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    英语散文:处世之道

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    Most of us have lost the sense of our ignorance long before that age. We even become vain of our squirrel’s hoard of knowledge and regard increasing age itself as a school of omniscience.

    我们大多数人还没到他这么大的岁数就早已不再有自己无知的感觉了。我们甚至对自己一点浅薄的知识感到沾沾自喜,而把与日俱增的年龄看作是培养无所不知的天然学堂。

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    We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

    我们忘记了:苏格拉底之所以智慧名垂后世,并不是因为他无所不知,而是因为他在70岁高龄时还明白自己依然一无所知。

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    Ye are the salt of the earth. Matthew 5: 13.

    “你们是世上的盐。”《马太福音》,5:13。

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    This figure of speech is plain and pungent. Salt is savory, purifying, preservative. It is one of those superfluities which the great French wit defined as "things that are very necessary".

    这是个平凡而且发人深省的比喻。盐可以用来调味,又可以用来清洁、防腐。盐是一种奢侈品,、像某位伟大的法国才子所称颂的那样是“头等必需品”。

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    From the very beginning of human history men have set a high value upon salt and sought for it in caves and by the seashore. The nation that had a good supply was counted rich.

    在人类历史刚刚开始的时候,盐就被认为有很高的价值,并开始在山洞昨海滩采集它,盛产盐的国家曾被视为富国。

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    A bag of salt, among the barbarous tribes, was worth more than a man.

    在原始部落里,一袋盐比一个人还要珍贵。

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    The Jews prized it especially, because they lived in a warm climate where food was difficult to keep, and because their religion laid particular emphasis on cleanliness, and because salt was largely used in their sacrifices.

    犹太人尤其珍视盐,因为他们居住的地方气候炎热,很难储藏食物。此外,他们的宗教特别强调清洁,在向上帝献祭时需要大量的盐。

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    Christ chose an image which was familiar, when He said to His disciples, "Ye are the salt of the earth. "This was His conception of their mission, their influence.

    当基督对他的门徒说“你们是世上的盐”时,选用了一个人们都熟悉的事物来做比喻。他用这个比喻来说明他认为众门徒应该肩负的使命和应该发生的影响。

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    They were to cleanse and sweeten the world in which they lived, to keep it from decay, to give a new and more wholesome flavor to human existence.

    他们到世上来就是要净化、美化他们所生活的世界,使它免于腐败,给人们的生活以清新的、健康的气息。

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    Their function was not to be passive, but active. The sphere of its action was to be this present life. There is no use in saving salt for heaven. It will not be needed there. Its mission is to permeate, season, and purify things on earth--.

    他们的作用不是消极的,而是积极的。他们活动的范围是当下的生活,他们不必把盐省下来带到天国去,那里不需要盐。盐的使命是渗入、调剂与净化尘世的事物。

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    A good companion is better than a fortune, for a fortune cannot purchase those elements of character which make companionship a blessing.

    好友胜于财富。因为财富买不到基本的品德。而正是这种基本品德使人们之间的交往成为一件幸事。

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    The best companion is one who is wiser and better than ourselves, for we are inspired by his wisdom and virtue to nobler deeds. Greater wisdom and goodness than we possess lifts us higher mentally and morally.

    最好的朋友就是比我们更睿智、更出色的人,我们可在被他的智慧和美德所激励,从而使我们的行为更加高尚。他们的才智比我们更杰出,情操比我们更高尚,从而能使我们在精神和首先的境界得到提高。

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    "A man is known by the companion he keeps. " It is always true. Companionship of a high order is powerful to develop character. Character makes character in the associations of life faster than anything else.

    “观察一个人所结交的朋友,就可以知道他是什么样的人”这句话总是对的。高层次的交友对于性情的培养特别有力。在交往中,性情对于性情的影响胜过其他一切因素。

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    Purity begets purity, like begets like; and this fact makes the choice of companions in early life more important even than that of teachers and guardians.

    近朱者赤,近墨者黑,这一事实告诉人们,在年轻时代,择友甚至比选择老师和监护人更为重要。

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    It is true that we cannot always choose all of our companions. Some are thrust upon us by business and the social relations of life.

    不可否认的是,有些朋友总是我们无法选择的。有些人是由于生意和各种社会关系的缘故被硬塞给我们的。

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    We do not choose them, we do not enjoy them; and yet, we have to associate with them more or less.

    我们没有选择他们,我们也不喜欢他们,但是我们必须或多或少地跟他们交往。

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    The experience is not altogether without compensation, if there be principle enough in us to bear the strain. Still, in the main, choice of companions can be made, and must be made.

    如果我们坚守内心的原则,承受一些压力,这样的经历并非完全没有补偿。但总的来说,朋友可以选择,也必须选择。

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    It is not best or necessary for a young person to associate with "Tom, Dick and Henry" without forethought or purpose. Some fixed rules about the company he or she keeps should be observed.

    如果没有事先的掂量或明确的目的,一个年轻人就随便与张三、李四或王五交往,那是不妥当、不必要的。一些确定的交友之道应该被遵守。

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    The subject should be uppermost in the thoughts, and canvassed often.

    这一点应放在思想最重要的位置,并时时检点自己。

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    Concentration Companionship is education, good or bad; it develops manhood or womanhood, high or low; it lifts the soul upward or drags it downward; it ministers to virtue or vice.

    无论是有益的或者有害的友谊,都是一种教育;无论对男对女,它都可以滋养高尚或卑微的人格;它可以使灵魂升华,也可以使之堕落;它可以滋生美德,也可以催生邪恶。

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