新編大學(xué)英語閱讀(浙大版)07
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[17:32.82]Romantic Ambition
[17:34.15]浪漫的理想
[17:35.48]1 All persons possess some level of ambition.
[17:37.59]每個人都有某種程度的理想。
[17:39.70]It is not surprising,therefore
[17:40.88]因此毫不奇怪，
[17:42.07]that all persons determine the goals to which their ambitions are directed.
[17:44.86]每個人都按照自己的理想來確立奮斗目標(biāo)。
[17:47.65]For some it may be wealth,
[17:48.79]一些人可能要財富，
[17:49.92]for others power,
[17:51.16]另一些人要權(quán)勢，
[17:52.40]and for many there is a strong desire to live a life with rich romantic influences.
[17:56.09]而很多人強烈地渴望過富有浪漫情調(diào)的生活。
[17:59.78]Romance in its broader meaning refers to a zest for life,
[18:03.19]在較廣的意義上，浪漫指的是對生活的熱情，
[18:06.59]an energetic pursuit in any and all relationships with others as well as with nature and indeed in all human and natural activity.
[18:12.53]指的是在任何與他人以及與自然的關(guān)系中、乃至在任何與人，及與自然有關(guān)的活動中的積極追求。
[18:18.47]2 If one lacks a romantic zest and energy for daily pursuits,
[18:21.01]如果一個人對日常事務(wù)缺乏浪漫激情和活力，
[18:23.54]other goals may seem empty and pointless.
[18:25.70]那么其他的目標(biāo)就可能顯得空洞、沒有意義。
[18:27.86]Consider the fact that many persons openly admit that,
[18:30.06]請看：很多人公開承認(rèn)，
[18:32.26]while they would prefer to live comfortably,
[18:33.59]盡管他們喜歡過舒適的生活，
[18:34.92]they do not wish to be wealthy in an economic sense.
[18:36.94]但他們不希望在經(jīng)濟上富裕。
[18:38.95]Perhaps they take their position from the biblical statement that "It is harder for a richman to enter heaven
[18:42.70]可能他們采取這種態(tài)度的原因是圣經(jīng)上的一句話：“富人想上天堂，
[18:46.44]than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle,
[18:48.49]比駱駝穿過針眼還難”;
[18:50.54]but more often the reason is more directly related to the same reason many persons do not aspire to great power during their lives.
[18:55.15]但更常見的情況是，這種原因與很多人不想在生活中追求權(quán)勢的原因相同。
[18:59.76]The reasons these goals are not greatly sought or valued,
[19:02.06]人們不太重視和追求這些目標(biāo)的原因。
[19:04.37]even by otherwise ambitious,
[19:05.50]甚至在其他方面有抱負，
[19:06.64]talented persons,
[19:07.48]有才能的人，
[19:08.33]are not entirely clear,
[19:09.91]還不完全清楚，
[19:11.50]but it is absolutely certain that for many persons these goals do not have high priority in their choices.
[19:15.15]但絕對可以肯定的是，這些目標(biāo)在很多人的選擇中沒有被排在優(yōu)先的地位。
[19:18.80]In fact,
[19:19.42]事實上，
[19:20.03]both excessive wealth and great power have often been misused,
[19:23.20]過剩的財富和顯赫的權(quán)勢經(jīng)常被濫用，
[19:26.36]and do not of themselves lead to better personal relation-ships.
[19:28.76]而它們本身并不能帶來更為良好的人際關(guān)系。
[19:31.15]3 There clearly are goals which do not lead to greater romance in living,
[19:33.64]有些奮斗目標(biāo)顯然不能使生活多一點浪漫，
[19:36.12]do not add zest to life,
[19:37.45]增強人對生活的熱情、
[19:38.78]and do not support enthusiastic and energetic participation in relationships.
[19:41.86]使人積極熱情地與人交往。
[19:44.94]How then,does one recognize a romantic individual?
[19:47.42]那么，怎樣才能識別浪漫的人呢?
[19:49.91]4 First of all,romance is not just love between two people.
[19:52.73]首先，浪漫不只是兩個人之間的愛。
[19:55.56]You can't really have romance with someone else or with nature unless you are romantic yourself.
[19:59.21]如果你自己不是一個浪漫的人，那么你并不能真正地與他人或大自然建立浪漫的關(guān)系。
[20:02.87]Romance is something you have to take care of and to nurture.
