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。
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achkhoy martan
aled
alphanaphthol
anthropophonic
area-type mete
ayletts
big-guy
bleedin
bone marrowdependent lymphocyte
brake relay
bucksheest
Bundoran
cannabinoids
Chalicotheriidae
Chedburgh
color sensitized emulsion
conditionalities
counterbalancing error
cross merchandising
custom component
cutose
Dalmand
diuvaretin
drayman
emotional feeling
enquire after
eptameride
eutectic ice
extra-atomic relaxation energy
feel concern about
flushing cistern
four high mill
function energy
gas-jet propelled boat
girinimbine
hard component of cosmic radiation
have sth on one's conscience
Heaviside mutual-inductance bridge
Herschel, William
huapi
hyperrule
keep to his own line
kit processor
lagants
latinesces
lazaro
locked rotor voltage
mertle
metal alkenyl
methylenedi
micrococcus alilis
microcolony
middle ventilation
multibit delta-sigma modulation
neoclassical transport
net working capital turnover
neutralized radio-frequency stage
nontargeting
nonupler
Nowgong
okunoin
pelvimeter for outlet measurement
phase transfer catalyst
plan of bridge site
Port Bradshaw
pre-surmise
primordial plant
programmed synchronising time
public gaze
puffing agent
radiogenically
re-investigations
receivers' and trustees' securities
recycled off-gas
Rosebud R.
Samgong
sea-beast
shipward
slideth
social commentaries
stacking area adjustment
stage-structured
sub-scores
supravalvular ring mitral stenosis
TAACOM
taranakis
telcomer
test-drilling
That's the end.
toxic-waste
TPHBNA
tree cassava
trigonulum
two channel resolver
underbudgeted
valve refacing
Van Hook
viq
Vrena
white lightning
window guidance
Yangon