Unit 13
Darkness at Noon
Unit 13
Purposes
1,To get students have the right attitude
towards the disabled,
2,To understand the purpose of writing,
3,To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge
by doing various types of exercises,
Three Days to See
Helen Keller
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and
specified time to live,Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short
as twenty-four hours,But always we were interested in discovering just how the
doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours,I speak,of course,
of free men who have a choice,not condemned criminals whose sphere of
activities is strictly delimited,
我们大家都读过一些令人激动的故事，这些故事里的主人公仅仅活在
有限并且特定的时间内，有时长达一年，有时短到２４小时。但我们
总是有兴趣发现，那命中注定要死的是那些有选择自由的人，而不是
那些活动范围被严格限定了的判了刑的犯人。
Such stories set us thinking,wondering what we
should do under similar circumstances,What
events,what experiences,what associations
should we crowd into those last hours as mortal
beings? What happiness should we find in
reviewing the past,what regrets?
这样的故事让我们思考，在相似的情况下，我们该
怎么办，作为终有一死的人，在那最终的几个小时
内安排什么事件，什么经历，什么交往？在回顾往
事时，我们该找到什么快乐？什么悔恨？
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if
we should die tomorrow,Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the
values of life,We should live each day with a gentleness,a vigor,and a
keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us
in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come,
There are those,of course,who would adopt the Epicurean motto of "Eat,
drink,and be merry," but most people would be chastened by the certainty of
impending death,
有时我想到，过好每一天是个非常好的习惯，似乎我们明天就会死去。这种
态度鲜明地强调了生命的价值。我们应该以优雅、精力充沛、善知乐趣的方
式过好每一天。而当岁月推移，在经常瞻观未来之时日、未来之年月中，这
些又常常失去。当然，也有人愿按伊壁鸠鲁的信条“吃、喝和欢乐”去生活。
（译注：伊壁鸠鲁是古希腊哲学家，他认为生活的主题目的是享乐，而最高
的享受唯通过合理的生活，如自我控制才能得到。因为生活享受的目的被过
分强调，而达此目的之手段被忽视，所以伊壁鸠鲁的信徒现今变为追求享乐
的人。他们的信条是：“让我们吃喝，因为明天我们就死亡”），但绝大多
数人还是被即将面临死亡的必然性所折磨。
In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by
some stroke of fortune,but almost always his sense of values is
changed,he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and
its permanent spiritual values,It ahs often been noted that those
who live,or have lived,in the shadow of death bring a mellow
sweetness to everything they do,
在故事里，注定要死的主人公往往在最后一刻由某种命运的突变而得救，
但几乎总是他的价值观被改变了。他们对生活的意义和它永恒的精神价
值变得更具欣赏力了。常常看到那些生活或已生活在死亡的阴影之中的
人们都赋予他们所做的每件事以芳醇甜美。
Most of us,however,take life for granted,We know that one day we
must die,but usually we picture that day as far in the future,When
we are in buoyant health,death is all but unimaginable,We seldom
think of it,The days stretch out in an endless vista,So we go about
our petty tasks,hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life,
但是，我们大多数人把生活认为是理所当然的。我们知道，某一天我们
一定会死，但通常我们把那天想象在遥远的将来。当我们心宽体健时，
死亡几乎是不可想象的，我们很少想到它。时日在无穷的展望中延展着，
于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度。
The same lethargy,I am afraid,characterizes the use of all our faculties
and senses,Only the deaf appreciate hearing,only the blind realize the
manifold blessings that lie in sight,Particularly does this observation
apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life,But those
who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the
fullest use of these blessed faculties,Their eyes and ears take in all
sights and sounds hazily,without concentration and with little
appreciation,It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we
have until we lose it,of not being conscious of health until we are ill,
恐怕, 同倦的懒散也成为利用我们所有的本能和感觉的特点 。 只有聋子才
珍惜听力, 唯有瞎子才体会到能看见事物的种种幸福, 这种结论特别适合
于那些在成年阶段失去视力和听力的人们, 而那些从没有遭受视觉或听觉
损伤之苦的人却很少充分利用这些天赐的官能 。 他们模模糊糊地眼观八方,
耳听各音, 毫无重点, 不会鉴赏, 还是那相同的老话, 对我们所有的官能
不知珍惜, 直至 失去它, 对我 们的健康 意识不 到, 直 至生病 时 。
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human
being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some
time during his early adult life,Darkness would make him
more appreciative of sight; silence would tech him the joys
of sound,
我常常想，如果每个人在他成年的早期有一段时间致瞎
致聋，那会是一种幸事，黑暗会使他更珍惜视力，寂静
会教导他享受声音。
我不时地询问过我的能看见东西的朋友们，以了解他们看到什么。
最近，我的一个很好的朋友来看我，她刚从一片森林里散步许久回
来，我问她看到了什么，她答道：“没什么特别的。”如果我不是
习惯了听到这种回答，我都可能不相信，因为很久以来我已确信这
个情况：能看得见的人却看不到什么。
Now and them I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they
see,Recently I was visited by a very good friends who had just
returned from a long walk in the woods,and I asked her what she
had observed.,"Nothing in particular," she replied,I might have
been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such reposes,for
long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little,
How was it possible,I asked myself,to walk for an hour through the woods and see
nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through
mere touch,I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf,I pass my hands lovingly about the
smooth skin of a silver birch,or the rough,shaggy bark of a pine,In the spring I touch
the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud the first sign of awakening Nature
after her winter's sleep,I feel the delightful,velvety texture of a flower,and discover its
remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me,
Occasionally,if I am very fortunate,I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the
happy quiver of a bird in full song,I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook
rush thought my open finger,To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is
more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug,To me the page ant of seasons is a
thrilling and unending drama,the action of which streams through my finger tips,
我独自一人，在林子里散步一小时之久而没有看到任何值得注意的东西，那怎么可能呢？我自己，
