福爾摩斯探案集·四簽名 第2期:演繹法的研究(2)

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"No, indeed," I answered brusquely.

我毫不客氣地回答道："我不要試。

"My constitution has not got over the Afghan campaign yet.

阿富汗的戰(zhàn)役害得我的體質(zhì)至今沒(méi)有恢復(fù)。

I cannot afford to throw any extra strain upon it."

我再不能摧殘它了。"

He smiled at my vehemence. "Perhaps you are right, Watson," he said.

他對(duì)我的惱怒，含笑答道："華生，也許你是對(duì)的。

"I suppose that its influence is physically a bad one.

我也知道這對(duì)于身體是有害的，

I find it, however, so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to the mind

不過(guò)我感覺(jué)它既有這樣強(qiáng)烈的興奮和醒腦的能力，

that its secondary action is a matter of small moment."

它的副作用也就沒(méi)有什么重要了。"

"But consider!" I said earnestly. "Count the cost!

我誠(chéng)懇地說(shuō)道："可是你也考慮考慮利害得失吧！

Your brain may, as you say, be roused and excited,

你的腦筋也許象你所說(shuō)的那樣，能夠因刺激而興奮起來(lái)，

but it is a pathological and morbid process which involves increased tissue-change

然而這究竟是戕害自身的作法。它會(huì)引起不斷加劇的器官組織變質(zhì)，

and may at least leave a permanent weakness.

否則至少也會(huì)導(dǎo)致長(zhǎng)期衰弱，

You know, too, what a black reaction comes upon you.

你也知道這種藥所能引起的不良反應(yīng)，

Surely the game is hardly worth the candle.

實(shí)在是得不償失。

Why should you, for a mere passing pleasure,

你為什么只顧一時(shí)的快感，

risk the loss of those great powers with which you have been endowed?

戕害你那天賦的卓越過(guò)人的精力呢？

Remember that I speak not only as one comrade to another

你應(yīng)當(dāng)知道，我這不僅是從朋友的立場(chǎng)出發(fā)，

but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable."

而且還是作為一個(gè)對(duì)你的健康負(fù)責(zé)的醫(yī)生而說(shuō)的話。"

He did not seem offended.

看來(lái)，他聽(tīng)了不僅沒(méi)有生氣，

On the contrary, he put his finger-tips together,

反而把十指對(duì)頂在一起，

and leaned his elbows on the arms of his chair, like one who has a relish for conversation.

把兩肘安放在椅子的扶手上，象是對(duì)談話頗感興趣的樣子。

"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation.

他道："我好動(dòng)不好靜

Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram,

給我難題，給我工作，給我最深?yuàn)W的密碼，

or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.

這樣我才覺(jué)得最舒適，給我最復(fù)雜的分析工作，

I can dispense then with artificial stimulants.

才不需要人為的刺激。

But I abhor the dull routine of existence.

我非常憎惡平淡的生活，

I crave for mental exaltation.

我追求精神上的興奮，

That is why I have chosen my own particular profession,

因此我選擇了我自己的特殊職業(yè)

or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world."

也可以說(shuō)是我創(chuàng)造了這個(gè)職業(yè)，因?yàn)槲沂鞘澜缟衔ㄒ粡氖逻@種職業(yè)的人。"