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英语专八翻译练习:敞开的笼子

原文:

敞开的笼子

这两只鸟儿原先都是野生的,我在鸟市上买了它们,我把它们请到笼子里。它们的愤怒是显而易见的,不太爱吃东西,也不叫,只是在笼子里不停地飞,冲撞着笼子。

一年以后,它们对这个人工环境已经习惯,它们在笼子里歌唱着.显得很高兴。每天早晨六点钟,就能听见它们的歌声,它们用歌声叫醒我,和我的全家。

有一天,单位里的同事告诉我,这种鸟儿还可以放到笼子外来养,它们不会离开笼子很远,到了晚上,会自己回到笼里。回到家我打开笼子,看见那两只鸟儿并不往外飞,它们围着笼门飞来飞去,跳跃着,好像在试探这敞开是不是真实,或者在考虑这是不是一个更大的危险。

当它们最终确认,这确实是一种自由时,才小心翼翼地从笼子里蹦了出来。然而它们却没有飞远,我发现,这鸟好像已经不太会飞,它们飞的高度不超过一尺。它们更擅长的是蹦,它们的翅磅不过是在帮助它们蹦得远一些,离开笼子不久,它们就又回到笼子上。它们站在笼顶上,抬起翅膀啄着羽毛,它们的自由和不自由,原来不过是几厘米的距离。

还没有等到傍晚,它们就又自愿回到笼子了,它们在笼子里吃着食,喝着水,互相啄着羽毛.快乐地嬉戏着。它们对那个敞开的笼门看也不看,在这个有吃、有喝、有快乐的环境里,敞开的笼门又算得了什么呢?

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The wide open cage

The two birds were originally wild. I bought them on the market and invited them into the cage. Their rage was obvious---they had no appetite and did not chirp at all , just flapping their wings and trying to rush out of the cage.

A year latter, having accustomed to the artificial environment, they sang happliy in the cage. Their singing could be heard at 6 o'clock every morning,which woke me and my family up.

One day, my colleague told me that this kind of birds could be kept outside of the cage and they would not leave far away. He said they would come back into the cage by themselves in the evening. I opened the cage when I was back home ,but the birds didn't fly out immediately. They flew back and forth near the door of the cage and jumped as if to make sure whether it was true ,or to find out if it was a bigger danger.

Only when they confirmed finally that they were really free, did they jump out with care. However,they didn't fly far away. I found that the birds seems to have almost lost their ability to fly. They flew only within the height of one chi. What they were better at was jumping. Their wings only helped them jump a litte farther. They would return to the cage soon after they left it. Standing on the top of the cage ,they pecked their feathers with their wings unfolded. For them ,the distance between freedom and constraint was actually only a few sentimeters

They came back into the cage voluntarily even before the evening. They ate

and drank in the cage, pecked feather for each other and froliced happily, without a look at the wild open door. Compared with the food ,drink and cosy environment, the wide open door is meaningless to them.

英语专八翻译模拟练习:论平静的心境

原文:

"On my head pour only the sweet waters of serenity. Give me the gift of the Untroubled Mind."

Once, as a young man full of exuberant fancy, I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged “goods” of life. As other men sometimes tabulate lists of properties they own or would like to own, I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, beauty, talent, power, riches, and fame—together with several minor ingredients of what I considered man’s perfect portion.

When my inventory was completed I proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the mentor and spiritual model of my youth. Perhaps I was trying to impress him with my precocious wisdom and the large universality of my interests. Anyway, I handed him the list. “This,” I told him confidently, “is the sum of mortal goods. Could a man possess them all, he would be as a god.”

A t the corners of my friend’s old eyes, I saw wrinkles of amusement gathering in a patient net. “An excellent list,” he said, pondering it thoughtfully. “Well digested in content and set down in not-unreasonable order. But it appears, my young friend, that you have omitted the most important element of all. You have forgotten the one ingredient lacking which each possession becomes a hideous torment, and your list as a whole an intolerable bu rden.” “And what,” I asked, peppering my voice with truculence, “is that missing ingredient?”

With a pencil stub he crossed out my entire schedule. Then, having demolished my adolescent dream structure at a single stroke, he wrote down three syllables: peace of mind.

“This is the gift that God reserves for His special protégés,” he said. “Talent and beauty He gives to many. Wealth is commonplace, fame not rare. But peace of mind—that is His final guerdon of approval, the fondest sign of His love. He bestows it charily. Most men are never blessed with it; others wait all their lives—yes, far into advanced age—for this gift to descend upon them.”