[20:05.55]浪漫是一種你必須細心照顧和培育的東西。
[20:08.23]Romance needs food and water and care,of a kind all her own.
[20:11.35]浪漫需要一種與眾不同的食物、水和照看。
[20:14.46]You can destroy romance,
[20:15.65]你可能毀滅浪漫，
[20:16.84]or at least drive her away,
[20:17.93]或至少趕走浪漫，
[20:19.03]almost without knowing that you are doing it.
[20:20.71]而不自知。
[20:22.38]5 The best way to recognize a romantic person is to be around romantics.
[20:25.64]識別浪漫的人的最好的方法是和浪漫的人在一起。
[20:28.90]There is a sense of passion about them,
[20:30.17]他們身上有一種激情，
[20:31.45]a sense of being a bit too far out on the edge emotionally.
[20:34.28]比較容易感傷和情緒化。
[20:37.10]Sometimes,
[20:38.09]有時候，
[20:39.08]it's a caring for what seem to be unimportant things or persons:an old chair,
[20:41.77]他們關(guān)注一些似乎不重要的事物或人：一把椅子，
[20:44.45]a favorite knife,a favorite family member,or a piece of art or music.
[20:47.08]一把喜愛的刀，一個喜愛的家人，或一件藝術(shù)品或一段音樂。
[20:49.70]Romantics tend to like animals,
[20:51.86]浪漫的人多半喜歡動物，
[20:54.02]those animals which sense the zest in the romantic,
[20:56.29]那些動物感受到浪漫者身上的熱情，
[20:58.56]and decide to stay around and join in this place of food and laughter.
[21:01.24]并決定呆在身邊、呆在這個有食物和歡笑的地方。
[21:03.92]6 You don't have to be a poet or a painter or a musician to be a romantic.
[21:06.37]你不必是詩人或畫家或音樂家，就可以是一位浪漫的人。
[21:08.82]Industrialists,religious people,teachers,students,
[21:10.64]實業(yè)家、教士、老師、學(xué)生，
[21:12.46]or any other persons who have a zest for their chosen field can be romantics.
[21:15.53]或任何其他人，只要對自己的專業(yè)領(lǐng)域充滿熱情，就可以成為浪漫的人。
[21:18.61]7 Romance is practical.
[21:19.75]浪漫是很實用的。
[21:20.88]It provides energy for living and furnishes a sense of vision,hope and caring.
[21:23.90]它使人在生活中充滿活力，使人有眼光、有希望和有愛心。
[21:26.93]Because you are working for others,not just yourself
[21:28.60]由于你不只是為自己而是為他人工作，
[21:30.28]your work takes on a certain quality that it otherwise lacks.
[21:32.29]所以你的工作就有了一種先前缺少的特質(zhì)。
[21:34.31]"People who need people are the luckiest people in the world"is not just a pretty song,
[21:38.20]“需要別人的人是這個世界上最幸運的人。”這不僅是一首好聽的歌，
[21:42.08]it is at the heart of romance.
[21:43.90]更是浪漫的核心。
[21:45.72]8 Romance is hard to gain,hard to keep and fairly easy to drive away.
[21:48.51]浪漫很難獲得，很難保持，但很容易趕走。
[21:51.30]If you are really intent on getting rid of romance,here are a few ways to do it.
[21:54.41]假如你真的急于消除浪漫，有下面幾種方法。
[21:57.53]Become obsessive in your neatness,particularly in the way your desk looks.
[22:01.47]過分講究整潔，特別是在書桌的外觀上。
[22:05.41]Install expensive carpets in your house so you will be upset when your friend or your dog makes a mess on it.
[22:09.82]在家里鋪上昂貴的地毯，這樣當(dāng)你的朋友或你的狗把它弄臟的時候你就會煩惱。
[22:14.23]Don't listen to good music.
[22:15.38]別聽好音樂。
[22:16.54]Focus excessively on detail at the expense of vision,of dreams,of reflection.
[22:19.85]過分的注意視覺,夢想,和映象的費用細節(jié).
[22:23.16]And,finally,the surest way to lose romance is to do things just for money,
[22:26.85]最后，最保險的丟失浪漫的方法只是為了錢做事。
[22:30.54]even though your best consicience tells you this is not what you should be doing.
