英語泛讀教程4unit-2-three-days-to-see課文和譯文

1、ThreeThreeDaysDaystotoSeeSeebyHelenKellerHelenKellerblinddeaffrominfancybecameasuccessfullecturerautheducatwiththehelpofherteacher.Inthefollowingessayshediscussedhowpeopleshouldvaluetheirabilitytosee.Allofushavereadthril

2、lingstiesinwhichtheherohadonlyalimitedspecifiedtimetolive.Sometimesitwasaslongasayearsometimesasshtastwentyfourhours.Butalwayswewereinterestedindiscoveringjusthowthedoomedmanchosetospendhislastdayshislasthours.Ispeakofco

3、urseoffreemenwhohaveachoicenotcondemnedcriminalswhosesphereofactivitiesisstrictlydelimited.Suchstiessetusthinkingwonderingwhatweshoulddoundersimilarcircumstances.Whateventswhatexperienceswhatassociationsshouldwecrowdinto

4、thoselasthoursasmtalbeingsWhathappinessshouldwefindinreviewingthepastwhatregretsSometimesIhavethoughtitwouldbeanexcellentruletoliveeachdayasifweshoulddietomrow.Suchanattitudewouldemphasizesharplythevaluesoflife.Weshouldl

5、iveeachdaywithagentlenessavigakeennessofappreciationwhichareoftenlostwhentimestretchesbefeusintheconstantpanamaofmedaysmonthsyearstocome.TherearethoseofcoursewhowouldadopttheEpicureanmottoof“Eatdrinkbemerry”butmostpeople

6、wouldbechastenedbythecertaintyofimpendingdeath.Instiesthedoomedheroisusuallysavedatthelastminutebysomestrokeofftunebutalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.Hebecomesmeappreciativeofthemeaningoflifeitspermanentspiritualva

7、lues.Ithasoftenbeennotedthatthosewholivehavelivedintheshadowofdeathbringamellowsweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.Mostofushowevertakelifefgranted.Weknowthatonedaywemustdiebutusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.Whenweareinbu

8、oyanthealthdeathisallbutunimaginable.Weseldomthinkofit.Thedaysstretchoutinanendlessvista.Sowegoaboutourpettytaskshardlyawareofourlistlessattitudetowardlife.ThesamelethargyIamafraidacterizestheuseofallourfacultiessenses.O

9、nlythedeafappreciatehearingonlytheblindrealizethemanifoldblessingsthatlieinsight.Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewhohavelostsighthearinginadultlife.Butthosewhohaveneversufferedimpairmentofsighthearingseldommak

10、ethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Theireyesearstakeinallsightssoundshazilywithoutconcentrationwithlittleappreciation.Itisthesameoldstyofnotbeinggratefulfwhatwehaveuntilweloseitofnotbeingconsciousofhealthuntilweareill

11、.Ihaveoftenthoughtitwouldbeablessingifeachhumanbeingwerestrickenblinddeaffafewdaysatsometimeduringhisearlyadultlife.Darknesswouldmakehimmeappreciativeofsightsilencewouldteachhimthejoysofsound.NowthenIhavetestedmyseeingfr

12、iendstodiscoverwhattheysee.RecentlyIwasvisitedbyaverygoodfriendwhohadjustreturnedfromalongwalkinthewoodsIaskedherwhatshehadobserved.“Nothinginparticular”shereplied.ImighthaveIdonotknowwhatitistoseeintotheheartofafriendth

13、roughthat“windowofthesoul”theeye.Icanonly“see”throughmyfingertipstheoutlineofaface.Icandetectlaughtersrowmanyotherobviousemotions.Iknowmyfriendsfromthefeeloftheirfaces.ButIcannotreallypicturetheirpersonalitiesbytouch.Ikn

14、owtheirpersonalitiesofcoursethroughothermeansthroughthethoughtstheyexpresstomethroughwhateveroftheiractionsarerevealedtome.ButIamdeniedthatdeeperunderstingofthemwhichIamsurewouldcomethroughsightofthemthroughwatchingtheir

15、reactionstovariousexpressedthoughtscircumstancesthroughnotingtheimmediatefleetingreactionsoftheireyescountenance.FriendswhoareneartomeIknowwellbecausethroughthemonthsyearstheyrevealthemselvestomeinalltheirphasesbutofcaus

16、alfriendsIhaveonlyanincompleteimpressionanimpressiongainedfromahclaspfromspokenwdswhichItakefromtheirlipswithmyfingertipswhichtheytapintothepalmofmyh.Howmucheasierhowmuchmesatisfyingitisfyouwhocanseetograspquicklytheesse

17、ntialqualitiesofanotherpersonbywatchingthesubtletiesofexpressionthequiverofamuscletheflutterofah.ButdoesiteveroccurtoyoutouseyoursighttoseeintotheinnernatureofafriendacquaintanceDonotmostofyouseeingpeoplegraspcasuallythe

18、outwardfeaturesofafaceletitgoatthatFinstancecanyoudescribeaccuratelythefacesoffivegoodfriendsSomeofyoucanbutmanycannot.AsanexperimentIhavequestionedhusbsoflongstingaboutthecoloftheirwiveseyesoftentheyexpressembarrassedco

19、nfusionadmitthattheydonotknow.incidentallyitisachroniccomplaintofwivesthattheirhusbsdonotnoticenewdressesnewhatschangesinhouseholdarrangements.Theeyesofseeingpersonssoonbecomeaccustomedtotheroutineoftheirsurroundingsthey

20、actuallyseeonlythestartlingspectacular.Buteveninviewingthemostspectacularsightstheeyesarelazy.Courtrecdsrevealeverydayhowinaccurately“eyewitnesses”see.Agiveneventwillbe“seen”inseveraldifferentwaysbyasmanywitnesses.Somese

21、emethanothersbutfewseeeverythingthatiswithintherangeoftheirvision.OhthethingsthatIshouldseeifIhadthepowerofsightfjustthreedays!(1634wds)譯文假如我有三天光明假如我有三天光明海倫凱勒海倫凱勒自幼就又盲又聾，在老師的幫助下成為一名成功的講師、作家及教育家。在這篇文章里，海倫凱勒討論了人們應(yīng)該怎樣珍惜自己的視