《四季隨筆》節(jié)選 - 秋 01

《四季隨筆》是吉辛的散文代表作。其中對隱士賴克羅夫特醉心于書籍、自然景色與回憶過去生活的描述，其實是吉辛的自述，作者以此來抒發(fā)自己的情感，因而本書是一部富有自傳色彩的小品文集。

吉辛窮困的一生，對文學名著的愛好與追求，以及對大自然恬靜生活的向往，在書中均有充分的反映。本書分為春、夏、秋、冬四個部分，文筆優(yōu)美，行文流暢，是英國文學中小品文的珍品之一。

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This has been a year of long sunshine. Month has followed upon month with little unkindness of the sky; I scarcely marked when July passed into August, August into September. I should think it summer still, but that I see the lanes yellow-purfled with flowers of autumn.

這一年日照的時間特別長。月復一月，天氣很少有不好的時候。當七月變成八月，八月進入九月時，我?guī)缀醵紱]有察覺。要不是看到小徑邊上點綴著的黃色秋花，我還覺得現在是夏天呢。

I am busy with the hawkweeds; that is to say, I am learning to distinguish and to name as many as I can. For scientific classification I have little mind; it does not happen to fall in with my habits of thought; but I like to be able to give its name (the "trivial" by choice) to every flower I meet in my walks. Why should I be content to say, "Oh, it's a hawkweed"? That is but one degree less ungracious than if I dismissed all the yellow-rayed as "dandelions." I feel as if the flower were pleased by my recognition of its personality. Seeing how much I owe them, one and all, the least I can do is to greet them severally. For the same reason I had rather say "hawkweed" than "hieracium"; the homelier word has more of kindly friendship.

我正忙著結交山柳菊屬植物呢；也就是說，我正學著區(qū)分辨認這些植物，熟悉他們的各種名稱呢。對于科學分類我是不關心的，它不符合我的思維習慣；但是我喜歡在散步時能夠叫出路上遇到的任何一朵花的名字（我愿意叫它們的“俗名”）。我怎能滿足于只是說：“哦，這是一種山柳菊”呢？這和將一切有黃色放射狀花冠的植物都輕率地叫做“蒲公英”幾乎一樣無禮。我感覺，花兒們似乎會因為我認出它們的身份而高興。想到我虧欠它們那么許多，我至少應該與它們一一打招呼。出于同樣的原因，我寧愿說它們的英文名字“山柳菊”，也不愿稱呼它們的拉丁語名字；因為家常一點的名字聽起來更加友好親切。