时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:六级英语晨读经典


英语课

Man will Prevail


----William Faulkner(1897-1962)


I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work--a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before. So this award is only mine in trust. It will not be difficult to find a dedication 1 for the money part of it commensurate with the purpose and significance of its origin. But I would like to do the same with the acclaim 2 too, by using this moment as a pinnacle 3 from which I might be listened to by the young men and women already dedicated 4 to the same anguish 5 and travail 6, among whom is already that one who will some day stand where I am standing 7.


Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only one question: When will I be blown up? Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat. He must learn them again. He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid: and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities 8 and truths of the heart, the universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed--love and honor and pity and pride and compassion 9 and sacrifice. Until he does so, he labors 10 under a curse. He writes not of love but of lust 11, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, and victories without hope and worst of all, without pity or compassion. His griefs grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars. He writes not of the heart but of the glands 12.


I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal 13, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props 14, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.



1 dedication
n.奉献,献身,致力,题献,献辞
  • We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
  • Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。
2 acclaim
v.向…欢呼,公认;n.欢呼,喝彩,称赞
  • He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
  • His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。
3 pinnacle
n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰
  • Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
  • It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。
4 dedicated
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
5 anguish
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼
  • She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时,她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
  • The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
6 travail
n.阵痛;努力
  • Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.母亲们了解分娩时的痛苦。
  • He gained the medal through his painful travail.他通过艰辛的努力获得了奖牌。
7 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
8 verities
n.真实( verity的名词复数 );事实;真理;真实的陈述
  • the eternal verities of life 生命永恒的真理
9 compassion
n.同情,怜悯
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
10 labors
v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转
  • He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜,令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
  • Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句
11 lust
n.性(淫)欲;渴(欲)望;vi.对…有强烈的欲望
  • He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
  • Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念,就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。
12 glands
n.腺( gland的名词复数 )
  • a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
  • the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺
13 immortal
adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的
  • The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
  • The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽!
14 props
小道具; 支柱( prop的名词复数 ); 支持者; 道具; (橄榄球中的)支柱前锋
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes. 政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。
学英语单词
1-hexene
actual source
All-to-all broadcast
ambulatorybloodpressureprinter
amphidynamic
anonymous literature
antibackfire device
atropous ovule
banking agreement
Beravina
Binh Gia
bottle pedestal
butterfly orchis
c-murder
cap the climax
chaetodipteruss
cogeneration plant
collecting main pressure
computer-based telemetering system
consumptives
core charge
disperseness
dmitries
duery
dust jackets
dynamic syntax
electric-motor coach
Everest, Mount
except
fimic epipedon
freeboard marks
fuckmachines
greenish yellows
gumbo limbos
gyrene
habeas
habenaria eleganss
hard-sell commercial
headgut
heavy duty acetylene generator
hibernating state
ignorantest
Jack-in-office
James Buchanan
keep watch and ward over
lacal central office
laparotome
lesser mortal
liquid damping vessel
lycopodiaceae
Manglietiastrum
mixed base grease
More power to your elbow!
mouse's nest
multicolour press
multiple operating system
network of quasi-reversible queue
noise equivalent neutron source
normal asymptotic distribution
odynia
omim
ophiophaguss
optimal financial structure
partial invalidity
Passive investment strategy
pauli vacancy
perlitic pumice
phenylallyl alcohol
phthisis confirmata
purported
quick look file
redpine
reduced tree height
reducing adapter
roband
rotating vane
rugby balls
RVlA
sandinoes
serkelet
serratia marcescenss
setting-angle
shaft-position mechanism
shoal of fish
sing up
specialized persons
specific luminosity
spinuli-
subtractive
symbiote
Tenoran
tetrahydrobenzoic acid
thermoelasticity
thickness chord ratio
time-current zone limits
to apply
tourist-dependent
tracheal rale
twin bulkhead tanker
Uranogummit
video display
zepto-ampere