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2013-12-17
Translate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
"To be or not to be." Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world.
They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespearebecause Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be – to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore I am."
But the best definition of existence I ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said: "To be is to be in relations." If this is true, then the morn relations a living thing has, the morn it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But apart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? If you are interested only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned---poetry and prose, music,pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.
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……一位哲人曾想弄清自己是否活着,其实这个问题我们每个人都应该不时地扪心自问。这位哲学家给出的答案是:“我思,故我在。”
但是我所见过的关于生存的最好定义却出自另一位哲学家:“生活即是联系。”如果这话不假,那么一个有生命者的联系越多,它就越有活力。所谓要活得丰富充实也就是要扩大和加强我们的各种联系。不幸的是,我们往往会天生就容易陷入自己的成规旧套。试问除去我们的日常工作,我们在多大程度上是活着的?如果你只是对自己的日常工作感兴趣,那你的生命也就局限于此了。至于在其他方面——如诗歌、散文、音乐、美术、体育、无私的友谊、政治与国际事务等等一你只是死人一个。
题材来源
“Six Famous Words”(by William Lyon Phelps)
难点注释
1.which is a good question for everyone to put to himselfoccasionally:这个问题我们每个人都应该不时地扪心自问。此处的pu堤put a question to somebody中的put,意为“提问”。
2.the more relations a living thing has,the more it is alive:一个有生命者的联系越多,它就越有活力。The more…themore…意为“越……越……”.
3.constituted:本意为。制定,组成,任命,,,此处若按照字面翻译,显然不通顺;结合上下文可知,这里指 的是我们的“天性”。
4.how much are we alive:我们在多大程度上是活着的。
……一位哲人曾想弄清自己是否活着,其实这个问题我们每个人都应该不时地扪心自问。这位哲学家给出的答案是:“我思,故我在。”
但是我所见过的关于生存的最好定义却出自另一位哲学家:“生活即是联系。”如果这话不假,那么一个有生命者的联系越多,它就越有活力。所谓要活得丰富充实也就是要扩大和加强我们的各种联系。不幸的是,我们往往会天生就容易陷入自己的成规旧套。试问除去我们的日常工作,我们在多大程度上是活着的?如果你只是对自己的日常工作感兴趣,那你的生命也就局限于此了。至于在其他方面——如诗歌、散文、音乐、美术、体育、无私的友谊、政治与国际事务等等一你只是死人一个。
题材来源
“Six Famous Words”(by William Lyon Phelps)
难点注释
1.which is a good question for everyone to put to himselfoccasionally:这个问题我们每个人都应该不时地扪心自问。此处的pu堤put a question to somebody中的put,意为“提问”。
2.the more relations a living thing has,the more it is alive:一个有生命者的联系越多,它就越有活力。The more…themore…意为“越……越……”.
3.constituted:本意为。制定,组成,任命,,,此处若按照字面翻译,显然不通顺;结合上下文可知,这里指 的是我们的“天性”。
4.how much are we alive:我们在多大程度上是活着的。