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我们在旅途中 We Are on a Journey

  

  [美国]亨利·凡·戴克/Henry Van Dyke

  Wherever you are, and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our existence. We are not at rest;we are on a journey. Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something, or losing something, everyday. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing. For the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July. The season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man.

  Everything that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward. The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is just as real as the action of the positive pole. To decline is to accept-the other alternative.

  Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?Yes,-you must be a little nearer to some port or other;for since your ship was first launched upon the sea of life, you have never been still for a single moment;the sea is too deep, you could not find an anchorage if you would;there can be no pause until you come into port.

  不论你身处何地,也不论你是什么人,此刻,以及我们生命中的每时每刻,有一件事对你我来说是相同的:我们不是在休憩,而是在旅途中。我们的生活是一种运动、一种趋势,是向一个看不见的目标稳步前进。每一天,我们都会赢得某些东西,或者失去某些东西。甚至当我们的位置和我们的性格看起来跟以前完全相同时,它们事实上也在变化着,因为仅仅时间的流逝就是一种变化。对于一块荒地来说,在一月和七月是不同的,季节会制造差异。孩子身上的局限可说是孩子气,但在大人身上就是幼稚。

  我们做的每一件事都是朝着一个或另一个方向前进的。甚至“没有做任何事情”这件事本身也是一种行为,它让我们前进或后退;一根磁针阴极的作用和阳极的作用都是一样真实的;拒绝也是一种接受——接受了另一种选择。

  你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了吗?是的——你必须接近某一个港口或者另一个港口。自从你第一次被抛入生活之海,你的船连一分钟都没有静止过;海是如此之深,你也不可能找到一个抛锚的地方。于是,你不可能停下来,直到你驶入港口。

  心灵小语

  不论你身处何地,也不论你是什么人,此刻,以及我们生命中的每时每刻,有一件事对你我来说是相同的:我们不是在休憩,而是在旅途中。

  词汇笔记

  tendency['tend?nsi]n.倾向,趋势,癖好

  Roughly speaking, the market have the tendency to ascend.

  大致来说,市场行情有上升的趋势。

  advance[?d'vɑ:ns]n.前进,进展,上涨

  As warming, termites activities significantly in advance of time.

  由于气候变暖,白蚁活动时间大大提前。

  decline[di'klain]v.婉拒,谢绝

  There are none to decline your nectared wine.

  没人会拒绝你的甘甜美酒。

  launch[l?:nt?]v.发射(导弹、火箭等),发起,发动,使……下水

  The Queen is to launch new warship today.

  今天,女王要主持新军舰下水仪式。

  小试身手

  我们的生活是一种运动、一种趋势,是向一个看不见的目标稳步前进。

  译______________________________

  每一天,我们都会赢得某些东西,或者失去某些东西。

  译______________________________

  我们做的每一件事都是朝着一个或另一个方向前进的。

  译______________________________

  短语家族

  We are not at rest.

  at rest:休息中,处于静止状态

  造______________________________

  The season makes the difference.

  make the difference:区别对待,起(重要)作用,有影响

  造______________________________

  

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