【双语有声阅读】茶和交友(3)

Hence as a Chinese writer expresses it:For enjoying flowers, one must secure big-hearted friends.For going to a sing-song houses to have a look at sing-song girls, one must secure temperate¹ friends. For going up a high mountain, one must secure romantic friends. For boating, one must secure friends with an expansive nature. For facing the moon, one must secure friends with a cool philosophy. For anticipating snow, one must secure beautiful friends. For a wine party, one must secure friends with flavor and charm.

 

因此，某中国作家曾说过：赏花须结豪友，观枝须结淡友，登山须结逸友，泛舟须结旷友，对月须结冷友，观雪须结心友，捉酒须结韵友。

 

 

Having selected and formed friends for the proper enjoyment² of different occasions'one then looks for the proper surroundings. It is not so important that one's house be richly decorated as that it should be situated³ in beautiful country，with the possibility of walking about on the rice fields, or lying down under shady trees on a river bank.The requirements for the house itself are simple enough. One can "have a house with several rooms, grain fields of several mow⁴, a pool made from a basin and windows made from broken jars, with the walls coming up to the shoulders and a room the size of a rice bushel, and in the leisure time after enjoying the warmth of cotton beddings a meal of vegetable soup, one can become so great that his spirit expands and fills the entire universe.

 

他对各种享受已选定了不同的适当游伴之后，还须去找寻适当的环境。所住的房屋，布置不必一定讲究，地点也不限于风景优美的乡间，不必一定需一片稻田方足供他的散步，也不必一定有曲折的小溪以供他在溪边的树下小憩。他所需的房屋极其简单，只需：“有屋数间，有田数亩，用盆为池，以瓮为镛， 墙高于肩，室大于斗，布被暧余，藜羹饱后，气吐胸中，充塞宇宙。

1 temperate   

adj.温和的，温带的，自我克制的，不过分的

参考例句：

• Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
• Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。

2 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。

3 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

4 mow   

v.割（草、麦等），扫射，皱眉；n.草堆，谷物堆

参考例句：

• He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
• We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。