【双语有声阅读】茶和交友(2)

The enjoyment¹ of these things, like the enjoyment of the moon, the snow and the flowers, must take place in proper company, for this I regard as the thing that the Chinese artists of life most frequently insist upon: that certain kinds of flowers must be enjoyed with certain types of persons, certain kinds of scenery must be associated with certain kinds of ladies, that the sound of raindrops must be enjoyed, if it is to be enjoyed fully², when lying on a bamboo bed in a temple deep in the mountains on a summer day；that, in short, the mood is the thing, that there is a proper mood for everything, and that wrong company may spoil the mood entirely³. Hence the beginning of any artist of life is that he or anyone who wishes to learn to enjoy life must, as the absolutely necessary condition, find friends of the same type of temperament⁴, and take as much trouble to gain and keep their friendship as wives take to keep their husbands, or as a good chess player takes a journey of a thousand miles to meet a fellow chess player.

 

享受这三件东西，也如享受雪月花 草一般，须有适当的同伴。中国的生活艺术家最注意此点，例如：看花须和某种人为伴，赏景须有某种女子为伴，听雨最好须在夏日山中寺院内躺在竹榻上。总括起来说，赏玩一样东西时，最紧要的是心境。我们对每一种事物，各有一种不同的心境。不适当的同伴，常会败坏心境。所以生活艺术家的出发点就是：他如更想要享受人生，则第一个必要条件即是和性情相投的人交朋友，须尽力维持这友谊，如妻子要维持其丈夫的爱 情一般，或如一个下祺名手宁愿跑一千里的长途去会见一个同志一般。

 

The atmosphere, therefore, is the thing. One must begin with the proper conception⁵ of the scholar studio and the general environment in which life is going to be enjoyed. First of all, there are the friends with whom we are going to share this enjoyment. Different types of friends must be selected for different types of enjoyment. It would be as great a mistake to go horseback riding with a studious and pensive⁶ friend, as it would be to go to a concert with a person who doesn't understand music.

 

所以气氛是重要的东西。我们必须先对文士的书室的布置，和它的一般的环境有了相当的认识，方能了解他怎样在享受生活。第一，他们必须有共同享受这种生活的朋友，不同的享受须有不同的朋友。和一个勤学而含愁思的朋友共去骑马，即属引非其类，正如和一个不懂音乐的人去欣赏一次音乐表演一般。

1 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 temperament   

n.气质，性格，性情

参考例句：

• The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。
• Success often depends on temperament.成功常常取决于一个人的性格。

5 conception   

n.思想，观念，概念，构想，设想，怀孕

参考例句：

• He's got a pretty strange conception of friendship.他对友谊有一种非常独特的见解。
• A good novelist needs great power of conception.一个好的小说家需要丰富的想象力。

6 pensive   

a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的

参考例句：

• He looked suddenly sombre,pensive.他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路。