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1、2005TranslationChinesetoEnglish一个人的生命究竟有多大意义,这有什么标准可以衡量吗?提出一个绝对的标准当然很困难;但是,大体上看一个人对待生命的态度是否严肃认真,看他对待工作、生活的态度如何,也就不难对这个人的存在意义做出适当的估计了。古来一切有成就的人,都很严肃地对待自己的生命,当他活着一天,总要尽量多工作、多学习,不肯虚度年华,不让时间白白浪费掉。我国历代的劳动人民以及大政治家、大思想家等等都莫不如此。Whatisthesignificanceoflife?Isthereanygaugetomeasurei
2、t?Itwouldbeverydifficult,ofcourse,tryingtoproposeanabsolutestandard.However,thesignificanceofone’sexistencecanmoreorlessbeevaluatedbyexamininghisattitudetowardlifeandwork.Sinceancienttimes,allpeopleofaccomplishmenthavebeenveryseriousabouttheirlives.Whiletheyarealive,evenif
3、thereisonlyonedaylefttolive,theytrytoworkashardastheycanandlearnasmuchaspossible,neverlettingasingledayslipbywithoutanygain.Thisistrueoftheworkingpeopleaswellasofthegreatstatesmenandgreatthinkersinourhistory.EnglishtoChineseItissimpleenoughtosaythatsincebookshaveclasses——f
4、iction,biography,poetry—weshouldseparatethemandtakefromeachwhatitisrightthateachshouldgiveus.Yetfewpeopleaskfrombookswhatbookscangiveus.Mostcommonlywecometobookswithblurredanddividedminds,askingoffictionthatitshallbetrue,ofpoetrythatitshallbefalse,ofbiographythatitshallbef
5、lattering,ofhistorythatitshallenforceourownprejudices.Ifwecouldbanishallsuchpreconceptionswhenweread,thatwouldbeanadmirablebeginning.Donotdictatetoyourauthor;trytobecomehim.Behisfellowworkerandaccomplice.Ifyouhangback,andreserveandcriticizeatfirst,youarepreventingyourselff
6、romgettingthefullestpossiblevaluefromwhatyouread.Butifyouopenyourmindaswidelyaspossible,thensignsandhintsofalmostimperceptiblefineness,fromthetwistandturnofthefirstsentences,willbringyouintothepresenceofahumanbeingunlikeanyother.Steepyourselfinthis,acquaintyourselfwiththis
7、,andsoonyouwillfindthatyourauthorisgivingyou,orattemptingtogiveyou,somethingfarmoredefinite.但是,极少有人在读书时曾想过书能赋予我们什么。最普遍的现象时,我们拿起书时想法模糊,三心二意。我们要求小说叙述真人真事,要求诗歌展现虚拟世界,要求传记作品歌功颂德,要求历史书籍能证实我们的偏见。如果我们能在打开书本之前摒除这些先入为主的想法,那将是个值得欣慰的好开端。我们不要对作者指手画脚,要设身处地去替他着想,做他的合作伙伴或同伙。如果你一开始便采取退缩矜持
8、、有所保留或批评指责的态度,那你就在为自己设置障碍,使自己不能从书中获到最大益处。然而,如果你没有先入之见,胸襟坦荡,那么,当你打开书,从映入眼帘的隐晦曲折的字里行间,那些难以察
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