英语经典散文双语对译

2017-03-22

英语经典散文：你在等待什么

What are you still waiting for?

你正在等待什么?

Almost everyone is waiting for something. Therefore, we are looking forward to time’s flying quickly so that the day we are longing for can come soon. Time flies away without anything left in this way.

几乎每个人都有正在等待的东西,因此我们常常期盼时间过得快一点,让我们指望的那一天到来。时间就这样不明不白地流走了。

If you are required to throw away 100 yuan every day, you will not do it. But you are often throwing away a more precious thing, time.

如果让你每天扔掉100元,你肯定不干。但是你常常轻易扔掉更加宝贵的时间。

Suppose you are 35 years old now. if you can live up to 80 years old, you still have 45 years to live, a total of 16425 days. If you throw away 100 yuan per day, you will throw away over 1.6 million finally, which can only afford a house in Beijing. But you will feel reluctant to do it.

假定你现在35岁,按照平均寿命80岁计算的话,还有45年的时间,一共是16425天,每天扔掉100元,你这一生也就扔掉160多万,这个数字不过是北京一套房子的钱,但是你会心疼得不得了,绝对不会干这样的蠢事。转载自:考试大 - [233.Com]

But now your life only keeps 16,000 days, and you often waste them by tens a time, only to wait for someday to come. You live through everyday in confusion, thinking what you should do in the future. Not only do you meet the end of your life will you come to realize that you have wasted your whole life. Similarly, what bothered you yesterday is not only allowed by you to enter your dream, but also becomes the first thing you consider the next day once you open your eyes.

但是你的生命才剩一万六千多天,你却常常一扔就是十几天、几十天,仅仅为了等待某个日子。每一天,你都在迷茫中让时间匆匆过去,头脑里想的都是将来要如何如何,等到将来生命快结束的时候,你发现一生都扔掉了。同样地,昨天发生的一些烦恼事,你不仅让它进入梦里,还让它成为第二天一睁眼就考虑的事。

When your heart is fully covered by dust, world will dim away accordingly.

当心灵蒙上了太多的灰尘,世界因此就暗淡下来。

We will often think of our happy childhood and blame our society and family for our tedious life. Actually it is not true. No matter what era human beings live in, they tend to be happier when they are young, for the reason that humans like carrying everything of the past with them all the way, which bars them from focusing the present authentic world.

我们常常回想童年的欢乐时光,并认为现在的苦闷是社会、家庭的改变导致的。其实不是,不管什么时代,人们都是在越小的时候越容易欢乐。原因就在于人习惯于背上过去的包袱,它使我们没法把注意力集中到当下真实的世界。

For a child, it is exciting to see a monkey in the park, see pedestrians in the street, eat and drink, go to school and go back home. Every little scenery is fresh to him, for he does not put some obstacles of the past between his heart and the outside world.

对于一个儿童来说,去动物园看猴子、在大街上看行人、吃饭喝水、上学回家,都是会让他兴奋的事。每一处景色都是新鲜的,他没有过去的包袱隔在心灵和世界之间。

Assume that you can still live like a child without anything. Then your choice may be different every day. Assumes that you have no identity, status and property, then everyone around you means a lot to you and every meal is delicately delicious to you as if you have never touched it before. You will view everything with an appreciative sense and feel amazed at human’s intelligence for creating so many beautiful things.

假使你能设想自己仍然是一个儿童,一无所有,那么你每天的选择也许会全然不同。假使你没有身份,没有地位,也没有财产,那么每一个人对你而言都是珍贵的(想象一下在一个孤岛上常年见不到人的情形);每一餐饭也都是可口的,好像你从来没吃过它;每一件东西都只得用欣赏艺术的眼光去审视,因为你对人类智慧能变出这么美的东西感到惊奇。

Putting down the burden of the past and cleaning your heart totally, you will feel a different new world. Maybe it is easier said than done. But you can regard your everyday sleep as the end of your life and think that you will not get up any more once you fall into sleep. It is done by some monks. They will put their bowls upside down, which means they cannot see the bowl any more. It is not a total assumption, for you will never know when the death will befall.

放下包袱,及时清空自己的心灵,你就能感受到一个不一样的新鲜世界。也许说起来容易,做起来难。那么你就把每天入睡当做生命的终点,准备上床后再也不会起来——一些僧人就是这么做的,他们会把自己用的碗倒扣在桌子上,意思是从此以后再也用不着它了。这并不完全是一种假想,谁也不知道死亡什么时候到来。

If the next day you can still wake up, then you should treat yourself as a newborn baby. You will stunning discover that everyone is very kind. A baby has no revenge. Every chirp of birds and every blooming flower is thrilling to you, as you did not heart singing and see the flower before.