[22:33.02]即便你的良心告訴你不應(yīng)該做這種事。
[22:35.51]9 On the other hand,there are some goals which will put more romance into your life.
[22:38.68]相反，有些奮斗目標(biāo)會使你的生活多一些浪漫。
[22:41.84]If one would keep romance,
[22:42.94]要想保持浪漫，
[22:44.04]these are some things that can help:Read some poetry every day.
[22:46.67]下面一些方法可能有幫助。每天讀一點詩。
[22:49.30]Try some of the old classics,
[22:50.39]嘗試一些古老的經(jīng)典，
[22:51.49]such as Shakespeare,Keats,or Kipling as well as some of the good modern poetry.
[22:54.75]例如莎士比亞、濟慈或吉卜林，以及一些當(dāng)代的好詩。
[22:58.01]Even better,write your own poetry.
[22:59.77]更好的方法是自己寫詩。
[23:01.54]Set up a schedule for yourself when you can read.
[23:03.55]為自己制訂一份可以用于讀詩的時間表。
[23:05.57]Get up early in the morning in the solitude that is only possible when other persons do not interfere with your focus on reading.
[23:09.98]清晨早起，在不受別人干擾的寂靜中專注地讀詩。
[23:14.39]Sometime,
[23:15.20]找時間，
[23:16.01]build your own house,or at least some intimate parts of it.
[23:18.40]建造自己的房子，或至少營造其中一些個人空間。
[23:20.80]Design it or decorate it to your own taste and with lots of thought,
[23:23.62]按照自己的趣味精心設(shè)計并裝飾。
[23:26.45]and you'll find pleasure in living in a place that is a product of your own effort and ambition.
[23:29.42]住在符合自己理想并且是自己勞動成果的地方，你會感到快樂。
[23:32.39]Collect little things:a small box,a favorite piece of jewelry,a coin.
[23:36.19]收集一些小東西：一個小盒子、一件喜愛的珠寶、一枚硬幣。
[23:39.98]Play a musical instrument,no matter how simple or complex,
[23:42.32]玩一種樂器——不管多簡單或多復(fù)雜，
[23:44.66]or just learn to whistle or hum a tune to yourself.
[23:46.93]或者只學(xué)著吹口哨或哼一首樂曲自得其樂。
[23:49.20]Travel when possible,
[23:50.24]盡量出去旅行。
[23:51.29]because novelty and new associations are important in romance.
[23:53.39]因為新奇的事物和新朋友對浪漫是很重要的。
[23:55.50]And,most of all,many romantics keep some type of journal,
[23:58.43]而最重要的是，大部分浪漫的人有寫日記，
[24:01.37]diary,or notes in a pocket calendar.
[24:03.04]或在袖珍日歷上記錄的習(xí)慣。
[24:04.72]Later these will remind you of the enjoyable time and the relationships you have formed.
[24:07.40]日后這些東西會使他們想起以前的朋友和快樂的時光。
[24:10.08]10 Romance is not just outward bound and found away from one's familiar surroundings.
[24:13.39]浪漫并不總是向外或在脫離自己熟悉環(huán)境的地方。
[24:16.70]It also rides on one's shoulder when one returns home.
[24:19.30]一個人回家的時候也把浪漫帶回了家。
[24:21.89]Perspective can be gained not only from reviewing one's journal notes,
[24:24.57]不僅在回顧自己的日記時，
[24:27.25]but by noticing the more familiar things and persons at home.
[24:29.65]而且在留意家里較為熟悉的物件和人的時候，都可以使人具有浪漫的眼光。
[24:32.04]Romance is all around;it's not somewhere else.
[24:34.49]浪漫無處不在，它就在你身旁。
[24:36.94]11 Romance occurs in the most common environment.
[24:38.90]浪漫出現(xiàn)在人們最熟悉的環(huán)境中。
[24:40.86]Anyone can see the beauty of the mountains,
[24:42.39]任何人都可以看到山巒的美，
[24:43.92]but it takes a little more perspective to see the beauty of a rural landscape,
[24:46.12]但只有具有眼光的人才能看到農(nóng)村景象、
[24:48.31]a desert,or the long sweep of a grassland or river.
[24:50.71]沙漠、連綿不絕的草原或河流的美。
[24:53.10]Not only obvious and famous places are settings for romance.
[24:55.58]不僅僅引人注目和著名的地方可以做浪漫的背景，
[24:58.07]The humble well used,and little things in life are common factors in romance.
