名人名篇-迈克•泰森

14 Mike Tyson

Waller: I mean it was hard to watch you bite off a piece of the guy’s ear and spit it out on the 1)ring floor.

Tyson: It’s hard for me to watch it. You think it’s hard for you to watch it, you watch it in a joking manner. People watch it in a joking manner. I have to watch it in a manner of 2)disgust, 3)disdain¹ and feel my 4)humiliation.

Waller: Disgust and disdain for yourself that you did it?

Tyson: Exactly, yes, yeah.

Waller: Did you feel that you lost your 5)dignity that night in Las Vegas?

Tyson: No, because I don’t, dignity is what people think of you. 6)Principles is what you think of yourself. And I, what I thought of myself was... “Well I shouldn’t have done that.” Because I’m, That was just ah, That was just striking² out in totally ah 7)hatred right there. Making this...I just shouldn’t have done that. For that one moment I just forgot he was a human being.

14 迈克•泰森

沃勒：我是说你咬掉对手耳朵上的一块肉，把它吐在地板上，这让人们很难接受。

泰森：我自己也很难接受。你想，你觉得看不下去，而你是带着一种开玩笑的心理去看的，那些人也是。但是我自己却是怀着一种厌恶、蔑视去看的，并且体会着自己的屈辱。

沃勒：对自己的厌恶、蔑视，是因为你自己的行为？

泰森：是的，完全正确。

沃勒：你会不会觉得那晚在拉斯维加斯你丧失了个人尊严？

泰森：不，因为尊严是别人怎么看待你。个人的原则是你自己怎样看待自己。至于我，我以前认为自己不应该那么做。那完全是一种仇恨报复行为，我的确不应该那么做。当时一急，我忘了他也是一个人。

1、ring floor 拳击台

2、disgust n.恶心

3、distain vt.玷污

4、humiliation n. 羞愧

5、dignity n. 尊严

6、principle n. 原则

7、hatred n. 仇恨

1 disdain   

n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑

参考例句：

• Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
• A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。

2 striking   

adj.显著的，惹人注目的，容貌出众的

参考例句：

• There is a striking difference between Jane and Mary.简和玛丽之间有显著的差异。
• What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are.最令人注目的是孩子们的机智聪明。