激情晨讀英語美文 第九章 生活的樂趣:培養(yǎng)一種業(yè)余愛好

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:]聽力課堂 vqdolsx.cn [00:05.35]Chapter Nine [00:06.22]The Joy of Living [00:07.53]Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, [00:10.27]trusting them, [00:11.36]giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. [00:14.21]Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, [00:17.48]or put on from the outside as a mask. [00:20.33]People who have this joy do not need to talk about it; [00:24.27]they radiate it. [00:25.47]They just live out their joy [00:27.98]and let it splash its sunlight [00:29.62]and glow into other lives as naturally as birds sing. [00:32.47]——A.T. Rowe [00:44.01]Cultivating a Hobby [00:44.99]By Winston Churchill [00:46.63]The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest [00:49.91]is a policy of the first importance to a public man. [00:53.31]But this is not a business [00:54.83]that can be undertaken in a day [00:56.48]or swiftly improvised by a mere command of the will. [00:59.54]The growth of mental interests is a long process. [01:02.93]The seeds must be carefully chosen; [01:05.22]they must fall on good ground; [01:07.31]they must be sedulously tended, [01:09.49]if the vivifying fruits are to be at hand when needed. [01:12.77]To be really happy and really safe, [01:15.94]one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, [01:18.57]and they must all be real. [01:20.54]It is no use starting late in life to say: [01:23.71]“I will take an interest in this or that.” [01:26.00]Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. [01:29.94]A man may acquire great knowledge of topics [01:32.67]unconnected with his daily work, [01:34.43]and yet get hardly any benefit or relief. [01:37.16]It is no use doing what you like; [01:39.24]you have got to like what you do. [01:40.99]Broadly speaking, [01:42.74]human beings may be divided into three classes: [01:45.58]those who are toiled to death, [01:47.66]those who are worried to death, [01:49.52]and those who are bored to death. [01:51.48]It is no use offering the manual labourer, [01:54.55]tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, [01:57.28]the chance of playing a game of football or baseball [01:59.58]on Saturday afternoon. [02:01.00]It is no use inviting the politician [02:03.52]or the professional or business man, [02:05.27]who has been working or worrying about serious things [02:08.21]for six days, [02:09.31]to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend. [02:12.48]It may also be said that rational, [02:14.67]industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes: [02:18.06]first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; [02:22.87]and secondly, [02:24.51]those whose work and pleasure are one. [02:26.48]Of these the former are the majority. [02:28.88]They have their compensations. [02:30.96]The long hours in the office or the factory [02:33.48]bring with them as their reward, [02:35.01]not only the means of sustenance, [02:36.76]but a keen appetite for pleasure [02:39.17]even in its simplest and most modest forms. [02:41.90]But Fortune’s favoured children belong to the second class. [02:46.06]Their life is a natural harmony. [02:48.57]For them the working hours are never long enough. [02:51.52]Each day is a holiday, [02:53.16]and ordinary holidays, when they come, [02:55.57]are grudged as enforced interruptions [02:58.08]in an absorbing vocation. [02:59.84]Yet to both classes, [03:02.24]the need of an alternative outlook, [03:04.10]of a change of atmosphere, [03:05.74]of a diversion of effort, is essential. [03:08.36]Indeed, it may well be that those [03:11.10]whose work is their pleasure are those [03:12.96]who most need the means of banishing it [03:14.82]at intervals from their minds.

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The Joy of Living
Joy  in  living  comes  from  having  fine emotions, trusting them, giving them  the  freedom  of  a  bird in  the  open. Joy  in living  can  never  be  assumed as  a  pose, or  put  on  from  the  outside  as  a mask. People  who  have this joy don not need to talk about it; they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its  sunlight and glow into other lives as naturally as bird sings. 

——A.T. Rowe

The cultivation of a hobby and the forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man .But this is not a business that can be untaken in a day or swiftly improvised by a mere command of the will. The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process. The seeds must be carefully chosen; they must fall on good ground; they must be sedulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be at band when needed.

對一個公眾人物來說，培養(yǎng)一種業(yè)余愛好、一種新的興趣顯得尤為重要。但這不是一件一朝一日或憑一時的意氣就能一蹴而就的事情。這種替代憂慮的心理興趣培養(yǎng)是一個長期的過程。它的種子必須要精挑細選，然后播撒到肥沃的土壤中，要想得到籽粒飽滿、需要時隨手可摘的果實，還必須對他們精心呵護。

To be really happy really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes; those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual laborer, tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or businessman, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the week-end.

要想真正的快樂，而且每次都能真正奏效，一個人必須有兩種或三種業(yè)余愛好，而且必須是真正的業(yè)余愛好。一個人到了晚年才說：“我要培養(yǎng)這種或那種興趣。”那已經(jīng)沒有任何意義了。這種嘗試只能更加增加大腦的壓力。一個人可能具有與他日常工作無關(guān)的大量的知識，但這些知識并無助于他減輕心理壓力。隨心所欲的做你喜歡的工作不會幫你減輕心理壓力，而是你必須設(shè)法喜歡你目前所做的工作。大致來說，人可分為三類：第一類人是累死；第二類人是愁死；第三類人是煩死。體力勞動者經(jīng)過一周的辛勤勞動已經(jīng)筋疲力盡，再讓他們在周六下午踢足球或打棒球無助于消除他們的疲勞。讓那些為一些大事已經(jīng)連續(xù)工作或煩惱了六天的政治家、專業(yè)人員或工商界人士來說，在周末的時候讓他們?yōu)橐恍╇u毛蒜皮的小事煩惱費神，也不會使他們身心輕松。
As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire — for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.

對于那些不幸的人：那些可以隨意發(fā)號施令；那些隨心所欲，無所不能的人，新的樂趣、新的喜悅對他們來說是無所謂的事情。他們狂亂地從一個地方跑到另一個地方、想通過不斷換地方的這種方式來擺脫煩惱，這是徒勞的。對他們來說，條理、規(guī)矩是他們最有希望擺脫煩惱的辦法。

It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are dividing into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the former is majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for leisure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune’s favored children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

也可以說，理智、勤奮、有才能的人可以分為兩類：第一類是工作與娛樂涇渭分明；第二類人是工作與娛樂合二為一。大多數(shù)人屬于前者。他們有他們的報酬。長時間在辦公室或工廠的辛勤勞作不僅使他們得到了維持生命的薪水，而且培養(yǎng)了他們追求快樂的強烈愿望，即使僅僅是那些最簡單、最樸實的形式。然而命運女神所偏愛的卻是第二類人。他們的生活自然、和諧。對他們來說，工作的實踐永遠都不夠長。每一天都是假期，法定假期到來時，他們不愿休假，認為這是強行終端干擾了他們精彩的假期。然而，這兩類人都必須改變一下他們的觀點，調(diào)整一下氣氛、轉(zhuǎn)移一下奮斗的方向。事實上或許那些以工作為了的人正是那些最需要通過一種興趣或愛好使自己適時忘記自己工作的人。