admired her long hair, and she wonders if he will be disappointed that she cut it ott and sold it.
平安夜,拿着一个装有金表表链的礼盒,黛拉向家中走去没错,表链正是她用卖掉自己的头发的钱买来的。黛拉有些担心,她知道古姆非常喜欢她长长的秀发,而待会看到她的头发被剪短,他会很失望吗?
Della climbs the final flight of stairs leading to their tiny apartment. She unlocks the door and is surprised to find Jim home and waiting for her. In his hand is a neatly wrapped box containing the gift he purchased for her.
黛拉在不安中走完了通向他们那面积不大的公寓的最后一级楼梯。打开门,她惊讶的发现吉姆正在家中等她回家。他手里拿着一个包装精美的盒子,里面装着的当然是给她的礼物。
When Della removes her scarf, Jim sees Della's short hair, and tears well up in his eyes. But she says nothing. He chokes back the tears and gives Della the gift box.
到家后黛拉解开头巾,看到黛拉剪短的头发,吉姆眼中泛泪,而她什么也没说。控制住眼泪.吉姆将手中的礼盒递给黛拉。
When Della opens it, she can't believe her eyes. There in the box is a set of beautiful silver combs for her long hair.
打开礼盒,黛拉不敢相信自己的眼睛,礼盒里装有一套漂亮的银质梳具,一套为她曾经的秀发准备的梳具。
And when Jim opens his gift, he, too, is astonished. There inside the box is a beautiful gold chain for his gold pocket watch. Only then does Della realize that Jim pawned his gold watch to buy her the silver hair combs.
打开礼盒后,吉姆同样惊呆了,礼盒里正是黛拉给他买的漂亮的金表表链。黛拉那时才知道,为了给她买这套银质梳具,吉姆已经将金表抵押给了当铺。
Far more beautiful than the gifts is the love they symbolize.
比礼物更美的,是礼物所表现出的对彼此的爱。
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Parents gave me life in this world,I love the most is them.
Expressing of loving parents do not need to pass a language that I love them.Whatever we can do some little things.In the Father's Day or Mother's Day,we can prepare a delicious breakfast for them.We can remember their birthdays.In their birthdays,we don't need to buy gifts,but have to say happy birthday.
When parents come home from work,we can hand them a cup of hot water to make them relax.We can help parents to share some of the housework,so that they have more time to rest.As part of the family,we should take active to do housework.If we read out,we should always contact them,tell them recent things of our own.Let them not worry about us.
It is known to all our parents love is priceless,is not asking for anything.We should love them in return. But,parents can be very simple love.As long as the life of more concern to them,for them to have been very satisfied.Just do it.
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You know my heart; you know that all there is desire, thought, boding and longing; you live among spirits and they give you divine wisdom. You must nourish me; you give all that in advance, which I do not understand to ask for.
你知道我的心;你知道我心里惟有的愿望、思念、预兆和渴求;你生活在幽灵之中,他们给你以神灵的智慧。你一定要给我以"营养"。你已经事先就给了我那些我不懂得去要求的东西。
My mind has a small embrace, my love a large one; you must bring them to a balance. Love cannot be quiet till the mind matches its growth; you are matched to my love; you are friendly, kind, and indulgent; let me know when my heart is off the balance. I understand your silent signs.
虽说我的才智小,但我的爱情甚深;你一定要平衡这两方面。在理智跟不上爱情的发展时,爱不能平静。你知道我有多爱你;你友善、温存、宽厚。告诉我,什么时候我的心失去了平衡。我懂得你那无声的暗示。
A look from your eyes into mine, a kiss from you upon my lips, instructs me in all, what might seem delighted to learn, - to one who, like me, had experience from those. I am far from you; mine are become strange to me.
你映人我眼帘的凝睇、你印在我唇上的热吻,向我说明了一切。这一切对于像我这样的人,对于有过这方面感情经历的人,看来似乎令人高兴。你我天各一方,我给你的凝望和亲吻对我已日益陌生。
I must ever return in thought to that hour when you hold me in the soft fold of your arm. Then I begin to weep, but the tears dry again unawares. Yes, he reaches with his love (thus I think) over to me in this concealed stillness; and should not I, with my eternal undisturbed loving, reach to him in the distance?
我无法不回想在你怀抱中的温柔时刻。然后我便开始哭泣,又不知不觉眼泪已哭干。是的,在深藏的静谧中他对我一往情深(我如是想)。难道我就不应该借着永不动摇的深情遥通心声吗?
Ah, conceive what my heart has to say to you; it overflows with soft sighs all whisper to you. Be my only happiness on earth your friendly will to me. O, dear friend, give me but a sign that you are conscious of me.
啊,你不知道我一心要对你说些什么吗?我要对你无限地轻声叹息,窃窃私语,让感情沛溢。愿我今生今世唯一的幸福就是你对我的无限的柔情。啊,亲爱的朋友,只求你给我暗示,你心中只有我。
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I have your letter, my adorable love. It has filled my heart with joy since I left you I have been sad all the time. My only happiness is near you. I go over endlessly in my thought of your kisses, your tears, your delicious jealousy. The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles a living, blazing fire in-my heart and senses.
我收到了你的信,我祟拜的心上人。你的信使我充满了欢乐……自从与你分手以后,我一直闷闷不乐,愁眉不展。我唯一的幸福就是伴随着你。你的吻给了我无限的思索和回味,还有你的泪水和甜蜜的嫉妒。我迷人的约瑟芬的魅力像一团炽热的火在心里燃烧。
When shall I be able to pass every minute near you, with nothing to do but to love you and nothing to think of but the pleasure of telling you of it and giving you proof of it?
什么时候我才能在你身旁度过每分每秒,除了爱你什么也不需做;除了向你倾诉我对你的爱并向你证明爱的那种愉快,什么也不用想了?
I loved you some time ago; since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better. Ever since I have known you I adore you more every day. That proves how wrong is that saying of La Bruyere "Love comes all of a sudden. "
我不敢相信不久前爱上你,自那以后我感到对你的爱更增一千倍。自我与你相识,我一天比一天更崇拜你。这正好证明了La Bruyere说的"爱,突如其来"多么不切合实际。
Ah, let me see some of your faults; be less beautiful, less graceful, less tender, less good. But never be jealous and never shed tears. Your tears send me out of my mind they set my very blood on fire.
哎,让我看你的一些美中不足吧。再少几分甜美,再少几分优雅,再少几分温柔抚媚,再少几分姣好吧。但决不要嫉妒,决不要流泪。你的眼泪使我神魂颠倒,你的眼泪使我热血沸腾。
Believe me that it is utterly impossible for me to have a single thought that is not yours, a single fancy that is not submissive to your will. Rest well. Restore your health. Come back to me and then at any rate before we die we ought to be able to say: "We were happy for so very many days!" Millions of kisses even to your dog.
相信我,我每时每刻无不想你,不想你是绝无可能的。没有一丝意念能不顺着你的意愿。好好休息,早日康复。回到我的身边,不管怎么说,在我们谢世之前,我们应当能说:"我们曾有多少个幸福的日子啊!"千百万次吻,甚至吻你的爱犬。
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All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs thi mortal frame,
All are but ministers of Love,
And feed his sacred flame.
一切思想、激情和欢乐,
凡把这肉身激动的一切
都只不过是爱神的使者,
使他的圣火烧得烈。
Oft in my waking dreams do I
Live o'er again that happy hour,
When midway on the mount I lay,
Beside the ruin'd tower.
在我醒时的出神中,我常
一遍遍重温那幸福时刻;
当时我在那山的半腰上,
在倒了的塔边躺着。The moonshine,stealing o'er the scene,
Had blended with the lights of eve;
And she was there, my hope, my joy,
My own dear Genevieve!
月光悄悄地照到了那里,
同茫茫暮色融汇在一处;
我希望和欢乐也在那里,
我亲爱的热内薇芙!
She lean'd against the armed man,
The statue of the armed Knight;
SHe stood and listen'd to my lay,
Amid the lingering light.
她倚着那位武装的男子,
那是全副武装的骑士像;
在将去未去的光线之中
她站在那儿听我唱。
Few sorrows hath she of her own,
My hope!my joy! my Genevieve!
She loves me best whene'er I sing
The songs that make her grieve.
热内薇芙并没有伤心事,
她可是我的希望和欢乐!
每当我的歌能使她悲伤,
那时候她就最爱我。
I play'd a soft and doleful air;
I sing an old and moving story--
An old rude song, that suited well
That ruin wild and hoary.
我奏起柔美哀怨的曲调,
我常起古老动人的古似乎;
对那堆苍凉的陈年废墟
这质朴老歌很合适。
She listen'd with a flitting blush,
With downcast eyes and modest grace;
For well she knew I could not choose
But gaze upon her face.