一个不能看见东西的人，仅仅通过触觉，都发现许许多多令我有兴趣的东西。我感触到一片树叶的
完美的对称性。我用手喜爱地抚摸过一株白桦那光潮的树皮，或一棵松树的粗糙树皮。春天，我摸
着树干的枝条满怀希望地搜索着嫩芽，那是严冬的沉睡后，大自然苏醒的第一个迹象。我抚摸过花
朵那令人愉快的天鹅绒般的质地，感觉到它那奇妙的卷绕，一些大自然奇迹向我展现了。有时，如
果我很幸运，我把手轻轻地放在一棵小树上，还能感受到一只高声歌唱的小鸟的愉快颤抖，我十分
快乐地让小溪涧的凉水穿过我张开的手指流淌过去。对我来说，一片茂密的地毯式的松针叶或松软
而富弹性的草地比最豪华的波斯地毯更受欢迎。对我来说四季的壮观而华丽的展示是一部令人激动
的、无穷尽的戏剧。这部戏剧的表演，通过我的手指尖端涌淌出来。
At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things,If I can
get so much pleasure from mere touch,how much more beauty must be
revealed by sight,Yet,those who have eyes apparently see little,the
panorama of color and action which fills the world is taken for granted,It
is human,perhaps,to appreciate little that which we have and to long
for that which we have not,but it is a great pity that in the world of light
the gift of sight is used only as a mere conveniences rather than as a
means of adding fullness to life,
有时，由于渴望能看到这一切东西，我的内心在哭泣。如果说仅凭我的触
觉我就能感受到这么多的愉快，那么凭视觉该有多少美丽的东西显露出来。
然而，那些能看见的人明显地看得很少，充满世间的色彩和动作的景象被
当成理所当然，或许，这是人性共有的特点；对我们具有的不怎么欣赏，
而对我们不具有的却渴望得到。然而，这是一个极大的遗憾，在光明的世
界里，视力的天赋仅仅作为一种方便之用，而没有作为增添生活美满的手
段。
If I were the president of a university I should establish a
compulsory course in "How to Use Your Eyes",The
professor would try to show his pupils how they could add
joy to their lives by really seeing what passes unnoticed
before them,He would try to awake their dormant and
sluggish faculties,
如果我是一所大学的校长，我就要开设一门强制的必修课
“如何应用你的眼睛”。这门课的教授应该试图给他的学生
显示怎样能以看见那些在他们面前一现而过的东西来增添他
们生活的乐趣，这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天
赋。
Perhaps I can best illustrate by imagining what I should most like to
see if I were given the use of my eyes,say,for just three days,And
while I am imagining,suppose you,too,set your mind to work on the
problem of how you would use your own eyes if you had only three
more days to see,If with the on-coming darkness of the third night you
knew that the sun would never rise for you again,how would you
spend those three precious intervening days? What would you most
want to let your gaze rest upon?
或许，如果让我来应用我的眼睛，比方说，仅仅用３天吧，我能以我
想象的最喜欢看见的东西来很好地说清楚这个问题。而且，当我想象
的时候，设想你也在思考这个问题。如果你也只有３天多点的时间看
东西，你该如何应用你自己的眼睛。如果面对即将到来的第三个夜晚
的黑暗，你又知道，太阳对你来说，永不再升起了，那么你该怎样度
过这插进来的宝贵的３天呢？你最想要注视的东西是什么呢？
I,naturally,should want most to see the things which have
become dear to me through my years of darkness,You,too,
would want to let your eyes rest on the things that have become
dear to you so that you could take the memory of them with you
into the night that loomed before you,
If,by some miracle,I were granted three seeing days,to be
followed by a relapse into darkness,I should divide the period
into three parts,
当然, 我会最想看到我多年的黑暗中对我变得珍贵的事情, 你也会
想让你们的目光停留在那些对你已经变得珍贵的事情上 。 这样, 你
就能随着你进入那逼近在你面前的长夜而永远记住它们 。
如果由某种奇迹，我获得了能看见东西的３天，随后又沉陷于一片
黑暗之中，我该将这段时间分为３个部分。
The First Day
On the first day,I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness
and companionship have made my life worth living,First I should like to gaze
long upon the face of my dear teacher,Mrs,Anne Sullivan Macy,who came to
me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me,I should want not
merely to see the outline of her face,so that I could cherish it in my memory,but
to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness
and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education,I
should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to
stand firm in the face of difficulties,and that compassion for all humanity which
she has revealed to me so often,
第一天, 我想看到这些人, 他们的善良, 温柔和友情使我的生命值得活下去 。
首先我想仔细长久地观看我那亲爱的老师安妮 ·萨利文 ·梅西夫人的面容 。 当我还
是一个孩子的时候, 她来到我面前, 并向我打开了外部世界 。 我不仅要看她脸
部的轮廓, 以便我能把它珍藏在我的记忆中, 而且我还要研究这张脸庞, 在那
里找到富有同情心, 温柔和耐心的活证据, 她就是以这种温柔和耐心完成了教
育我的艰难的任务 。 我要看她眼睛里包藏的那种性格力量, 它使得她在困难面
前那么坚定 。 我要看那对所有人的同情心, 她如此经常地对我显露出来 。
第一天
I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that "Window of
the soul",the eye,I can only "see" through my finger tips the outline of a face,I
can detect laughter,sorrow,and many other obvious emotions,I know my
friends from the feel of their faces,But I cannot really picture their personalities
by touch,I know their personalities,of course,through other means,through the
thoughts they express to me,through whatever of their actions are revealed to
me,But I am denied that deeper understanding of them which I am sure would
come through sight of them,through watching their reactions to various
expressed thoughts and circumstances,through noting the immediate and
fleeting reactions of their eyes and countenance,
我不知道通过, 心灵的窗口, －－－眼睛, 看透一个朋友的内心是怎么一回事 。
我只能通过我的指尖, 看, 到一张面孔的轮廓 。 我能察觉欢笑, 悲伤和其它许多
明显的感情 。 我从他们面部的感触知道我的朋友, 但我不能正确地凭触摸描绘出
他们的品格 。 我当然通过其它方式知道他们的品格, 通过他们对我表达的思想,
通过他们对我表露的任何行为, 但我不曾对他们有更深刻的了解 。 那更深刻的了
解我相信通过看到他们, 通过观察他们对各种表达出来的思想和情况的反应, 通
过 注 意 他 们 眼 睛 和 相 貌 的 直 接 和 短 暂 的 反 应 可 以 达 到 。
Friends who are near to me I know well,because through the months
and years they reveal themselves to me in all their phases; but of
casual friends I have only an incomplete impression,an impression
gained from a handclasp,from spoken words which I take from their
lips with my finger tips,or which they tap into the palm of my hand,
在我身边的朋友，我熟知他们，因为长年累月他们在各方面都对我表露了
他们自己。而对那些偶然的朋友我只有一个不完全的印象，一种我从下面
方式中得到的印象：一次握手，我的指尖从他们的双唇上感触到的他们所
说的话，或者是他们在我两手掌上轻轻地拍抚。
How much easier,how much more satisfying it is for you
who can see to grasp quickly the essential qualities of
another person by watching the subtleties of expression,
the quiver of a muscle,the flutter of a hand,But does it
ever occur to you to use your sight to see into the inner
nature of a friends or acquaintance/ Do not most of you
seeing people grasp casually the outward features of a
face and let it go at that?
