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1、TheShadowlandofDreams梦想的阴暗之面Manypeoplecherishthefonddreamofbecomingawriterbutnotmanyareabletoseetheirdreamcometrue.AlexHaleyalsowantedtobeawriterandhesucceeded.Readthefollowingforreasonsofhissuccess.许多人怀有美好的愿望,期望能成为作家,但是能够梦想成真的人不多。艾力克斯•哈利也想成为作家,可是他成功了。阅读下面这篇文章,看一看他成功的原因。 Manyayoungpersontellsmeh
2、ewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere'sabigdifferencebetween"beingawriter"andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter."You'vegottowanttowrite,"Isaytothem,"notwanttobeawriter."许多青年人对我说,他们想成为作家。我一直鼓励这样的人,但是我也向他们
3、解释“成为作家”和写作之间存在着巨大的差别。多数情况下这些年轻人梦寐以求的是财富与名誉,从未想到要孤身一人长久地坐在打字机旁。“你们渴望的应该是写作,”我对他们说,“而不应该是当作家。”Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrequited.Eventhosewhosucceedoftenknowlongperiodsofneglectandpoverty.Idid.
4、事实上,写作是一项孤单寂寞而又收入微薄的工作。有一个被命运之神垂青的作家,就有成千上万个永远无法实现梦想的人。即使那些成功人士也经常受到长久的冷落,穷困不堪。我便是其中之一。WhenIlefta20-year-careerintheCoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendinNewYorkCity,GeorgeSims,withwhomI'dgrownupinHenning,Tenn.Georgefoundmemyhome,acleaned-outstorageroomi
5、ntheGreenwichVillageapartmentbuildingwhereheworkedassuperintendent.Itdidn'tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.我放弃了在海岸警卫队做了二十年的工作,为的是成为一名自由撰稿人,这时,我根本没有前途可言。我所拥有的只是一位住在纽约市的朋友,乔治•西姆斯,他和我是在田纳西州的赫宁一起长大的。乔治为我找了个家,位于格林威治村公寓大楼中的一间腾空的储
6、藏室,而他是那幢大楼的管理员。房子里冷嗖嗖的,没有卫生间,不过这没什么。我马上买了一台旧的手动打字机,感觉自己颇象一位名符其实的作家。Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn'tgottenabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.ItwassohardtosellastorythatIbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn'tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering,Whatif?Iwoul
7、dkeepputtingmydreamtothetest-eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.ThisistheShadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.然而,大约一年后,我的写作生涯依然没有任何起色,我开始怀疑自己。卖出一篇小说是如此艰难,以至我几乎填不饱肚子。但是,我清楚的是我想写作,我已梦寐以求
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