她听的时候眼光没抬去,
脸一红的神情谦恭优雅;
因为她清楚知道:我怎能
让自己不去凝视她。
I told her of the Knight that wore
Upon his shield a burning brand;
And that for ten long years he woo'd
The Lady of the Land.
我告诉她曾经有位骑士,
他盾上的图案是把火剑;
对国土上的第一位贵妇
他整整追求了十年。
I told her how he pined and ah!
The deep, the low, the pleading tone
With which I sang another's love,
Interpreted my own.
我告诉她,骑士如何憔悴;
啊,用低沉而央求的声音
我把另一个人的爱歌唱,
也传达出我的衷情。
She listen'd with a flitting blush,
With downcast eyes, and modest grace;
And she forgave me, that I gazed
Too fondly on her face!
她听的时候眼光没抬起,
脸一红的神情谦恭优雅;
她原谅了我,并没有怪我
过于多情地凝视她!
But when I told the cruel scorn
That crazed that bold and lovely Knight,
And that he cross'd the mountain-woods,
Nor rested day nor night;
但当我说到残酷的蔑视
把勇敢可爱的骑士气疯;
他白天黑夜都不肯止步,
只一心要穿越山林;
That sometimes from the savage den,
And sometimes from the darksome shade,
And sometimes staring up at once
In green and sunny glad--
有时从凶狠野蛮的巢穴,
有时从一片黢黑的暗处,
有时从明亮的林中空地
在绿叶间突然走出——
There came and look'd him in the face
An angel beautiful and bright;
And that he knew it was a Fiend,
This miserable Knight!
一位美丽而欢快的天使,
直盯着骑士的脸庞凝视;
可是他知道这是个魔王,
我们这不幸的骑士!
And that, unknowing what he did,
He leap'd amid a murderous band,
And saved from outrage worse than death
The Lady of the Land;--
他不知道自己在做什么,
就冲进一帮嗜杀的匪徒,
从比死还坏的暴行之中
救出了那第一贵妇——
And how she wept and clasp'd his knees;
And how she tended him in vain--
And ever strove to expiate
The scorn that crazed his brain;--
她哭着抱住骑士的膝头,
徒然地把他看护和照顾;
为那种使他气疯的轻蔑
一直在努力地补救——
And that she nursed him in a cave;
And how his madness went away,
When on the yellow forest leaves
A dying man he lay;--
骑士在洞穴里受其照料,
直到躺在枯黄的树叶上,
已成了个濒临死亡的人,
他才摆脱了那癫狂——
His dying words--but when I reach'd
That tenderest strain of all the ditty,
My faltering voice and pausing harp
Disturb'd her soul with pity!
他临死的话——可那支歌中
我唱到这最动人的地方,
颤抖的声音和停下的琴
使她的心慢是悲怆!
All inpulses of soul and sense
Had thrill'd my guileless Genevieve;
The music and the doleful tale,
The rich and balmy eve;
灵魂和感情的一切冲动
激着我率直的热内薇芙:
还有音乐和哀怨的故事,
绚丽而芬芳的夜幕;
And hopes, and fears that kindle hope,
An undistinguishable throng,
And gentle wishes long subdued,
Subdued and cherish'd long!
希望和点燃希望的疑虑——
这是理也理不清的一团——
和克制已久的亲切愿望——
已怀有了很长时间!
She wept with pity and delight,
She blush'd with love and virgin shame;
And like the murmur of a dream,
I heard her breathe my name.
她因怜悯和快乐而哭泣,
为爱和处女的羞怯脸红;
我听见她轻唤我的名字,
像梦中的低低的话声。
Her bosom heaved--she stepp'd aside,
As conscious of my look she stept--
Then suddenly, with timorous eye
She fled to me and wept.
她胸部起伏,往边上一靠——
就好似感觉到我的眼神;
突然露出怯生生的样子,
她哭着扑进我怀中。
She half enclosed me with her arms,
She press'd me with a meek embrace;
And bending back her head, look'd up,
And gazed upon my face.
她的两臂松松地搂住我,
羞答答地把我抱在胸前;
她仰起了头,抬起了眼睛
久久地凝视我的脸。
'Twas partly love, and partly fear,
And partly 'twas a bashful art,
That I mightrather feel, than see,
The swelling of her heart.
一部分是凭着爱和疑虑,
一部分是凭着害羞的模样,
我才感觉到而不只看到
她心中的感情高涨。
I calm'd her fears, and she was calm,
And told her love with virgin pride;
And so I won my Genevieve,
My bright and beauteous Bride.
在我安慰下她消除疑虑,
骄傲地说出她处女的爱;
这样我赢得了热内薇芙——
这新娘美丽又光彩。
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英语散文以优美的语言、流畅的句子、生动的描述,给人以美的享受,满足人类心灵的要求,具有很高的审美属性。下面读文网小编为大家带来唯美爱情英语散文,欢迎大家阅读!
Earl March look'd on his dying child,
And, smit with grief to view her--
'The youth,' he cried,'whom I exiled
Shall be restored to woo her.'
马奇伯爵在临死的女儿前,
看着她就悲伤的心疼;
他喊到,“召回我流放的青年,
让他来向我女儿求婚。”
She'd at the window many an hour
His coming to discover:
And he look'd up to Ellen's bower
And she look'd on her lover--
多少个小时她守望在窗口,
为发现她回来的情郎;
当情郎仰视着艾琳的绣楼,
她也把情郎细细望。
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弗朗西斯·培根是英国文艺复兴时期最重要的散文家、哲学家。他不但在文学、哲学上多有建树,在自然科学领域里,也取得了重大成就。他的第一部重要著作《随笔》最初发表于1597年,以后又逐年增补。该书文笔言简意赅、智睿夺目,它包含许多洞察秋毫的经验之谈,其中不仅论及政治而且还探讨许多人生哲理。下面读文网小编为大家带来培根经典散文随笔阅读,希望大家喜欢!
Many have made witty invectives against usury. They say, that it is pity, the devil should have God's part, which is the tithe. That the usurer is me greatest Sabbath breaker, because his plough goeth every Sunday. That the userer is the drone, that Virgil speaketh of: ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent.
许多人都曾经说过巧妙的骂放债的话。他们说,人类应给上帝的贡献是每人底收入底十分之一,而现在这上帝应得的一部竟被魔鬼占了,真是一件可悲的事。又说,放债的人乃是最大的破坏安息日的人,因为他底犁耙是每个安息日都在工作的。又说放债的人就是委吉尔所说的雄蜂。
That the usurer breaketh the first law that was made for mankind, after the fall; which was, in sudore vultus tui comedes panem tuum; not, in sudore vultus aliem. That usurers should have orange-tawny bonnets, because they do Judaise. That it is against nature, for money to beget money; and the like. I say this only, that usury is a concessum propter duritiem cads', for since there must be borrowing and lending, and men are so hard of heart as they will not lend freely, usury must be permitted. Some others have made suspicious and cunning propositions of banks, discovery of men's estates, and other inventions. But few have spoken of usury usefully. It is good to set before us the incommodides, and commodities of usury; that the good may be either weighed out, or culled out; and warily to provide, that while we make forth to that which is better, we meet not with that which is worse.
他们把那些雄蜂(一群偷懒的东西)从蜂房中驱逐出去了。又说放债的人把人类自失乐园以后的第一条法律破坏了。这第一条法律就是“你将汗流满面然后得食”,而放债的人却是“借他人面上的汗而得食”的。又说放债的人应该戴姜黄色的帽子,因为他们是变了犹太人了。又说钱生钱是有悖天道的,诸如此类。我只有这句话可说,就是,放债是“因为人心太硬而始蒙上帝允许的一种事”。因为既然借与贷是免不了的,而且人底心肠是硬得不肯白借钱给人的,那么放债的事情便非准许不可了。又有些人也曾经关于银行及财产呈报和其他的办法作过多疑而巧妙的建议,但是很少有关于放债这件事说过有用的话的。把放债的利与害列举在我们眼前,以便我们酌量采择其利,并且小心办理,庶几我们在走向改良之途的时候不要遇见比现在更坏的事情,这是好的。
The discommodities of usury are: first, that it makes fewer merchants. For were it not for this lazy trade of usury, money would not lie still, but would, in great part, be employed upon merchandising; which is the vena porta of wealth in a state. The second, that it makes poor merchants. For as a fanner cannot husband his ground so well, if he sit at a great rent; so the merchant cannot drive his trade so well, if he sit at great usury. The third is incident to the other two; and that is, the decay of customs of kings or states, which ebb or flow with merchandising. The fourth, that it bringeth the treasure of a realm or state into a few hands. For the usurer being at certainties, and others at uncertainties, at the end of the game; most of the money will be in the box; and ever a state flourisheth, when wealth is more equally spread. The fifth, that it beats down the price of land: for the employment of money is chiefly, either merchandising, or purchasing; and usury waylays both. The sixth, that it dolh dull and damp all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring, if it were not for this slug. The last, that it is the cancer and ruin of many men's estates; which in process of time breeds a public poverty.