对你来说，一个能看见的人，通过观察微妙的表情
－－－一条肌肉的颤抖、一只手的摆动，很快地了解另
一个人的本质，是多么容易又多么令人满足的事情。但
是你曾经有过用你的视觉去看透一个朋友或相识的内在
本质的时候吗？你们能看见事物的大多数人不是偶然地
抓住一张脸孔的外部特征并不再去想了吗？
For instance can you describe accurately the faces of
five good friends? some of you can,but many cannot,
As an experiment,I have questioned husbands of long
standing about the color of their wives' eyes,and often
they express embarrassed confusion and admit that
they do not know,And,incidentally,it is a chronic
complaint of wives that their husbands do not notice
new dresses,new hats,and changes in household
arrangements,
例如，你能精确地描叙５个好朋友的面貌吗？有
些人能够，但许多人不能。作为一个实验，我曾问过
那些多年相处的丈夫们，他们妻子的眼睛是什么颜色。
他们常常显得窘迫含糊，承认他们不知道。而且，顺
便说一句，妻子们经常抱怨，他们的丈夫不注意新衣
服、新帽子和家庭摆设的变化。
In the afternoon of that first seeing day,I should take a long walk in the
woods and intoxicate my eyes on the beauties of the world of Nature
trying desperately to absorb in a few hours the vast splendor which is
constantly unfolding itself to those who can see,On the way home from
my woodland jaunt my path would lie near a farm so that I might see
the patient horses ploughing in the field 9perhaps I should see only a
tractor!) and the serene content of men living close to the soil,And I
should pray for the glory of a colorful sunset,
那能看见的第一天的下午, 我要在树林里长久地散步, 让我的目光陶
醉在大自然世界的美景之中 。 在几个小时中, 试图拼命地吸收那无穷
的壮丽, 这对那些能看见的人却是一条小路, 这样我便能看到那驯良
的马匹在犁田 （ 或许, 我该看见唯一的一台拖拉机 ！ ） 看到贴近泥土
生活的人们那安详的满足 。 而且, 我该为艳丽的落日光辉而祈祷 。
When dusk had fallen,I should experience the
double delight of being able to see by artificial light
which the genius of man has created to extend the
power of his sight when Nature decrees darkness,
黄昏降临时, 我该感受到双倍的愉快, 因为能看
到人造的光芒, 这是人类的天才创造出来的, 当
大自然黑暗降临之时, 以延展他的视力 。
In the night of that first day of sight,I should not be
able to sleep,so full would be my mind of the
memories of the day,
在那能看见的第一天晚间, 我是不能入睡的,
我脑海中充满了白天的记忆 。
The Second Day
The next day - the second day of sight - I should
arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle
by which night is transformed into day,I should
behold with awe the magnificent panorama of light
with which the sun awakens the sleeping earth,
次日－－－我能看的第二天－－－我会随黎明一
道起来, 看那黑夜转成白昼的激动人心的奇迹,
我要怀着肃然敬畏的心情去看那太阳唤醒沉睡的
大地的壮观的景象 。
This day I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world,past and present,I should want
to see the pageant of man's progress,the kaleidoscope of the ages,How can so much
be compressed into one day? Through the museums,of course,Often I have visited the
New York Museum of Natural History to touch with my hands many of the objects there
exhibited,but I have longed to see with my eyes the condensed history of the earth and
its inhabitants displayed there - animals and the races of men pictured in their native
environment; gigantic carcasses of dinosaurs and mastodons which roamed the earth
long before man appeared,with his tiny stature and powerful brain,to conquer the animal
kingdom; realistic presentations of the processes of development in animals,in man,and
in the implements which man has used to fashion for himself a secure home on this
planet; and a thousand and one other aspects of natural history,
这一天, 我要用来匆忙地扫视这个世界, 它的过去和现在 。 我想看人类
进程的展示, 时代的万花筒 。 这么多的东西怎么能压缩在一天之内看完呢？
当然, 通过博物馆, 我已多次去参观过纽约自然历史博物馆, 用我手去触摸
那里陈列的许多物件 。 但我渴望亲眼看到地球和那里陈列的地球上居民的浓
缩历史－－－在他们自然环境里展示出的动物和人类种族；曾在人类出现之
前, 很早就在地球上漫游的巨大恐龙和柱牙象骨架, 人类以他小巧的身材和
强有力的大脑征服了动物王国；动物, 人类和人类工具的发展过程的逼真展
现, 人类曾用这些工具在这个星球上来建造他们安全的家园, 还有其它许许
