【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ether again, all the people who travel between their own lives and each other’ package tour of the season will lure them this week to the family 。這個(gè)團(tuán)體旅游季會(huì)引誘他們這個(gè)星期回到家庭的餐桌上。By Thursday, feast day, family day, Thanksgiving day, Americans who value individualism like no other people will collect around a million tables in a ritual of ，盛宴之日，家庭的節(jié)日，感恩節(jié)，比任何人都重視個(gè)人主義的美國(guó)人會(huì)為了一個(gè)歸屬感的儀式聚集在百萬(wàn)張桌子周?chē)hey will assemble their families the way they assemble dinner: each other bearing a personality as different as cranberry sauce and pumpkin one dinner they will cook for each other, fuss for each other, feed each other and argue with each ，每個(gè)人都有不同的的個(gè)性，就像他們做的蔓越橘沙司和難過(guò)餡餅一樣。這頓晚餐他們會(huì)互相為對(duì)方下廚，為對(duì)方忙亂，給對(duì)方喂吃的，互相爭(zhēng)辯。They will nod at their mon heritage, the craziness and caring of other will measure their mon legacy??，對(duì)別代人的狂熱和關(guān)心。他們會(huì)估量他們共同的財(cái)產(chǎn)孩子。All these plex cells, these men and women, old and young, with different dreams and disappointments will give homage again to the group they are a part of and apart from: their ，這些有著不同夢(mèng)想和失望的男女老少會(huì)再一次給家庭這個(gè)集體敬意，他們既是家庭的一部分，又生活于其外。Families and “we” and the “I”.As good Americans we all travel between these two ，“我們”和“我”。作為一個(gè)虔誠(chéng)的美國(guó)人我們都往來(lái)于這兩個(gè)理想之間。We take value trips from the great American notion of individualism to the great American vision of wear our tires driving back and forth, using speed to shorten the distance between these two 。我們就像一輛往返于這兩個(gè)原則之間的車(chē)，通過(guò)速度來(lái)減少兩者之間的舉例。There has always been some pavement between a person and a the first moment we recognize that we are separate we begin to wrestle with aloneness and 。從我們發(fā)現(xiàn)我們和家庭分開(kāi)的那一刻起，我們就開(kāi)始努力克服獨(dú)居和團(tuán)聚的沖突。Here and now these conflicts are especially are after all, raised in families...to be double message follows us through 。畢竟我們是被家庭養(yǎng)育長(zhǎng)大，但我們最終是成為了一個(gè)個(gè)體。這個(gè)雙重信息會(huì)伴隨我們醫(yī)生。We are taught about the freedom of the “I” and the safety of the “we”.The loneliness of the “I” and the intrusiveness of the “we”.The selfishness of the “I” and the burdens of the “we”.我們總是被教育作為個(gè)人的自由和來(lái)自家庭的安全感，作為個(gè)人的孤獨(dú)，融入家庭可能會(huì)被過(guò)多干涉，作為個(gè)人的自私，和來(lái)自家庭的負(fù)擔(dān)。We are taught what Andre Malraux said:”Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”馬爾羅的話教育我們：“離開(kāi)家庭，一個(gè)孤零零生活在這個(gè)世界上的人會(huì)凍得瑟瑟發(fā)抖?！?And taught what he said another day:”The denial of the supreme importance of the mind’s development accounts for many revolts against the family.” 