如果第二天醒来了,我们就把自己当做一个新生的婴儿。你会发现每一个人都很友善——一个婴儿怎么会有仇人呢?每一声鸟啼、每一朵花儿都是令人兴奋的,因为你从来没有听过、见过它们。

We should learn to clean our soul, or our life will never light up.

我们必须学会清空自己,否则,人生就不会被光芒照亮。

英语经典散文：爱的涟漪

"How do you account for your remarkable accomplishment in life?" Queen Victoria of England asked Helen Keller.

"How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf, you were able to accomplish so much?"

英国维多利女王曾问海伦•凯勒：“ 你一生中获得如此卓越成就的原因是什么?你又聋又盲，你是如何取得如此巨大的成就的?”

Ms. Keller's answer is a tribute to her dedicated teacher. "If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown."来源：考试大

凯勒女士将这一切归功于她那赋予奉献精神的老师。“如果没有安妮•沙利文, 海伦凯勒的名字也许永远不会为人所知。”

According to speaker Zig Ziglar, "Little Annie" Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was almost sightless herself (due to a childhood fever) and was, at one time, diagnosed as hopelessly "insane" by her by caregivers. She was locked in the basement of a mental institution outside of Boston. On occasion, Little Annie would violently attack anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her presence.

据金克•金克拉说，小安妮——沙利文幼时的名字——可是没少经历苦难。她自己因为儿时发高烧而几乎双目失明，且一度被看护者们诊断为精神失常，无法医治。她被所在波士顿城外一个精神医院的地下室里。有时，小安妮惠狂暴的攻击每一个靠近她的人,但多数时候她则对身边的每一个人不理不睬。

An elderly nurse believed there was hope, however, and she made it her mission to show love to the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most part, the child did not acknowledge the nurse's presence, but she still continued to visit. The kindly woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could recover, if only she were shown love.

尽管如此，一位上了年纪的护士认为仍有希望。她把爱护这个孩子作为自己的职责，每天都去看小安妮。大多数时候，这孩子都意识不到护士的存在，但她仍旧不断地去看她。这位好心的女士给孩子留下饼干，对她说鼓励和慈爱的话语。她坚信，只要有爱，小安妮就一定能恢复正常。

Eventually, doctors noticed a change in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hostility, they now noted an emerging gentleness and love. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came when this seemingly "hopeless" child was released.

终于，医生发现了小姑娘身上的变化。以往他们看到的是愤怒和敌意，但现在看到的确是逐渐显现的温顺和爱意。他们把她搬到了楼上，在那里，她的情况继续好转。终于有一天，这个看来无药可救的孩子出院了。

Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kindly nurse. It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon of light to the world. Anne Sullivan worked wonders in Helen's life; but it was a loving nurse who first believed in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.

安妮•沙利文长成了一个大姑娘。她热切地渴望去帮助别人，就像她自己被那位好心的护士帮助一样。正是她看到了身上的潜质。她爱护她，教育她，和她一起玩耍，该她鼓励，和她一起工作，直到她生命微弱的烛光变成了照亮世界的一束强光。安妮•沙利文创造了海伦生命的奇迹，但首先是一位好心的护士相信小安妮，并慈爱的绛一个无法交流的孩子变成了一个有爱心的老师。

"If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown." But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of redemption extend? And how for forward will it lead?

“如果没有安妮•沙利文，海伦•凯勒的名字也许永远不为人知。”但是如果没有那个好心且赋予奉献精神的护士，安妮•沙利文的名字也会远不为人所知。这样推下去，这条救助的链条会绵延到哪里?它又会向前延伸多远?

Those you have sought to reach, whether they be in your family or elsewhere, are part of a chain of love that can extend through the generations. Your influence on their lives, whether or not you see results, is immeasurable. Your legacy of dedicated kindness and caring can transform lost and hopeless lives for years to come.

那些你所想到的人，不管他们在你的家里或是其他什么地方，都是这条在几代人间延续的爱的链条上的一环。你对他们生命的影响，不管你是否看到结果，都是无法估量的。你所奉献的爱心与关怀将会在未来的岁月中转变那些处于迷失和绝望之中的生命。