多多的自然历史方面 。
I wonder how many readers of this article have viewed this
panorama of the face of living things as pictured in that
inspiring museum,Many,of course,have not had the
opportunity,but I am sure that many who have had the
opportunity have not made use of it,there,indeed,is a
place to use your eyes,You who see can spend many
fruitful days there,but I with my imaginary three days of
sight,could only take a hasty glimpse,and pass on,
我不知道这篇文章的多少读者看过这个生动的博物馆
所展示的逼真事物的壮观景貌 。 当然有许多人没有机会,
但是我相信, 有许多人确有机会而没有利用 。 那里, 确是
利用你的眼睛的地方, 你们能看见的人能在那里度过许多
成果丰硕的日子, 可是我只有想象的３天可见的时间, 只
能是仓促地一瞥, 匆匆而过 。
My next stop would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art,for just as the Museum of Natural
History reveals the material aspects of the world,so does the Metropolitan show the
myriad facets of the human spirit,Throughout the history of humanity the urge to artistic
expression has been almost as powerful as the urge for food,shelter,and procreation,
And here,in the vast chambers of the Metropolitan Museum,is unfolded before me the
spirit of Egypt,Greece,and Rome,as expressed in their art,I know well through my
hands the sculptured gods and goddesses of the ancient Nile-land,I have felt copies of
Parthenon friezes,and I have sensed the rhythmic beauty of charging Athenian warriors,
Apollos and Venuses and the Winged Victory of Samothrace are friends of my finger tips,
The gnarled,bearded features of Homer are dear to me,for he,too,knew blindness,
我的下一站将是大都会艺术博物馆。像自然历史博物馆展示世界的物质方面一样，大都会艺术博物
馆展示大量的人类精神方面。在贯穿人类历史的全过程中，对艺术表现的强烈冲动就像人类对食物、
住所和繁衍的迫切需要一样强烈。而这里，在大都会博物馆那宽敞的大厅里，在我们面前展示了通
过艺术形式表达出来的古埃及、古希腊和古罗马的精神世界。我通过我的手很好地了解了雕刻的古
代尼罗河土地上的众神，我摸过巴台农神殿（译注：巴台农神殿是希腊雅典城内的帕拉斯 ·雅曲娜
神殿，建于公元前４４７－４３２年间。神殿由大理石筑成，极尽雕饰之巧，是希腊古典建筑的杰
出代表作品。）中楣石柱的复制品，我意识到向前冲锋的的雅典武士的匀称和谐美。阿波罗、维纳
斯和有翅膀的萨摩丝雷斯胜利女神（译注：萨摩丝雷斯是位于希腊爱琴海东北部的一个岛屿，因公
元３０５年在岛上立起一胜利女神大理石雕像，以纪念马斯顿国王的海战大捷而著名。因女神雕像
展开的双臂塑成展翅飞翔的姿态，故称萨摩丝雷斯展翅胜利女神像。该雕像现存于巴黎罗浮宫。）
是我的手指尖的朋友。我看到那荷马的长满胡须、节瘤众多的面部雕像感到无比亲切，因为他也是
盲人。
My hands have lingered upon the living marble of roman sculpture as well as
that of later generations,I have passed my hands over a plaster cast of
Michelangelo's inspiring and heroic Moses; I have sensed the power of Rodin; I
have been awed by the devoted spirit of Gothic wood carving,These arts which
can be touched have meaning for me,but even they were meant to be seen
rather than felt,and I can only guess at the beauty which remains hidden from
me,I can admire the simple lines of a Greek vase,but its figured decorations
are lost to me,
我的手在栩栩如生的罗马大理石雕像和后世的雕刻上逗留。我的手摸过米开
朗基罗（译注：１４７５－１５６４年，著名的佛罗伦萨画家、雕刻家、建
筑师和诗人，意大利文艺复兴盛期的杰出代表人物。）那鼓舞人心的英雄摩
西雕塑石膏模；我感觉到罗丹（译注：１８４０－１９１７年，著名的法国
雕塑家）的力量。我对哥特木刻的热忱精神感到敬畏。这些能被触摸到的艺
术作品对我有着实在的意义，但即使这些艺术品既是为了观看又是为了摸的，
我也只能是猜度我仍未发现的美妙。我能赞叹一只古希腊花瓶简单的线条，
但我对它的图案装饰却是迷惘的。
So on this,my second day of sight,I should try to probe into the soul of man
through this art,The things I knew through touch I should now see,More
splendid still,the whole magnificent world of painting would be opened to me,
from the Italian Primitives,with their serene religious devotion,to the Moderns,
with their feverish visions,I should look deep into the canvases of Raphael,
Leonardo da Vinci,Titian,Rembrandt,I should want to feast my eyes upon the
warm colors of Veronese,study the mysteries of E1 Greco,catch a new vision
of Nature from Corot,Oh,there is so much rich meaning and beauty in the art
of the ages for you who have eyes to see!