[25:01.40]而且生活中那些粗糙和陳舊的小東西也常常具有浪漫的因素。
[25:04.73]12 Finally,how will you know that you have lived a romantic life?
[25:07.70]最后，怎樣才能知道你過了浪漫的生活呢?
[25:10.67]On one's death bed,
[25:11.51]當(dāng)一個活過了，
[25:12.36]when all the living and doing is finished,
[25:14.03]事也做完了，
[25:15.71]one might well think of R.M.Rilke's poetic musing:
[25:18.25]臨終前躺在床上的時候，可能會想起里爾克那首詩：
[25:20.78]"I live my life in growing orbits
[25:22.98]我生活在不斷增大的圈子中，
[25:25.18]which move out over the things of this would.
[25:27.34]我向外擴大，涵蓋世上之物。
[25:29.50]Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
[25:31.37]也許我永不能將它增到最大，
[25:33.24]but that will be my attempt.
[25:34.52]但那將是我的努力目標(biāo)。
[25:35.80]I am circling around God,
[25:37.04]我繞著上帝回旋，
[25:38.28]around the ancient tower,
[25:39.61]繞著古老的高塔，
[25:40.94]and I have been circling for a thousand years.
[25:43.05]而且我已回旋了一千年。
[25:45.16]And I still do not know
[25:46.25]但我仍不知道，
[25:47.35]if I am falcon,
[25:48.45]我是一支獵鷹，
[25:49.55]or a storm,
[25:50.50]或是一個風(fēng)暴，
[25:51.46]or a great song.
[25:52.90]還是一曲高歌。
[25:54.34]13 When one has done this,if one can smile and nod quietly to oneself,one has been a romantic,
[25:58.94]如果一個人做到了這些，如果他能平靜地對自己點頭，那他就一直是個浪漫的人，
[26:03.55]and romance will ride on one's shoulder while returning home,and for eternity.
[26:07.10]浪漫會隨著他回家，回歸永恒。
[26:10.64]New Words
[26:11.60]單詞
[26:12.55]biblical adj
[26:13.40]圣經(jīng)的
[26:14.24]eternity n
[26:15.14]永恒
[26:16.04]falcon n
[26:16.80]獵鷹
[26:17.56]furnish v
[26:18.60]1)供應(yīng)，提供，裝備 2)布置，為……配備家具
[26:19.64]hum v
[26:20.49]1)哼(曲子) 2)發(fā)嗡嗡聲 3)忙碌，活躍
[26:21.34]industrialist n
[26:22.58]工業(yè)家，實業(yè)家
[26:23.82]intent adj & n
[26:24.63]1)急切的 2)專心的，專注的
[26:25.44]interfere v
[26:26.63]1)妨礙，干擾 2)干涉，介入
[26:27.82]landscape n & v
[26:28.66]1)風(fēng)景，景色 2)風(fēng)景畫 3)全景
[26:29.51]mess n & v
[26:30.70]1)凌亂狀態(tài)，臟亂狀態(tài) 2)混亂的局面，困境
[26:31.88]muse v
[26:32.98]沉思自語
[26:34.08]romantic adj & n
[26:35.03]1)浪漫的，多情的 2)有浪漫色彩的，傳奇性的 3)不切實際的，空想的
[26:35.99]surroundings n
[26:36.98]環(huán)境
[26:37.97]The Virtues of Ambition
[26:39.30]雄心壯志的長處
[26:40.63]1 The word"ambition"means different things to different people,
[26:43.08]“雄心”這個詞對不同的人有不同的含義。
[26:45.53]and the way you define it reveals a great deal about yourself.
[26:47.98]你對它下定義的方式可以揭示你的很多方面。
[26:50.42]The Seventh Edition of Webster's Dictionary,
[26:52.04]韋伯斯特詞典第七版，
[26:53.66]supposedly neutral in its approach,
[26:55.19]其定義方法應(yīng)該是不偏不倚的，
[26:56.72]defines"ambition"first and foremost as "an ardent desire for rank,
[26:59.95]給“雄心”所下的首要的定義是“對社會地位的熱切渴望，
[27:03.17]fame,or power".
[27:04.41]名聲或權(quán)勢，
[27:05.65]Isn't that too narrow?
[27:06.70]這不是太狹隘了嗎?
