聊一聊林語堂在哈佛大學上學的經(jīng)歷
今天的這段對話，在討論林語堂，
聊一聊林語堂在哈佛大學上學的經(jīng)歷
來聽今天的講解:
A: Oh, it’s you, John, you just freaked me out.
哦，是你呀，約翰，嚇壞我了。
B: Sorry. Are you reading a thriller?
對不起，你在看驚險小說嗎？
A: No, I never read or watch a thriller. I’m chicken hearted. I’ll be scared to death.
不是，我從來不看驚險小說。我膽子很小，會被嚇死的。
B: Why were you so frightened? What are you reading?
那你為什么嚇一跳呀？你在看什么？
A: Moment in Peking.
《京華煙云》。
B: I’ve never heard of it.
我從來沒聽說過。
A: It’s no surprise that you don’t know, The novel mainly tells a story of a family which went through the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938. But you may have heard about the author, Lin Yutang.
這不奇怪。這本小說主要說的是1900 ~ 1938年一個中國家庭經(jīng)歷的動亂。但是你可能聽說過這本書的作者，林語堂。
B: I’m afraid I don’t know him.
恐怕我不知道。
A: He’s a famous Chinese writer. I thought you knew him because he was in a sense Harvard alumnus.
他是著名的中國作家。我以為你知道他，因為在某種意義上他是哈佛畢業(yè)的。
B: Han，I’m not Mr. Know-It-All, but I’d like to learn and know as much as possible. Tell me something about him.
韓，我不是萬能先生。但我喜歡學習更多的東西。跟我說說他的事。
A: I guess perhaps you’re most interested in his life at Harvard.
我猜你對他在哈佛的生活更感興趣。
B: Yes. You can read my mind now.
是的。你都知道我在想什么。
A: Lin had many ups and downs in his life. He met with many challenges and obstacles. His life at Harvard was no exception.
林語堂的一生經(jīng)歷了很多起伏，遇到了很多挑戰(zhàn)和障礙。在哈佛的生活也不例外。
B: I like this kind of people. Usually they are men of backbone.
我喜歡這種人。通常他們更有毅力和骨氣。
A: He only received a half-scholarship. Worse still，even the half-scholarship was cancelled one year later.
他只獲得一半的獎學金。更糟的是，一年后就連半數(shù)獎學金也被取消了。
B: Why? Didn’t he deserve the scholarship?
為什么？他不應該得嗎？
A: On the contrary, he got all A’s. No one knows why. Anyway, he became even poorer. He said he even had no money to buy a ticket for the Games.
相反，他的成績全部是A。沒人知道為什么。不管怎樣，他變得更窮了。他說甚至沒有錢買票去看哈佛一耶魯橄欖球賽。
B: That poor? What did he do in his spare time?
那么窮？他業(yè)余時間做什么？
A: He loved reading. For him, Harvard was Widener Library and Widener Library was Harvard. When he was in the Library, he felt he was like a monkey in a jungle.
他喜愛讀書。對他來說，哈佛是威德納圖書館，威德納圖書館就是哈佛。當他在圖書館的時候，感覺就像是一只在叢林里的猴子。
B: Why?
為什么？
A: A monkey in a jungle is free to search for any nuts and fruits. The jungle offers the monkey a feast of nuts and fruits.
叢林里的猴子可以免費獲得任何堅果和水果。叢材給猴子提供豐富的堅果和水果。
B: Oh, I see. When he was in the Library, he could find any book he’d like to read. The Library was just like the jungle and offered him a feast of books.
哦，我明白了。當他在圖書館的時候，能夠找到任何他想要的書。圖書館就像叢林，給他提供豐富的書籍。
A: You’re smart. He indulged himself in reading in the Library. As long as there，s no class，he would go to the Library. Even when his wife was having an operation, he was studying Anglo-Saxon grammar.
你太聰明了。他沉浸在圖書館里讀書。只要一沒有課，他就會去圖書館。甚至他妻子做手術時，他還在研究盤格魯撒克遜語法。
B: That’s a little impersonal.
那有點沒有人情味了。
A: He thought appendectomy was not a big operation. It only turned out that his wife was subjected to infection. She needed another operation.
他覺得闌尾切除術只是一個小手術。結果是他的妻子受到了感染，需要再次手術。
B: Disaster comes one after another in succession. That’s adding insult to injury.
災難總是接二連三發(fā)生。真是雪上加霜呀。
A: So, they only had one tin of oatmeal for a week.
所以，他們一周只靠一罐燕麥粥維持生活。
B:If I were him, I would go back to China.
如果我是他的話，我會回中國去。
A: Life is hard. Sometimes, we have to bow down to others. Lin borrowed some money from his brother-in-law.
生活是艱難的。有時我們必須向他人所低頭。林語堂向他的姐夫借了些錢。
B: Did they feel ashamed?
他們覺得羞愧嗎？
A: No, at least his wife believed that he showed the utmost fortitude to go through such a difficult period.
沒有，至少他妻子認為他表現(xiàn)出了最大的毅力來渡過這個難關。
B: Was this amount of money enough to sustain life?
他借的錢能維持生活嗎？
A: No. So he had to leave Harvard early and go to France and Germany where the cost of living was not so high.
不能。所以他不得不提前離開哈佛去了法國和德國，那里生活成本沒有那么高。
B: Sometimes life is really hard for an oversea student. Han, if you have any problem, you can turn to me. You can count on me.
有時對海外學生來說生活確實很艱難。韓，如果你有任何困難就踉我說。你可以信得過我。
A: Oh, John，thank you. I’m so lucky to have you as a friend. You’ve helped me a lot.
