【双语有声阅读】我的世界观(3)

One is sharply conscious, yet without regret, of the limits to the possibility of mutual¹ understanding and sympathy with one's fellow-creatures.

 

人们真真切切地觉得，人们的相互理解和共鸣是有界限的，虽然这没什么可惜的。

Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality² and light-heartedness；

毫无 问，这样的人会因为亲切和同情心失去一些东西，

on the other hand，he is largely independent of the opinions，habits，and judgments³ of his fellows and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.

然而另一方面，他可以在很大程度上避免别人的意见、习惯和判断的影响，并且能够抵住诱惑，在这些不可靠的基础之上建立其立场。

My political ideal is that of democracy.

我的政治理想是实现民主制度。

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

尊重每一个作为个体的人摒弃偶像崇拜。

It is an irony⁴ of fate that I myself have been the recipient⁵ of excessive admiration⁶ and respect from my fellows through no fault, and no merit, of my own.

尽管并非是我自己的过错，也并非是我自己的功劳所获，人们却总是过分钦佩和尊敬我本人，这真的是一种命运的戏弄。

The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the one or two ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained⁷ through ceaseless struggle.

理解一两个我靠不懈地努力所探知到的理论，或许就是许多人充满渴望却又无法企及的原因。

I am quite aware that it is necessary for the success of any complex undertaking⁸ that one man should do the thinking and directing and in general bear the responsibility.

我很明白，任何复杂的事业要想取得成功，就需要有一个人能承担起思考、指挥、全权负责的重任。

But the led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their leader...

但是一定不要强迫被领导者，他们一定 要能够选定自己的领导者…

The really valuable thing in the pageant⁹ of human life seems to me not the State but the creative, sentient¹⁰ individual, the personality；

在我看来，人生精彩的表演中，真正的价值不是国家，而是有创造性的、富有感知能力的个人，是人格；

it alone creates the noble and the sublime，while the herd¹¹ as such remains¹² dull in thought and dull in feeling.

人是唯一能创造出高尚和卓越的生灵，而剩下的芸芸众生在思想和感觉上总是停滞不前。

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of the herd nature, the military system, which I abhor¹³.

这个话题让我想起民众本质中最坏的一种表现，即我痛恨不已的军事制度。

1 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

2 geniality   

n.和蔼，诚恳；愉快

参考例句：

• They said he is a pitiless,cold-blooded fellow,with no geniality in him.他们说他是个毫无怜悯心、一点也不和蔼的冷血动物。
• Not a shade was there of anything save geniality and kindness.他的眼神里只显出愉快与和气，看不出一丝邪意。

3 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

4 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

5 recipient   

a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器

参考例句：

• Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
• Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。

6 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

7 attained   

（通常经过努力）实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 )； 达到； 获得； 达到（某年龄、水平、状况）

参考例句：

• She has attained the degree of Master of Arts. 她已获得文学硕士学位。
• Lu Hsun attained a high position in the republic of letters. 鲁迅在文坛上获得崇高的地位。

8 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。

9 pageant   

n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧

参考例句：

• Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。

10 sentient   

adj.有知觉的，知悉的；adv.有感觉能力地

参考例句：

• The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage.生还者认识到，他们不过是上帝的舞台上有知觉的木偶而已。
• It teaches us to love all sentient beings equally.它教导我们应该平等爱护一切众生。

11 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

12 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

13 abhor   

v.憎恶；痛恨

参考例句：

• They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.他们憎恶任何形式的种族歧视。
• They abhor all the nations who have different ideology and regime.他们仇视所有意识形态和制度与他们不同的国家。