美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第六冊(cè) 第191期:新英格蘭清教徒先輩的品格(3)

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只要這塊土地上的居民在行使他們重要權(quán)利的過(guò)程中沒(méi)有被宗主國(guó)干擾，

they submitted to the form of English government; but when those rights were invaded, they spurned even the form away.

他們會(huì)屈從英國(guó)政府的體制。但是，當(dāng)這些權(quán)利被侵犯時(shí)，他們甚至?xí)⑦@種體制一腳踢開(kāi)。

This act was the Revolution, which came of course and spontaneously, and had nothing in it of the wonderful or unforeseen.

這種行動(dòng)就是革命，自發(fā)而起，沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)奇妙或不可預(yù)見(jiàn)性。

The wonder would have been if it had not occurred.

倘若沒(méi)發(fā)生的話，那倒奇怪了。

It was, indeed, a happy and glorious event, but by no means unnatural;

的確，這場(chǎng)革命是一個(gè)愉快和輝煌的事件，再自然不過(guò)了。

and I intend no slight to the revered actors in the Revolution when I assert that their fathers before them were as free as they — every whit as free.

當(dāng)我斷定他們的先輩像他們一樣渴望自由——事實(shí)上一點(diǎn)也不自由時(shí)，我不打算對(duì)這場(chǎng)大革命令人崇敬的演員輕描淡寫(xiě)了。

The principles of the Revolution were not the suddenly acquired property of a few bosoms: they were abroad in the land in the ages before;

革命的原則并非突然之間變成少數(shù)幾個(gè)人內(nèi)心的既得財(cái)產(chǎn)，以前很多年就在這塊土地上廣泛存在了。

they had always been taught, like the truths of the Bible; they had descended from father to son, down from those primitive days,

就像圣經(jīng)中的真理一樣，人們從小就對(duì)這些原則耳聞目染，從原始時(shí)代開(kāi)始就父子相傳。

when the Pilgrim, established in his simple dwelling, and seated at his blazing fire, piled high from the forest which shaded his door,

當(dāng)時(shí)朝圣者在自己簡(jiǎn)陋的住所里，坐在熊熊燃燒的篝火旁邊，而樹(shù)木則是從在自己門(mén)上投下樹(shù)蔭的森林里砍伐來(lái)的，堆得很高，

repeated to his listening children the story of his wrongs and his resistance, and bade them rejoice,

向?qū)Ｐ膬A聽(tīng)的孩子們重復(fù)著關(guān)于自己做錯(cuò)事情和反抗的故事，孩子們聽(tīng)后欣喜若狂，

though the wild winds and the wild beasts were howling without, that they had nothing to fear from great men's oppression.

盡管外面沒(méi)刮大風(fēng)，也沒(méi)有野獸的嚎叫，但他們從大人的郁悶聽(tīng)不出任何害怕。

Here are the beginnings of the Revolution.

這就是革命的開(kāi)端。

Every settler's hearth was a school of independence; the scholars were apt, and the lessons sunk deeply;

每位定居者的爐邊都是一所呼喚獨(dú)立的學(xué)堂。學(xué)者們循循善誘，講的課程令學(xué)生深深地陶醉在其中;

and thus it came that our country was always free; it could not be other than free.

因此，得出的結(jié)論是我們國(guó)家永遠(yuǎn)是自由的，舍此無(wú)他。