Day 10: Is It Delightful to Have Friends Coming From Afar?
Saturday
各位书友,今天我们一起阅读《Walden》219-230页。 Walden is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, and voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance, published in 1854.
Question
Is it delightful to have friends coming from afar?
有朋自远方来,不亦悦乎?
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Key Sentences
重点句子
1. I think that I love society as much as most, and am ready enough to fasten myself like a bloodsucker for the time to any full-blooded man that comes in my way.
我想,我也跟大多数人一样喜爱交际,任何血气旺盛的人来时,我一定像吸血的水蛭似的,紧紧吸住他不放。
2. I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side. In my house we were so near that we could not begin to hear—we could not speak low enough to be heard.
我发现我跟一个住在湖那边的朋友隔湖谈天,简直是一种了不得的奢侈。在我的屋子里,我们太接近,以致一开始听不清话——我们没法说得更轻,好使大家都听清。
3. If we would enjoy the most intimate society with that in each of us which is without, or above, being spoken to, we must not only be silent, but commonly so far apart bodily that we cannot possibly hear each other's voice in any case.
如果我们中间,每一个都有一些不可以言传,只可以意会的话语,若要最亲呢地享受我们的交流,我们光是沉默一下还不够,还得两个身体距离得远一点,要在任何情况下都几乎听不见彼此的声音才行。
4. The noblest mind the best contentment has.
最高贵的心灵,最能知足自满。
5. Rest is their feast, and all things at their will.
休息好比宴席,一切听其自然。
Key Words
重点词汇
noble
adj.高贵的;宏伟的;高尚的
n.贵族
These few words fully revealed her noble quality.
这寥寥数语充分显示了她的高贵品质。
luxury
n.奢侈品;奢侈;豪华
luxury brand management 奢侈品管理专业
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companion
n.同伴;志趣相投的人;成对物品之一;参考书
v.陪伴
He is a good companion on the journey.
他是个好旅伴。
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magnificent
adj.壮丽的;宏伟的;极好的
The magnificent sights collect a jolly crowd.
壮丽的景色引来欢乐的人群。
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standard
n.标准;规格;水准;军旗
adj.标准的;普通的;规范的;权威的
There is no absolute standard for beauty.
美是没有绝对的标准的。
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—共读书籍简介—
《瓦尔登湖》是美国作家梭罗独居瓦尔登湖畔的记录,描绘了他两年多时间里的所见、所闻和所思,记录了他在简单生活中深入思考与重塑自我的心路历程。文笔宁静恬淡,不流于表浅,而是有着博物学家的精确,引人深思。该书崇尚简朴生活,彰显大自然的风光,语言生动,意境深邃。出版于1854年。