哦，約翰，謝謝你。有你這樣的朋友很幸運。你已經(jīng)幫了我很多了。
聊一聊林語堂在哈佛大學上學的經(jīng)歷
來聽今天的講解:
A: Oh, it’s you, John, you just freaked me out.
哦，是你呀，約翰，嚇壞我了。
B: Sorry. Are you reading a thriller?
對不起，你在看驚險小說嗎？
A: No, I never read or watch a thriller. I’m chicken hearted. I’ll be scared to death.
不是，我從來不看驚險小說。我膽子很小，會被嚇死的。
B: Why were you so frightened? What are you reading?
那你為什么嚇一跳呀？你在看什么？
A: Moment in Peking.
《京華煙云》。
B: I’ve never heard of it.
我從來沒聽說過。
A: It’s no surprise that you don’t know, The novel mainly tells a story of a family which went through the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938. But you may have heard about the author, Lin Yutang.
這不奇怪。這本小說主要說的是1900 ~ 1938年一個中國家庭經(jīng)歷的動亂。但是你可能聽說過這本書的作者，林語堂。
B: I’m afraid I don’t know him.
恐怕我不知道。
A: He’s a famous Chinese writer. I thought you knew him because he was in a sense Harvard alumnus.
他是著名的中國作家。我以為你知道他，因為在某種意義上他是哈佛畢業(yè)的。
B: Han，I’m not Mr. Know-It-All, but I’d like to learn and know as much as possible. Tell me something about him.
韓，我不是萬能先生。但我喜歡學習更多的東西。跟我說說他的事。
A: I guess perhaps you’re most interested in his life at Harvard.
我猜你對他在哈佛的生活更感興趣。
B: Yes. You can read my mind now.
是的。你都知道我在想什么。
A: Lin had many ups and downs in his life. He met with many challenges and obstacles. His life at Harvard was no exception.
林語堂的一生經(jīng)歷了很多起伏，遇到了很多挑戰(zhàn)和障礙。在哈佛的生活也不例外。
B: I like this kind of people. Usually they are men of backbone.
我喜歡這種人。通常他們更有毅力和骨氣。
A: He only received a half-scholarship. Worse still，even the half-scholarship was cancelled one year later.
他只獲得一半的獎學金。更糟的是，一年后就連半數(shù)獎學金也被取消了。
B: Why? Didn’t he deserve the scholarship?
為什么？他不應該得嗎？
A: On the contrary, he got all A’s. No one knows why. Anyway, he became even poorer. He said he even had no money to buy a ticket for the Games.
相反，他的成績全部是A。沒人知道為什么。不管怎樣，他變得更窮了。他說甚至沒有錢買票去看哈佛一耶魯橄欖球賽。
B: That poor? What did he do in his spare time?
那么窮？他業(yè)余時間做什么？
A: He loved reading. For him, Harvard was Widener Library and Widener Library was Harvard. When he was in the Library, he felt he was like a monkey in a jungle.
他喜愛讀書。對他來說，哈佛是威德納圖書館，威德納圖書館就是哈佛。當他在圖書館的時候，感覺就像是一只在叢林里的猴子。
B: Why?
為什么？
A: A monkey in a jungle is free to search for any nuts and fruits. The jungle offers the monkey a feast of nuts and fruits.
叢林里的猴子可以免費獲得任何堅果和水果。叢材給猴子提供豐富的堅果和水果。
B: Oh, I see. When he was in the Library, he could find any book he’d like to read. The Library was just like the jungle and offered him a feast of books.
哦，我明白了。當他在圖書館的時候，能夠找到任何他想要的書。圖書館就像叢林，給他提供豐富的書籍。
A: You’re smart. He indulged himself in reading in the Library. As long as there，s no class，he would go to the Library. Even when his wife was having an operation, he was studying Anglo-Saxon grammar.
你太聰明了。他沉浸在圖書館里讀書。只要一沒有課，他就會去圖書館。甚至他妻子做手術時，他還在研究盤格魯撒克遜語法。
B: That’s a little impersonal.
那有點沒有人情味了。
A: He thought appendectomy was not a big operation. It only turned out that his wife was subjected to infection. She needed another operation.
他覺得闌尾切除術只是一個小手術。結果是他的妻子受到了感染，需要再次手術。
B: Disaster comes one after another in succession. That’s adding insult to injury.
災難總是接二連三發(fā)生。真是雪上加霜呀。
A: So, they only had one tin of oatmeal for a week.
所以，他們一周只靠一罐燕麥粥維持生活。
B:If I were him, I would go back to China.
如果我是他的話，我會回中國去。
A: Life is hard. Sometimes, we have to bow down to others. Lin borrowed some money from his brother-in-law.
生活是艱難的。有時我們必須向他人所低頭。林語堂向他的姐夫借了些錢。
B: Did they feel ashamed?
他們覺得羞愧嗎？
A: No, at least his wife believed that he showed the utmost fortitude to go through such a difficult period.
沒有，至少他妻子認為他表現(xiàn)出了最大的毅力來渡過這個難關。
B: Was this amount of money enough to sustain life?
他借的錢能維持生活嗎？
A: No. So he had to leave Harvard early and go to France and Germany where the cost of living was not so high.
不能。所以他不得不提前離開哈佛去了法國和德國，那里生活成本沒有那么高。
B: Sometimes life is really hard for an oversea student. Han, if you have any problem, you can turn to me. You can count on me.
有時對海外學生來說生活確實很艱難。韓，如果你有任何困難就踉我說。你可以信得過我。
A: Oh, John，thank you. I’m so lucky to have you as a friend. You’ve helped me a lot.
哦，約翰，謝謝你。有你這樣的朋友很幸運。你已經(jīng)幫了我很多了。
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