大学英语六级晨读菁华（英汉对照珍藏版）pdf/doc/txt格式电子书下载

书名：大学英语六级晨读菁华（英汉对照珍藏版）pdf/doc/txt格式电子书下载

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作者：闫琛著

出版社：外语教学与研究出版社

出版时间：2014-03-01

书籍编号：30205056

ISBN：9787513540513

正文语种：中英对照

字数：54571

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所属分类：外语学习-大学/研究生英语

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01 Two Truths to Live by
人生的两条真理

By Alexander M．Schindler

The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go．For life is a paradox：it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains（注定）their eventual relinquishment．The rabbis of old put it this way：“A man comes to this world with his fist clenched，but when he dies，his hand is open．”

Surely we ought to hold fast to life，for it is wondrous（绝妙的），and full of a beauty that breaks through every pore of God\'s own earth．We know that this is so，but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more…

…Here then is the first pole of life\'s paradoxical¹ demands on us：Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life．Be reverent before each dawning day．Embrace each hour．Seize each golden minute．

Hold fast to life…but not so fast that you cannot let go．This is the second side of life\'s coin，the opposite pole of its paradox：We must accept our losses，and learn how to let go…

人生的艺术是知道什么时候应该坚持，什么时候应该放弃。因为人生是矛盾的，它让我们抓住它的诸多恩赐而最终又让我们放弃它们。夫子有云：“一个人来到这个世界的时候是攥着拳头的，但是当他死去的时候，手却是松开的。”

我们当然应该牢牢抓住人生，因为人生是美妙的，它的美遍布这片神圣土地的每一个角落。我们都知道这个道理，但是往往只有在回顾往昔时我们才会意识到曾经的美丽，只可惜为时已晚，这种美已经不复存在……

……人生对我们提出的要求是矛盾的，其第一个方面是：永远不要因为太忙碌而忽视人生的美妙与庄严。虔诚地迎接每个黎明的到来，珍惜每一个小时，抓住宝贵的分分秒秒。

要抓住人生……但又不能抓得太紧而无法放手。这是人生的另一面，也是矛盾的另一端：我们必须接受要失去一些东西的现实，学会如何放手……

…At every stage of life we sustain losses—and grow in the process．We begin our independent lives only when we emerge from the womb（子宫）and lose its protective shelter．We enter a progression of schools，then we leave our mothers and fathers and our childhood homes．We get married and have children and then have to let them go．We face the gradual or not so gradual waning of our own strength．And ultimately²，as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests，we must con-front the inevitability of our own demise，losing ourselves，as it were，all that we were or dreamed to be．

But why should we be reconciled³ to life\'s contradictory demands？Why fashion things of beauty when beauty is evanescent？Why give our heart in love when those we love will ultimately be torn from our grasp？

In order to resolve this paradox，we must seek a wider perspective，viewing our lives as through windows that open on eternity⁴．Once we do that，we realize that though our lives are finite，our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern．

Life is never just being．It is a becoming，a relentless flowing on．Our parents live on through us，and we will live on through our children．The institutions we build endure，and we will endure through them．The beauty we fashion cannot be dimmed by death．Our flesh may perish，our hands will wither，but that which they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come…

……在人生的每一个阶段我们都要承受失去，也因此成长起来。我们呱呱坠地，失去母体的保护之后，才能开始独立生活。我们踏上求学之路，便离开自己的父母和故乡。我们结婚生子，等孩子长大后，又只能看着他们离去。我们还要面对自己逐渐的或突然的衰老。最终，就像那个关于攥拳和松手的寓言所示，我们必须直面不可抗拒的死亡，失去自我，失去我们曾经拥有的或梦想拥有的一切。

但是我们为什么要屈服于人生中自相矛盾的要求呢？为什么明知美转瞬即逝却还要去创造美的东西呢？为什么明知我们所爱的最终都会逝去却还要用心去爱呢？

要解决这个矛盾，我们必须找到一个更为广阔的视角，像透过通向永恒的窗户那样来审视人生。一旦这样看人生，我们就会意识到虽然生命有限，但是我们于世间的行为却能创造永恒。

人生绝不是静止的存在。它是不断变化、永不停息的奔流。父母的生命在我们身上得以延续，而我们的生命在我们孩子的身上延续。我们所建立的社会制度会保留下来，而我们的生命也将与之长存。我们创造的美不会因为我们的死亡而黯淡。我们的肉体会消亡，我们的双手会枯萎，但是它们创造的美、善、真会长存于世……

词汇点津
大纲核心词汇
1．paradoxical/ˌpærəˈdɒksɪkəl/adj．
自相矛盾的；似是而非的；反常的
例句She found herself in a curiously paradoxical situation．她发现自己身处一种十分奇怪的矛盾处境。
2．ultimately/ˈʌltɪmɪtli/adv．最终；终于
例句Ultimately，the decision rests with the child\'s parents．最终，决定权是在这孩子的父母身上。
3．reconcile/ˈrekənsaɪl/v．使接受；使和解；调停
搭配reconcile sb．to sth．使接受
例句Why won\'t you be reconciled with your boyfriend？你为什么不愿意和你男朋友和好呢？
4．eternity/ɪˈtɜːnɪti/n．永恒；不朽
例句The cause of the crash will continue to be a mystery for all eternity．事故的原因将永远是个谜。
超纲词汇
enjoin/ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/v．命令
relinquishment/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃmənt/n．放弃
clench/klentʃ/v．紧握pore/pɔː/n．毛孔
awe/ɔː/n．敬畏
wane/weɪn/v．衰减
parable/ˈpærəbəl/n．寓言
evanescent/ˌiːvəˈnesnt/adj．瞬间即逝的
wither/ˈwɪðə/v．枯萎
难句解析
And ultimately，as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests，we must confront the inevitability of our own demise，losing ourselves，as it were，all that we were or dreamed to be．
该句主干为we must confront the inevitability of our own demise。as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests为状语从句，as表示“正如”。losing ourselves为伴随状语，是伴随着“我们不可抗拒的死亡”（the inevitability of our own demise）一起发生的。后面的as it were意为“可以这么说”，all that we were or dreamed to be形容ourselves，表明无论是曾经拥有的还是梦想拥有的一切，都会随着躯体的死亡而消散。
佳句赏析
1．This is the second side of life\'s coin，the opposite pole of its paradox：We must accept our losses，and learn how to let go…
该句运用了暗喻的手法，将人生的矛盾喻为硬币的两面。每个硬币都有两面，就如每件事情都有两面一样，比喻恰到好处，使读者更容易理解。
2．Our flesh may perish，our hands will wither，but that which they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come…
本句意义深刻，告诉我们尽管衰老是无可避免的，但我们创造的价值是永恒的。两者之间形成鲜明对比，措辞精美，回味无穷。
开怀一笑
Johnny failed the exam．His friend asked，“Why did you get such a low grade？”“Because of an absence，”Johnny answered．“You mean you were absent on the day of the test？”

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