1、年It is simple enough to say that since books have classes-fiction, biography, poetry we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few/ people ask from books w/hat books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of

2、fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become h

3、im. Be his fellow_worker and accomplice.If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess, from the twist a

4、nd turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite.既然書籍有不同的門類，如小說、傳記、詩歌等，我們就應該把它們區分開來，并從

5、每種中汲取它應當給 我們提供的正確的東西;這話說起來固然容易，然而，很少有人要求從書籍中得到它們所能提供的東西，通 常我們總是三心二意地帶著模糊的觀念去看書：要求小說情節真實，要求詩歌內容虛構，要求傳記阿諛奉 承，要求歷史能加深我們自己的偏見。如果我們讀書時能拋棄所有這些成見，那將是一個極可貴的開端。 我們對作者不要指手劃腳，而應努力站在作者的立場上，設想自己在與作者其同創作。假如你退縮不前， 有所保留并且一開始就批評指責，你就在妨礙自已從你所讀的書中得到最大的益處，然而，如果你能盡量 敞開思想，那么，書中開頭幾句迂回曲折的話里所包含的幾乎難以覺察的細微的跡象和暗示，就會把你引 到一個與眾不同

6、的人物的面前去。如果你深入下去，如果你去認識這個人物，你很快就會領悟作者正在給 你或試圖給你某些明確得多的東西。年I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat We have before us an ordeal ofthe most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word, it is victory. Vi

7、ctory at all costsvictory in spiteof all terrors-victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.let that be realized, no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that British Empire has stood for , no survival for the urge, the impulse of the age

8、s, that mankind shall more forward toward his goal. I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, Come then, let us go forward together with our unitedstre

9、ngth.我能奉獻的唯有熱血、辛勞、淚水和汗水。我們所面臨的將是一場極為殘酷的考驗，我們面臨的將是曠日 持久的斗爭和苦難。你若問我們的目標是什么？我可以用一個詞來概括，那就是勝利。不惜一切代價去奪 取勝利，不畏懼一切恐怖去奪取勝利，不論前路再長再苦也要多去勝利，因為沒有勝利糾無法生存！我們 必須意識到，沒有勝利就沒有大英帝國，沒有勝利就沒有大英帝國所象征的一切，沒有勝利就沒有多少世 紀以來強烈的要求和沖動：人類應當向自己的目標邁進。此刻，我的精神振奮，滿懷信心地承當起自己的 人物。我確信，只要我們大家聯合，我們的事業就不會挫敗。此時此刻千鈞一發之際，我覺得我有權要求 各方面的支持。我要呼吁：“

10、來吧，讓我們群策努力，并肩邁進！”年Scientific and technological advances are enabling us to comprehend the furthest reaches of the cosmos, the most basic constituents of matter, and the miracle of lifeAt the same time, today, the actions, and inaction, of human beings imperil not only life on the planet, but the ver

11、y life of the planet.Globalization is making the world smaller, faster and richer. Still, 9/11, avian flu, and Iran remind us that a smaller, faster world is not necessarily a safer world.Our world is bursting with knowledge - but desperately in need of wisdom. Now, when sound bites are getting shor

12、ter, when instant messages crowd out essays, and when individual lives grow more frenzied, college graduates capable of deep reflection are what our world needsFor all these reasons I believed - and I believe even more strongly today - in the unique and irreplaceable mission of universities.科技進步正在使我

13、們能夠探索宇宙的邊陲、物質最基本的成分及生命的奇跡.與此同時，今天，人類所做的 及沒能做到的事情，不僅危害到這個星球上的生命，也危害到該星球的壽命。全球化正在使地球變得愈來愈小、愈來愈快和愈來愈富有。盡管如此，9/11、禽流感及伊朗提醒我們，更 小更快的世界決不意味著其更安全。我們正處于一個知識爆炸的世界之中，不過，迫切需要智慧。現在，在（新聞采訪的）原聲摘要播出變得 愈來愈短，即時信息淘汰了雜記文，個人生活變得如癡如狂之際，這個世界還是需要能夠深思的大學生。 考慮到這些理由，我過去信仰，而今天甚至更加強烈地信仰大學獨特的、無可取代的使命。年But, as has been true in m

14、any other cases, when they were at last married, the most ideal of situations was found to have been changed to the most practical. Instead of having shared their original duties, and as school-boys would say, going halves, they discovered that the cares of life had been doubled. This led to some di

