历史英雄名人演讲 第6期:作家的责任(2)

 　　Until he does so, he labors¹ under a curse. He writes not of love but of lust², of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and, worst of all, without pity or compassion³.

　　如果创作者不能做到这一点，那么就永远无法写出佳作。他不是写爱情而是写情欲，他写的失败是不会被认为可贵的，他写的胜利是没有希望的，甚至是没有怜悯和缺乏同情的。

　　His grieves grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars. He writes the glands⁴.

　　因为他的悲伤不是出自世上生灵，不是发自内心，所以留下不深刻的痕迹。

　　Until he relearns these things, he will write as though he stood among and watched the end of man.

　　只有懂得这些，他才能创作——仿佛身临其境般地去创作世人所关注的人类的最终结局。

　　I decline to accept the end of man.

　　我拒绝接受人类的终结。

　　It is easy enough to say that man is immortal⁵ simply because he will endure:

　　我们有足够的理由相信，人类是永但的，是世代相传的。因为人类懂得承受。

　　that when the last ding-dong of doom⁶ has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening,

　　当最终的结局在那个血色的死亡夜晚从最后的那个毫无价值的高悬不动的巨石上鸣叫远去时，

　　that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny⁷ inexhaustible voice, still talking.

　　一定还有另外一种微弱的，无穷尽的声音在述说。

1 labors   

v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
• Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句

2 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。

3 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

4 glands   

n.腺( gland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
• the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺

5 immortal   

adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的

参考例句：

• The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
• The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

6 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

7 puny   

adj.微不足道的，弱小的

参考例句：

• The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。
• Antonio was a puny lad,and not strong enough to work.安东尼奥是个瘦小的小家伙，身体还不壮，还不能干活。