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1、Passage 1. knowledge and Virtue 知识和美德Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another 知识是一件事,美德是另一回事;good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility,正确的判断力并非意识,文雅并非谦逊,nor is largeness and justness of view faith.广博与正义的观点也并非信仰Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound,哲学,无论多么富有启迪,然而深刻gives no
2、 command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.都无法驾驭情感,不具备有影响力的动机,不具有灵活的原则。Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman.自由教育并不造就基督徒,天主教徒,而是绅士。It is well to be a gentleman,好的造就一个绅士,it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate tas
3、te, 最好有一个有教养的思维,具有敏锐的鉴赏力,a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, 公正、平等、冷静的头脑,a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life 一种高尚的行为礼貌的轴承的生活these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge; 这些都是在大固有的品质知识they are the objects of a University. 他们的对象的大学I am advocating, I shall illustrate an
4、d insist upon them; 我提倡 ,我将解释和坚持他们but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness, 然而,我重复一遍,他们是不会保证没有责任感,或者甚至是婚姻的神圣性 and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate, 他们可能会在世界的人,对挥霍无度to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when
5、 decked out in them. 因为在他们那里显示是无情的,舒适,悲伤,和有吸引力的。Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; 被自己,他们只是似乎是他们没有做; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run; 他们看起来像美德在远处的,但是他们是通过近距离的观察发现,在长期内看来;and hence it is that they are popul
6、arly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, 是不可能的,因此,他们被指控虚伪是普遍和虚伪,not, I repeat, from their own fault, 再说一次,我,从自己的错,but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, 因为他们的教授和他们的仰慕者坚持采取他们不去做,and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have
7、no claim. 给他们冒称爱管闲事的在赞美,他们没有权利要求这样。Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk,采石场用剃刀就可以开采出花岗岩,或摩尔人血管丝绸的一根线 then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge 便可你希望这样的激烈,精密的仪器作为人类知识and human reason to contend against those giants, 和人类理性与斗争的
8、巨人the passion and the pride of man. 激情和骄傲的男人 Passage 2. “Packing” a Person 包装一个人A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. 恰如一件商品,人也需要包装。But going too far is absolutely undesirable. 但切忌过分包装。A little exaggeration, however, does no harm 稍微夸张,然而,也不会有坏处when it shows the persons unique qualities to the
9、ir advantage. 一个人要以自己的优势表现一个人的独特品质。To display personal charm in a casual and natural way, 要在不经意中,自然地发挥个人魅力,it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. 这对每一个人对自己有了明晰的认知来说是很重要的。A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment, 会包装的人知道怎样将艺术与自
10、然整合不留痕迹地去装饰,so that the person so packaged is no commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.所以包装的人不再是商品,而是一种人,活泼可爱的。A young person, especially a female, radiant with beauty and full of life, 年轻人,尤其是女性,辐射之美,充满活力,has all the favor granted by God. 都是上帝的青睐。Any attempt to make up would be self-defeat
11、ing. 任何企图都可能是有害的。Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of doze. 青春,然而,来了一小会瞌睡就会随自然远去。Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the furrows ploughed by time. 中年的包装主要是掩盖住岁月流过的痕迹。If you still enjoy lifes exuberance enough to retain self-confidence 如果你仍然享受生活的繁荣足以保持自信 and pursue pioneeri
12、ng work, you are unique in your natural qualities, 追求开创性事业,你是唯一的在你的自然的品质,and your charm and grace will remain. 你的魅力和风韵依然存在。Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, 如果老人生命的河流还在流动,则他们还是美丽的,through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. 穿过平原、山脉和丛林,做他们应该做的课程
13、。You have really lived your life which now arrives at a complacent stage of serenity 因为你真正地生活过,已达到满意的宁静阶段indifferent to fame or wealth.对名利的毫无追求。There is no need to resort to hair-dyeing;没有需要常去染发;the snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. 白雪皑皑的山是一种仙境之美。Let your looks change fr
14、om young to old synchronizing with the natural ageing process 让你从年轻到年老的变化同自然的年龄变化过程同步起来so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, 保持与自然和谐共处,为和谐本身是美丽的,while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. 尽管相反只会结束的苦难。To be in the elders company is like reading a thick bo
15、ok of deluxe edition 和老年人在一起就像读一本厚厚的豪华版的书that fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to part with.吸引了一个不愿意放弃。As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, 只要自己所处的位置,才知道怎样包装自己。just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.和商品一样,品牌的树立靠的是正确的包装。Passage 3.
16、 Three Passions I Have Lived for 有三种激情我一直住了Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: 有三种简单然而无比强烈的激情左右了我的一生:the longing for love, the search for knowledge, 对爱的渴望,对知识的追求,and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. 和对人类苦难痛彻肺腑的怜悯These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, 这三种激情,犹如狂风,把我恣情吹去in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish, 苦海痛苦的深海reaching to the very verge of despair.濒于绝望I have sought love, first, becaus