[27:07.74]Surely,ambition is not only behind dreams of wealth,
[27:10.42]雄心當(dāng)然不只是代表對財富，
[27:13.10]of glory,of distinction,and of accomplishment,
[27:14.83]榮耀，殊譽和成就的夢想，
[27:16.56]but also behind dreams of love,of pleasure,and of goodness.
[27:19.44]還代表對愛情，歡樂和美好的夢想。
[27:22.32]Thus,historically,
[27:23.80]因此，從歷史的角度來看，
[27:25.27]it is neither a completely positive nor a negative term.
[27:27.72]它是一個即非絕對好也非絕對壞的字眼。
[27:30.17]2 We all have dreams,
[27:31.55]我們大家都有夢想，
[27:32.94]but what life does with our dreams and expectations cannot,of course,be predicted.
[27:36.45]但是生活會把我們的夢想和期盼怎么樣，當(dāng)然是無法預(yù)測的。
[27:39.96]Some dreams ,begun in selflessness,end in hatred;
[27:42.84]有些夢想始于無私但終結(jié)于仇恨，
[27:45.72]other dreams,begun in selfishness,end in large-heartedness.
[27:49.05]而有些夢想則始于自私，但結(jié)果卻是心胸寬仁。
[27:52.38]However,
[27:53.33]然而，
[27:54.29]the unpredictability of the outcome of dreams is no reason to stop dreaming.
[27:57.17]夢想結(jié)局的不可預(yù)測，不能成為停止夢想的理由。
[28:00.05]3 To be sure,ambition is never a pretty subject to think about for long.
[28:03.74]毫無疑問，雄心從來不是長時間思考的好對象。
[28:07.43]Just as drunks have done to alcohol,
[28:08.76]正如酒鬼敗壞了酒的名聲一樣，
[28:10.09]the single-mindedly ambitious people have done to ambition--given it a bad name.
[28:13.84]一門心思野心勃勃的人也敗壞了雄心的名聲。
[28:17.58]Like those individuals with a strong desire for alcohol,
[28:19.88]像那些對酒有強烈渴望的人一樣，
[28:22.19]some people have an equally strong desire for ambition,
[28:24.44]有些人對雄心壯志有同樣強烈的渴望，
[28:26.69]which cannot be satisfied.
[28:27.79]無法得到滿足。
[28:28.88]Some people cannot handle ambition and cause grief for themselves and for others as well.
[28:32.83]有些人不能恰當(dāng)?shù)靥幚硇坌模瑥亩冉o自己也給他人造成痛苦。
[28:36.77]Still,none of this seems sufficient to make people be secretive about being ambitious.
[28:40.10]盡管如此，所有這一切似乎都不足以使人對自己的雄心遮遮掩掩。
[28:43.43]4 It is easy for us to believe that those who have achieved the common goals of ambition--money,fame,and power,
[28:47.69]我們很容易相信，那些達到了通常的理想目標(biāo)——金錢、名聲和權(quán)勢，
[28:51.96]have achieved them through corruption of a greater or lesser degree,
[28:54.41]通過道德敗壞的手段達到目標(biāo)的;
[28:56.86]mostly greater.
[28:57.56]其道德敗壞程度或高或低，
[28:58.26]Thus all politicians in high places,
[28:59.65]多半很高。
[29:01.03]thought to be ambitious,are understood to be without ethical principles.
[29:03.82]因此人們認(rèn)為所有身居高位的政治家都毫無道德原則。
[29:06.61]We wonder how they could have ethical principles and still have risen as high as they have.
[29:09.83]我們難以理解，他們怎么可能有道德原則而又爬到他們所處的高位。
[29:13.06]5 Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and what it can do for us now than formerly.
[29:16.71]當(dāng)然，人們對成功及其所帶來的好處的興趣似乎現(xiàn)在并不比以前小。
[29:20.36]Summer homes,European vacations,travel,
[29:22.78]消夏別墅、旅歐度假、周游世界，
[29:25.19]BMW's--such items do not seem less in demand than they did a decade or two years ago.
[29:29.36]寶馬汽車——人們對這些享受的需求似乎并不比十年前或兩年前少。
[29:33.54]What has happened is that people cannot admit their dreams as easily and openly as they once could,
[29:37.48]變化在于人們現(xiàn)在不像以前那樣容易公開承認(rèn)自己的夢想，
[29:41.42]lest they be thought of as pushing,acquisitive,and vulgar.