放债底害处:第一它使商人底数目减少。因为要是没有放债这种懒惰生意,金钱是不会静止不动的,反之,大部分的金钱将被用在商业上,而商业乃是国家底财富底“门静脉”。第二,放债使商人性质变劣。因为,一个农人,假如他住在一个租价很大的田地上他就不能够好好地经营他底地土;类此,假如一个商人不得不靠高利贷的话,他就不能好好地进行他底生意。第三件害处是附属于上述的两件害处的,就是帝王或国家底税收之减少,税收原是随着贸易涨落的。第四件害处是放债把一国底财富都聚在少数人之手。因为放债的人是拿得稳的,而别的生意人是不能拿得稳的,所以到这场戏快结束的时候大多数的钱都进了放债为生的人底箱子了。然而一个国家总是在财富分配得最为平均的时候最为兴盛的。第五件害处是放债之举把土地的价值打低了;因为金钱底用处,主要是在做生意或购置田产,而放债却把这两种事业都路劫了。第六件害处是,放债把一切的工业、改良、和新的发明都挫折,压抑了,因为假如没有放债这种事业阻挠的话,在上述的种种事业中自会有金钱活动的。最末的一件害处是,放债是蠹害许多人底财产的东西,而这种行为经过了相当时间之后是会引起一种共同的贫乏的。
On the other side, the commodities of usury are. First, that howsoever usury in some respect hindereth merchandising, yet in some other it advanceth it: for it is certain, that the greatest part of trade is driven by young merchants, upon borrowing at interest: so as if the usurer either call in, or keep back his money, there will ensue presently a great stand of trade. The second is, that were it not for this easy borrowing upon interest, men's necessities would draw upon them a most sudden undoing; in that they would be forced to sell their means (be it lands or goods) far under foot; and so, whereas duty doth but gnaw upon them, bad markets would swallow them quite up.
在另一方面,放债底益处是,第一,无论放债之举在某种情形是多么阻挠商业的,然而在别的方面它却是助长商业的;因为商业底最大部分是由年轻的商人靠着借有利息的债而经营的,这是无疑的。如果放债的人把他底钱收回或者不放出去,马上就会发生商业上的大停滞。第二件益处是,要没有这样容易的用利息借债的办法,人们底需要将使他们骤然陷于没落;因为他们将不得不被迫而卖掉他们赖以为生的资产(无论是田产或货物)而且卖得价值远不及这些资产底真正价值。所以,放债的行为固然是蠹蚀这些人,但是若没有放债的行为,则坏的市面将把他们整个吞噬了。
As for mortgaging, or pawning, it will lime mend the matter, for either men will not take pawns without use; or if they do, they will look precisely for the forfeiture. I remember a cruel moneyed man, in the country, that would say; the devil take this usury, it keeps us from forfeitures of mortgages and bonds. The third and last is; that it is a vanity to conceive that there would be ordinary borrowing without profit; and it is impossible to conceive the number ofinconveniencies that will ensue, if borrowing be cramped.
至于抵押或典当之举,那也是无补于事的:因为,不是人们不肯无利息地收受抵押和典当;就是,如果他们肯这样做,他们必定会眼睛专注在没收那些资产上面的。记得有一位乡下的狠心富翁,他常说,“鬼把这种放债的举动拿去才好,它使得我们不能够没收抵押的产业和证券”。第三而第末的益处是,设想能有不带利息的一般借贷乃是虚妄的;并且,如果借贷之事一受拘束,将发生的不便之处其数目之多是不能想象的。
Therefore, to speak of the abolishing of usury is idle. All states have ever had it, in one kind or rate, or other. So as that opinion must be sent to Utopia.
因此要废止放债业的话是空话。所有的国家都有过这种生意的,不过种类与利率的不同罢了。所以这种意见只好送到乌托邦里去了。
To speak now, of the reformation and reiglement of usury; how the discommodities of it may be best avoided, and the commodities retained. It appears by the balance of commodities and discommodities of usury, two things are to be reconciled. The one, that the tooth of usury be grinded, that it bite not too much: the other, that there be left open a means, to invite moneyed men to lend to the merchants, for the continuing and quickening of trade. This cannot be done, except you introduce two several sorts of usury; a less, and a greater. For if you reduce usury to one low rate, it will ease the common borrower, but the merchant will be to seek for money. And it is to be noted that the trade of merchandise, being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate; other contracts not so.
现在且一谈改良并管理放债业之道;如何可以避免它底害处而保持它底益处。从放债业底利害相权看来,有两件事是应当调和的。一件是,放债业底牙齿应当磨得钝一点,使它不至于咬人咬得太厉害;另一件是,应当留一个门户,可以鼓励有钱的人放债给商家,以便商业能够继续并活动。这件事情除非你创立两种大小不同的放债,是办不到的。因为,假如你把放债业全减到一个低利率上去,这种办法对一般的借债者将要容易一点而商人将不容易找到钱了。并且我们也应当注意,商品交易的事业,因为获利最厚,所以能担负高利贷,而别的事业则不如此。
To serve both intentions, the way would be briefly thus. That there be two rates of usury, the one free, and general for all; the other under licence only, to certain persons, and in certain places of merchandising. First therefore, let usury, in general, be reduced to five in the hundred; and let that rate be proclaimed to be free and current; and let the state shut itself out, to take any penalty for the same.
要把上述的两种目的都达到,其方法略如下。要有两种利率;一种是自由而且公开的;另一种是受统治的,唯有某种人并且在某种商业地域才可以得到允许的。因此第一,应当使普通放债底利率减到百分之五;这种利率应当公布为自由的通行的利率;并且国家应当担承对于这种的利率不加以罪。
This will preserve borrowing from any general stop or dryness. This will ease infinite borrowers in the country. This will, in good part, raise the price of land, because land purchased at sixteen years purchase will yield six in the hundred, and somewhat more, whereas this rate of interest yields but five. This, by like reason, will encourage and edge industrious and profitable improvements; because many will rather venture in that kind, than take five in the hundred, especially having been used to greater profit Secondly, let there be certain persons licensed to lend, to known merchants, upon usury at a higher rate; and let it be with the cautions following.
这个办法可使借贷之举免于停止或枯竭,也可以便利国内无数的借款人。并且,这个办法,在大体上,将提高田地底价值,因为以十六年交清买款为期买来的地一年之中可以产生百分之六或稍高的利息,而这种放债底利率则只能产生百分之五的利息也。以同样的理由,这种办法也将鼓励并激刺工业和有益的改良,因为许多人将宁愿投资于这些事业而不愿收百分之五的利益,尤其是收惯了较高的利息的人更要如此。第二,应该让一部分人得到允许,可以用较高的利率放债给知名的商人;这种事并且还得有如下的预防。
Let the rate be, even with the merchant himself, somewhat more easy, than that he used formerly to pay: for, by that means, all borrowers shall have some ease by this reformation, be he merchant, or whosoever. Let it be no rank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money: not that I altogether mislike banks, but they will hardly be brooked, in regard of certain suspicions. Let me state be answered, some small matter, for the licence, and the rest left to the lender: for if the abatement be but small, it will no whit discourage the lender. For he, for example, that took before ten or nine in the hundred, will sooner descend to eight in the hundred, than give over his trade of usury, and go from certain gains, to gains of hazard.
这种利率,即在那些商人底方面,也应该比他从前惯付的利率较为轻一点;因为由这种方法,所有的借款人都可以得到一点便利,无论他是商人或是任何人。放债的人不可是银行或公司,而每个人都应当是他自己底钱底主人。这并不是我完全憎恶银行,而是因为他们为了某种嫌疑的原故是很难受一般人底信任的。国家为了所发的允许证应当使放债人负责缴纳一笔小捐税,其余的利益则应当归之于放债的人;因为假如这种捐税底数目很小的话,它是决不会使放债的人灰心的。举例来说,那原先收百分之十或百分之九的利息的人是宁可降到百分之八而不肯放弃他底放债事业,撇下拿得稳的利益跑去求冒险的利益的。
Let these licenced lenders be in number indefinite, but restrained to certain principal cities and towns of merchandising: for then they will be hardly able to colour other men's monies in the country: so as the licence of nine will not suck away the current rate of five: for no man will send his monies far off, nor put them into unknown hands.
