讀點好英文:The Road Not Taken 未選擇的路

The Road Not Taken 未選擇的路

Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood，

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth；

Then took the other, as just as fair，

And having perhaps the better claim，

Because it was grassy and wanted wear；

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day！

Yet knowing how way leads on to way，

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence：

Two roads diverged in a wood, and

I took the one less traveled by，

And that has made all the difference.

未選擇的路

羅伯特·弗洛斯特

黃色的樹林里分出兩條路，

可惜我不能同時去涉足，

我在那路口久久佇立，

我向著一條路極目望去，

直到它消失在叢林深處。

但我卻選了另外一條路，

它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，

顯得更誘人，更美麗；

雖然在這條小路上，

很少留下旅人的足跡。

那天清晨落葉滿地，

兩條路都未經(jīng)腳印污染。

啊，留下一條路等改日再見！

但我知道路徑延綿無盡頭，

恐怕我難以再回返。

也許多少年后在某個地方，

我將輕聲嘆息將往事回顧：

一片樹林里分出兩條路

而我選擇了人跡更少的一條，

從此決定了我一生的道路。

實戰(zhàn)提升

背景知識

羅伯特·弗洛斯特（Robert Frost），20世紀(jì)美國最偉大的詩人之一，和艾略特、龐德、威廉斯、史蒂文斯一起被譽為20世紀(jì)美國詩壇的五巨擘。與他同時代的詩人相比，弗羅斯特并不多產(chǎn)，更沒有直接描繪現(xiàn)代美國社會。然而，他贏得的榮譽超過他同時代的任何一位美國作家：先后四次獲普利策詩歌獎，愛默生-梭羅金獎，榮獲包括牛津、劍橋在內(nèi)的多所大學(xué)和學(xué)院授予的44個榮譽學(xué)銜。在75歲生日之際，美國參議院通過決議向他祝壽，尊其為民族詩人。

在這首詩歌中，詩人感嘆人生有許多道路可供選擇，但一個人往往只能走一條路，而還有其他許多條路，因為人生短暫而只能放棄。人生道路的選擇帶有偶然性、隨意性，詩人不寫已選擇的道路，而重在對未選擇的道路發(fā)出感嘆，引起深入思考人生的選擇問題。

單詞注解

diverge[dai'v?：d?]分叉；叉開

grassy['gra：si]蓋滿草的；長滿草的

hence[hens]因此；由此

名句誦讀

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry l could not travel both And be one traveler, long l stood And looked down one as far as l could To where it bent in the undergrowth；

And both that morning equally lay ln leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, l kept the first for another day！Yet knowing how way leads on to way, l doubted if l should ever come back.

l shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence：Two roads diverged in a wood, and l took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.