所以, 在我能看的第二天, 我要通过人类的艺术努力探究人生的灵魂 。 通过
触摸我知道了的事情, 我现在要看见它对宗教泰然虔诚奉献的意大利文艺复
兴前期作品到狂热梦幻的现代派作品 。 我要仔细端详拉斐尔, 达芬奇, 提香
（ 译注：１４７７－１５７６年, 著名的威尼斯画家 ） 和瑞姆布兰特 （ 译：
１６０６－１６６９年, 著名的荷兰巴罗克画家, 荷兰油画派领袖, 欧洲艺
术大师 。 ） 的油画 。 我要让我的眼睛饱享维勒内兹 （ 译注：１５２８－１５
８８年, 意大利威尼斯派画家 ） 那炽烈的色彩, 研究埃尔 ·格列科 （ 译注：１
５４８－１６２５年, 西班牙画家 ） 的神秘, 从科罗 （ 译注：１７９６－１
８７５年, 法国风景画家 ） 那里领略大自然的新视觉 。 啊 ！ 对你们有眼能看
的人来说, 在那些时代的艺术中有多么丰富的意义和美感 。
Upon my short visit to this temple of art I should not be able to review a fraction
of that great world of art which is open to you,I should be able to get only a
superficial impression,Artists tell me that for deep and true appreciation of art
one must educated the eye,One must learn through experience to weigh the
merits of line,of composition,of form and color,If I had eyes,how happily
would I embark upon so fascinating a study! Yet I am told that,to many of you
who have eyes to see,the world of art is a dark night,unexplored and
unilluminated,
在我对这座艺术殿堂的短暂访问中，我不应只能看到那对你开放的伟大艺术
世界的一个部分，我只能是获得一个表面的印象。艺术家告诉我，要能真正
深刻地鉴赏，他得要训练他的眼力。他必须通过经验学会衡量线条构图，形
态和色彩的价值。如果我有眼睛，我会多么幸福地从事如此迷人的研究！但
是，有人告诉我，对你们有眼睛可看的许多人来说，艺术的世界是一片黑暗，
未曾开发，未曾照亮。
It would be with extreme reluctance that I should leave the Metropolitan
Museum,which contains the key to beauty -- a beauty so neglected,
Seeing persons,however,do not need a metropolitan to find this key to
beauty,The same key lies waiting in smaller museums,and in books
on the shelves of even small libraries,But naturally,in my limited time
of imaginary sight,I should choose the place where the key unlocks the
greatest treasures in the shortest time,
多么不情愿, 我要离开大都会博物馆, 那里有开启美的钥匙, 这种美
又被忽视了 。 而能看见的人却不需要到大都会博物馆去找到这开启美
的钥匙 。 这相同的钥匙也在较小的博物馆, 甚至小图书馆的书架上的
书中等待着 。 当然, 在我想象的能看见的有限时间里, 我该选择那在
尽短的时间内打开最伟大宝库的钥匙所在的地方 。
The evening of my second day of sight I should spend at a theatre or at the movies,Even now I
often attend theatrical performances of all sorts,but the action of the play must be spelled into
my hand by a companion,But how I should like to see with my own eyes the fascinating figure
of Hamlet,or the gusty Falstaff amid colorful Elizabethan trappings! How I should like to follow
each movement of the graceful Hamlet,each strut of the hearty Falstaff! And since I could see
only one play,I should be confronted by a many-horned dilemma,for there are scores of plays I
should want to see,You who have eyes can see any you like,How many of you,I wonder,
when you gaze at a play,a movie,or any spectacle,realize and give thanks for the miracle of
sight which enables you to enjoy its color,grace,and movement?
我能看见的第二天晚上我该在剧院或电影院度过 。 甚至现在, 我还是经常去
看各种戏剧表演, 但剧情需要由一个同伴拼写在我手上 。 我多么想亲眼看到
哈姆雷特的迷人形象, 或者是那在艳丽多彩的伊丽莎白时代服饰中刮大风的
伏尔斯塔夫 ！ （ 译注：伏尔斯塔夫为莎士比亚剧中的一个滑稽喜剧人物, 是
莎剧, 享利四世王,,, 享利五世王, 和, 温莎的风流娘儿们, 内个剧中的
一个胖骑士, 爱吹牛自夸, 又胆小, 但是他足智多谋, 心地善良 。 ） 我多想
领会优雅的哈姆雷特的每个动作, 热忱的伏尔斯塔夫的每一个昂首阔步地样
子 ！ 既然我只能看一个戏, 我就会面临进退两难的困境, 因为有几十部剧我
都想看 。 你们有眼能看的人可以看你喜欢的任何一部剧 。 我不知道, 当你们
注视着这一部剧, 一场电影, 或任何奇观时, 你们中间有多少人意识到并感
激使你们享受到它的色彩, 优雅和动作的视力奇迹？
I cannot enjoy the beauty of rhythmic movement except in a sphere restricted
to the touch of my hands,I can vision only dimly the grace of a Pavlowa,
although I know something of the delight of rhythm,for often I can sense the
beat of music as it vibrates through the floor,I can well imagine that cadenced
motion must be one of the most pleasing sights in the world,I have been able
to gather something of this by tracing with my fingers the lines in sculptured
marble; if this static grace can be so lovely,how much more acute must be
the thrill of seeing grace in motion,
除非在我的手能触摸到的范围内, 我不能享受那节奏感很强的动作的优美 。
尽管我懂得一些节奏的愉快, 因为当音乐通过地板振动时, 我经常能感觉到
它的节拍, 可是我也只能模糊地想象到一个巴甫洛娃 （ 译注：原苏联的著名
的女芭蕾舞演员 ） 的优美 。 我能很好地想象到, 有节拍的动作一定是世上最
令人愉快的景象之一 。 我已能用我的手指来摸索出大理石雕刻中的线条轮廓
从而获得这样的一些感受；如果这种静态的雅致都是这么可爱, 那么, 看见
那动态的雅致所感受到的激动该是多么强烈 。
One of my dearest memories is of the time when Joseph Jefferson allowed me
to touch his face and hands as he went through some of the gestures and
speeches of his beloved Rip Van Winkle,I was able to catch thus a meager
glimpse of the world of drama,and I shall never forget the delight of that
moment,But,oh,how much I must miss,and how much pleasure you seeing
ones can derive from watching and hearing the interplay of speech and
movement in the unfolding of a dramatic performance! If I could see only one
play,I should know how to picture in my \mind the action of a hundred plays
which I have read or had transferred to me through the medium of the manual
alphabet,
我最宝贵的记忆之一是那次约瑟夫 ·杰佛逊 （ 译注：１８２９－１９０５年, 著名的美
国演员 。 他所扮演的最有名的角色是根据美国作家华盛顿 ·艾文所创作的人物瑞
普 ·范 ·温克尔 ） 表演完他心爱的角色瑞普 ·范 ·温克尔的动作和对白后让我摸他的脸和手 。
这样, 我可以获得对梦幻世界微弱的一瞥 。 我将永志不忘那个时刻的愉快 。 但是, 啊,
我可能失去了多少, 你们能看的人从戏剧表演中看动作, 听语言的相互作用中产生了
多少喜悦 ！ 如果我能哪怕是只能看一部剧, 我都会知道怎样在我脑海中描绘我曾经读
过的或通过手势字母的媒介向我转述的１００部剧的动作 。
So,through the evening of my second imaginary
day of sight,the great fingers of dramatic literature
would crowd sleep from my eyes,
这样, 通过我设想的能看见的第二天的夜晚, 我
用手指读过的大量戏剧文学会因我的眼睛看了后
又在我的睡梦中都涌现出来 。
The Third Day
The following morning,I should again greet the
dawn,anxious to discover new delights,for I am
sure that,for those who have eyes which really
see,the dawn of each day must be a perpetually
new revelation of beauty,
接下来这一天的早上, 我再次迎接黎明, 迫切地要发现新
的愉快, 因我确信, 对那些有眼睛能真正看见的人来说,
每 天 的 黎 明 一 定 是 一 种 美 的 永 恒 新 展 露 。
This,according to the terms of my imagined miracle,is to be my third
