双语有声阅读：谱写生命的乐章 Write Your Own Life

Write Your Own Life

 

谱写生命的乐章

 

Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen.

 

假如有人送你一支笔，一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔。

 

You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative¹ words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece (or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don't know before you begin.

 

里面究竟有多少墨水看不出。或许在你试探性地写上几个字后它就会枯干，或许足够用来创作一部影响深远的不朽巨著(或是几部)。而这些，在动笔前，都是无法得知的。

 

Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance! Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything. Instead of picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused.

 

在这个游戏规则下，你真的永远不会预知结果。你只能去碰运气!事实上，这个游戏里没有规则指定你必须要做什幺。相反，你甚至可以根本不去动用这支笔，把它扔在书架上或是抽屉里让它的墨水干枯。

 

But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game?

 

但是，如果你决定要用它的话，你会用它来做什幺呢?你将怎样来进行这个游戏呢?

 

Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word? Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing?

 

你会不写一个字，老是计划来计划去吗?你会不会由于计划过于宏大而来不及动笔呢?

 

Or would you take the pen in hand, plunge² right in and just do it, struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents³ of words that take you where they take you?

 

或者你只是手里拿着笔，一头扎进去写，不停地写，艰难地随着文字汹涌的浪涛而随波逐流?

 

Would you write cautiously⁴ and carefully, as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or would you pretend or believe (or pretend to believe) that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly?

 

你会小心谨慎的写字，好象这支笔在下一个时刻就可能会干枯;还是装做或相信这支笔能够永远写下去而信手写来呢?

 

You're listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I'm Faith. Now, suppose someone gave you a life...

 

您正在收听Faith轻松电台，我是Faith。现在，假如有人给予你一支生命的笔······

1 tentative   

adj.试验性质的，暂时的，犹豫不决的

参考例句：

• I have some tentative suggestions.我有几点不成熟的想法。
• Please come out with your tentative ideas at the meeting.请把你的初步设想在会上讲一讲。

2 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

3 torrents   

n.倾注；奔流( torrent的名词复数 )；急流；爆发；连续不断

参考例句：

• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Sudden rainstorms would bring the mountain torrents rushing down. 突然的暴雨会使山洪暴发。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 cautiously   

adv.小心地，谨慎地；小心翼翼；翼翼

参考例句：

• She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door. 她小心翼翼地沿着车道向门口走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》