15、stressing moments for both our friends; they understood suddenly that instead of dwelling in heaven they were still upon earth, and had made themselves slaves to new laws and limitations. Instead of being freer and happier than ever before, they had assumed new responsibilities; they had established

16、 a new household, and must fulfill in some way or another the obligations of it. They looked back with affection to their engagement; they had been longing to have each other to themselves, apart from the world, but it seemed they never felt so keenly that they were still units in modern society.但是正

17、如其他許多已經發生過的事情一樣，當他們最終結婚后，發現最憧憬的生活變得再實際不過了。他 們非但沒有分擔各自原先的責任-正如那些學生們所說一半一半，相反卻發現生活的重擔加倍了。這使 得我們那兩個結婚的朋友時常覺得沮喪；他們突然發現自己并沒有過著天堂般的生活而是仍實實在在地生 活在地球上，而且成為了新規則和新約束的奴隸。他們不但沒有比以前更加自由和幸福反而承擔了新的責 任；他們建立了新的家庭所以必須用某種方式履行義務。他們深情地回想起訂婚的那段時光，曾經如此地 渴望擁有彼此而忘掉這個世界，然而現在最深切的感受卻是自己仍是這個世界的一份子。年We, the human species, are co

18、nfronting a planetary emergency - a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst - though not all - of its consequences, if we act

19、 boldly, decisively and quickly.However, despite a growing number of honorable exceptions, too many of the worlds leaders are still best described in the words Winston Churchill applied to those who ignored Adolf Hitlers threat: They go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved t

20、o be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent.So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an open sewer. And tomorrow, we will dump a slightly larger amount, with

21、 the cumulative concentrations now trapping more and more heat from the sun.我們人類，正面臨全球性的危機，我們的生存和文明受到威脅。盡管我們聚在一起共商對策，而災難卻在 擴大，形式不容樂觀。但也有令人欣喜的消息：如果行動大膽果斷，反應迅速，我們有能力解決這場危機， 避免其向最壞的方向發展。但是，時下世界上的許多國家領導人可以用當年溫斯頓丘吉爾批評歐洲諸政要忽視阿道夫希特勒的名言 來形容，它們在奇怪的悖論中前行，僅僅為一個決定而猶豫不決，有了決心卻拖泥帶水，信心猶疑不定， 見解隨波逐流，掌權者虛弱無力。”而如今我們向這個

22、星球脆弱的大氣層傾倒超過七千萬噸溫室氣體，把其當作天然排污口。明天我們還會變 本加厲，堆積的溫室氣體吸納了越來越多的太陽熱度。年I thought that it was a Sunday morning in May ； that it was Easter Sunday， and as yet very early in the morning. I was standing，as it seemed to me，at the door of my own cottage. Right before me lay the very scene which could really be c

23、ommanded from that situation，but exalted, as was usual，and solemnized by the power of dreams. There were the same mountains, and the same lovely valley at their feet； but the mountains were raised to more than Alpine height ，and there was interspaced far larger between them of savannahs and forest l

24、awns； the hedges were rich with white roses； and no living creature was to be seen, excepting that in the green churchyard there were cattle tranquilly reposing upon the verdant graves，and particularly round about the grave of a child whom I had once tenderly loved，just as I had really seen them，a l

25、ittle before sunrise，in the same summer when that child died.我想那是五月的一個周日的早晨；那天是復活節，一個大清早上。我站在自家小屋的門口。就在我的面前 展現出了那么一番景色，從我那個位置其實能夠盡收眼底，可是夢里的感覺往往如此，由于夢幻的力量， 這番景象顯得超凡出塵，一派肅穆氣象。群山形狀相同，其山腳下都有著同樣可愛的山谷；不過群山挺然 參天，高于阿爾卑斯峰，諸山相距空曠，豐草如茵，林地開闊，錯落其間；樹籬上的白玫瑰娟娟彌望；遠 近看不見任何生物，唯有蒼翠的教堂庭院里，牛群靜靜地臥躺在那片郁郁蔥蔥的墓地歇息，好幾頭圍繞著 一個小孩

26、的墳墓。我曾對她一腔柔情，那年夏天是在旭日東升的前一刻，那孩子死去了，我如同當年那樣 望著牛群。年When flying over Nepal, its easy to soar in your imagination and pretend youre tiny-a butterfly - and drifting above one of those three-dimensional topographical maps architects use, the circling contour lines replaced by the terraced rice paddies that surround each high ridge.Nepails a small country, and from the windows of our plane floatin