我為何而活

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　　我為何而活

　　Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

　　三種簡(jiǎn)單卻極其強(qiáng)烈的情感主宰著我的生活：對(duì)愛(ài)的渴望、對(duì)知識(shí)的追求、對(duì)人類痛苦的難以承受的憐憫之心。這三種情感，像一陣陣颶風(fēng)一樣，任意地將我吹的飄來(lái)蕩去，越過(guò)痛苦的海洋，抵達(dá)絕望的彼岸。

　　I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy - ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness ? that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what ? at least ? I have found.

　　我尋找愛(ài)，首先，因?yàn)樗钊诵淖砩衩裕@種沉醉是如此美妙，以至于我愿意用余生來(lái)?yè)Q取那幾個(gè)小時(shí)的快樂(lè)。我尋找愛(ài)，其次是因?yàn)樗鼤?huì)減輕孤獨(dú)，置身于那種可怕的孤獨(dú)中，顫抖的靈魂在世界的邊緣，看到冰冷的、死寂的、無(wú)底深淵。我尋找愛(ài)，還因?yàn)樵趷?ài)水乳?交融時(shí)，在一個(gè)神秘的縮影中，我見(jiàn)到了先賢和詩(shī)人們所想象的、預(yù)覽的天堂。 這就是我所追求的，盡管對(duì)于凡人來(lái)說(shuō)，這好像是一種奢望。但這是我最終找到的。

　　With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway over the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.

　　我曾以同樣的熱情來(lái)追求知識(shí)。我希望能理解人類的心靈，希望能知道為什么星星會(huì)發(fā)光。我也曾經(jīng)努力理解畢達(dá)哥拉斯學(xué)派的理論，他們認(rèn)為數(shù)字主載著萬(wàn)物的此消彼長(zhǎng)。我了解了一點(diǎn)知識(shí)，但是不多。

　　Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.

　　愛(ài)和知識(shí)，可以最大可能地，將人帶入天堂?？墒?，憐憫總是將我?guī)Щ氐孛?。人們因痛苦而發(fā)出的哭聲在我心中久久回響，那些饑荒中的孩子們，被壓迫者摧殘的受害者們，被子女視為可憎負(fù)擔(dān)的、無(wú)助的老人們，以及那無(wú)處不在的孤單、貧窮和無(wú)助都在諷刺著人類所本應(yīng)該有的生活。我渴望能夠消除人世間的邪惡，可是力不從心，我自己也同樣遭受著它們的折磨。

　　This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

　　這就是我的生活。我覺(jué)得活一場(chǎng)是值得的。如果給我機(jī)會(huì)的話，我愿意開(kāi)心地，再活一次。

　　詞匯：

　　overwhelmingly [ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋlɪ] 壓倒性地，不可抵抗地

　　unbearable [ʌnˈbɛərəbəl] 難以承受的

　　wayward [ˈweɪwəd] 任性的，固執(zhí)的

　　miniature [ˈmɪnɪtʃə] 微型的;小規(guī)模的

　　好了，今天的內(nèi)容就到這里，希望以上的美文能給大家的英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)作有所幫助。

　　當(dāng)我老了

　　還記得小時(shí)候頑皮的你嗎?還記得那時(shí)媽媽的諄諄教導(dǎo)爸爸的嚴(yán)厲批評(píng)呢?還記得你大聲地哭泣安慰你，擦掉眼淚的那個(gè)人嗎?孩子，當(dāng)我老去時(shí)，請(qǐng)?jiān)囍私馕摇ear son...

　　孩子…

　　The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me …

　　哪天你看到我日漸老去，身體也漸漸不行，請(qǐng)耐著性子試著了解我……

　　If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.

　　如果我吃的臟兮兮，如果我不會(huì)穿衣服……有耐性一點(diǎn)……

　　Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.

　　你記得我曾花多久時(shí)間教你這些事嗎?

　　If， when I speak to you，I repeat the same things thousand and one times…

　　如果，當(dāng)我一再重復(fù)述說(shuō)

　　Do not interrupt me… listen to me

　　同樣的事情…不要打斷我，聽(tīng)我說(shuō)….

　　When you were small， I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…

　　你小時(shí)候，我必須一遍又一遍的讀著同樣的故事，直到你靜靜睡著……..

　　When I do not want to have a shower，neither shame me nor scold me…

　　當(dāng)我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要責(zé)罵我……

　　Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath…

　　你記得小時(shí)后我曾編出多少理由，只為了哄你洗澡…..

　　When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…

　　當(dāng)你看到我對(duì)新科技的無(wú)知，給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間，不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我

　　I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to dress well… to confront life…

　　我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃，好好的穿…如何面對(duì)你的生命……

　　When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation…

　　如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云，

　　let me have the necessary time to remember…

　　給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間回想…

　　and if I cannot do it，

　　如果我還是無(wú)能為力，

　　do not become nervous…

　　請(qǐng)不要緊張…..

　　as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

　　對(duì)我而言重要的不是對(duì)話，而是能跟你在一起，和你的傾聽(tīng)…..