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中文原文
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| Be Happy |
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快乐 |
| "The days that make us happy make us wise."----John Masefield |
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“快乐的日子使人睿智。”--- 约翰 梅斯菲尔德 |
| when I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, |
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第一次读到英国桂冠诗人梅斯菲尔德的这句诗时， |
| it startled me. What did Masefield mean? |
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我感到十分震惊。他想表达什么意思？ |
| Without thinking about it much, |
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我以前从未对此仔细考虑， |
| I had always assumed that the opposite was true. |
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总是认定这句诗反过来才正确。 |
| But his sober assurance was arresting. |
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但他冷静而又胸有成竹的表达引起了我的注意， |
| I could not forget it. |
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令我无法忘怀。 |
| Finally, |
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终于， |
| I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. |
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我似乎领会了他的意思，并意识到这行诗意义深远。 |
| The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, |
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快乐带来的睿智存在于敏锐的洞察力之间， |
| not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, |
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不会因忧虑而含混迷惑，也不会因绝望和厌倦而黯然模糊， |
| and without the blind spots caused by fear. |
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更不会因恐惧而造成盲点。 |
| Active happiness---not mere satisfaction or contentment ---often comes suddenly, |
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积极的快乐---并非单纯的满意或知足，通常不期而至， |
| like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. |
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就像四月里突然下起的春雨，或是花蕾的突然绽放。 |
| Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. |
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然后，你就会发觉与快乐结伴而来的究竟是何种智慧。 |
| The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; |
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草地更为青翠，鸟吟更为甜美， |
| the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. |
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朋友的缺点也变得更能让人理解，宽容。 |
| Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision. |
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快乐就像是一副眼镜，可以矫正你的精神视力。 |
| Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. |
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快乐的视野并不仅限于你周围的事物。 |
| Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, |
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当你不快乐时，你的思维陷入情感上的悲哀， |
| your vision is cut short as though by a wall. |
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你的眼界就像是被一道墙给阻隔了， |
| Happy, the wall crumbles. |
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而当你快乐时，这道墙就会砰然倒塌。 |
| The long vista is there for the seeing. |
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你的眼界变得更为宽广。 |
| The ground at your feet, the world about you---- |
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你脚下的大地，你身边的世界， |
| people, thoughts, emotions, pressures--- |
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包括人，思想，情感和压力， |
| are now fitted into the larger scene. |
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现在都融入了更为广阔的景象之中， |
| Everything assumes a fairer proportion. |
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其间每件事物的比例都更加合理。 |
| And here is the beginning of wisdom. |
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而这就是睿智的起始。 |
| 祝大家学习愉快 |
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祝大家学习愉快 |
