【双语有声阅读】无论你的生活如何卑微(2)

The philosopher said, "From an army of three divisions one can take away its general, and put it in disorder¹； from the man the most abject² and vulgar one cannot take away his thought. ”

 

一位哲人曾说过：三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。"

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on； it is all dissipation.

不要迫切谋求自己的发展，不要让各种影响干扰自己，这-切都是浪费。

Humility³ like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

因为嫌卑如同黑暗，揭露出天国之光。

The shadows of poverty and meanness gather around us, "and lo! creation widens to our view."

贫穷与卑贱的阴云纠缠着我们，看啊！天地万物在我们的眼界中扩大了。

We are often reminded that if there were bestowed⁴ on us the wealth of Croesus, our aims must still be the same, and our means essentially⁵ the same.

我们常常得到警示，如果上天赋予我们克洛索斯相同的财富，我们的目标一定不会改变，我们的方式也将不会改变。

Moreover, if you are restricted in your range by poverty, if you cannot buy books and newspapers, for instance, you are but confined to the most significant and vital experiences；you are compelled to deal with the material which yields the most sugar and the most starch⁶.

此外，如果贫困束缚了你，例如，你没钱买书和报纸，你的经验只是局限于最有意义、最为重要的那一部分；你被迫与那些糖和淀粉含量最高的物质应付。

It is life near the bone where it is sweetest. You are defended from being a trifler.

越近骨头的地方鱿越甜美，你不可能再成为一个不务正业的人。

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

宽宏大量，不会让曾在较低层次的人在较高层次失去什么。

Superfluous⁷ wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.

过多的财富只能买到过多的物品，而人所必需的灵魂是用金钱买不到的。

I live in the angle of a leaden wall, into whose composition was poured a little alloy⁸ of bell-metal.

我住在一堵铅墙的角落里，而且铅墙里还灌注了一点银铜的合金。

Often, in the repose⁹ of my mid-day, there reaches my ears a confused tintinnabulum from without.

每当我正午休息时，经常能听到阵阵杂乱无章的喧闹声。

It is the noise of my contemporaries.

这噪音源自我的同代人。

1 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

2 abject   

adj.极可怜的，卑屈的

参考例句：

• This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
• He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence.他不得不低声下气，为他的无礼举动向艾莱恩先生请罪。

3 humility   

n.谦逊，谦恭

参考例句：

• Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
• His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。

4 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

6 starch   

n.淀粉；vt.给...上浆

参考例句：

• Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂。
• I think there's too much starch in their diet.我看是他们的饮食里淀粉太多了。

7 superfluous   

adj.过多的，过剩的，多余的

参考例句：

• She fined away superfluous matter in the design. 她删去了这图案中多余的东西。
• That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.我这样写的时候觉得这个请求似乎是多此一举。

8 alloy   

n.合金，(金属的)成色

参考例句：

• The company produces titanium alloy.该公司生产钛合金。
• Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.青铜是铜和锡的合金。

9 repose   

v.(使)休息；n.安息

参考例句：

• Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
• Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。