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1、翻譯Lesson7TheLibidofortheUglyParagraph1Onawinterdaysomeyearsago,comingoutofPittsburghononeoftheexpressesofthePennsylvaniaRailroad,IrolledeastwardforanhourthroughthecoalandsteeltownsofWestmorelandcountry.Itwasfamiliarground;boyandman,Ihadbeenthroughitoftenbe
2、fore.ButsomehowIhadneverquitesenseditsappallingdesolation.HerewastheveryheartofindustrialAmeria,thecenterofitsmostlucrativeandcharacteristicactivity,theboastandprideoftherichestandgrandestnationeverseenonearth---andherewasascenesodreadfullyhideous,sointole
3、rablybleakandforlornthatitreducedthewholeaspirationofmantoamacabreanddepressingjoke.Herewaswealthbeyondcomputation,almostbeyondimagination---andherewerehumanhabitationssoabominablethattheywouldhavedisgracedaraceofalleycats.Paragraph2Iamnotspeakingofmerefil
4、th.Oneexpectssteeltownstobedirty.WhatIalludetoistheunbrokenandagonizingugliness,thesheerrevoltingmonstrousness,ofeveryhouseinsight.FromEastLibertytoGreensburg,adistanceof25miles,therewasnotoneinsightfromthetrainthatdidnotinsultandlaceratetheeye.Someweresob
5、ad,andtheywereamongthemostpretentious--churches,stores,warehouses,andthelike--thattheyweredownrightstartling;oneblinkedbeforethemasoneblinksbeforeamanwithhisfaceshotaway.Afewlingerinmemory,horribleeventhere:acrazylittlechurchjustwestofJeannette,setlikeador
6、merwindowonthesideofabareleproushill;theheadquartersoftheVeteransofForeignWarsatanotherforlorntown,asteelstadiumlikeahugerat--trapsomewherefurtherdowntheline.ButmostofallIrecallthegeneraleffect--ofhideousnesswithoutabreak.Therewasnotasingledecenthousewithi
7、neyerangefromthePittsburghtotheGreensburgyards.Therewasnotonethatwasnotmisshapen,andtherewasnotonethatwasnotshabby.Lesson6DisappearingthroughtheSkylightParagraph13Theplayfulnessofthemodernaestheticis,finally,itsmoststriking---andalsoitsmostseriousand,bycor
8、ollary,itsmostdisturbing---feature.Theplayfulnessimitatestheplayfulnessofsciencethatproducesgametheoryandvirtualparticlesandblackholesandthat,byintroducinghumangrowthgenesintocows,forcesstudentsofethicstoreex