and last day of sight,I shall have no time to waste in regrets or
longings; there is too much to see,The first day I devoted to my
friends,animate and inanimate,The second revealed to me the
history of man and Nature,Today I shall spend in the workaday world
of the present,amid the haunts of men going about the business of life,
And where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in
New York? So the city becomes my destination,
按我设想出现奇迹的条件, 这将是我能看见的第三天, 也
是最后的一天 。 我没有时间去浪费在后悔中或渴望中, 要
看的东西太多了 。 第一天我献给了我的朋友们, 有生命的
和无生命的 。 第二天向我展示了人类和自然的历史 。 今天
我将在当今的平凡世界里度过, 在为生活事务忙碌的人们
常去的地方度过 。 而何处人们才能找到像在纽约的人这样
多的活动和条件呢？ 所以, 纽约便成了我的去处 。
I start from my home in the quiet little suburb of Forest Hills,Long
Island,Here,surrounded by green lawns,trees,and flowers,are neat
little houses,happy with the voices and movements of wives and
children,havens of peaceful rest for men who toil in the city,I drive
across the lacy structure of steel which spans the East River,and I get
a new and startling vision of the power and ingenuity of the mind of
man,Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat,
stolid,snorting tugs,If I had long days of sight ahead,I should spend
many of them watching the delightful activity upon the river,
我从我在长岛森林岗静静的小郊区的家出发, 这里, 芳草绿树鲜花环绕着整
洁的小住房, 妻子和孩子欢声笑语, 其乐融融, 是城里辛劳的人们安宁的避
风港 。 我驾车通过那跨越东河的带花边的钢铁建筑, 从而对人类头脑的独创
性和威力获得一个新的令人震惊的视觉 。 繁忙的船只在河上鸣叫着来来往往
－－－高速快艇和笨头笨脑喘着气的拖驳 。 如果我能看见的日子更长些, 我
要花更多的时间看看这河上快乐的景象 。
I look ahead,and before me rise the fantastic towers of New York,a
city that seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story,What
an awe-inspiring sight,these glittering spires,these vast banks of stone
and steel-structures such as the gods might build for themselves! This
animated picture is a part of the lives of millions of people every day,
How many,I wonder,give it so much as a seconds glance? Very few,I
fear,Their eyes are blind to this magnificent sight because it is so
familiar to them,
我展望前头, 纽约的高楼大厦在我前面升起, 似乎是从童话故事的篇章中出
现的一座城市, 多么令人敬畏的景象, 这些闪闪发光的尖塔, 这些巨大的石
头与钢铁的建筑群, 就像众神为他们自己而建的 ！ 这幅生气勃蓬的图景是千
百万人每天生命的一部分 。 我不知道, 到底有多少人再对它多看一眼？ 我怕
很少, 他们的眼睛对这辉煌的景象却是熟是无睹, 因为这对他们太熟悉了 。
I hurry to the top of one of those gigantic structures,the Empire State
Building,for there,a short time ago,I "saw" the city below through the
eyes of my secretary,I am anxious to compare my fancy with reality,I
am sure I should not be disappointed in the panorama spread out
before me,for to me it would be a vision of another world,
我赶紧来到这些巨大建筑之一的顶端－－－帝国大厦, 因为在那
里, 不久以前, 我通过我的秘书的眼睛能, 看, 过下面的城市 。 我焦
切地把我的想象同现实作一番比较 。 我确信, 我对展现在我面前的景
观不会失望, 因为它对我来说是另一个世界的景象 。
Now I begin my rounds of the city,First,I stand at a busy corner,
merely looking at people,trying by sight of them to understand
something of their live,I see smiles,and I am happy,I see serious
determination,and I am proud,I see suffering,and I am compassionate,
现在我开始周游这座城市 。 首先, 我站在一个热闹的角落, 仅仅
是看着人们, 试图以审视他们来理解他们生活的某些东西 。 我看到笑
容, 我就高兴 。 我看到严肃的决心, 我就骄傲 。 我看到苦难, 我就同
情 。
I stroll down Fifth Avenue,I throw my eyes out of focus,so that I see no
particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors,I am certain
that the colors of women's dresses moving in a throng must be a
gorgeous spectacle of which I should never tire,But perhaps if I had
sight I should be like most other women -- too interested in styles and
the cut of individual dresses to give much attention to the splendor of
color in the mass,And I am convinced,too,that I should become an
inveterate window shopper,for it must be a delight to the eye to view
the myriad articles of beauty on display,
我漫步在第五大道上 （ 译注：第五大道是纽约曼哈顿区的最繁华最壮观
的商业大道, 有许多高档精品商店, 洛克菲勒中心就在该大道附近 。 ） 我的
目光没有聚焦, 以致我没有看到特别的目标, 仅仅是那川流不息的彩色万花
筒 。 我相信那成群女人们的服装颜色一定是一种华丽的奇观, 我会百看不厌
的 。 或许, 如果我有视力, 我也会像其他大多数女人一样－－－也对个人服
装的式样和剪裁很感兴趣, 以使人群中的华丽色彩有更多的吸引力 。 我也相
信, 我也会成为一个有瘾的橱窗浏览者, 因为看那陈列的无数美好的商品一
定是赏心悦目之事 。
From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city-to Park Avenue,to the
slums,to factories,to parks where children play,I take a stay-at-home
trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters,Always my eyes are open
wide to all the sights of both happiness and misery so that I may probe
deep and add to my understanding of how people work and live,my
heart is full of the images of people and things,My eye passes lightly
over no single trifle; it strives to touch and hold closely each thing its
gaze rests upon,Some sights are pleasant,filling the heart with
happiness; but some are miserably pathetic,To these latter I do not
shut my eyes,for they,too,are part of life,To close the eye on them is
to close the heart and mind,
从第五大道起我浏览这座城市－－－到派克大道, 到贫民窟, 到工厂区,
到儿童游乐的公园去 。 我以参观外国居民区来作不出国的国外旅行 。 我总是
睁大眼睛看所有的景象, 既看幸福的, 也看悲哀的, 以便我可以深入探究和
加深理解人们是如何工作和生活的 。 我心中充满了人和事物的形象, 我的目
光不轻易地忽略任何一件小事, 它力求触及并紧紧抓住所见的每件事 。 有些
景象是愉快的, 让心里充满快乐, 而有些是悲惨的, 对这些事, 我并不闭上
我的眼睛, 因为这也是生活的一部分, 对此闭起双目就是关闭起心灵与头脑 。
My third day of sight is drawing to an end,Perhaps there
are many serious pursuits to which I should devote the few
remaining hours,but I am afraid that on the evening of that
last day I should again run away to the theater,to a
hilariously funny play,so that I might appreciate the
overtones of comedy in the human spirit,
我能看的第三天慢慢地结束了 。 也许还有许多强烈的愿望我应花
最后的几个小时去实现, 但是, 我怕这最后一天的晚上我该又逃到戏
