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1、2005TranslationChinesetoEnglish一個人的生命究竟有多大意義,這有什么標準可以衡量嗎?提出一個絕對的標準當然很困難;但是,大體上看一個人對待生命的態(tài)度是否嚴肅認真,看他對待工作、生活的態(tài)度如何,也就不難對這個人的存在意義做出適當?shù)墓烙嬃恕9艁硪磺杏谐删偷娜?,都很嚴肅地對待自己的生命,當他活著一天,總要盡量多工作、多學習,不肯虛度年華,不讓時間白白浪費掉。我國歷代的勞動人民以及大政治家、大思想家等等都莫不如此。Whatisthesignificanceoflife?Isthereanygaugetomeasurei
2、t?Itwouldbeverydifficult,ofcourse,tryingtoproposeanabsolutestandard.However,thesignificanceofone’sexistencecanmoreorlessbeevaluatedbyexamininghisattitudetowardlifeandwork.Sinceancienttimes,allpeopleofaccomplishmenthavebeenveryseriousabouttheirlives.Whiletheyarealive,evenif
3、thereisonlyonedaylefttolive,theytrytoworkashardastheycanandlearnasmuchaspossible,neverlettingasingledayslipbywithoutanygain.Thisistrueoftheworkingpeopleaswellasofthegreatstatesmenandgreatthinkersinourhistory.EnglishtoChineseItissimpleenoughtosaythatsincebookshaveclasses——f
4、iction,biography,poetry—weshouldseparatethemandtakefromeachwhatitisrightthateachshouldgiveus.Yetfewpeopleaskfrombookswhatbookscangiveus.Mostcommonlywecometobookswithblurredanddividedminds,askingoffictionthatitshallbetrue,ofpoetrythatitshallbefalse,ofbiographythatitshallbef
5、lattering,ofhistorythatitshallenforceourownprejudices.Ifwecouldbanishallsuchpreconceptionswhenweread,thatwouldbeanadmirablebeginning.Donotdictatetoyourauthor;trytobecomehim.Behisfellowworkerandaccomplice.Ifyouhangback,andreserveandcriticizeatfirst,youarepreventingyourselff
6、romgettingthefullestpossiblevaluefromwhatyouread.Butifyouopenyourmindaswidelyaspossible,thensignsandhintsofalmostimperceptiblefineness,fromthetwistandturnofthefirstsentences,willbringyouintothepresenceofahumanbeingunlikeanyother.Steepyourselfinthis,acquaintyourselfwiththis
7、,andsoonyouwillfindthatyourauthorisgivingyou,orattemptingtogiveyou,somethingfarmoredefinite.但是,極少有人在讀書時曾想過書能賦予我們什么。最普遍的現(xiàn)象時,我們拿起書時想法模糊,三心二意。我們要求小說敘述真人真事,要求詩歌展現(xiàn)虛擬世界,要求傳記作品歌功頌德,要求歷史書籍能證實我們的偏見。如果我們能在打開書本之前摒除這些先入為主的想法,那將是個值得欣慰的好開端。我們不要對作者指手畫腳,要設身處地去替他著想,做他的合作伙伴或同伙。如果你一開始便采取退縮矜持
8、、有所保留或批評指責的態(tài)度,那你就在為自己設置障礙,使自己不能從書中獲到最大益處。然而,如果你沒有先入之見,胸襟坦蕩,那么,當你打開書,從映入眼簾的隱晦曲折的字里行間,那些難以察