[29:43.87]免得被人認(rèn)為是咄咄逼人、貪得無厭和庸俗不堪的。
[29:46.32]For such people and many more perhaps not so outstanding,
[29:48.86]對于這些人以及更多可能不那么出色的人來說，
[29:51.40]the proper action seems to be,
[29:52.93]恰當(dāng)?shù)男袨樗坪跏牵?/p>
[29:54.46]"Succeed at all costs but refrain from appearing ambitious."
[29:57.82]“不惜一切代價成功，但不要表現(xiàn)得野心勃勃。”
[30:01.19]The attacks on ambition are many and come from various angles,
[30:03.38]對雄心的攻擊很多，且來自多種不同角度，
[30:05.58]while its public defenders are few and ineffective.
[30:07.69]而公開捍衛(wèi)者很少且難以服人，
[30:09.79]As a result,the support for ambition as a healthy impulse,
[30:12.04]結(jié)果就是支持說雄心是一種健康的動力，
[30:14.29]a quality to be admired and cultivated in the young,
[30:16.31]是一種值得贊賞并值得在年輕人身上培養(yǎng)的品質(zhì)。
[30:18.32]is probably lower than it has ever been in the United States.
[30:20.81]在今天的美國，很可能只有比以往任何時候都少的人
[30:23.29]This does not mean that ambition is at an end,
[30:24.82]這并不意味著雄心已到了窮途末路，
[30:26.35]that people no longer feel its urges,
[30:27.74]或人們不再感到它的激勵作用。
[30:29.12]but only that since it is no longer openly honored,
[30:31.00]而只是意味著，由于它不再受到公開的致敬，
[30:32.87]it is therefore less often openly professed.
[30:34.83]所以人們較少公開承認(rèn)它。
[30:36.79]Consequences follow from this,of course,
[30:38.27]這當(dāng)然造成了一些后果，
[30:39.74]some of which are that ambition is driven underground or made devious.
[30:42.53]其中包括：雄心被迫變成秘密，不那么光明正大。
[30:45.32]6 Many people are naturally distrustful of ambition,
[30:47.34]很多人本能地對雄心有疑慮，
[30:49.36]feeling that it represents something uncontrollable in human nature.
[30:51.84]覺得它代表了人性中某種無法控制的東西。
[30:54.32]Thus John Dean entitled his book about his involvement in the Watergate Affair during the Nixon administration Blind Ambition,
[30:58.73]因此約翰·迪恩把有關(guān)他在尼克松任職期間參與水門事件的書取名為“盲目的雄心，”
[31:03.14]as if ambition were to blame for his ignoble actions,
[31:05.61]似乎他可恥的行為應(yīng)該歸咎于雄心，
[31:08.08]and not the many qualities that make up his rather shabby character.
[31:10.33]而不是多種形成他卑鄙個性的那些品質(zhì)。
[31:12.58]7 But considering things the other way,
[31:13.85]但從另一方面來看問題，
[31:15.13]it is also bad to have no ambition just because of the fear of having too many.
[31:17.92]只是因為害怕雄心過盛而完全不要雄心，也是不好的。
[31:20.71]To discourage ambition is to discourage dreams of grandeur and greatness.
[31:23.97]否定雄心也就是否定輝煌和偉大的夢想。
[31:27.23]All men and women are born,live,suffer and die;
[31:29.77]所有的人都經(jīng)歷生、老、病、死。
[31:32.30]what distinguishes us from one another is our dreams,
[31:34.64]使我們彼此不同的是我們的夢想——
[31:36.98]whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things,
[31:39.43]不管它是精神還是物質(zhì)方面的夢想，
[31:41.88]and what we do to make them come about.
[31:43.21]以及我們怎樣實現(xiàn)這些夢想，
[31:44.54]8 It may seem an exaggeration to say that ambition is the connection to all of society,
[31:47.77]說雄心壯志是整個社會的黏合劑，
[31:50.99]which holds all of its elements together,
[31:52.86]它使社會的各個要素不至于散開。
[31:54.73]but it is not much of an exaggeration.
[31:56.01]這聽起來好象是一種夸張，但其實并沒有太多的夸張。
[31:57.29]Remove ambition and the essential elements of society seem to fly apart.