这些持有允许证的放债者其数目可以不必限定,不过他们营业的地点却应当限于某几个商业的城市;因为这样他们就不能掩饰国中他人底钱财:持有特许证可以放百分之九的利率的债的人就不会把那一般流行的百分之五的利率的钱吸收尽了;因为没有人肯把钱放到远处,或放在不相识的人底手里的。
If it be objected that this doth, in a sort, authorise usury, which before was, in some places, but permissive: the answer is; mat it is better to mitigate usury by declaration, than to suffer it to rage by connivance.
如果有人反对说,以前放债的事业不过是在某种地方受容忍,而我底办法差不多要使它成为合法的营业了;我的答语是用公开承认的办法补救放债底害处比默认其存在而使它横行的好一点。
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英语散文的发展历程十分曲折,散文大家风格多变,兼之中英语言个性殊异,若要成功地把英语散文大家的作品翻译到中文,既须了解英语散文发展的概况,又须注意保证气韵逻辑通畅,文气沛然,才能传神译出,曲尽其妙,令汉语读者获得相同或相近的审美感受。下面读文网小编为大家带来必读优美双语散文,希望大家喜欢!
He stopped the lawn mower in the middie of the yard, because he felt that the sun at just that moment had gone down and the stars come out. The fresh-cut grass that had showered his face and body died soft!y away. Yes, the stars were there, faint at first, but brightening in the clear desert sky. He heard the porch screen door tap shut and felt his wife watching him as he watched the night.
"Almost time," she said.He nodded; he did not have to check his watch. In the passing moments he felt very old, then very young, very cold, then very warm, now this, now that. Suddenly he was miles away. He was his own son talking steadily, moving briskly to cover his pounding heart and the resurgent panics as he felt himself slip into fresh uniform, check food supplies, oxygen flasks, pressure helmet, space-suiting, and turn as every man on earth tonight turned, to gaze at the swiftly filling sky.Then, quickly, he was back, once more the father of the son, hands gripped to the lawn-mower handle. His wife called, "Come sit on the porch.""I've got to keep busy!"
She came down the steps and across the lawn. "Don't worry about Robert; he'll be all right."
"But it's all so new," he heard himself say. "It's never been done before. Think of it - a manned rocket going up tonight to build the first space station. Good lord, it can't be done, it doesn't exist, there's no rocket, no proving ground, no take-off time, no technicians. For that matter, I don't even have a son named Bob. The whole thing's too much for me!""Then what are you doing out here, staring?"He shook his head. "Well, late this morning, walking to the office, I heard someone laugh out loud. It shocked me, so I froze in the middle of the street. It was me, laughing! Why? Because finally I really knew what Bob was going to do tonight; at last I believed it. Holy is a word I never use, but that's how I felt stranded in all that traffic. Then, middle of the afternoon I caught myself humming. You know the song. 'A wheel in a wheel. Way in the middle of the air.' I laughed again. The space station, of course, I thought. The big wheel with hollow spokes where Bob'll live six or eight months, then get along to the moon. Walking home, I remembered more of the song. 'Little wheel run by faith, Big wheel run by the grace of God.' I wanted to jump, yell, and flame-out myself!"His wife touched his arm. "If we stay out here, let's at least be comfortable."
They placed two wicker rockers in the center of the lawn and sat quietly as the stars dissolved out of darkness in pale crushings of rock salt strewn from horizon to horizon.
"Why," said his wife, at last, "it's like waiting for the fireworks at Sisley Field every year."
"Bigger crowd tonight . . ."
"I keep thinking - a billion people watching the sky right now, their mouths all open at the same time."
They waited, feeling the earth move under their chairs.
"What time is it now?"
"Eleven minutes to eight."
"You're always right; there must be a clock in your head."
"I can't be wrong tonight. I'll be able to tell you one second before they blast off. Look! The ten-minute warning!"
On the western sky they saw four crimson flares open out, float shimmering down the wind above the desert, then sink silently to the extinguishing earth.In the new darkness the husband and wife did not rock in their chairs.After a while he said, "Eight minutes." A pause. "Seven minutes." What seemed a much longer pause. "Six . . ."
His wife, her head back, studied the stars immediately above her and murmured, "Why?" She closed her eyes. "Why the rockets, why tonight? Why all this? I'd like to know."
He examined her face, pale in the vast powdering light of the Milky Way. He felt the stirring of an answer, but let his wife continue.
"I mean it's not that old thing again, is it, when people asked why men climbed Mt. Everest and they said, 'Because it's there'? I never understood. That was no answer to me."
Five minutes, he thought. Time ticking . . . his wrist watch . . . a wheel in a wheel . . . little wheel run by . . . big wheel run by . . . way in the middle of . . . four minutes! . . . The men snug in the rocket by now, the hive, the control board flickering with light.His lips moved.
"All I know is it's really the end of the beginning. The Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age; from now on we'll lump all those together under one big name for when we walked on Earth and heard the birds at morning and cried with envy. Maybe we'll call it the Earth Age, or maybe the Age of Gravity. Millions of years we fought gravity. When we were amoebas and fish we struggled to get out of the sea without gravity crushing us. Once safe on the shore we fought to stand upright without gravity breaking our new invention, the spine, tried to walk without stumbling, run without falling. A billion years Gravity kept us home, mocked us with wind and clouds, cabbage moths and locusts. That's what's so god-awful big about tonight . . . it's the end of old man Gravity and the age we'll remember him by, for once and all. I don't know where they'll divide the ages, at the Persians, who dreamt of flying carpets, or the Chinese, who all unknowing celebrated birthdays and New Years with strung ladyfingers and high skyrockets, or some minute, some incredible second the next hour. But we're in at the end of a billion years trying, the end of something long and to us humans, anyway, honorable."Three minutes . . . two minutes fifty-nine seconds . . . two minutes fifty-eight seconds . . .
"But," said his wife, "I still don't know why."
Two minutes, he thought. Ready? Ready? Ready? The far radio voice calling. Ready! Ready! Ready! The quick, faint replies from the humming rocket. Check! Check! Check!
Tonight, he thought, even if we fail with this first, we'll send a second and a third ship and move on out to all the planets and later, all the stars. We'll just keep going until the big words like immortal and forever take on meaning. Big words, yes, that's what we want. Continuity. Since our tongues first moved in our mouths we've asked, What does it all mean? No other question made sense, with death breathing down our necks. But just let us settle in on ten thousand worlds spinning around ten thousand alien suns and the question will fade away. Man will be endless and infinite, even as space is endless and infinite. Man will go on, as space goes on, forever. Individuals will die as always, but our history will reach as far as we'll ever need to see into the future, and with the knowledge of our survival for all time to come, we'll know security and thus the answer we've always searched for. Gifted with life, the least we can do is preserve and pass on the gift to infinity. That's a goal worth shooting for.The wicker chairs whispered ever so softly on the grass.
One minute.
"One minute," he said aloud.
"Oh!" His wife moved suddenly to seize his hands. "I hope that Bob . . ."
"He'll be all right!"
"Oh, God, take care . . ."
Thirty seconds.
"Watch now."
Fifteen, ten, five . . .
"Watch!"
Four, three, two, one.
"There! There! Oh, there, there!"
They both cried out. They both stood. The chairs toppled back, fell flat on the lawn. The man and his wife swayed, their hands struggled to find each other, grip, hold. They saw the brightening color in the sky and, ten seconds later, the great uprising comet burn the air, put out the stars, and rush away in fire flight to become another star in the returning profusion of the Milky Way. The man and wife held each other as if they had stumbled on the rim of an incredible cliff that faced an abyss so deep and dark there seemed no end to it. Staring up, they heard themselves sobbing and crying. Only after a long time were they able to speak.
"It got away, it did, didn't it?"
"Yes . . ."
"It's all right, isn't it?""Yes . . . yes . . .""It didn't fall back . . .?""No, no, it's all right, Bob's all right, it's all right."They stood away from each other at last.He touched his face with his hand and looked at his wet fingers. "I'll be damned," he said, "I'll be damned."
They waited another five and then ten minutes until the darkness in their heads, the retina, ached with a million specks of fiery salt. Then they had to close their eyes.
"Well," she said, "now let's go in."
He could not move. Only his hand reached a long way out by itself to find the lawn-mower handle. He saw what his hand had done and said, "There's just a little more to do . . ."
"But you can't see."
"Well enough," he said. "I must finish this. Then we'll sit on the porch awhile before we turn in."
He helped her put the chairs on the porch and sat her down and then walked back out to put his hands on the guide bar of the lawn mower. The lawn mower. A wheel in a wheel. A simple machine which you held in your bands, which you sent on ahead with a rush and a clatter while you walked behind with your quiet philosophy. Racket, followed by warm silence. Whirling wheel, then soft footfall of thought.
I'm a billion years old, he told himself; I'm one minute old. I'm one inch, no, ten thousand miles, tall. I look down and can't see my feet they're so far off and gone away below.
He moved the lawn mower. The grass showering up fell softly around him; he relished and savored it and felt that he was all mankind bathing at last in the fresh waters of the fountain of youth.
