海边的贝壳

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海边的贝壳 “我好像是在海上玩耍，时而发现了一个光滑的石子儿， 时而发现了一个美丽贝壳而为之高兴的孩子。 尽管如此，那真理的海洋还是神秘地展现在我们面前。” ――伊萨克・牛顿 <<<瓦尔登湖（十二） | 首页 | 维基百科：互动的乌托邦？>>> 瓦尔登湖（十三） mountain @ 2003-11-04 We might try our lives by a thousand simple tests; as, for instance, that the same sun which ripens my beans illumines at once a system of earths like ours. If I had remembered this it would have prevented some mistakes. This was not the light in which I hoed them. The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment! Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages. History, Poetry, Mythology!―I know of no reading of another's experience so startling and informing as this would be. 我们可以用一千种简单的方法来测定我们的生命；举例以明之，这是同一个太阳，它使我种的豆子成熟，同时竟然照耀了像我们的地球之类的整个太阳系。如果我记住了这一点，那就能预防若干的错误。可是我锄草时并没有这样去想。星星是何等神奇的三角形的尖顶！字宙各处，有多少远远隔开的不同的物种在同时思考着同一事实啊！正如我们的各种体制一样，大自然和人生也是变化多端的。谁能预知别人的生命有着什么远景？难道还有比一瞬之间通过彼此的眼睛来观察更伟大的奇迹吗？我们本应该在一小时之内就经历了这人世的所有时代；是的，甚至经历了所有时代中所有的世界。历史、诗歌、神话！――我不知道读别人的经验还有什么能像读这些这样地惊人而又详尽的。 生词：ripen, illumine, hoe, apex, mansion, constitution, prospect, look through, informing. 注意：ripe & ripen, illuminate & illumine, as, for instance, that... 不足：没有理解 a system of earths like ours ，导致对原文不可索解。 没有理解句中的虚拟语气： "Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?" 和 "We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages." 读科技类的文章多了，读这种文学性的文章总感到词不达意。 引用(0) 评论 XML blogger del.icio.us furl.net Wikipedia 发表评论 最后更新 煎饼 探索Wiki Wiki资料：自由百科制造者 维基百科Wiki新写法―主题首页 发现了一个好站点 《锐思评论》关于中立观点是否适用于BBS的讨论 累坏了 国内比较早的几个Wiki 台湾的Wiki资料 Wiki资料：大家都来玩wiki <<<瓦尔登湖（十二） | 首页 | 维基百科：互动的乌托邦？>>>