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I remember some ten years ago when he was made a King's Councel,Amos and I, seeing him get off the London train,went to congratulate him. We grinned with pleasure; he merely looked as miserable as though he'd received a penal sentence. It was the same when he was knighted;he never simled a bit, he didn't even bother to celebrate with a round of drinks at the "Blue Fox".He achievements brought even a ghost of a smile to his tired eyes.

I asked him one day,soon after he'd retired to potter about his garden,what it was like to

全新版大学英语阅读教程2(第二版)2翻译及原文

achieve all one's ambitions.He looked down at his roses and went ib watering them.Then he said "The only value in achieving one's ambition is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving".Quickly he moved the conversation on to a safe discussion on the weather.That was two years ago.

I recall this incident,for yesterday,I was passing his house,and had drawn up my cart just outside his garden wall.I had pulled in from the road for no other reason than to let a bus pass me.As I set there filling my pipe,I suddenly heard a shout of sheer joy come from the other side of the wall.

I peered over.There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a tribal war dance of sheer unashamed ecstasy.Even when he observed my bewildered face staring over the wal he did not seem put out or embarrassed,but shouted for me to climb over.

"Come and see,Jan.Look!I have done it at last!I have done it at last!"

There he was,holding a small box of earth in his hand.I observed three tiny shoots out of it. "And there were only three!"he said,his eyes laughing to heaven.

"Three what?"I asked.

"Peach stones,"he replied."I've always wanted to make peach stones grow,ever since I was a child,when I used to take then home after a party,or as a man after a banquet.And I used to plant them,and then forgot where I planted them.But now at last I have done it,and what's more,I had only three stones,and there you are,one,two,three shoots,"he counted.

And Sir Henry ran off,calling for his wife to come and see his achievemrnt-his achievement of simplicity.

(From Masterpieces of 20-Century English Prose,ed.Tao Jie,Tian Jin people Press,1994.)

5。三种桃核

罗纳德·邓肯

一个人,甚至是有成就和名誉,不是一个孩子一样快乐,幸福是什么与简单性。阅读下面的eassy),看看作者得出这一结论。

观察一个小孩,随便哪个小孩都行。您将看到,一天不通过,他没有找到一些或其他让他高兴,尽管他可能在泪水中接下来的时刻。再看看一个男人;我们中的任何一个人会做的。你将什么可以通过几周和几个月的每一天都是只不过相迎辞职,经历了以礼貌的冷漠。确实,大多数人都跟罪人一样苦恼难受,尽管他们太无聊罪也许他们的冷漠就是他们的罪孽。但它是真正的,他们偶尔笑了,我们会认不出他们的容貌,他们的脸会扭曲是它从我们认为理所当然的固定不变的面具。即使在笑的时候,大人也不会像小孩那样笑,因为一个孩子用眼睛微笑,而大人只用嘴唇。这实际上不是笑,只是咧咧嘴,一些和幽默感有点关系,但跟快乐无关。然后,人人都能发现,人到了一定地步(但谁可以定义,点?)当一个人变成了一个老人,然后他将再次微笑。 看起来,幸福同纯真的有关系,幸福是汲取快乐的能力从最简单的产品——比如一个桃子石头,例如。

很明显,它是与成功无关。因为亨利·斯图亚特爵士当然是个十分成功的人。这是20年前自从他来到我们村从伦敦,买了几ofold别墅,他撞到了一个。他把这所房子当作一个周末的避难所。他是一个律师。和村里的跟着他的辉煌的事业带着一种几近父辈的骄傲。

我记得,大约十年前他被任命为国王的Councel,阿莫斯和我看见他走下伦敦开来的火车便上前去表示祝贺。我们高兴的笑着;而他的表情一样悲惨却跟接到判刑通知书。同时,他被封为爵士,他从不simled一点,他甚至没有费心去庆祝一个轮的饮料在“蓝狐狸酒馆”。他的成就露出一丝笑意,他疲惫的眼睛。

我问他一天,不久之后他就退休,波特关于他的花园,是什么样子的达到所有野心。他低头看着

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他的玫瑰花,走ib给它们浇水。然后他说:“唯一的价值实现的目标是,你会发现他们都不值得实现”。他立刻改变话题讨论一个安全的讨论天气。那是两年前的事了。

我想起这件事情,因为昨天我经过他的家,曾制定我的车在他花园的院墙外边。我从大路把车赶到他没有别的原因,为了给一辆公共汽车递给我。当我坐在车上装烟斗时,忽然听见院墙里面传来一声纯粹的快乐来自于墙的另一边。

我向墙内张望。亨利爵士站在那里什么都不做不到一个部落战争跳舞纯粹的出毫无顾忌的真正的快乐。即使当他发现我的迷惑不解的面孔,他的凝视wal似乎不熄灭,也不感到窘迫,而是大声呼喊叫我爬过墙去。

“来看看,jan看!我已经做了它最后!我已经做了它最后!”

他站在那里,手里拿着一小盒土在他的手。我发现土里有三颗小芽。

"就只有这三个!“他说,他的眼睛笑到天上。

“三个什么东西?“我问。

桃核。“我一直想把桃核成长,从我还是个孩子的时候,那时我常带然后回家后党,或作为一个男人在一个宴会。和我曾经植物,然后忘了我把它们种在什么地方。但现在我终于做到了,更重要的是,我只有三个石头,你就在那里,一个,两个,三个芽,”他数。

亨利爵士跑了起来,叫他的妻子来看他的achievemrnt-his成就的简单性。

(从20世纪的杰作英语散文,艾德。陶杰,天津人民出版社,1994年)。

6.Climbing the Mountain of Success

by Sydny J.Harris

People often compare success achievung to ladder climbing.But the author of this essay thinks that there are more similarities between the ascent to success and mountain climbing .Read and decide which analogy is more appropriate.

It has long struck me that the familiar metaphor of "climbing the ladder" for describling the ascent to success or fulfillment in any field is inapproprite and misleading.There are no ladders that lead to success, although there may be some escalators for those lucky enough to follow in a family's fortunes.

A ladder proceeds vertically,rung by rung, with each rung evenly spaceed, and with the whole apparatus leaning against a relatively flat and even surface. A child can climb a ladder as easily as an adult, and perhaps with a surer footing.

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