Thus bathed, he remembered the song again about the wheels and the faith and the grace of God being way up there in the middle of the sky where that single star, among a million motionless stars, dared to move and keep on moving.Then he finished cutting the grass.
他站在院子当中,关掉了割草机,因为他感觉到,就在此刻,太阳消失在了地平线下,星星开始闪烁。包裹在周围的鲜草碎屑渐渐落下。是啊,星星就在那儿,一开始还很黯淡,随后就在这清丽的沙漠天空上闪闪发光。他听到门廊边中纱门关闭的声音,感觉到妻子正看着他,就如同他正看着这满天的星斗。
“快到时间了。”她说。
他点点头,不用看表。上一分钟他还觉得自己很老、很冷,这会儿忽然变得又年轻又暖和。忽然间,他就到了几英里之外,仿佛就是自己的儿子,正在坚定地说这话,神采奕奕地戴着护具,在穿上新制服瞬间的那一丝恐慌,检查补给、氧气瓶,加压头盔,宇航服,然后像今晚地球上所有其他人一样,抬头仰望这浩瀚星海。
忽然间,他又成为了自己,手握着割草机的手柄。妻子叫道,“过来坐在门廊这儿吧。”
“我得忙活点什么!”
她走下台阶,穿过草坪,“别为罗伯特担心了,他会没事的。”
“但这一切都是这么的全新。”他听到自己在说,“以前从来没有人做过。想想看—— 一架载人的火箭今晚会升上天空,建造第一座空间站。上帝啊,多么神奇。以前从来没有过火箭、试验场,也没有起飞时间,没有航空技师。在这个意义上,我根本没有一个叫罗伯特的儿子,这整件事对我来说太难接受了!”
“那你在这外面干什么,看什么呢?”
他摇摇头,“嗯,今天早些时候,在去办公室的路上,我听到有人在大笑。把我给震住了,我就这么站在大路当中。笑的就是我!为什么?因为我终于明白罗伯特今晚要做的事情的意义了。 至少我相信是这样。神圣这个词我以前从来都没有用过,但这就是我站在川流不息地人群中时的感觉。下午的时候,我又发现自己在哼歌儿。‘轮子是轮子,正在半空中。’你也知道这首歌。然后我又笑了。空间站,当然了,我想。带着轮辐的大轮子,罗伯特要在那儿住六到八个月,然后登上月球。
“回到家,我又记起了这首歌的其余部分,‘信念驱动小轮,上帝转动大轮’。我想要跳跃,想要大叫,浑身充满了力量!”
妻子抚摸着他的手臂,“如果要待在外面的话,至少换个舒服些的姿势。”
他们搬出两把摇椅放在草坪中央,静静地坐了下来。星星正在天边闪烁。
“这一切意义何在?”妻子最后问,“这就像是每年新年时等待西斯利菲尔德的焰火一样。”
“今夜会更盛大……”
“我一直在想——十多亿人此刻正在看着天空,所有人都在翘首以盼。”
他们就这样等着,感觉着椅子下大地的转动。
“几点了?”
“差十一分八点。”
“你从来都不会错;脑子里一定有一个钟表。”
“今晚我一定错不了。我会精确到他们发射的那一秒。看!十分钟警报!”
在西边的天空,他们看到四个发着红光的信号弹射向空中,然后缓缓落向沙漠,最终熄灭在地面上。
黑暗再次降临,夫妻二人没有再摇动他们的摇椅。
几分钟后,他说:“八分钟。”停顿。“七分钟。”似乎停顿了更长的时间。“六分——”
妻子转过头,研究着天上的星星,低语道,“意义何在呢?”她闭上眼睛,“为什么发射火箭?为什么是今晚?这一切意义何在?我想知道。”
他仔细地看着妻子的脸,那张脸在银河昏暗的光芒下显得有些苍白。一个激动人心的答案就要脱口而出,但他还是让妻子继续。
“我是说,这不是旧话重提,是吧?每次有人问为什么要爬珠穆朗玛峰时,被问的人回答:‘因为山就在那儿。’我从来都没明白过。这对我来说根本不是一个答案。”
五分钟,他想道。时间在流逝……他的手表……轮子套着轮子……小轮、大轮……空中……四分钟!……他们应该已经在火箭里了,仪表盘上的灯光正在一闪一闪。
他动了动嘴唇。
“我只知道,这只是萌芽期的终结。石器时代、青铜器时代、铁器时代;从今以后这些人类站在地面上羡慕鸟儿的时代都将被冠以一个名字,也许可以叫地面时代,或者叫重力时代。亿万年来我们一直在和重力抗争。当我们还是阿米巴原虫,还是鱼类的时候,我们挣扎着离开海洋,没让重力给压垮。刚在地面站住脚我们就挣扎着要站立起来,不让重力压垮我们的脊梁,努力地独立行走、奔跑而不要摔倒。十多亿年来,重力一直将我们束缚在地面上,用云朵、清风、菜蛾和蝗虫来嘲笑我们。正因如此,今晚才会如此地重要……这将是重力时代的终结,我们都会记住这个时代。我不知道他们会从何处来划分这个时代。是从波斯人梦想着飞毯的时候来划分,还是从中国人发明节庆用的焰火时算起。或者,这个时代将从下一个小时的某一分钟开始。但是,在这个荣耀的时刻,结束了十亿年来的努力,结束了一个如此久长的时代,在这个时候,我们都是其中的一分子。”
三分钟……两分五十九秒……两分五十八……
“但是——”妻子说,“我还是不明白这究竟是为什么。”
两分钟,他想。准备好了吗?准备好了吗?准备好了吗?无线电问讯。准备好了!准备好了!准备好了!嗡嗡作响的火箭传来微弱的回答。检查无误!检查无误!检查无误!
今夜,他想,即使这第一次尝试失败,我们也还会发射第二艘、第三艘飞船,会踏上前往其他行星的旅途,不久的将来,就是其他的恒星。我们会一直继续,就像“永恒”和“不朽”这两个词语所表达的意思一样。这就是我们所要的。持之以恒。自从舌头可以在嘴里移动的那一刻起,我们就在问,这一切意义何在?只要死亡还在,就没有其他更有意义的问题。就让我们迁移向那成千上万个环绕着其他恒星运行的行星吧,到时候,这个问题自然就会消失。
人类将会永生不朽,就如同这宇宙一般。人类将会继续生存,就如同这宇宙。个体还是会死去,但是我们的历史将会变得无限久远,直到未来终结,伴随着长久以来积累的知识,我们将会得到长久以来那个问题的答案。生命是一种恩赐,但至少我们可以保护、传递这种恩赐,直到永远。这是个值得争取的目标。摇椅在草地上轻轻地摇动。
一分钟。
“一分钟。”他大声说。
“哦!”妻子忽然攥紧了双手,“希望罗伯特——”
“他会平安无事的!”
“哦,上帝啊,保佑——”
三十秒。
“看吧。”
十五、十、五。
“看!”
四、三、二、一。
“那儿!那儿!哦,在那边!那边!”
他们都叫了出来,两个人都站了起来。摇椅摇向身后,倒在了草坪上。男人和他的妻子摇摆着,激动地紧握着彼此的手。他们看到了天上的那束亮光,十秒钟后,明亮的上升彗星点亮了空气、使得星星黯然失色,随后又像其他星星一样隐没在银河中作为报偿。
男人和妻子紧握着彼此的手,就好像他们忽然发现自己正站在悬崖边,前面就是无底的深渊。抬起头,他们听到了自己哭泣的声音。很久很久,他们都说不出话来。
“走了,飞走了。是吧?”
“是……”
“一切正常,是吧?”
“是……是……”
“没有掉下来……?”
“没有,没有,一切正常,罗伯特没事,一切正常。”
最终,他们互相走开了一段距离。
他摸了摸自己的脸,看着湿漉漉的手指。“我一定是糟透了,糟透了。”
他们又等了五分钟、十分钟,仰望着星空,直到空气中的盐粒让眼睛觉得难受才闭上眼睛。
“那么——”她说,“我们进去吧。”
他动不了,只有他的双手还在移动,握住了割草机的手柄。看到自己的动作后,他说,“还差一点点……”
“但是都已经看不见了。”
“还可以。”他说,“一定得弄完。然后我们在门廊再坐一会儿,之后再进去。”
他帮着妻子把摇椅搬进门廊,让她坐下来,然后又走回草坪,握住割草机的手柄。割草机。大轮子套小轮子。握在手中的简单机器。想着自己那简单的哲学,推在前面走的机器。火箭,热浪和寂静。转动的轮子,然后是这夜晚轻柔的脚步。
我有十亿多岁了,他告诉自己;但我只刚刚诞生了一分钟,我有一英寸,不,一万英里高。我低头看不到自己的脚,因为它们离的太远。
他推着割草机。碎草屑像雨滴一样包裹着他;他品味着,觉得自己就是全人类的代表,正在最后一次沐浴着青春之泉的泉水。
沐浴着这泉水,他又一次想起了那首关于轮子、信仰和恩典的歌。上帝正站在云端,看着亿万颗群星中那一颗勇往直前的星。
他修整完了整片草地。
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If you want to understand adversity, take two identical acorns from the same oak tree andplant them in two different locations. Plant the first in the middle of a dense forest, and theother on a hill by itself.