院去了, 去看一部欢快有趣的戏剧 。 这样我可以欣赏到人类精神上喜
剧的含蓄意义 。
At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease,and
permanent night would close in on me again,Naturally in those three
short days I should not have seen all I wanted to see,Only when
darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I
had left unseen,But my mind would be so crowded with glorious
memories that I should have little time for regrets,Thereafter the touch
of every object would bring a glowing memory of how that object looked,
午夜, 我那短暂的失明后的重见状态就终止了, 永恒的黑夜重又回到我
身上 。 当然, 在这短短的３天中, 我并没有看到我想看的所有事情, 唯有在
黑暗重又降临在我身上之时, 我才意识到我留下多少事情没有看到 。 但我的
脑海里充满了这么多美好的记忆, 以至我没有什么时间去后悔 。 此后, 对每
个东西的触摸都将留下一个强烈的记忆, 那东西看起来是怎样的 。
Perhaps this short outline of how I should spend three days of sight
does not agree with the program you would set for yourself if you knew
that you were about to be stricken blind,I am,however,sure that if you
actually faced that fate your eyes would open to things you had never
seen before,storing up memories for the long night ahead,You would
use your eyes as never before,Everything you saw would become dear
to you,Your eyes would touch and embrace every object that came
within your range of vision,Then,at last,you would really see,and a
new world of beauty would open itself before you,
也许, 我的这篇简短的关于怎样度过这能看的３天的概述和你们自己在
遭致失明的情况下所设想的不一致 。 然而, 我确信, 如果你真的面临那不幸
的命运, 你的双眼一定对你们过去从未看见过的事情睁大眼睛, 为你今后的
漫漫长夜保存下回忆, 你将以过去从未有过的方式去利用你的眼睛 。 你所看
到的每件事会变得对你珍贵起来, 你的眼睛会触及并抓住在进入你视线范围
之内的每件事物 。 然后, 你最终真正地看见了, 于是, 一个美的新世界在你
面前展开了 。
I who am blind can give one hint to those who see -- one admonition to
those who would make full use of the gift of sight,Use your eyes as if
tomorrow you would be stricken blind,And the same method can be
applied to the other senses,Hear the music of voices,the song of a
bird,the mighty strains of an orchestra,as if you would be stricken deaf
tomorrow,Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your
tactile sense would fail,Smell the perfume of flowers,taste with relish
each morsel,as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again,
Make the most of every sense,glory in all the facets of pleasure and
beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of
contact which Nature provides,But of all the senses,I am sure that
sight must be the most delightful,
我, 一个盲人, 可以给那些能看见的人一个提示－－－对想充分利用视
力天赋的人的一个忠告：用你的双眼, 就好像你明天就会遭致失明一样 。 这
同样的方法也能用于其它的感觉上, 去听悦耳的乐声, 鸟儿的鸣唱, 乐队的
强劲旋律, 就好像你明天就遭致失聪一样 。 去触摸你想摸的每个物体, 就像
你明天会推动触觉意识一样 。 去闻花朵的芳香, 津津有味地去尝美味佳肴,
就好像你明天会再也不能闻到, 尝到一样 。 更多地体验每种感觉；所有的愉
快和美感方面的天福, 世界通过自然提供的几种接触方式将它展露给你 。 但
是, 在所有的感觉之中, 我相信视觉可能是最愉快的 。
Almost 600 people,in 31 groups,are taking part in the second national
professional skills competition for handicapped people,also known as the
Second Abilimpics China,which began Aug,9,in Shanghai and ends
August 23 in Beijing,The participants will showtheir skills in five categories
and 22 items,ranging from computer programming to handicraft making,
Sitting in front of a PC,Chen Bin's body writhes while his hands fumble
with the keyboard,Strings of words jump up on the screen,Chen,who
suffers from the aftermath of infantile paralysis,is competing in a contest for
computer programmers,
China Tries Hard to Make Handicapped
People's Life Smooth
Sitting in front of a PC,Chen Bin's body writhes while his hands fumble
with the keyboard,Strings of words jump up on the screen,Chen,who
suffers from the aftermath of infantile paralysis,is competing in a
contest for computer programmers,
The organizer said the event is aimed at helping the handicapped
become more aware of their own abilities and potential,and helping the public
learn more about the capabilities and desire for work of the handicapped
population,
Over the past few decades,China has made strenuous efforts to remove
all kinds of hurdles,both physical and psychological,for the handicapped,
In cities,more and more facilities have been built to assist the handicapped,
and even in remote areas local governments have tried hard to relieve them of
difficulties in their daily lives,
Since 1988,China has made notable achievements
in tackling the issue of employment for the handicapped
population,which tops 60 million,accounting for five
percent of the country's 1.3 billion people,At the end of
2002,the employment rate for the handicapped reached
82 percent,compared to less than 50 percent in 1988,
according to Deng Pufang,chairman of the China
Disabled Persons' Federation,
Quotations,
1.The greater the obstacle,the more glory in overcoming,
2.When it is dark enough,you can see the stars,
3.Although the world is full of suffering,it is full also of the
overcoming of it,
4,NO pain,no palm; no throne; no gall,no glory; no cross,
no crown,
5,All rising to great place is by a winding stair,
6,If we face our tasks with the resolution to solve them,
who shall say that anything is impossible,
Facing Fate
Hellen Keller
Security is mostly a superstition,
It does not exist in nature,
Nor do the children of men as a whole experience it,
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run
than outright exposure,
Life is either a daring adventure,or nothing,
To keep our faces toward change and
behave like free spirits
in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable,
About the text
1,What does the title imply?