但是同樣是他說(shuō)的話又教育我們：“對(duì)思想發(fā)展的至高重要性的否認(rèn)，很大程度上解釋了對(duì)家庭的反對(duì)。”In theory, the world rewards “the supreme importance” of the individual, the think alone, inside our write music and literature with an enlarged sense of are graded and paid, hired and fired, on our own 。我們?cè)陬^腦中獨(dú)立的思考。我們創(chuàng)作的音樂(lè)和文學(xué)作品是對(duì)自身感官的放大。我們被評(píng)定的等級(jí)，所受到的報(bào)酬，我們被雇用或是解雇都是基于我們自己的功過(guò)。The rank individualism is both exciting and is where the fittest 。在這之下適者生存。The family, on the other hand, at its best, works very don’t have to achieve to be accepted by our just have to membership is not based on credentials but on ，處于最好狀態(tài)下的家庭運(yùn)作方式非常不同。我們不用去爭(zhēng)取被家庭接受。我們只要存在就一定會(huì)被接受。參與到一個(gè)家庭中不是憑借我們的證書(shū)而是基于出身。As Malraux put it,”A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family’s love is were born into it and of its flesh and blood.” 就是馬爾羅說(shuō)的：“朋友因?yàn)槟愕牟胖嵌鴲?ài)你，情婦因?yàn)槟愕镊攘Χ鴲?ài)你，但是你的家人對(duì)你的愛(ài)是沒(méi)有原因的，你在家庭的愛(ài)中出生并且有著她的血肉?！盩he family is formed not for the survival of the fittest but for the is not an economic unit but an emotional is not the place where people ruthlessly pete with each other but where they work for each ，而是由最脆弱的人組成。這不是一個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)集合體而是一個(gè)情感集合體。這里沒(méi)有人們相互之間無(wú)情的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)而只有人們互相為對(duì)方服務(wù)。Its business is taking care, and when it works, it is not callous but ，當(dāng)家庭運(yùn)作時(shí)，沒(méi)有冷漠只會(huì)關(guān)懷備至。There are fewer heroes, fewer stars in family the world may glorify the self, the family asks us, at one time or another, to submerge the world may abandon us, the family promises, at one time or another, to protect 。當(dāng)世界贊美個(gè)人的時(shí)候，家庭總會(huì)讓我們淹沒(méi)了自我。當(dāng)世界拋棄了我們，家庭總會(huì)承諾保護(hù)我們。So we mute daily, weekly, yearly between one world and a life as a family member that can be nurturing or life as an individual that can free us or flatten vacillate between two separate sets of demands and ，每周，每年地往返于這兩個(gè)世界。是在一個(gè)養(yǎng)育我們，但同時(shí)可能會(huì)令人窒息的家庭中生活，還是作為一個(gè)可能會(huì)自由但卻被磨去銳氣的個(gè)人。我們?cè)谶@兩個(gè)完全不同的需求和可能性中躊躇。The people who will gather around this table Thursday live in both of these worlds, a part of and apart from each any luck the territory they travel from one to another can be a fertile one, rich with care and can be a place where the “I” and the “we” ，他們既是互相的一部分，又獨(dú)立存在。