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1705008060 ● yes=moreover,in addition。前面所说固然不错,我们还可以更进一步地说。
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1705008062 ● to begin by assuming it:做人一开头就假定人生的寂寞,不要自骗自,这样更好。begin by+gerund是成语:以某事开始,如He began by scolding us, saying…(他对我们说话是以责骂开头的;他一开头就责骂我们,说道……)。
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1705008064 ● we will这里的will没有意志作用,只是表示将来。假如我们念念不忘人生的寂寞,无疑我们将要头晕眼花(giddy),支持为难。
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1705008066 Naturally. How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity. An early wallflower panic still clings to the word. One will be left, one fears, sitting in a straight-backed chair alone, while the popular girls are already chosen and spinning around the dance floor with their hot-palmed partners.
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1705008068 ● Naturally:这是本文作者附和Rilke的话。Rilke刚用过Naturally这个字(原文是德文),这里接着用一个。人领悟到人生的寂寞之后,当然是要头晕眼花的。
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1705008070 ● How one avoids it:it可能是代替上一句to think of oneself as alone。这两句以How开头,都是不完全句子。
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1705008072 ● imply:含有……之意。我们怕寂寞,因为寂寞含有不见容于人(rejection),或不受欢迎(unpopularity)之意。
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1705008074 ● early:早期所养成的。panic:恐慌心理。wallflower:舞会中无人邀舞的女子。西洋女子视舞会为正式社交场合,假如众人皆舞,我独向隅,这个味道是不好受的。她们很早就有这种心理,这种心理也就附着于(clings to)这个字上。the word:什么字?可能是alone;较好的是solitude。
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1705008076 ● one fears:是插入语句。怕的是什么呢?作者更具体的描写舞会中受冷落的情形。这样的寂寞确实可怕,但是人生的基本寂寞(basic state of solitude)和舞会里的寂寞不同。舞会里的寂寞只是rejection,unpopularity而已。leave这个字用处很大,前面刚刚见过take or leave。leave也有“不加理睬”之意,leave me alone(不要来惹我)是成语。这句话的结构,还是从这个成语脱胎而出:One will be left…alone。
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1705008078 ● straight-backed chair:靠背笔直的,强调不舒服的情形。人家跳舞,我在沙发上躺一回,也蛮舒服,偏偏坐在硬椅子上。
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1705008080 ● popular是受人欢迎,人见人爱。chosen:这句连用两个被动式动词:will be left和are already chosen。主语不明,用被动式较妥。spinning:蝴蝶穿花似地转。这个动词很生动,目的也无非强调做wallflower的可怕。hot-palmed:掌心是热的。这个形容词也很生动。自己没有下场子跳,但是不难想象别人相依相偎的亲热情形。美国女人很早就有怕寂寞的心理,所以要逃避寂寞。
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1705008082 We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still the radio or television to fill up the void. Women, who used to complain of loneliness, need never be alone any more. We can do our housework with soap-opera heroes at our side. Even day-dreaming was more creative than this; it demanded something of oneself and it fed the inner life. Now instead of planting our solitude with our dream blossoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter and companionship to which we do not even listen. It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take its place. We must relearn to be alone.
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1705008084 ● alone是形容词, 不可以做of的宾语,一定要加一个being。frightened of being alone:我们畏惧寂寞。never let it happen:不让寂寞发生。想尽办法,消除寂寞。
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1705008086 ● fail:失败;不能帮我们消除寂寞。fill up the void:填补空虚。
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1705008088 ● need never be alone:need用于否定句中,后面通常不用to。alone要和be连接着用,前面已经说过了。
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1705008090 ● soap-opera:低级广播剧(所以得名,恐怕是由于替肥皂公司做广告而起)。at our side:一面做家务工作,一面听收音机(或看电视),广播剧中的人物就在我们身旁,我们毋庸忧惧寂寞了。
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1705008092 ● 这种消遣方法,本文作者是反对的。她认为听低级广播剧的时候,脑筋只是消极地接受,不能积极地创造。
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1705008094 ● day-dreaming:白日梦。过去家里没有收音机,我们无聊的时候,只好胡思乱想。作者认为这样做白日梦反而多一点创造性。was more creative:注意时态。这是在收音机尚未普及之时。前面有一句who used to complain也用的是过去式。过去是那样,现在是这样。
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1705008096 ● it demanded something of oneself,做白日梦还需要自己动用脑筋。它向自己要求些什么。demand和of是连用的,例如:He demanded a dollar of me。fed:喂饲,滋养。做白日梦也可使精神生活内容更为充实。使精神生活内容充实,作者在下一句换了一种说法:在我们的寂寞(的土地)上,种上梦想的花朵。
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1705008098 ● the space:这块空地(即无聊的时候)。choke:窒息。扼杀这块地皮的生机。我们非但不去(instead of)种花以培养生机,反而扼杀之。continuous music, chatter and companiomhip:作者用这几个字代替广播或电视的节目——不断的音乐,不断的聊天,不断的有人跟你作伴。
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1705008100 ● 我们虽说是在听广播,其实也并不聚精会神地听。空闲的时候,本来可以用以思想的,现在让广播节目占据住了,这些节目我们其实也不好好地听的。
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1705008102 ● It is simply there中的It代替continuous music等等。fill the vacuum:填补空虚。
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1705008104 ● 人的奇思妙想,可以说是内心的音乐。但是近代人只倚赖外面的杂声,以填补精神的空虚。外面的杂声停止之时,我们内心没有音乐去取代杂声的地位。
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1705008106 ● 如何应付寂寞,也成了一种学问。古人是知道的,今人必须重新学习,如何在寂寞之中,充实内心生活。
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1705008108 It is a difficult lesson to learn today—to leave one’s friends and family and deliberately practice the art of solitude for an hour or day or a week. I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.
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