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哈佛大學(xué)校園英語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話32:林語(yǔ)堂之“哈佛”煙云

所屬教程:哈佛大學(xué)校園英語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話

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2016年04月14日

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Han Meimei is immersed in reading a book on the playground when John comes out of nowhere and pats on her shoulder.

H: Oh, it’s you, John, you just freaked me out.

H:哦,是你呀,約翰,嚇壞我了。

J: Sorry. Are you reading a thriller?

J:對(duì)不起,你在看驚險(xiǎn)小說(shuō)嗎?

H: No, I never read or watch a thriller. I’m chicken hearted. I’ll be scared to death.

H:不是,我從來(lái)不看驚險(xiǎn)小說(shuō)。我膽子很小,會(huì)被嚇?biāo)赖摹?/p>

J: Why were you so frightened? What are you reading?

J:那你為什么嚇一跳呀?你在看什么?

H: Moment in Peking.

H: <京華煙云》。

J: I’ve never heard of it.

J:我從來(lái)沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)。

H: It’s no surprise that you don’t know, The novel mainly tells a story of a family which went through the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938. But you may have heard about the author, Lin Yutang.

H:這不奮怪。這本小說(shuō)主要說(shuō)的是1900 ~ 1938年一個(gè)中國(guó)家庭經(jīng)歷的動(dòng)亂。但是 你可能聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)這本書的作者,林語(yǔ)堂。

J: I’m afraid I don’t know him.

J:恐怕我不知道。

H: He’s a famous Chinese writer. I thought you knew him because he was in a sense Harvard alumnus.

他是著名的中國(guó)作家。我以為你知道他,因?yàn)樵谀撤N意義上他是哈佛畢業(yè)的。

J: Han,I’m not Mr. Know-It-All, but I’d like to learn and know as much as possible. Tell me something about him.

韓,我不是萬(wàn)能先生。但我喜歡學(xué)習(xí)更多的東西。跟我說(shuō)說(shuō)他的事。

H: I guess perhaps you’re most interested in his life at Harvard.

我猜你對(duì)他在哈佛的生活更感興趣。

J: Yes. You can read my mind now.

J:是的。你都知道我在想什么。

H: Lin had many ups and downs in his life. He met with many challenges and obstacles. His life at Harvard was no exception.

H:林語(yǔ)堂的一生經(jīng)歷了很多起伏,遇到了很多挑戰(zhàn)和障礙。在哈佛的生活也不例外。

J: I like this kind of people. Usually they are men of backbone.

J:我喜歡這種人。通常他們更有毅力和骨氣。

H: He only received a half-scholarship. Worse still,even the half-scholarship was cancelled one year later.

H:他只獲得一半的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。更糟的是,一年后就連半數(shù)獎(jiǎng) 學(xué)金也被取消了。

J: Why? Didn’t he deserve the scholarship?

J:為什么?他不應(yīng)該得嗎?

H: On the contrary, he got all A’s. No one knows why. Anyway, he became even poorer. He said he even had no money to buy a ticket for the Games.

H:相反,他的成績(jī)?nèi)渴茿。沒(méi)人知道為什么。不管怎樣,他變得更窮了。他說(shuō)甚至設(shè)有錢買票去看哈佛一耶魯橄欖球賽。

J: That poor? What did he do in his spare time?

j:那么窮?他業(yè)余時(shí)間做什么?

H: He loved reading. For him, Harvard was Widener Library and Widener Library was Harvard. When he was in the Library, he felt he was like a monkey in a jungle.

H:他喜愛(ài)讀書。對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō),哈佛是威德納圖書館,威德納圖書館就是哈佛。當(dāng)他在 圖書館的時(shí)候,感覺(jué)就像是一只在叢林里的猴子。

J: Why?

J:為什么這么說(shuō)?

H: A monkey in a jungle is free to search for any nuts and fruits. The jungle offers the monkey a feast of nuts and fruits.

H:叢林里的猴子可以免費(fèi)獲得任何堅(jiān)果和水果。叢材v給猴子提供豐富的堅(jiān)果和水果。

J: Oh, I see. When he was in the Library, he could find any book he’d like to read. The Library was just like the jungle and offered him a feast of books.

J:哦,我明白了。當(dāng)他在圖書館的時(shí)候,能夠找到任何他想要的書。圖書館就像叢林, 給他提供豐富的書籍。

H: You’re smart. He indulged himself in reading in the Library. As long as there,s no class,he would go to the Library. Even when his wife was having an operation, he was studying Anglo-Saxon grammar.

H:你太聰明了。他沉浸在圖書館里讀書。只要一設(shè)有課,他就會(huì)去圖書館。甚至他 妻子做手術(shù)時(shí),他還在研究盤格魯撒克遜語(yǔ)法。

J: That’s a little impersonal.

J:那有點(diǎn)設(shè)有人情味了。

H: He thought appendectomy was not a big operation. It only turned out that his wife was subjected to infection. She needed another operation.

H:他覺(jué)得闌尾切除術(shù)只是一個(gè)小手術(shù)。結(jié)果是他的妻子受到了感染,需要再次手術(shù)。

J: Disaster comes one after another in succession. That’s adding insult to injury.

J:災(zāi)難總是接二連三發(fā)生。真是雪上加霜呀。

H: So, they only had one tin of oatmeal for a week.

H:所以,他們一固只靠一罐燕麥粥維持生活。

J : If I were him, I would go back to China.

J:如果我是他的話,我會(huì)回中國(guó)去。

H: Life is hard. Sometimes, we have to bow down to others. Lin borrowed some money from his brother-in-law.

H:生活是艱難的。有時(shí)我們必須向他人所低頭。林語(yǔ)堂向他的姐夫借了些錢。

J: Did they feel ashamed?

J:他們覺(jué)得羞愧嗎?

H: No, at least his wife believed that he showed the utmost fortitude to go through such a difficult period.

H:沒(méi)有,至少他妻子認(rèn)為他表現(xiàn)出了最大的毅力來(lái)渡過(guò)這個(gè)難關(guān)。

J: Was this amount of money enough to sustain life?

J:他借的錢能維持生活嗎?

H: No. So he had to leave Harvard early and go to France and Germany where the cost of living was not so high.

H:不能。所以他不得不提前離開(kāi)哈佛去了法國(guó)和德國(guó),那里生活成本沒(méi)有那么高。

J: Sometimes life is really hard for an oversea student. Han, if you have any problem, you can turn to me. You can count on me.

J:有時(shí)對(duì)海外學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)生活確實(shí)很艱難。韓,如果你有任何困難就踉我說(shuō)。你可以 信得過(guò)我。

H: Oh, John,thank you. I’m so lucky to have you as a friend. You’ve helped me a lot.

H:哦,約翰,謝謝你。有你這樣的朋友很幸運(yùn)。你已經(jīng)幫了我很多了。

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