[32:00.02]若除去雄心壯志，那么各種要素似乎會很快散掉。
[32:02.76]Ambition,as opposed to mere fantasizing about desires,
[32:04.96]和純粹的幻想相反，
[32:07.15]implies work and discipline to achieve goals,personal and social,
[32:09.94]雄心意味著用努力和節(jié)制來達到個人和社會的目標(biāo);
[32:12.73]of a kind society cannot survive without.
[32:14.41]而缺少了這些目標(biāo)社會就無法存在，
[32:16.08]Ambition is intimately connected with family,
[32:17.75]雄心與家庭緊密相連，
[32:19.43]for men and women not only work partly for their families;
[32:21.59]因為男人和女人不僅為家庭而努力，
[32:23.75]husbands and wives are often ambitious for each other,
[32:25.33]丈夫和妻子互相激勵，
[32:26.92]but harbor their most important ambitions for their children.
[32:29.11]而且他們對自己的子女抱有最宏偉的雄心壯志。
[32:31.31]9 It is not difficult to imagine a world without ambition.
[32:33.36]很容易想象出一個沒有雄心壯志的世界，
[32:35.41]It would probably be a kinder would:without demands,without damage,without disppointments.
[32:39.16]它很可能會比較溫和：沒有要求，沒有損害，沒有失望。
[32:42.90]People would have time for reflection.
[32:44.18]人們會有時間思索。
[32:45.46]Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.
[32:47.85]他們所做的那類工作將不是為了自己而是為了集體。
[32:50.24]Competition would never enter in.
[32:51.68]競爭將不可能出現(xiàn)。
[32:53.12]Conflict would be eliminated and tension would become a thing of the past.
[32:55.75]沖突將被消滅，而緊張將成為過去。
[32:58.38]The stress of creation would be at an end.
[32:60.00]創(chuàng)造性帶來的壓力將消亡。
[33:01.62]Art would no longer be troubling,but merely used to celebrater life.
[33:04.41]藝術(shù)將不再使人煩惱，而只是用來歌頌生活。
[33:07.20]Longevity would be increased,
[33:08.39]所以人們較為長壽，
[33:09.58]for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by conflicts at work.
[33:11.97]由于較少人死于工作中的沖突造成的心臟病發(fā)作或中風(fēng)，
[33:14.36]Anxiety would be extinct.
[33:15.35]焦慮將會絕跡。
[33:16.34]Time would stretch on and on,
[33:17.87]時間將緩緩延伸，
[33:19.40]with ambition long departed from the human heart.
[33:21.08]而雄心壯志早已從人們的心中消失。
[33:22.75]10 Ah,how unbelievably boring life would be!
[33:25.27]啊，生活將會多么令人難以置信地乏味!
[33:27.79]11 There is a strong view that success is a myth and ambition therefore a sham.
[33:31.48]有一種很多人贊同的觀點，那就是成功是假象，雄心是虛幻。
[33:35.17]Does this mean that success does not really exist?
[33:37.13]難道這就意味著成功并不真正存在?
[33:39.10]That achievement is empty?
[33:40.34]成就是虛無?
[33:41.58]That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events?
[33:45.09]與世界動蕩發(fā)展的力量相比人類的努力都毫無意義?
[33:48.60]Now not all success,obviously,is of value,nor all ambition worth cultivating.
[33:51.68]很明顯，并非所有的成功都是有價值的，并非所有雄心壯志都是值得培育的。
[33:54.76]Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one's own.
[33:58.16]哪些是，哪些不是，一個人可以很快地獨立地分清。
[34:01.56]But even the most cynical people admit that success exists;
[34:04.01]但即使最憤世嫉俗的人也承認(rèn)，成功是存在的。
[34:06.46]that achievement counts for a great deal.
[34:08.27]成就是很有價值的。
[34:10.09]To believe otherwise could cause one to become irrational.
[34:12.79]假如不相信這些，人就會變得沒有理性。
[34:15.49]If one believes that ambitions are useless,
[34:17.54]如果一個人相信雄心壯志毫無用處，
[34:19.60]this by implication removes all motive for competence,
[34:21.50]那這就意味著沒有了增長才干的動機，
[34:23.41]interest in attainment,and regard for the future.
[34:25.23]沒有了對成就的興趣，也沒有了對未來的尊重。
[34:27.05]12 We do not choose to be born.
[34:28.33]我們不能選擇出生，
[34:29.60]We do not choose our parents.
