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1、Nature自然颂（节选）(Excerpt)ByRalphWaldoEmerson国金062：郑伊拉黄丽珍李敏芬theAmericantoweringfigureofhisera,wasresponsibleforbringingTranscendentalismtoNewEngland,andhewasrecognizedthroughouthislifeastheleaderofthemovement.EmersonwasborninBoston,thesonofaUnitarianministerwhodiedwhenEmersonwaseightyear
2、sold.HeattendedHarvard,studiedtheology,andbecameaUnitarianministerhimselfin1829.AtConcordthatEmersonwrotehisfirstbook,Nature(1836).RalphWaldoEmersonNatureisoneofEmerson’sbest-knownandmostinfluentialessays,itisalyricalexpressionoftheharmonyEmersonfeltbetweenhimselfandnature.Themainide
3、aoftheessayisthatnatureinspiresspiritualunderstandinginhumanbeing.Inthisexcerpt,theauthoraccountsthatthemostenrichingformofsolitudeistobealonewithnature,yetbecausenatureisalwayspresent,wetendtotakeitforgranted.Natureprovidesperfectjoy,aonenesswithGod,anunderstandingofimmortalbeautyan
4、dtheinterconnectionofallthings.However,theabilitytoseethesetruthslieswithintheviewer.EmersonTogointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobodyiswithme.Butifamanwouldbealone,lethimlookatthestars.Theraysthatcomefromthosehe
5、avenlyworldswillseparatebetweenhimandwhathetouches.Onemightthinktheatmospherewasmadetransparentwithhisdesign,togiveman,intheheavenlybodies,theperpetualpresenceofthesublime.Seeninthestreetsofcities,howgreattheyare!Ifthestarsshouldappearonenightinathousandyears,howwouldmenbelieveandado
6、re,andpreserveformanygenerationstheremembranceofthecityofGodwhichhadbeenshown!Buteverynightcomeouttheenvoysofbeauty,andlighttheuniversewiththeiradmonishingsmile.Onemightthinktheatmospherewasmadetransparentwithhisdesign,togiveman,intheheavenlybodies,theperpetualpresenceofthesublime.令人
7、不禁遐想：夜空如此明净，是为了向人展示天国永恒的瑰丽。衔接上文Sublime:ofveryhighqualityandcausinggreatadmiration庄严？壮丽？透明的？点评：译文简洁达意。要点概括：语境化引申——夜空Seeninthestreetsofcities,howgreattheyare!站在城市的街道仰望，它们是那么的璀璨。化被动为主动点评：第二句化抽象为具体，更符合语境关联性，也符合汉语的表达习惯。Ifthestarsshouldappearonenightinathousandyears,howwouldmenbelieveandad
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