如何保持年轻How to Stay Young
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温特森从小嗜书如命,父母却认为文字会让误入歧途,禁止她看书。她因而早早离开家庭,独立生活。上面选出来的这几段文字里,出现了好些英国文人,显然是 温特森喜爱的作家:邓约翰(John Donne)和马尔佛(Andrew Marvell)都是十七世纪的重要诗人,旦尼生是维多利亚时期桂冠诗人,而马艺芮则是十五世纪作家。
另外温特森还提到一本书,即《无名裘德》(Jude the Obscure)。这本小说是十九世纪英国小说家哈代(Thomas Hardy)所写,描写一位和温特森一样爱读书的乡下男子裘德,一心一意想进大学,却屡遭打击,穷途潦倒,最后走上锞浦?罚?坏饺??昃退懒恕N绿厣??方面以此告诚自己嗜书之危险,一方面也很温和地指出社会对人的限制一「任何人若坚要做某种人或是想要某此东西,我们仍然会给他很微妙的惩罚」。其实,身为 人,本就有诸多烦恼和限制,这或许就是温特森所谓「地心引力的诸般问题」。而唯有想象力,可以让我们不受地心引力的牵制,进入无限。
Herbert Hoover
How to Stay Young
The older I grow, the more I appreciate children. Now, at my 80th birthday, I salute them again. Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are freshest from the hand of God. Whimsical, ingenious, mischievous, they fill the world with joy and good humor. We adults live a life of apprehension as to what they will think of us; a life of defense against their terrifying energy; a life of hard work to live up to their great expectations. We put them to bed with a sense of relief---and greet them in the morning with delight and anticipation. We envy them the freshness of adventure and the discovery of life. In all these ways, children add to the wonder of being alive. In all these ways, they help to keep us young.
~~~ by Herbert Hoover
如何保持年轻
我年事愈长,愈欣赏儿童的优美资质。值此八十贱辰,我再度向他们致敬。儿童乃是人类最健全的部分,极为可爱,因为他们刚来自上帝之手。他们满怀奇想、机 敏、淘气,使这个世界充满快乐与欢欣。我们成年人过着这样的生活:我们担心儿童会对我们有什么样的想法;他们的精力多得吓人,我们须加以防备;我们要努力 工作,以达到他们的期望。打发他们上床以后,我们才觉得放心---早上见到他们,我们又充满喜悦和期待。我们羡慕儿童对于新奇事物的尝试,以及生活方面的 发现。经由这些方式,儿童增加了生活的奇妙。经由这些方式,儿童使我们得以保持年轻。