以書為伴

By Colleen Doherty/李池紅（譯）

◆語篇導(dǎo)讀

好的書籍像常春藤，永遠煥發(fā)著蓬勃的生機；像不謝的鮮花，永遠散發(fā)著馥郁的芳香；像恬靜的秀發(fā)佳人，任憑歲月的流逝依然俏靨盈盈……時光閑暇時，拿著一本書在溫暖的房間里閱讀未嘗不是一種享受！

A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the friends he has.There is a companionship of books as well as of men.

A good book may be among the best of friends.It is the same today that always was,and it will never change.It is the most patient and cheerful companion of all.It always receives us with the same kindness.It can amuse and instruct us in youth,and encourage us in age.

A good book is often the best harvest of a life.The most part of the world of a man’s life is the world of his thought.So the best books are treasuries of good words,the golden thoughts.They become our forever friends.

By far books are the most lasting products of human being.Temples and statues can fall down,but books survive.Time can’t take away great thoughts which are as fresh today as when they first passed through the authors’minds ages ago.It shows us as lively as ever before.Nothing can last long but what is really good.

Books introduce us into the best society;they bring us to stand before the great people. We hear what they said and did.We see

them as if they were really alive.We share life with them.Their experience becomes ours,and we feel as if we were acting with them in the scenes which they described.

The great and good do not die forever in this world because of books.The book is a living voice,so we ever remain under the influence of the great men.

◆詞語積淀

companionship/k?m'p?nj?n??p/n.友誼；伴侶

companion/k?m'p?nj?n/n.同伴；朋友

amuse/?'mju?z/v.娛樂；消遣

instruct/?n'str?kt/v.指導(dǎo)；教

by far到目前為止；目前

statue/'st?t?u?/n.雕像；塑像

survive/s?'va?v/v.幸存；活下來

remain/r?'me?n/v.保持；依然；留下

◆典句賞析

1.It is the most patient and cheerful companion of all.書是最沉靜也最讓人愉悅的伙伴。

這是一個含有最高級的句子，用最高級修飾形容詞patient和cheerful。這兩個形容詞均為多音節(jié)單詞，其最高級為“the most+adj.”形式。連詞and在這里表示遞進的關(guān)系，不要翻譯成“和”，表示“也，更”語境更好。

【即時嘗試】這是在2018年最著名、最受歡迎的英文歌曲之一。

2.Time can’t take away great thoughts which are as fresh today as when they first passed through the author’s minds ages ago.偉大的思想不會因時間的流逝而失其光輝，一如千百年前最初在作者腦海中出現(xiàn)時那樣清新。

該句中包含了定語從句和時間狀語從句。which修飾名詞thoughts，作定語從句中的主語，后面的when意為“當(dāng)……時候”，引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句。

【即時嘗試】這是我待在家里時在網(wǎng)上購買的新裙子。

3.The great and good do not die forever in this world because of books.偉大和美好的思想因為書在這個世界上而永不會消亡。

because of是固定的搭配形式，意為“因為……”，后面接名詞、代詞或者動名詞形式，用來進一步說明原因，既可以用在句首，又可以用在句尾。如果將because of換成because，后面就需要接句子there are books。

【即時嘗試】因為大雪，昨天我沒有及時回家。

譯文助讀

觀其友而知其人，同樣，察其所讀之書亦能知其人，書與人一樣。

好書如好友，過去是，現(xiàn)在也是，將來也不會變。書是最沉靜也最讓人愉悅的伙伴，它始終如一地善待接納我們。我們年輕時，書給予我們歡娛和指導(dǎo)；我們老邁時，書又給予我們慰藉和鼓勵。

一本好書往往就是人生的結(jié)晶。人一生的世界大多就是其思想的世界，故而最優(yōu)秀的書籍也就是至理名言和輝煌思想的富藏。它們成為我們永久的朋友。

書籍永生，它們是人類勞作最長久的成果。廟宇和雕像會坍塌，書籍卻經(jīng)久長存。偉大的思想不會因時間的流逝而失其光輝，一如千百年前最初在作者腦海中出現(xiàn)時那樣清新。他們今天依然像以前一樣鮮明有力地展現(xiàn)在我們面前。只有真正優(yōu)秀的作品才能流芳千古。

書籍把我們帶入最優(yōu)秀的人群之中，把我們帶到偉人面前。我們聆聽其話語，領(lǐng)會其成就，我們看著他們仿佛他們依然活在人間。我們與他們悲喜與共，他們的人生所為變成我們自己的人生體驗。我們仿佛感覺到我們是在作者描繪的人生舞臺上與他們同臺演出。

偉大和美好的思想因為書在這個世界上而永不會消亡。書籍就是活著的聲音，因而我們永遠沐浴在逝去偉人的思想中。