如果你想理解什么是逆境,就去拿两颗从同一棵树上摘下来年龄相同的橡树果,并且把它们种到不同的地方。第一颗种在浓密的树林当中,而另外一颗则单独种在一座山上。
Here's what will happen. The oak standing on a hillside is exposed to every storm and gale. Asa result its roots plunge deep into the earth and spread in every direction, even wrappingthemselves around giant boulders. At times it may seem the tree isn't growing fast enough—but the growth is happening underground. It's as if the roots know they must ported the treefrom the threatening elements.
事情的结果便是这样。那颗长在山上的橡树经历了大风大雨,结果它的根深深地扎进了泥土中间,并不断向四周扩张,甚至把自己置身于巨大的石块当中。有时它可能看起来长的不是很快,但这时它却在地下悄悄生长着,好像它的根知道自己必须快速生长来保护树木免受自然危害的影响。
What about the acorn planted in the forest? It becomes a weak, frail sapling. And since it isprotected by its neighbors, the little oak doesn't sense the need to spread its roots forsupport.
而种在树丛中的橡树果是什么样子的呢?它变成了一棵虚弱的小树苗。因为有周围树丛的保护,所以这棵小树苗便不知道要把自己的根扎得更深。
Don't be afraid of adversity! Welcome it! That's your surefire route to ultimate success.
不要害怕困难!要欢迎它!困难是你最终成功的必经之路。
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As a teenager,I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious1 out-side,but I wantedto be liked inside.
当我还是个10几岁的少年的时候,觉得自己总是让人失望。从外表上看,我似乎很叛逆,但是在内心深处,我是如此地渴望被人疼爱。
Once I left home to hitch-hike2 to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn't easy,andthere were many times I didn't feel safe. One situation in particular kept me grateful to stillbe alive. When I returned home,I was different,not so outwardly sure of myself.
有一次我离开了家和我的朋友佩内洛普搭便车去了加利福尼亚。这次旅行并不轻松,而且有很多次我感觉不安。有一次的突发状况让我一直庆幸自己还活着。回到家,我发觉自己变了,看上去不那么自信了。
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope,who was staying with us,waswearing my clothes. And my family seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would bemissed if I weren't there. I told my mom,and she explained that though Penelope was a lovelygirl,no one could replace me. I pointed out,"She is more patient and is neater than I haveever been." My mom said these were wonderful qualities,but I was the only person who couldfill my role. She made me realize that even with my faults-and there were many-I was a lovedmember of the family who couldn't be replaced.
我很高兴能回到家,但不久我注意到和我们一起的佩内洛普穿着我的衣服,而且我父母看上去更喜欢她,我想知道如果我不在家的话他们是否会想念我。后来,我把我的想法告诉了母亲,她说尽管佩内洛普是个可爱的女孩,但她始终不能取代我,我说:"她比我有耐心而且无论何时看上去她都比我要整洁大方。"母亲说这些都是非常好的优点,但我却是惟一个能扮演好自己角色的人。母亲让我感到尽管我有缺点——似乎还很多——但是,我被家中每一个人爱着,谁也无法取代。
I became a searcher,wanting to find out who I was and what made me unique. My view ofmyself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist3 pressure to actin ways that I didn't like any more,and I was delighted by who I really was. I came to feelmuch more sure that no one can ever take my place.
我成了一个探寻者,想要知道自己到底是谁,又是什么让我变得独一无二。我的人生观开始改变。我需要一个坚固的基础来发展,我忍受住压力,不再做自己不喜欢做的事。而且我为真实的我感到高兴。渐渐地我越发肯定自己无可替代。
Each of us holds a unique place in the world. You are special,no matter what others say orwhat you may think. So forget about being replaced. You can't be.
每个人在这个世界上都占有一个独一无二的位置。无论别人说什么,你自己怎么想,你都是特别的。所以,不要担心自己会被取代,因为你永远是惟一的。
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Why do some people move from one level of success to the next in live while others seem to be stuck in the same place they were five years ago? Successful people have tapped into a law that not many are either aware of or are willing to apply to their lives. It is the Law of Suggestion, and when used correctly and consistenty, it has the power to turn your life around on a dime.
Henry Ford said, 'If you think you can or if you think you can't, you are right!" Jesus, Himself said, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he".
Who you are today and the level of failure or success you have achieved is in direct proportion to who you think you are and what you think you can achieve. You may be stuck right now; stuck in the same old job you hate, stuck in the bitterness of anothers betrayal to you, stuck in a body that is 50 pounds overweight; I don't care how stuck you are and for how long you have been stuck, you can walk out of it in the amount of time it takes you to think your next thought. Yes, it's the truth! There is a giant of success within you just waiting to be aroused and awakened by the power of your own suggestion!
Someone once asked this question, "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time". You can walk out of your failure in any and every area of your life beginning with your very next thought. You must take captive the stinkin' thinkin' that has been allowed to run unchallenged in your mind. Negativity, self-doubt, procrastination, the lie that tells you, "This is the hand life dealt you and there is really nothing you can do about it, the lie that there are successful people, failures and mediocre people and they are born that way"; Hogwash! You are equipped to be anyone and anything you choose to be! The only difference between the successful and the failure is this, successful people engage themselves in positive self-talk and positive affirmations (both consciencely and sub-consciencely) daily. They are willing to fight for what they want to be and achieve, to sacrifice the momentary pleasure to live the enduring life they envision for themselves.
Are you ready to walk out of the muck and mire of defeat and failure and into the life you have always dreamed of? Then do it! Do it right now! It all begins with your very next thought. Refuse to think like a failure, replace every negative lie with a positive affirmation and remember this..."It's not what you do, it's what you keep on doing!" It takes 21 days to form any habit in your life, so be ready to fight the good fight of faith against negativity and before you know it, you will have formed a habit that will begin to direct your sub-conscience thoughts step by step right into the life you've always wished for but didn't know you could live. It's sort of like Dorothy in the Wizzard of OZ, Glenda, told her, "You've always had the power to be where you wanted to be", Dorothy says, "Why didn't anyone tell me it was as simple as clicking my heels three times and SAYING THE RIGHT WORDS?" Because you wouldn't have believed it before now!
The power of the spoken word and the spoken thought may seem too simple to be the answer to your getting un-stuck in life, but sometimes people stumble over the answer only because it seems too simple. We want a magic pill or some kind of epiphany but I'm telling you, at the end of the yellow brick road, you will descover you had the power within you all along!
为什么有的人获得一个又一个的成功,而有的人却总是停留在原处,停留在五年前的状态?成功的人往往有共同的心态,人们很少注意到、也没有把成功者的心态应用到自己的日常生活中,这个心态就是有益的自我暗示,如果坚持有益的自我暗示,就会很快改变你的生活。
亨利·福特说:“如果你认为自己能做到,就能做到!如果你认为自己做不到,就做不到!”耶酥说:“一个人心里觉得自己是什么样,他或她就是什么样!”
你今天成为什么样的人?取得了怎样的成功?遇到了怎样的失败?这些都与你心中所想、所预期的成正比。也许你现在的生活停滞不前,仍旧在做着自己不喜欢的工作,仍旧在痛恨着别人的背叛,你的身体还是超重50磅而没有成功的减肥,不管你停留在什么样的情形下,也不管你在这样的情形下困惑了多长时间,只要你肯改变一下自己的思维定势,你就可以走出困境,当你改变自己的思维定势的时候,就是你走向新生活的时候,真的!用积极的自我暗示来唤醒和激励自己,然后你就会依靠自己的力量获得巨大的成功。
有人曾问过这样一个问题:“怎样吃掉一头大象?一次咬一口。”只要转换一下思维方式,就可以使你生活的各个方面焕然一新。不要再让消极、自我怀疑和惰性在你的头脑中栖息了,要俘虏这些负面的东西。正是这些不良思维定势使你觉得你的生活本来就是现在这个样子,是不可改变的;使你觉得每个人的成功、失败都是命中注定的;你觉得平庸的人是命中注定要平庸的!噢,只要你想成功,你可以做任何想做的事,可以成为一个了不起的人!成功者与失败者的唯一区别是,成功者总是(有意或潜意识的)积极鼓励自己、自我肯定。他们愿意为自己的目标而努力奋斗,他们能够为了将来的成功而牺牲片刻的休息娱乐时间。
你想走出失败的泥沼、拥有自己梦想的生活吗?那么从现在开始努力吧!只要你转变一下思维方式,不要去想失败,取而代之的是,用积极的自我肯定来驱散失败的想法,并一直坚持下去……。重要的不是你是否现在这样做了,而是你是否坚持做了。这样用21天,你就会形成新的思维习惯,准备好用自信来战胜你的消极心态吧,你就会形成新的思维定势,无意中,指引你一步步的得到自己想要得到的生活,而在此之前,你从没想到过你能真正拥有自己想要的生活。就象奥兹国的仙女格琳达对多萝西说的那样:你有能力得到自己想要得到的一切!多萝西说:“为什么没有人告诉过我,只要敲鞋跟三下,并喊合适的话语,就可以得到想要得到的?” 因为你以前从未相信过!
