时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:世界上最美丽的英文-人生短篇


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自我意识


Self-Awareness


Virginia Woolf/弗吉尼亚.吴尔夫


 


    The man who is aware of himself is henceforth independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with profound yet temperate 1 happiness. He alone lives, while other people, slaves of ceremony, let life slip past time in a kind of dream. Once


conform ,once do what other people do finer than they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties 2 of the soul, He becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous 3, and indifferent.


   凡是意识到自我的人从今往后才是独立的;他永远不知疲倦,他明白生命苦短,所以完全沉浸于深深的而又适度的幸福之中。他独立生活,而别人是繁文缛节的奴隶,在醉生梦死之中听从生命悄然流逝。一旦循规蹈矩,一旦人为亦为,呆滞就笼罩着灵魂中一切灵敏的神经和官能。灵魂变得徒有其表,其中空空;迟钝,木然、冷漠。



1 temperate
adj.温和的,温带的,自我克制的,不过分的
  • Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
  • Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。
2 faculties
n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院
  • Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬,但头脑仍然清晰。
  • All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中,你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 callous
adj.无情的,冷淡的,硬结的,起老茧的
  • He is callous about the safety of his workers.他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
  • She was selfish,arrogant and often callous.她自私傲慢,而且往往冷酷无情。
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