運(yùn)氣好的話，他們?cè)趦蓚€(gè)世界間來(lái)回的領(lǐng)土可以非常富饒，充滿了關(guān)心和空間。這里可以是個(gè)人和家庭相互作用的空間。On this day at least, they will bring each other something both special and something to be shared: these separate ，他們給對(duì)方帶去了既特殊又可以被分享的東西——這些被分開(kāi)的自我。第四篇：Unit 11 My Wood課文翻譯Unit 11 My Wood，其中部分章節(jié)談及英國(guó)人在印度遭遇的困境。美國(guó)人覺(jué)得自己在印度不會(huì)有困難，所以讀這本書(shū)時(shí)心情便輕松自在。他們?cè)阶x心里越覺(jué)得舒服，結(jié)果該書(shū)的作者便得到了一張支票。我用這支票買(mǎi)下一片樹(shù)林。樹(shù)林不大——里面幾乎沒(méi)有什么樹(shù)，而且，還有一條該死的公共人行道從中穿過(guò)。然而這是我擁有的第一份財(cái)產(chǎn)。因此，如果別人和我一樣感到恥辱是很正常的事，他們自然也會(huì)以不同震驚程度的語(yǔ)調(diào)問(wèn)自己一個(gè)十分重要問(wèn)題：財(cái)產(chǎn)對(duì)人的性格有什么影響？我們這里不去探討經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，私有財(cái)產(chǎn)對(duì)整個(gè)社會(huì)的影響是另外一個(gè)問(wèn)題——它或許是個(gè)更為重要的問(wèn)題，但卻是另外一個(gè)問(wèn)題。我們則只從心理學(xué)的角度去探討。如果你擁有財(cái)產(chǎn)，它們對(duì)你會(huì)有什么影響？我的樹(shù)林對(duì)我又有什么影響呢？，它讓我覺(jué)得沉重。財(cái)產(chǎn)的確有這種效果，它造就出分量很重的人，而且是那種重得無(wú)法步入天國(guó)的人?！妒ソ?jīng)》寓言中那個(gè)不幸的百萬(wàn)富翁并不邪惡，他只是肥胖而已；他肚腹外突，屁股就甭提了。當(dāng)他在水晶門(mén)里左移右挪，卻把肉墩墩的兩側(cè)擠得四處瘀傷的時(shí)候，他看見(jiàn)自己下方有一只相對(duì)比較瘦削的駱駝?wù)┻^(guò)一個(gè)針眼，并織入上帝的袍服之中。所有的福音書(shū)都把肥胖與遲緩聯(lián)系在一起，指出了一個(gè)極其明顯卻往往被人忽略的事實(shí)：如果你擁有許多東西，你就不能四處走動(dòng)了；家具需要除塵，除塵器需要仆人，仆人需要買(mǎi)保險(xiǎn)，這一連串的事情使你在接受邀請(qǐng)赴宴或前往約旦河沐浴之前不得不猶豫再三。有時(shí)候，福音書(shū)還會(huì)更進(jìn)一步，和托爾斯泰一樣，說(shuō)財(cái)產(chǎn)是罪惡的。這時(shí)它們探討的是令人費(fèi)解的苦行主義，這種討論我難以理解。但說(shuō)到財(cái)產(chǎn)對(duì)人立竿見(jiàn)影的影響，它們卻確是一語(yǔ)中的。財(cái)產(chǎn)造就分量很重的人。顧名思義，分量很重的人不可能閃電般地從東方移到西方；而一位體重14英石的大主教登上教堂講壇，則與人子基督的降世形成鮮明的對(duì)比。我的樹(shù)林讓我覺(jué)得沉重。，我的樹(shù)林讓我覺(jué)得它應(yīng)該再大些。，我聽(tīng)到樹(shù)林里有細(xì)枝折斷的聲音。起先我很惱火，想必有人在林中偷采黑莓，這會(huì)貶低樹(shù)林灌木叢的價(jià)值。我走近一看，發(fā)現(xiàn)踩斷樹(shù)枝的不是人，而是一只鳥(niǎo)，于是我高興起來(lái)。我的鳥(niǎo)兒！但那只鳥(niǎo)卻沒(méi)有我那樣高興，它無(wú)視它與我之間的關(guān)系，一見(jiàn)我的臉孔就受驚了，徑直飛過(guò)標(biāo)界樹(shù)籬進(jìn)入一塊田地，那是亨尼斯太太的財(cái)產(chǎn)。鳥(niǎo)兒大叫一聲，停在那塊田地里。它已成了亨尼斯太太的鳥(niǎo)兒。這里似乎出了什么嚴(yán)重的差錯(cuò)，要是我的樹(shù)林再大一些，就不會(huì)發(fā)生這等差錯(cuò)。我買(mǎi)不起亨尼斯太太的田產(chǎn)，又不敢謀殺她，種種類(lèi)似的限制從各個(gè)方面困擾著我。亞哈國(guó)王并不想要那個(gè)葡萄園——他只是需要它來(lái)使自己的財(cái)產(chǎn)更完整，準(zhǔn)備用它設(shè)出一個(gè)新的地形曲線。于是，要完善我的樹(shù)林，周?chē)耐恋貙?duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)便是不可或缺的。邊界可起到保護(hù)樹(shù)林的作用，然而——可憐的小東西——邊界本身也應(yīng)該得到保護(hù)。樹(shù)林邊界會(huì)傳來(lái)嘈雜聲，孩子們會(huì)在那兒扔石塊。于是，我的樹(shù)林得大一點(diǎn)，再大一點(diǎn)，直至延伸到海邊?？傊瑸槭裁催@個(gè)世界要成為財(cái)產(chǎn)的邊界呢？人們希望帶上英國(guó)國(guó)旗的火箭不久將可以發(fā)射到月球、火星、天狼星以及更遠(yuǎn)的星