外国随笔文学作品赏析

外国随笔文学作品赏析

　　假如【1】

　　If you can keep your head when all about you

　　假如你能保持冷静，即使众人

　　Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

　　都失去理智并且归咎于你，

　　If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

　　假如你能保持自信，即使众人

　　But make allowance for their doubting too;

　　都怀疑你，让所有的怀疑动摇;

　　If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

　　假如你能等待而不因此厌烦，

　　Or, being lied about,don't deal in lies,

　　别人骗你，不要因此骗人，

　　Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,

　　别人憎恨你，也不去憎恨别人，

　　And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

　　不要太乐观，不要自以为是;

　　If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

　　假如你能寻梦——而不为梦想主宰;

　　If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

　　假如你能思考——而不以思索为目标;

　　If you can meet with triumph and disaster

　　假如你能面对成败祸福

　　And treat those two impostors just the same;

　　而同样视之如骗徒;

　　If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

　　假如你听到你的老实话被小人歪曲

　　Twiseted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

　　去蒙骗愚蠢之辈而尚能心平气和，

　　Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,

　　或者见到你毕生的亊业被毀，

　　And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

　　而尚能执起破旧的工具去着手重建;

　　If you can make one heap of all your winnings

　　如果在你赢得无数桂冠之后，

　　And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

　　然后孤注一掷再搏一次，

　　And lose, and start again at your beginnings

　　失败过后，东山再起，

　　And never breathe a word about your loss;

　　不要抱怨你的失败;

　　If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

　　假如你能驱使你的心力和精神

　　To serve your turn long after they are gone,

　　在别人走后，长久地坚守阵地，

　　And so hold on when there is nothin in you

　　让你抓牢，尽管你里面己掏空了

　　Except the Will which says to them:"Hold on!";

　　只有意志告诉它们“坚持!”

　　If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

　　假如你能与市井之徒交谈而不失于礼，

　　Or walk with Kings -nor lose the common touch;

　　出入于贵胄之家而不忘苍生黎民，

　　If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

　　假如你能尊重人人而不膜拜何人，

　　If all men count with you, but none too much;

　　既不受制于仇敌亦不受制于亲朋;

　　If you can fill the unforgiving minute

　　假如你能以六十秒长跑去填满

　　With sixty second' worth of distance run -

　　不可饶恕的一分钟

　　Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

　　这个世界的一切都是你的，

　　And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

　　更重要的是——孩子——你是个顶天立地的人!

　　看不见的笑容【2】

　　Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his ball bullet gun.

　　道森先生是个坏脾气的老头儿，这镇上的每个人都知道。小孩们知道不能到他的院子里摘美味的苹果，甚至掉在地上的也不能捡，因为据他们说，老道森会端着他的弹丸和打猎的枪跟在你后面追。

　　One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house, but as they got close Janet saw him sitting on his front porchand suggested they cross over to the other side of the street. Like most of the children, she was scared of the old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.

　　一个周五，12岁的珍妮特要陪她的朋友艾米过夜。她们去艾米家的途中得路过道森先生的房子。当她们离道森家越来越近时，珍妮特看见道森先生坐在前廊，于是她建议她们过马路从街的另一边走。跟大多数孩子一样，珍妮特听过他的故事，对他很是害怕。

　　Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usualfrown, but when he saw it was Amy, a broad smile changed his entire face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.”

　　艾米说别担心，道森先生不会伤害任何人。但每向前走一步，离老人的房子越近，珍妮特就越紧张。当她们走到房子那儿，道森抬起了头，一如既往地皱着他的眉头。但当他看到是艾米，一个灿烂的笑容让他整个表情都变了，他说：“你好，艾米小姐，我看见今天有位小朋友陪你。”

　　Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town.

　　艾米也对他微笑，告诉他珍妮特会陪她过夜，她们要一起听音乐玩游戏。道森告诉她们这听上去很有趣，给她们每人一个从他的树上刚摘下来的苹果。她们很高兴地接受了，因为道森的苹果是镇上最棒的。

　　When they got out of Dawson?on earshot, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. How come was he so nice to us?”

　　走到道森听不到的地方，珍妮特问艾米：“每个人都说他是镇上最不好打交道的人，但他为什么对我们这么好呢?”

　　Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her.

　　艾米说当她第一次路过他家时，他不是很友好，这让她害怕。但她假装他有着看不见的微笑，所以她总对他回之以微笑。终于过了一段时间，有一天，他也对她露出了一点笑容。

　　After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her. Just a“hello”at first, then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.

　　再过了些日子，他开始真正地对她笑了，并开始和艾米说话。开始只是打个招呼，后来越来越多。她说他现在总给她苹果，总是很友善。

　　“An invisible smile?”questioned Janet.

　　“看不见的笑容?”珍妮特问。

　　“Yes,”answered Amy, “my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, that sooner or later he would really smile. Grandma says smiles are contagious.”

　　“是的，”艾米回答道。“我奶奶告诉我如果我假装不害怕，假装他有着看不见的笑容，我对他微笑，总有一天他会真正微笑起来。奶奶说笑容是可以互相感染的。”

　　If we remember what Amy’s grandma said, that everyone wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most people can’t resist our smile after a while.

　　如果我们记住艾米奶奶说的，每个人都有着看不见的笑容，我们会发现大多数人在一段时间后是无法抗拒我们的微笑的。

　　We’re always on the go trying to accomplish so much, aren’s we? Getting groceries, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn - there’s always something. It’s so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time, let’s make sure that we’ve not the one that others have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.

　　我们总是忙着去尽量完成更多的事，不是吗?买东西，打扫屋子，割院子里的草，总有些什么事。

　　这就使我们很容易在日常生活中忘记：给自己和别人带来快乐是多么简单的事情。绽放微笑花费的精力与时间很少，让我们确保自己不会成为这样的人，别人总得假装我们有看不见的笑容。

　　感悟幸福【3】

　　We should not hesitate too much during the first half of our lives, while we should not regret at what we’ve done during the other half.

　　We should seize every opportunity to find a way out in our lives, for it goes off swiftly. We should say something urgent slowly, something serious clearly, something small humorously and something unsure cautiously.

　　We should never say something that did not happen, something that you cannot do, something that does harm to others, and something that is disgusting.

　　We should tell others our happiness in specific occasions and should not tell anyone our unhappiness. Do not easily say something about others. We should follow our own heart and interest, and fulfill what we should do instead of merely paying lip service and looking forward to the future.

　　人的上半生：要不犹豫;人的下半生：要不后悔;活在当下，把握每次的机会，因为机会稍纵即逝，为自己的生命找到出路!急事，慢慢的说;大事，清楚的说;小事，幽默的说;没把握的事，谨慎的说;没发生的事，不要胡说;做不到的事，别乱说;伤害人的事，不能说;讨厌的事，对事不对人的说;开心的事，看埸合说;伤心的事，不要见人就说;别人的事，小心的说;自己的事，听听自己的心怎么说;现在的事，做了再说;未来的事，未来再说。

　　Everyone is craving for a happy life, but owning wealth does not necessarily mean owning happiness. To truly reach happiness, we need to know how to get on with others. So we need to understand the core of happiness and achieve what we desire.