[34:30.94]我們不能選擇父母。
[34:32.27]We do not choose our historical epoch,
[34:33.55]我們也不能選擇我們所處的歷史時代。
[34:34.82]the country of our birth,
[34:35.96]出生的國度，
[34:37.09]or the way in which we are brought up.
[34:38.48]或被養(yǎng)育的方式。
[34:39.86]We do not,most of us,choose to die;
[34:41.48]我們大部分人不能選擇死，
[34:43.10]nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.
[34:44.98]也不能選擇死亡的時間和條件。
[34:46.85]But within all this realm of lack of choice,
[34:48.81]但在如此之多的不能選擇之中，
[34:50.77]we must choose how we shall live:courageously or in cowardice,
[34:54.19]我們必須選擇自己該如何生活：勇敢還是怯懦、
[34:57.61]honorably or dishonorably,
[34:59.52]可敬還是可恥、
[35:01.43]with purpose or in drift.
[35:03.30]胸懷抱負還是隨波逐流。
[35:05.17]We must decide what is important and what is trivial in life.
[35:08.54]我們必須決定，生活中哪些是重要的，哪些是無足輕重的。
[35:11.90]We must also decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.
[35:15.99]我們也必須決定，使我們成功的一是我們所做的事，二是我們所拒絕做的事。
[35:20.08]But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions,
[35:22.87]然而，不管我們選擇和決定對宇宙來說是多么地?zé)o關(guān)緊要，
[35:25.66]these choices and decisions are ours to make.
[35:27.91]這些選擇和決定都必須由我們作出。
[35:30.16]We decide.
[35:31.00]我們決定。
[35:31.85]We choose.
[35:32.98]我們選擇。
[35:34.12]And as we decide and choose,so are our lives formed.
[35:37.14]我們的決定和選擇就形成了我們的生活。
[35:40.16]In the end,forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.
[35:43.04]歸根結(jié)底，塑造我們自己的命運就是雄心壯志的作用所在。
[35:45.92]New Words
[35:46.77]單詞
[35:47.62]acquisitive adj
[35:48.71]貪得無厭的
[35:49.81]attainment n
[35:50.71]實現(xiàn)
[35:51.61]collectivity n
[35:52.51]集體
[35:53.41]courageously adv
[35:54.46]勇敢地，無畏地
[35:55.50]devious adj
[35:56.45]不率直的，不光明正大的
[35:57.41]dishonorably adv
[35:58.25]不光彩地
[35:59.10]distrustful adj
[35:60.00]不信任的，懷疑的
[36:00.90]exaggeration n
[36:01.89]夸張
[36:02.88]extinct adj
[36:03.73]1)滅絕的，絕種的 2)(火山等)不再活躍的，(火等)熄滅了的
[36:04.57]fantasize v
[36:05.42]想像，幻想
[36:06.26]foremost adj
[36:07.22]最重要的，第一流的
[36:08.17]grandeur n
[36:08.87]偉大，壯麗，壯觀
[36:09.58]honorably adv
[36:10.39]應(yīng)享有榮譽地，值得尊敬地
[36:11.20]ignoble adj
[36:12.15]不光彩的，卑鄙的，可恥的
[36:13.10]large-heartedness n
[36:14.29]寬宏大量，仁慈，富于同情心
[36:15.48]lest conj
[36:16.33]惟恐，免得
[36:17.17]neutral adj
[36:17.98]1)中立的，公正的 2)中性的
[36:18.79]profess v
[36:19.64]表明觀點、感情、信仰等
[36:20.48]realm n
[36:21.67]1)王國，國度 2)界，領(lǐng)域，范圍
[36:22.86]secretive adj
[36:24.05]遮遮掩掩的
[36:25.24]selfishness n
[36:26.14]自私
[36:27.04]sham n
[36:28.03]虛假的事物
[36:29.02]significance n
[36:30.11]1)重要性，重大 2)意義，含義
[36:31.21]uncontrollable adj
[36:32.17]不可控制的，控制不住的
[36:33.12]underground adv & adj & n
[36:33.82]1)秘密地，不公開地 2)在地(面)下，往地(面)下 ;1)地(面)下的 2)秘密的，不公開的;1)地鐵 2)地下組織(或運動)
[36:34.52]unworldly adj
[36:35.51]精神的，非物質(zhì)的
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