Day 6: Where the Wisdom Comes from?

Tuesday

各位书友,今天我们一起阅读《Walden》150-167页。 Walden is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, and voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance, published in 1854.

Question

Where the wisdom comes from?

智慧源自哪里?

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重点句子 

1. Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

书本是世界的珍室,多少世代与多少国土的最优良的遗产。

2. Being seated, to run through the region of the spiritual world; I have had this advantage in books. To be intoxicated by a single glass of wine; I have experienced this pleasure when I have drunk the liquor of the esoteric doctrines.

要坐着,而能驰骋在精神世界的领域内;这种益处我得自书本。一杯酒就陶醉;当我喝下了秘传教义的芳洌琼浆时,我也经历过这样的愉快。

3. It is worth the expense of youthful days and costly hours, if you learn only somewords of an ancient language, which are raised out of the trivialness of the street, to be perpetual suggestions and provocations.

那是很值得的,花费那些少年的岁月,那些值得珍惜的光阴,来学会一种古代文字,即使只学会了几个字,它们却是从街头巷尾的琐碎平凡之中被提炼出来的语言,是永久的暗示,具有永恒的激发力量。

4. To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem.

读得好书,就是说,在真实的精神中读真实的书,是一种崇高的训练,这花费一个人的力气,超过举世公认的种种训练。

5. However much we may admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or above the fleeting spoken languageas the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.

不管我们如何赞赏演说家有时能爆发出来的好口才,最崇高的文字还通常地是隐藏在瞬息万变的口语背后,或超越在它之上的,仿佛繁星点点的苍穹藏在浮云后面一般。

重点词汇 

1. culture

n.栽培;文化;教养

vt.培养,栽培

She has studied the cultures of Oriental countries.

她研究过东方各国的文化。

2. genius

n.天才;天赋

He is a mathematical genius.

他是一个数学天才。

3. statuary

n.雕像;雕塑艺术

The home-made statuary gave an artistic air to the room.

这些自制的雕像给房间增添了艺术气息。

4.  flourish

v.茂盛;繁荣;挥舞;活跃

n.挥舞;花样;炫耀;华丽词藻

There were two or three palmtrees flourishing in the promenade garden.

街心花园里有两三棵枝繁叶茂的棕榈树。

5. respect

vt.尊敬;尊重;遵守;关于;涉及

n.尊敬;敬重;关系;方面

All students should respect their teachers.

凡是学生就应当尊敬老师。

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—共读书籍简介—

《瓦尔登湖》是美国作家梭罗独居瓦尔登湖畔的记录,描绘了他两年多时间里的所见、所闻和所思,记录了他在简单生活中深入思考与重塑自我的心路历程。文笔宁静恬淡,不流于表浅,而是有着博物学家的精确,引人深思。该书崇尚简朴生活,彰显大自然的风光,语言生动,意境深邃。出版于1854年。


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