肯定的话语、肯定的想法就可以改变你的生活,这看起来太简单了,但恰恰是因为太简单了,有时许多人却没有做好。我们都想得到一个神奇的药丸或者是希望有奇迹出现,但是我要告诉你,当你走到黄砖路的尽头,你会发现,你的身上一直都有着巨大的力量!
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Those troubles, always linger.
那些烦恼,永远挥之不去。
It doesn't matter is ok, just everything cannot go back.
没关系没关系,只是一切都回不去。
Just don't give up, Russia are then buchibuqi.
只要不放弃,俄们便不离不弃。
Then the selfish hurt, but only in order not to leave.
那么自私的伤害,只是为了不离开。
Such as flocculent snow, high-stepping but not into Russia heart.
如絮的白雪,皑皑却不入俄心。
Missing is like a disease, take much medicine or not.
思念像一场病,服了多少的药也好不了。
How many dream had, and never came into my heart.
多少梦幻的曾经,也不曾走进莪的心。
I am god, that nothing can be done not god.
我是上帝,那种什么事也办不了的上帝。
Someone said, my love, I just thought.
有人说,我的爱情只是我的自以为。
I do not follow, I live is always all you want.
我不会遵循,我过的生活从来都是自己想要的。
Don't say you have lost everything, because you and I.
不要说你失去了一切,因为你还有我。
Will there be that one day, you left me.
会不会有那么一天,你离我而去。
You why say sorry, in this leaves in autumn.
你又何必说抱歉,在这个落叶的秋天。
I haven't save your feeling, just facing north say goodbye.
我的挽回你都没感觉,只是面朝北面说再见。
The wind blows away the thoughts, rolled up unruly time.
被风吹散的思念,卷起不羁的时间。
You said, love is too deep but don't let their destruction .
你说过,爱的太深却不要让自己沉沦。
Why is this once, only once in without you.
为什么又是这样的曾经,只不过曾经里没有你。
A we missed the time, France.
时间一点点被我们错过,擦肩而过。
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曾经拥有的,不要忘记;已经失去的,留作回忆;属于自己的,不要放弃;不能得到的,更要珍惜。下面读文网小编为大家带来唯美爱情英语句子翻译,欢迎大家阅读!
1、 Sometimes love is not enough when the road gets tough
有时候,当生活的路越来越艰难时,只有爱就不够了。
2、 The best kind of feelings in life are the ones you can't explain
生命中最美好的感受往往妙不可言。
3、 Sometimes the right person for you was there all along、
You just didn't see it because the wrong one was blocking the sight
有时候,适合你的那个人其实一直在那儿。
只是那些错的人挡住了你的视线,你才没有看见。
4、 You are the only one who drives me mental and keeps me sane
只有你才能既让我发疯,又让我理智。
5、 Positive emotions not only contribute to our success,
they don't just contribute to our feeling good; they also contribute to our wellbeing
积极情绪不仅有助成功,不仅能让我们感觉好,还有助我们获得幸福。
6、爱情…在指缝间承诺 指缝…在爱情下交缠
Love ,promised between the fingers
Finger rift,twisted in the love
7、如果你为着错过夕阳而哭泣,那么你就要错群星了
If you weeped for the missing sunset,you would miss all the shining stars
8、感受梦的火焰,感觉飞舞瞬间,当一切浪漫遥远,永恒依然
to feel the flame of dreaming and to feel the moment of dancing,when all the romance is far away,the eternity is always there
9、茹菓只遈遇见,吥能停畱,吥茹吥遇见
If we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other,then I wish we had never encountered
10、宁愿笑著流泪,嘢不哭著说后悔 心碎了,还需再补吗?
I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry,when my heart is broken ,is it needed to fix?
11、天空没有翅膀的痕迹,而鸟儿已飞过
There are no trails of the wings in the sky, while the birds has flied away
12、与你保持着一种暖昧的关系,怕自己会爱上你,怕你离开后,我会流泪
When keeping the ambiguity with you ,I fear I will fall in love with you, and I fear I will cry after your leaving、
13、人活着总是要得罪一些人的 就要看那些人是否值得得罪
When alive ,we may probably offend some people、However, we must think about whether they are deserved offended、
14、谁捡走了我的玻璃鞋,寻找遗失的玻璃鞋
I am looking for the missing glass-shoes who has picked it up
15、命里哊时钟需哊 命里无时莫强求
You will have it if it belongs to you,whereas you don't kveth for it if it doesn't appear in your life、
16、没有谁对不起谁,只有谁不懂得珍惜谁
No one indebted for others,while many people don't know how to cherish others、
17、永远不是一种距离,而是一种决定。
Eternity is not a distance but a decision、
18、在回忆里继续梦幻不如在地狱里等待天堂
Dreaming in the memory is not as good as waiting for the paradise in the hell
19、哪里有真爱存在,哪里就有奇迹。
Where there is great love, there are always miracles
20、爱情就像一只蝴蝶,它喜欢飞到哪里,就把欢乐带到哪里。
Love is like a butterfly、 It goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes
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Love may fade with the season, but some friendships are year round
爱情也许会随着季节的变迁而褪去,但友谊会为你全年守侯。
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there
我只关心未来,因为我的余生都会在那里度过。
Don't say you love me, unless you really mean it
请不要轻易说爱我,除非你是认真的。
Brief is life, but love is long
生命虽短,爱却绵长。
If I know what love is, it is because of you
因为你,我懂得了爱。
Love is the greatest refreshment in life
爱情是生活最好的提神剂。
Love never dies
爱情永不死。
The darkness is no darkness with thee
有了你,黑暗不再是黑暗。
We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us
如果没有人爱我们,我们也就不会再爱自己了。
There is no remedy for love but to love more
治疗爱的创伤唯有加倍地去爱。
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different
要做到不可替代,就要与众不同。
Those have most power to hurt us, that we love
我们所爱的人,却最具有伤害我们的力量。
No one should be sad for him and then I went to
没有谁 值得我去再为他伤心
My tears, my grief it can only prove
我的眼泪,只能证明我的悲伤而已
Recalled before, cry a little bit sorry for some happiness
回忆以前 ,有点难过 有点想哭 有些幸福
Eyes for you, raining but their heart is for you an umbrella
眼睛为你下着雨,心却为你撑着伞
Approaching you,I get hurt,and leaving you,I will be lonely.
靠近你,我却受伤;离开你,我将孤单。
Who shuts love out,in turn shall be shut out from love.
谁拒爱于门外,也必将被爱拒之门外。
The things which we thought will lasts forever,finally will fade away.
我们曾经以为念念不忘的东西,最后却变得面目全
If I see you next to never,how can we say forever.
若你我今生无法再见,又怎说相约到永远。
Meeting you was fate,and falling in love with you was out of my control.
遇见你是命运的安排,而爱上你是我情不自禁。
I took for granted,all the times,that I thought would last somehow.
我一直以为,你我会爱到地老天荒。
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Love may fade with the season, but some friendships are year round
爱情也许会随着季节的变迁而褪去,但友谊会为你全年守侯。
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there
我只关心未来,因为我的余生都会在那里度过。
Don't say you love me, unless you really mean it
请不要轻易说爱我,除非你是认真的。
Brief is life, but love is long
生命虽短,爱却绵长。
If I know what love is, it is because of you
因为你,我懂得了爱。
Love is the greatest refreshment in life
爱情是生活最好的提神剂。
Love never dies
爱情永不死。
The darkness is no darkness with thee
有了你,黑暗不再是黑暗。
We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us
如果没有人爱我们,我们也就不会再爱自己了。
There is no remedy for love but to love more
治疗爱的创伤唯有加倍地去爱。
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different
要做到不可替代,就要与众不同。
Those have most power to hurt us, that we love
我们所爱的人,却最具有伤害我们的力量。
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爱情是人与人之间的强烈的依恋、亲近、向往,以及无私专一并且无所不尽其心的情感。下面读文网小编为大家带来唯美爱情英语美文欣赏,欢迎大家阅读!
