銳意英語口語資料庫12-4

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A: 我看過一本叫《藝術(shù)的極致》的書，里面都是些經(jīng)典文章，其中有一篇叫《讓人類天性見鬼去吧》
A: I once read a book called, "The Limits of Atr" which contained great pieces of literature written over the ages. One inclusion was the quote, "Damn human nature."

B: 那篇文章講什么了？在將藝術(shù)極致這么一本書里出現(xiàn)這樣的一篇文章，很是奇怪啊。
B: Was that all it said? That's unusual to have something like that in a book about the limits of atr.

A: 我當(dāng)時也這么想的。但這句話我永遠也不會忘記，尤其是當(dāng)你思考它的時候，就會發(fā)現(xiàn)這句話道理很深刻。
A: That's what I thought at the time but, it's also something I've never forgotten. When you think about it, it's a pretty profound statement.

B: 沒錯！人性是一切人類關(guān)系的根源。甚至我認為，只要你接著往下想，人性可以說是一切的根源。
B: Yes! You're right. Human nature goes to the root of every relationship and, I suppose when you think about it a bit more, it goes to the root of, just about, everything else.

A: 是的！任何人之間的關(guān)系太復(fù)雜多變，有時高尚美好，有時駭人聽聞。
A: That's right. Relationships between people are so complex, so variable, that they can range from the sublime to the horrendous.

B: 一個人應(yīng)該怎么處理人際關(guān)系？有沒有訣竅？
B: How does one deal with relationships? Is there a key?

A: 問得好。我有一個朋友，在得了心臟病后，決定去世界旅行。他說這是為了尋找人生的意義。
A: A good question. I had a friend who travelled the world after his heart attack. He said he was looking for the meaning to his life.

B: 那他找到了嗎？
B: And, did he find it?

A: 經(jīng)過多年的尋找和思索后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)，與人相處最重要的是，你需要對他們抱有一種“好感”，不管你們是什么關(guān)系。
A: What he found, after all his years of search, and meditation, was that, when dealing with people, whatever the relationship, you need to have "a nice feeling" about them.

B: 就這些嗎？這就是他尋找到的答案？
B: Is that all? Is that the sum total of all his searching?

A: 差不多是這樣吧。這是他最好的表述了。如果你對某人不報憂所謂的“好感”，那你可以盡量禮貌相待，盡管你知道你們知趣不投。
A: Pretty much. It was the best way he could describe it to me. If you don't have that "nice feeling" about someone, be polite but, realise, you are not on the same wavelength.

B: 這個也太簡單了不是嗎？
B: That's rather simplistic isn't it?

A: 也許吧！不要忘記了，很多問題的答案其實很簡單，只不過我們把簡單的問題復(fù)雜化了。
A: Maybe! There again, so many answers to our problems, ofren have simple solutions which, we humans, smother in unneccessary complications.

B: 太好了！我猜想這種“好感”關(guān)系可能類似于一見鐘情。
B: How true! I suppose a "nice feeling" could be related to love at first sight?

A: 我想可以這么說，關(guān)鍵是，與人初始，第一印象很重要。如果第一印象非常“好”，那么往后就很有可能繼續(xù)維持良好的關(guān)系。
A: I guess you could say that. The point is, first impressions count whenever we meet anyone and, if those impressions are "nice" then, an ongoing relationship stands a chance.

B: 換句話說，如果我們對某人的第一印象不好，那很可能我們就不會和對方建立良好的關(guān)系。
B: In other words, if we don't like someone when we first meet them we, probably wouldn't have a good relationship with them.

A: 沒錯！不過，俗話說，“普遍規(guī)律總有漏洞——此話亦如此”，例外還是有的。
A: Exactly. However, as they say, "All generalizations are false including this one;" there will always be exceptions.

B: 你是說，關(guān)系可以隨著時間改變？
B: You are saying, relationships can change over time?

A: 當(dāng)然可以，并且事實如此。我們并不認真的十分了解另一個人，甚至真正了解自己的人也不多。
A: They can and they do. I don't think we ever really, really, know someone else. For that matter, few of us ever really know ourselves.

B: 天啊，這么一點小關(guān)系也能這么復(fù)雜？讓人類天性見鬼去吧.
B: Boy! What a kind of worms relations can be! "Damn human nature."