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1、富兰克林自传——TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinAboutthistimeImetwithanoddvolumeoftheSpectator.Ihadneverbeforeseenanyofthem.Iboughtit,readitoverandover,andwasmuchdelightedwithit.Ithoughtthewritingexcellent,andwished,ifpossible,toimitateit.WiththatviewItooksomeofthepapers,and,makingshouthintsofthesentiment
2、sineachsentence,laidthembyafewdays,andthen,withoutlookingathehook,triedtocompletethepapersagain,byexpressingeachhintedsentimentatlength,andasfullyasithadbeenexpressedbefore,inanysuitablewordsthatshouldoccurtome.ThenIcomparedthem.ButIfoundIwantedastockofwords,orareadinessinrecollectingandusingthem,wh
3、ichIthoughtIshouldhaveacquiredbeforethattimeifIhadgoneonmakingverse;sincethecontinualsearchforwordsofthesameimport,butdofdifferentlength,tosuitthemeasure,orofdifferentsoundfortherhythm,wouldhavelaidmeunderaconstantnecessityofsearchingforvariety,andalsohavetendedtofixthatvarietyinmymind,andmakememast
4、erofit.ThereforeItooksomeofthetalesintheSpectator,andturnedthemintoverse;and,afteratime,whenIhadprettywllforgottentheprose,turnedthembackagain.Ialsosometimesjumbledmycollectionofhintsintoconfusion,andaftersomeweeksendeavoredtoreducethemintothebestorder,beforeIbegantoformthefullsentencesandcompleteth
5、esubject.Thiswastoteachmemethodinthearragementofthethoughts.Bycomparingmyworkwiththeorginal,Idiscoveredmanyfaultsandcorrectedthem;butIsometimeshadthepleasuretofancythat,inparticularsofsmallconsequence,Ihadbeenfortunateenoughtoimprovethemethodorthelanguage,andthisencouragedmetothinkthatImightintimeco
6、mttobetolerateEnglishwriter,ofwhichIwasextremelyambitious.差不多这一时期我得到一本叫《旁观者》的奇怪册子。以前我从未卡过任何一本。我买了它，读了又读，我认为书中的文章极佳，如果可以的话，甚至想模仿它。所以，我把一些文章的每一句的大意节录出来，放了几天，并不看这本书，尝试再完成这些文章，即自己用适合的词来概括大意，要和以前所表示的一样。于是我把我的《旁观者》和原文相较，找出我的错误之处而加以更正。但是我觉得我缺乏单词的累积，不能够随时忆起与引用，我想我如果一直继续作诗便能够办得到，因为常常要用同义且长短不同和音韵各异的词以合辙与押韵，那么
7、我则必须经常搜寻许多词汇，也可使这许多词萦留脑中，以便能运用它。于是我把有些故事转为诗歌，隔了一阵子，等我把这散文全忘了时，重新把它们转为散文，有时还将我所集合的大意打乱，隔了几星期，再努力使它们成为极佳的顺序，然后再写出完整的句子，写出整篇文章。这样我学会了思想排列法。后来把我的文章与原文比较，发现了很多错误并改正。但是我有时引以为乐，尤其取得了小小的成果，那就是我非常幸运地在思想方法与语言上都
