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1、ThreepassionsBertrandRussellThreepassions,simplebutoverwhelminglystrong,havegovernedmylife:thelongingforlove,thesearchforknowledge,andunbearablepityforthesufferingofmankind・Thesepassions,likegreatwinds,haveblownmehitherandthither,inawaywardcourse,overadeepoceanofanguish,reachingt
2、otheveryvergeofdespair.Ihavesoughtlove,first,becauseitbringsecstasy-ecstasysogreatthatIwouldoftenhavesacrificedalltherestoflifeforafewhoursofthisjoy.Ihavesoughtit,next,becauseitrelievesloneliness-thatterriblelonelinessinwhichoneshiveringconsciousnesslooksovertherimoftheworldintot
3、hecoldunfathomablelifelessabyss・Ihavesoughtit,finally,becauseintheunionofloveIhaveseen,inamysticminiature,theprefiguringvisionoftheheaventhatsaintsandpoetshaveimagined.ThisiswhatIsought,andthoughitmightseemtoogoodforhumanlife,thisiswhat-atlast-Ihavefound・WithequalpassionIhavesoug
4、htknowledge・Ihavewishedtounderstandtheheartsofmen.Ihavewishedtoknowwhythestarsshine・AndIhavetriedtoapprehendthePythagoreanpowerbywhichnumberholdsswayabovetheflux.Alittleofthis,butnotmuch,Ihaveachieved.Loveandknowledge,sofarastheywerepossible,ledupwardtowardtheheaven.Butalwayspity
5、broughtmebacktoearth・Echoesofcriesofpainreverberateinmyheart・Childreninfamine,victimstorturedbyoppressors,helplessoldpeopleahatedburdentotheirsons,andthewholeworldofloneliness,poverty,andpainmakeamockeryofwhathumanlifeshouldbe.Ilongtoalleviatetheevil,butIcannot,andItoosuffer.This
6、hasbeenmylife・Ihavefounditworthliving,andwouldgladlyliveitagainifthechancewereofferedme.Threepassions三种激情罗素來源:考试大【有了考试大,考遍全天下】2007年12月7日三种激情虽然简单,却异常强烈,它们统治着我的生命,那便是:对爱的渴望,对知识的追求,以及对人类苦难的难以承受的同情。这三种激情像变化莫测的狂风任意地把我刮来刮去,把我刮入痛苦的深海,到了绝望的边缘。我曾经寻找爱,首先是因为它能使我欣喜若狂——这种喜悦Z情如此强烈,使我常常宁愿为这儿个小时
7、的愉悦而牺牲生命屮的其他一切。我寻求爱,其次是因为爱能解除孤独——在这种可怕的孤独屮,一颗颤抖的良心在批界的边缘,注视着下面冰凉、毫无生气、望不见底的深渊。我寻求爱还因为在爱的融合屮,我能以某种神秘的图像看到曾被圣人和诗人想象过的犬堂里未来的呆象。这就是我所追求的东西,虽然这似乎对于人类的牛命來说过于完美,但这确实是我最终发现的东西。我怀着同样的激情去寻找知识,我曾渴望着理解人心,我曾渴望知道为何星星会闪烁,我还企图弄懂毕达哥拉斯所谓的用数字控制变化的力量,但在这方面,我只知道一点点。爱的力量和知识的力量引我接近天堂,但同情Z心往往又把我拉冋大地。痛苦的
8、哭泣冋响、震荡在我的心中。饥饿的儿童,被压迫、受折辭的人们,成为儿孙们讨厌的包袱