【正文】 ilure might also like to know that failure has motivated some famous people to work even harder to succeed.那些失敗了卻仍不肯放棄的頑固派也許會(huì)樂于知道，某些名人曾經(jīng)如何越挫越勇，直至成功。 Curiously enough, it is those who fail that reap the greatest reward: freedom!奇怪的是，收獲最大的恰恰是失敗者。 He ended up in jail after refusing to pay, and even worse, was permanently expelled from the wider circle of public favor.他由于拒交罰款最終還被送進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。s mother, asserting that she had damaged his good name.他聽了她的話以后大為光火，起訴了這個(gè)年輕人的母親，聲稱她毀了自己的“好”名聲。王爾德，他在社交行為和性行為方面以我行我素而聞名于世。 One drop of fame will likely 29contaminate/29 the entire well of a man39。騙局很快會(huì)被揭穿，過多的關(guān)注帶來的壓力會(huì)讓大多數(shù)人難以承受。 The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and 24moviemakers/24 like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou.同樣，像莫奈、雷諾阿、達(dá)利這樣的畫家，希區(qū)柯克、費(fèi)里尼、斯皮爾伯格、陳凱歌或張藝謀這樣的電影制作人也是如此。 styles—a Tennessee Williams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or . Eliot—are easily recognizable.知名作家的文風(fēng)一眼就能看出來，如田納西 Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, run a significant risk of losing the audience39。 Most would be hardpressed to tell you how they even got there.他們究竟是怎么成功的，大多數(shù)人也都說不上來。s imperial glory is not easily resisted.享受成功的無上光榮，這種誘惑不是能輕易抵擋的。t quit your day job! is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.對(duì)一名正努力追求成功并剛剛嶄露頭角的藝術(shù)家，其親朋常常會(huì)建議“正經(jīng)的飯碗不能丟！”他們的擔(dān)心不無道理。新視野大學(xué)英語(第二版)第四冊(cè)讀寫教程課文翻譯.An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.藝術(shù)家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了繼續(xù)追逐不知還能做些什么。 The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt.追求出人頭地，最樂觀地說也困難重重，許多人到最后即使不是窮困潦倒，也是幾近精神崩潰。 Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of exploiting their talent for singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc.成名者之所以成名，大多是因?yàn)榘l(fā)揮了自己在歌唱、舞蹈、繪畫或?qū)懽鞯确矫娴奶亻L，并能形成自己的風(fēng)格。 Artists cannot remain idle, though.盡管如此，藝術(shù)家仍然不能閑下來。s favor.有些藝術(shù)家為了不落伍，會(huì)對(duì)他們的寫作、跳舞或唱歌的風(fēng)格稍加變動(dòng)，但這將冒極大的失寵的危險(xiǎn)。威廉斯的戲劇、歐內(nèi)斯特 Their distinct styles marked a significant change in form from others and gained them fame and fortune.他們鮮明獨(dú)特的藝術(shù)風(fēng)格標(biāo)志著與別人不同的藝術(shù)形式上的重大變革，這讓他們名利雙收、 However, they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.但也讓他們付出了代價(jià)，那就是失去了用其他風(fēng)格或形式表現(xiàn)自我的自由。 It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be.它讓你失去自我。s soul, and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing.一滴名氣之水有可能玷污人的心靈這一整口井，因此一個(gè)藝術(shù)家若能保持真我，會(huì)格外讓人驚嘆。雖然他的行為遭到公眾的反對(duì)，卻依然故我，他也因此付出了慘痛的代價(jià)。 He should have hired a better attorney, though.但是，他真該請(qǐng)一個(gè)更好的律師。更糟糕的是，他再也無法獲得更多公眾的寵愛。他們收獲了自由！ They enjoy the freedom to express themselves in unique and original ways without fear of losing the support of fans.他們可以自由地表達(dá)，獨(dú)辟蹊徑，不落窠臼，不用擔(dān)心失去崇拜者的支持。 Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel emLook Homeward, Angel/em rejected 39 times before it was finally published.美國小說家托馬斯 Thomas Edison was thrown out o school in the fourth grade, because he seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.托馬斯 But alas, you may find that it was not what you wanted.但是，遺憾的是，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這不是你想得到的。 Try to do work that you can be proud of.做那些你為之感到驕傲的事情。 He wore his mother39。s childhood.狄更斯或許能創(chuàng)作出查理 Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 when he journeyed to America with a group of performers to do his edy act on the stage, where talent 6scouts/6 recruited him to work for Mack Sennett, the king of Hollywood edy films.在1913年，卓別林永久地離開了英國，與一些演員一起啟程到美國進(jìn)行舞臺(tái)喜劇表演。s Tramp a bit, well, crude. 令人遺憾的是，20世紀(jì)二、三十年代的很多英國人認(rèn)為卓別林的“流浪漢”多少有點(diǎn)“粗俗”。 All the same, Chaplin39。t sport tiny moustaches, huge pants or tail coats: European leaders and Italian waiters wore things like that. 英國流浪者并不留小胡子，也不穿肥大的褲子或燕尾服：歐洲的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人和意大利的侍者才那樣穿戴。t it? 另外，“流浪漢”瞟著漂亮女孩的眼神也有些粗俗，被英國觀眾認(rèn)為不太正派──只有外國人才那樣，不是嗎？ But for over half of his screen career, Chaplin had no screen voice to confirm his British nationality.而在卓別林大半的銀幕生涯中，銀幕上的他是不出聲的，也就無從證明他是英國人。 He later said he imagined the Tramp to be a collegeeducated gentleman who39。s doubtful if he would have achieved world fame. 但假如他在早期那些短小的喜劇電影中能操一口受教育人的口音，那么他是否會(huì)聞名世界就難說了， And the English would have been sure to find it odd. No one was certain whether Chaplin did it on purpose but this helped to bring about his huge success.而英國人也肯定會(huì)覺得這很“古怪”。 He already had the urge to explore and extend a talent he discovered in himself as he went along. 在事業(yè)發(fā)展之初，他就感到一種沖動(dòng)要去發(fā)掘并擴(kuò)展自己身上所顯露的天才。 Chaplin didn39。 Lifeless objects especially helped Chaplin make contact with himself as an artist. 沒有生命的物體特別有助于卓別林發(fā)揮自己藝術(shù)家的天賦。 This physical transformation, plus the skill with which he executed it again and again, is surely the secret of Chaplin39。 Yet even this painfullybought selfknowledge found its way into his ic creations. 然而即使是這種以沉重代價(jià)換來的自知之明也在他的喜劇創(chuàng)作中得到了表現(xiàn)。 It39。d given notice of their wedding date, he said, And where is the young man? —Chaplin, then 54, had cautiously waited outside. 他找到了沃娜他們的年齡差別太大，以致當(dāng)1942年他們要結(jié)婚時(shí)，新娘公布了他們的結(jié)婚日期后，為他們辦理手續(xù)的官員問這位漂亮的17歲姑娘：“那個(gè)年輕人在哪兒？”──當(dāng)時(shí)已經(jīng)54歲的卓別林小心翼翼在外面等候著。 Chaplin died on Christmas Day 1977. 卓別林死于1977年圣誕節(jié)。t help feeling Chaplin would have regarded this strange incident as a fitting memorial—his way of having the last laugh on a world to which he had given so many.警方追回了他的尸體，其效率比麥克 Faced with sharing a dinner of raw pet food with the cat, many people in wheelchairs I know bleed the system for a few extra dollars. 當(dāng)我認(rèn)識(shí)的許多坐輪椅的人面臨與寵物貓分吃生貓食的窘境時(shí)，都會(huì)向福利機(jī)構(gòu)多騙取幾美元。m tempted to get paid under the table. 哦，私下里領(lǐng)