双语有声阅读：茶和交友(8)

Tea is then symbolic¹ of earthly purity, requiring the most fastidious cleanliness in its preparation,from picking,frying and preserving to its final infusion² and drinking, easily upset or spoiled by the slightest contamination of oily hands or oily cups.Consequently, its enjoyment³ is appropriate in an atmosphere where all ostentation⁴ or suggestion of luxury is banished⁵ from one's eyes and one's thoughts. After all, one enjoys sing-song girls with wine and not with tea, and when sing-song girls are fit to drink tea with, they are already in the class that Chinese poets and scholars favor. Su Tungp'o once compared tea to a sweet maiden⁶, but a later critic, T'ien Yiheng, author of Chuch'uan Hsiaop，in immediately qualified⁷ it by adding that tea could be compared, if it must be compared to women at all，only to the Fairy Maku, and that,as for beauties with peach-colored faces and willow⁸ waists, they should be shut up in curtained beds, and not be allowed to contaminate the rocks and springs.For the same author says, One drinks tea to forget the world's noise；it is not for those who eat rich food and dress in silk pyjamas⁹.

 

因此，茶是凡间纯洁的象征，在采制烹煮的手续中，都须十分清洁。采摘烘焙，烹煮取饮之时，手上或壶中略有油腻不洁，便会使它丧失美味。所以也只有在眼前和心中毫无富丽繁华的景象和念头时，方能真正地享受它。和妓女作乐时，当 然用酒而不用茶。但一个妓女如有了品茶的资格，则她便可以跻于诗人文士所欢迎的妙人儿之列了。苏东坡曾以美女喻茶， 但后来，另一个持论家，煮泉小品的作者田艺恒即补充说， 如果定要以茶去拟女人，则唯有麻姑仙子可做比拟。至于必若桃脸柳腰，宜亟屏之销金慢中，无俗我泉石。又说："啜茶忘喧，谓非膏梁纨绮可语。

 

It must be remembered that, according to Ch'alu,the essence of the enjoyment of tea lies in appreciation¹⁰ of its color, fragrance¹¹ and flavor, and the principles of preparation are refinement¹², dryness and cleanliness.

 

据《茶录》所说:其旨归于色香味，其道归于精燥洁。

1 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

2 infusion   

n.灌输

参考例句：

• Old families need an infusion of new blood from time to time.古老的家族需要不时地注入新鲜血液。
• Careful observation of the infusion site is necessary.必须仔细观察输液部位。

3 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。

4 ostentation   

n.夸耀，卖弄

参考例句：

• Choose a life of action,not one of ostentation.要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。
• I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.他们生活奢侈，爱摆阔，我不敢恭维。

5 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。

7 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

8 willow   

n.柳树

参考例句：

• The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
• The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。

9 pyjamas   

n.（宽大的）睡衣裤

参考例句：

• This pyjamas has many repairs.这件睡衣有许多修补过的地方。
• Martin was in his pyjamas.马丁穿着睡衣。

10 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

11 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。

12 refinement   

n.文雅；高尚；精美；精制；精炼

参考例句：

• Sally is a woman of great refinement and beauty. 莎莉是个温文尔雅又很漂亮的女士。
• Good manners and correct speech are marks of refinement.彬彬有礼和谈吐得体是文雅的标志。