美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第六冊(cè) 第258期:印第安耍把戲者(5)

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然而，我能做的也就是這些了。就一個(gè)主題，我極力回想所有我曾經(jīng)聽(tīng)到的或者有關(guān)的思考，盡可能恰到好處地表述出來(lái)。

Instead of writing on four subjects at a time, it is as much as I can manage, to keep the thread of one discourse clear and unentangled.

我當(dāng)然不會(huì)一次就四個(gè)主題侃侃下筆，這遠(yuǎn)非我能力所及，我能做到的就是使一篇文章的線索清晰和簡(jiǎn)單化。

I have also time on my hands to correct my opinions and polish my periods; but the one I can not, and the other I will not, do.

我也把有限的時(shí)間用在糾正我的觀點(diǎn)和修飾詞藻上;但是，有的我不能做，而其他的我又不會(huì)做。

I am fond of arguing; yet, with a good deal of pains and practice, it is often much as I can do to beat my man, though he may be a very indifferent hand.

我熱衷于辯論;然而，借此產(chǎn)生的許多苦惱和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，通常都會(huì)極大地挫傷自我，盡管他也許是非常平庸的一個(gè)人。

A common fencer would disarm his adversary in the twinkling of an eye, unless he were a professor like himself.

一般的劍術(shù)家會(huì)在眨眼之間令對(duì)手怒氣全消，除非他是一個(gè)顧影自憐的教授。

A stroke of wit will sometimes produce this effect, but there is no such power or superiority in sense or reasoning.

風(fēng)趣有時(shí)就有這種效果，但是在理性或推理層面上，沒(méi)有這樣的感染力或優(yōu)越感。

There is no complete mastery of execution to be shown there; and you hardly know the professor from the impudent pretender or the mere clown.

那里沒(méi)有顯示出對(duì)技巧的完美掌握和駕馭，從粗魯無(wú)禮的覬覦高位者或者純粹行為荒誕不經(jīng)的人看法出發(fā)，你根本無(wú)法洞悉這位教授的內(nèi)心世界。