Marjorie Baer used to joke about her retirement plans. She wasn't married and had no kids, but she didn't intend to be alone—she and all her single friends would move into a fictional home she called Casa de Biddies. Instead, Baer developed terminal brain cancer when she was 52. But just as she'd hoped, her friends and family provided her with love and care to the end.
Baer's friends Lee Ballance and Mary Selkirk were walking their dog one afternoon in July 2006 when they saw an ambulance in front of her house. Baer had had a seizure and collapsed. Ballance, a physician, hopped in his car and followed the ambulance to the hospital to be at Baer's side while doctors tried to figure out what was going on. When they did, the news wasn't good: She had glioblastoma multiforme, a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer.
Ballance was only the first of Baer's friends who became her unofficial caregivers. Until her brother Phil Baer put his marriage and work in Los Angeles on hold to care for his sister during her final weeks, they cobbled together a system to watch over their friend and allow her to keep some of the privacy and independence she cherished.
Baer's good friend Ruth Henrich took the lead. That seemed natural: Henrich, then 58, and Baer both worked in publishing and lived in the same duplex. Though busy in her job as an associate managing editor at salon.com, Henrich took Baer to doctors' appointments and helped her deal with all the aspects of life that were becoming increasingly mysterious to her—answering machines, TV controls, and even phone numbers. After Henrich sent out an e-mail request, a group of volunteers signed up to ferry Baer back and forth to radiation therapy. Others in Baer's circle offered up particular talents: A nurse friend helped Baer figure out how to get what she was due from Social Security and her disability insurance; an attorney pal helped Baer with her will; a buddy who was an accountant took over her bills when she could no longer manage them. "There was this odd sense that the right person always showed up," says Ballance.
Not that it was easy. "I had to know at all times who was going to be there and anticipate what Marjorie would need next, so it was always on my mind," says Henrich. "It was something I wanted to do, but it also never went away." Still, their jury-rigged arrangement worked remarkably well. Even as Baer lost the ability to read and write and engage in conversation over the course of the year, she was able to continue to live on her own, walk to the market, take the subway to painting classes, and even fly to Iowa by herself to visit her brother Tom and his family.
"She was a generous person," says another friend, Elizabeth Whipple, "and it came back to her in truckloads."
Unmarried women are one of the fastest-growing demographic groups in America, and increasing numbers of men are remaining single, too; experts are concerned about how caregiving will be managed for both groups as they age. If the experience of Baer's friends is a guide, the Internet will play a role. It's already making it possible to create communities of caregivers who may have only one thing in common: the person who needs their help. On personal "care pages" set up through services such as Lotsa Helping Hands, friends and family members can post a list of tasks that need to be done, volunteer to do them, and keep updated on the person's condition. As Baer's cancer progressed, for example, her friends set up a page on Yahoo! where people could sign up to deliver meals or do errands.
Eventually, their help wasn't enough. One morning, a year after Baer's diagnosis, Henrich checked in before work and found Baer on the floor. Though she wore a panic button on a chain around her neck, she hadn't used it. "I don't know how long she had been there," Henrich says.
That was when Baer's brother Phil stepped in. He and Tom had taken turns earlier making trips to Berkeley to care for their sister; now Phil, who lived in Los Angeles, took leave from his job as head of air-conditioning and heating at CBS Studio Center—and from his understanding wife, Joyce—to care for Baer full-time. "There was just no question in my mind that I would do anything I could, including switch places with Marjorie," he says. "It made me realize how much I loved her."
For the next few weeks, Phil looked after her during the day. He oversaw the nighttime caregivers and consulted with the hospice workers who assisted with medical issues and helped him prepare for Baer's death. But even then, his sister's loyal friends were irreplaceable, he says, providing both practical and emotional sustenance.
Several of Baer's friends were there when she died. "We were all trying to help ease her passing," says Whipple. "Phil put his hands on her chest, and she let go."
Catherine Fox, one of the friends who was present when Baer died, was deeply affected. "It was so comforting to know that if you're willing to ask for help, the generosity of family and friends can be phenomenal. It makes me feel secure and hopeful to know that help is there when you need it."
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英语散文名篇欣赏:An Illusion 一种错觉
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched, for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real they are bruised and wounded. It looks as if they were victims of a conspiracy; for the books they read, ideal by the necessity of selection, and the conversation of their elders, who look back upon the past through a rosy haze of forgetfulness, prepare them for an unreal life.
They must discover for themselves that all they have read and all they have been told are lies, lies, lies; and each discovery is another nail drivens into the body on the cross of life. The strange thing is that each one who has gone through that bitter disillusionment add to it in his turn,, unconsciously, by the power within him which is stronger than himself.
认为青春是快乐的,这是一种错觉,是那些失去了青春的人的一种错觉。年轻人知道,自己是不幸的,他们脑子里充斥了被灌输的不切实际的想法,每次与现实接触时,都会碰的头破血流。似乎,他们是某种阴谋的牺牲者:那些他们所读过的精挑细选的书,那些长辈们谈起的因遗忘而蒙上玫瑰色薄雾的往事,都为年轻人提供了一种不真实的生活。
他们必须自己发现,所有他们读到的、听到的东西,都是谎言、谎言、谎言。每一次的这样的发现,都像是另一根钉子钉入他们的身体,那被束缚在生活的十字架上的身体。可是奇怪的是,每个曾经被这种错觉折磨过的人,轮到他们时,有一种不可控制的力量,让他们不自觉地为别人增添这种错觉。
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Touch Me is a soliloquy(独白)composed by Hank Miller, about the Vietnam (越南)Veterans(退伍军人) Memorial in Washington, D.C. also known as “The Wall”.
Touch me. Don’t be afraid. I can’t hurt you. Go ahead and touch my smooth surface. Feel the cold, glass-like smoothness and the crevices(裂缝) and lines that make me what I am. Use both hands if you wish. We are more similar than you dare to believe.
Touch my face. Yes, I have a face like yours. It has weathered(饱经风霜的) the centuries as yours has the years. My face portrays my evolution. Yours, the birth and death of a generation. My face has aged like yours as we have endured together the testimony(证据) of earth elements.
I have eyes like yours. My inscriptions(碑铭) stare out at you as I search for the meaning of why we are here. I look into your eyes and see who you are. Who am I? I was formed millions of years past and now you see the results of my evolution.
I can feel your hands and the sweat from your palms flow into the countless combination of the letters that make me. I know you. I have known you since I was able to breathe in the air as my smoothness began to take shape and my color matured along with natural flaws. You have known me since the days when you came to take me from my mother.
You cannot hear me. I am static(静态的) and unmoving. But, I can hear your murmurs(低语) and your cries of pain and sadness. Your sons and daughters ask why? There are no answers. I am very old. I have seen everything and I am none the wiser for the pain and suffering and I have witnessed since I rose from the bowels of the earth. I have witnessed the conflict, the death, the civilizations, and the societies that have come before you. Yet I remain mystified about this day.
I feel sad yet alive with a purpose. I have come to know those who are now an integral part of the reason for my being here at this place and time. That purpose has become apparent as I stand before you on this day while your brethren (同胞)gather to witness my reflections and the changes of light that mirror your soul.
I am a reflection of you…
I am all of you…
I am your spirit..
I am The Wall.
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John and Bobby joined a wholesale company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the posotion of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.
约翰和博比同年大学毕业后,被同一家批发公司录用。他们二人工作都很努力。然而,几年后,老板提拔博比为部门经理,而约翰还是一名普通员工。约翰再也无法忍受,冲动之下写了一封辞职信,并抱怨老板不会用人,不重用那些敬业的员工,只提升那些奉承他的人。
The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said, "Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation."
老板知道这几年约翰工作确实很努力。他想了一会儿说:“谢谢你对我的批评。但是我只有一个请求,我希望在你离开之前再为公司做一件事情。或许到时你会改变决定,收回辞呈。”
John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.
约翰答应了。 老板让他去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。约翰去了并很快回来。他说他找到了一个卖西瓜的人。老板问他每公斤多少钱?约翰摇摇头,回到市场去问,然后又回来告诉老板每公斤1.2美元。
Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone seling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has inventory of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weights about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality.
老板让约翰等一会儿,这时他把博比叫到办公室。他让博比去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。博比去了,回来之后说:“老板,只有一个卖西瓜的人,每公斤 1.2美元,每10公斤卖10美元。这个人一共有340个西瓜,其中58个放在货架上,每个西瓜重约2公斤,都是两天前从南方运来的,新鲜,红瓤,质量好。”
John was very impresed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.
约翰受到很大的触动,他意识到自己与博比之间的差距。他决定收回辞呈并向博比学习。
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