译文:

论平静的心境

“仅把平静的甘露撒于我顶。赐予我安宁的心境。”

当我还是一个富于幻想的青年时,我曾试图把生活之中公认的“幸福”一一列出来。就像一些人有时把自己拥有的或者想要拥有的东西列成表单,我把世人最想得到的事物列成清单:健康,爱情,美丽,才能,权利。

当清单完成以后,我不无骄傲地把它拿给一位睿智的老者看。他是我年少时的导师与精神楷模。或许,我想用我早熟的智慧与广博的兴趣给他留下深刻的印象。总之,我把列表递到了他手里。我满是自信地说,“这是人类幸福的总和。如果一个人能拥有这些,他便如神仙那般了。”

我看到好友衰老的眼角,愉悦的皱纹耐心地结成网状。“这是一份出色的表格”他满是思考地说,“分类良好,顺序合理。但是,我年轻的朋友,你把最重要的东西给漏掉了。没有了它,其他的所得便成了一种恐怖的折磨,你的整个列表也就成为难以忍受的负担。”

“那么,我漏掉了什么?”我有点不服气的问到。他用铅笔头划掉了我的整个表格,一笔粉碎了我年轻的梦想,然后写下三个单词:平静的心境。

“这是上帝为他特殊子民所保留的礼物”,他说“才能与美丽,他赐给了许多人。财富也普通平凡,名望也不稀有。只有平静的心境,是他给予的最终奖赏,是他最钟情的爱的像征。他小心翼翼的给予,大部分人无福享受,有些人则等了一生------是的,直到老年,才等到这份赐予降临。

原文:

历史的道路,不全是平坦的,有时走到艰难险阻的境界,这是全靠雄健的精神才能够冲过去的。

一条浩浩荡荡的长江大河,有时流到很宽阔的境界,平原无际,一泻万里。有时流到很逼狭的境界,两岸丛山叠岭,绝壁断崖,江河流于其间,回环曲折,极其险峻。民族生命的进程,其经历亦复如是。

人类在历史上的生活正如旅行一样。旅途上的征人所经过的地方,有时是坦荡平原,有时是崎岖险路。老于旅途的人,走到平坦的地方,固是高高兴兴地向前走,走到崎岖的境界,愈是奇趣横生,觉得在此奇绝壮绝的境界,愈能感到一种冒险的美趣。

中华民族现在所逢的史路,是一段崎岖险阻的道路。在这一段道路上,实在亦有一种奇绝壮绝的景致,使我们经过这段道路的人,感到一种壮美的趣味。但这种壮美的趣味,没有雄健的精神是不能够感觉到的。

我们的扬子江、黄河,可以代表我们的民族精神,扬子江及黄河遇见沙漠、遇见山峡都是浩浩荡荡地往前流过去,以成其浊流滚滚、一泻万里的魄势。目前的艰难境界,哪能阻抑我们民族生命的前进?我们应该拿出雄健的精神,高唱着进行的曲调,在这悲壮歌声中,走过这崎岖险阻的道路。要知在艰难的国运中建造国家,亦是人生最有趣味的事。

参考译文:

National Crisis vs Heroic Nation

The course of history is never smooth. It is sometimes beset with difficulties and obstacles and nothing short of a heroic spirit can help surmount them.

A mighty long river sometimes flows through a broad section with plains lying boundless on either side, its waters rolling on non-stop for thousands upon thousands of miles. Sometimes it comes up against a narrow section flanked by

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The historical course of man’s life is just like a journey. A traveler on a long journey passes through now a broad, level plain, now a rugged, hazardous road. While a determined traveler cheerfully continues his journey upon reaching a safe and smooth place, he finds it still more fascinating to come to a rugged place, the enormously magnificent spectacle of which, he feels, is better able to generate in him a wonderful sensation of adventure.

The Chinese nation is now confronted with a rugged and dangerous section of its historical course. Nevertheless, there is also in this section a spectacle of enormous magnificence that inspires in us passers-by a delightful sensation of splendor. And this delightful sensation, however, can only be shared by those with a heroic spirit.

The Yangtse River and the yellow river are both symbolic of our national spirit. The two mighty rivers negotiate deserts and gorges until their turbid torrents surge forward with irresistible force. The present national crisis can never obstruct the advance of our national life. Let us brace up our spirits and march through this rugged, dangerous road to the tune of our solemn, stirring songs. The greatest joy of life, mind you, is to build up our country during its most difficult days.

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