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英语专业晨读美文-人生篇 9 Shelly to Elizabeth Hitc

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[00:01.43]Shelly to Elizabeth Hitchener
[00:03.94]Your letter of the 1st hath this moment reached me.
[00:08.43]I answer it according to our agreement,
[00:11.06] which shall be inviolable.
[00:13.35]Truly did you say that, at our arising in the morning,
[00:16.52]nature assumes a different aspect.
[00:19.25]Who could have conjectured1 the circumstances of my last letter?
[00:23.09]Friend of my soul, this is terrible, dismaying:
[00:27.46]it makes one's heart sink, it withers2 vital energy...
[00:31.40]Dear being, I am thine again;
[00:34.79] thy happiness shall again
[00:36.01]predominate over this fleeting3 tribute to self-interest.
[00:40.16]Yet who would not feel now?
[00:42.24]Oh'twere as reckless a task to endeavour
[00:45.09]to annihilate4 perception while sense existed,
[00:48.38] as to blunt the sixth sense to such impressions as these!—
[00:52.65]forgive me, dearest friend! I pour out my whole soul to you.
[00:57.24] I write by fleeting intervals5:
[00:59.54]my pen runs away with my senses.
[01:02.05] The impassionateness of my sensations grows upon me.
[01:05.44] Your letter, too, has much affected6 me.
[01:08.51]Never, with my consent,
[01:10.37]shall that intercourse7 cease
[01:11.98] which has been the day-dawn of my existence, the sun
[01:15.16]which has shed warmth
[01:16.58] on the cold drear length of the anticipated prospect8 of life.
[01:20.52]Prejudice might demand the sacrifice,
[01:23.14]but she is an idol9 to whom we bow not.
[01:26.21] The world might demand it; its opinion might require;
[01:30.25]but the cloud which flees over young mountain were
[01:33.09] as important to our happiness, to our usefulness.
[01:36.71]This must never be, never whilst this existence continues;
[01:41.95] and when Time has enrolled10 us in the list of the departed,
[01:45.56] surely this friendship will survive to bear our identity to heaven.
[01:50.05] What is love, or friendship? Is it something material—a ball,
[01:55.76] an apple, a plaything—
[01:57.95]which must be taken from one to be given to another?
[02:01.01] Is it capable of no extension, no communication?
[02:05.06] Lord Kaimes defines love to a particularization of the general passion.
[02:09.87]But this is the love of sensation, of sentiment——
[02:13.26]the absurdest of absurd vanities:
[02:16.11] it is the love of pleasure, not the love of happiness.
[02:20.04]The one is a love which is self-centered, self-devoted,
[02:24.20]self-interested: It desires its own interest;
[02:27.70]it is the parent of jealousy11.
[02:30.10]Its object is the plaything which it desires to monopolize12.
[02:33.93]Selfishness, monopoly, is its very soul,
[02:38.31]and to communicate to others part of this love were to destroy its essence,
[02:42.46] to annihilate this chain of straw.
[02:44.76] But love, the love which we worship,—
[02:48.05]virtue13, heaven, disinterestedness—
[02:51.44]in a word, Friendship—
[02:53.29]which has as much to do with the senses as with yonder mountains;
[02:56.90] that which seeks the good of all—
[02:59.20]the good of its object first,
[03:01.06]not because that object is a minister to its pleasures,
[03:04.67] not merely because it even contributes to its happiness,
[03:08.27]but because it is really worthy14,
[03:10.79]because it has powers, sensibilities, is capable of abstracting itself,
[03:16.59] and loving virtue for virtue's own loveliness—
[03:19.87]desiring the happiness of others
[03:22.05] not from the obligation of fearing hell or desiring heaven:
[03:25.88] but for pure, simple, unsophisticated virtue.
[03:30.69]You will soon hear again.
[03:32.67] Adieu, my dearest friend.
[03:35.18]Continue to believe that
[03:36.82]when I am insensible to your excellence15,
[03:39.33]I shall cease to exist.
[03:41.52]Yours most sincerely, inviolably, eternally
[03:46.01]Percy S.
 


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1 conjectured c62e90c2992df1143af0d33094f0d580     
推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The old peasant conjectured that it would be an unusually cold winter. 那老汉推测冬天将会异常地寒冷。
  • The general conjectured that the enemy only had about five days' supply of food left. 将军推测敌人只剩下五天的粮食给养。
2 withers e30bf7b384bb09fe0dc96663bb9cde0b     
马肩隆
参考例句:
  • The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers. 这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
  • "I will be there to show you," and so Mr. Withers withdrew. “我会等在那里,领你去看房间的,"威瑟斯先生这样说着,退了出去。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
3 fleeting k7zyS     
adj.短暂的,飞逝的
参考例句:
  • The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
  • Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝,于是让自已尽情地享受。
4 annihilate Peryn     
v.使无效;毁灭;取消
参考例句:
  • Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained.阿切尔把这张黄纸揉皱,好象用这个动作就会抹掉里面的消息似的。
  • We should bear in mind that we have to annihilate the enemy.我们要把歼敌的重任时刻记在心上。
5 intervals f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef     
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
参考例句:
  • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
  • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
6 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
7 intercourse NbMzU     
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
参考例句:
  • The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介。
  • There was close intercourse between them.他们过往很密。
8 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
9 idol Z4zyo     
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
参考例句:
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
10 enrolled ff7af27948b380bff5d583359796d3c8     
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
参考例句:
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 jealousy WaRz6     
n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
参考例句:
  • Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
  • I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
12 monopolize FEsxA     
v.垄断,独占,专营
参考例句:
  • She tried to monopolize his time.她想独占他的时间。
  • They are controlling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market.他们控制了大量的可可粉,因此他们几乎垄断了整个市场。
13 virtue BpqyH     
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
参考例句:
  • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
14 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
15 excellence ZnhxM     
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德
参考例句:
  • His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
  • My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
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