20170520 长难句每日一句

【昨日长难句】

Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded: “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are.”

因为欲望和意志被与欲望不一致的思想所破坏，爱伦总结说：“我们吸引的不是我们想要的，而是我们所属于的本质。”

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【今日长难句】

Achievement happens because you as a person embody the external achievement; you don’t “get” success but become it. There is no gap between mind and matter.

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【结构分析】

1. 首句是由“；”连接的两个并列句。前半句主干为主谓结构，即：achivement happens；because 引导原因状语从句。后半句较为简单，不做赘述。

2. 第二句为there be句式，gap在该句中指difference之意。

【词的处理】

achievement / əˈtʃi:vmənt / n. 成功，成绩

embody  / imˈbɔdi; NAmE imˈbɑ:di / vt. 体现；包含；代表

external / ikˈstə:nl; NAmE ikˈstə:rnl / adj. 外部的

gap  / ɡæp / n. 分歧；隔阂

【参考译文】

Achievement happens because you as a person embody the external achievement; you don’t “get” success but become it. There is no gap between mind and matter.

成功的降临是因为你本身就是这种外部成功的体现；你不是“获得”成功，而是成为了成功本身。思维和物质之间不存在分歧。

【明日预告】

Part of the fame of Allen’s book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him.”