2,What’s the theme of the text?
Structural analysis of the text
?Main idea of each part,
?Part One 1 --- The writer suffers from social
prejudices,
?Part Two (2-14) --- It tells about the writer’s
personal disappointing experiences in an
ascending order,
?Part Three (15-17) --- It indirectly tells about the
writer’s hope that in the near future both the
handicapped and the non-handicapped are
employed and work together,and that they are
treated on an equal footing by employers,who
do not harbour any prejudice against the
disabled,
some difficult sentences,words or
phrases
1,To date it has not been narcissistic,
?Explain,Up to now I haven’t been able to admire
my own appearance because I can’t see,
2,People will converse with me at the top of their
lungs,
?Explain,people will talk to me at the top of their
voices,
3,This point was graphically driven home to me
while we were in England,
?Explain,I was made to see this point very clearly
during my stay in England,
4,My saint-like disposition deserted me,
?Explain,My agreeable personality
disappeared,
5,By and large,the business community’s
response to offering employment to the
disabled had been enthusiastic,
? Explain,In general,the situation on the
employment given to the disabled by the
business community has been improving,
Words or phrases to study
pick up
?You dropped the plate on the floor; now
you can pick it up,
?Pick me up at the hotel,
?Where did you pick up the lovely old vase?
?This room must be picked up before the
guests arrive,
? They met after five years,and picked up
their friendship as if there had been no
interruption,
aware (conscious)
?She was aware of the fact,but she can not
face it yet,
? He was not aware of having done wrong,
? You must be aware that what you are
doing is quite illegal,
qualification
?Only applicants with proper qualifications
will be considered,(资格，条件，多做复数 )
? His ability qualifies him for the job,
? He is qualified to do the job,
? One experience doesn’t qualify him to
speak as an authority,
?I am a qualified doctor,who will not hurt
you,
base on
?All action is based on judgment,
?Alice always bases her opinions on the
facts,
?This book is based on a true story,
issue
?This magazine is issued weekly,
?The authorities issued food to the flood
victims,
?The next big issue confronting the workers
is the questions of wages,
mis-; dis-
? misapply,mishandle,misplace,mislead,
mistake,misprint,misuse (构成反义词，错
误的 )
? Disagree,disadvantage,displease,
dishonest,disloyal (构成反义词 )
Translation exercises
1) An actor must enunciate his words distinctly; otherwise,
the audience cannot hear him clearly,nor can they
make out what he is saying,
2) We picked up the radio signals for help from the plane,
3) In order to drive home his policy,the President wrote a
second letter,
4) He deserted his wife and daughter as well as his farm
and went to live in a big city,
5) Peter blurted out the news,which astonished all of us,
Translation exercises
? 6)In response to the lawyer’s appeals,the
Home Secretary granted a free pardon,
? 7) The boys became disillusioned about the
romance of camping after their tent collapsed in
the heavy rain,
? 8) The Ministry had to cancel the plan to issue
government bonds,
? 9) We are looking forward to the summer
vacation,during which we can do whatever we
like,
? 10) He shot at a bird,but missed it,Then he
immediately shot at bald eagle flying in the air,
and missed it again,
Dictation
? Helen Keller was born a healthy normal child in
Alabama in 1880,However,an illness accompanied by a
high fever struck her when she was still an infant,leaving
her deaf,blind,and unable to speak,Several years later a
miracle came into Helen’s life when Anne Sullivan,a
strong and loving person,became her teacher,Through
her help,Helen Keller learned to communicate with those
around her,and she grew older others benefit from her
unique insight and courage,Miss Keller died in 1968,but
her spirit lives on,It lives on in her articles and books and
in the stories of people who were fortunate enough to
meet her during her life time,
Darkness at Noon
Unit 13
Purposes
1,To get students have the right attitude
towards the disabled,
2,To understand the purpose of writing,
3,To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge
by doing various types of exercises,
Three Days to See
Helen Keller
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and
specified time to live,Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short
as twenty-four hours,But always we were interested in discovering just how the
doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours,I speak,of course,
of free men who have a choice,not condemned criminals whose sphere of
activities is strictly delimited,
我们大家都读过一些令人激动的故事，这些故事里的主人公仅仅活在
有限并且特定的时间内，有时长达一年，有时短到２４小时。但我们
总是有兴趣发现，那命中注定要死的是那些有选择自由的人，而不是
那些活动范围被严格限定了的判了刑的犯人。
Such stories set us thinking,wondering what we
should do under similar circumstances,What
events,what experiences,what associations
should we crowd into those last hours as mortal
beings? What happiness should we find in
reviewing the past,what regrets?
这样的故事让我们思考，在相似的情况下，我们该
怎么办，作为终有一死的人，在那最终的几个小时
内安排什么事件，什么经历，什么交往？在回顾往
事时，我们该找到什么快乐？什么悔恨？
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if
we should die tomorrow,Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the
values of life,We should live each day with a gentleness,a vigor,and a
keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us
in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come,
There are those,of course,who would adopt the Epicurean motto of "Eat,
drink,and be merry," but most people would be chastened by the certainty of
impending death,
有时我想到，过好每一天是个非常好的习惯，似乎我们明天就会死去。这种
态度鲜明地强调了生命的价值。我们应该以优雅、精力充沛、善知乐趣的方
式过好每一天。而当岁月推移，在经常瞻观未来之时日、未来之年月中，这
些又常常失去。当然，也有人愿按伊壁鸠鲁的信条“吃、喝和欢乐”去生活。
（译注：伊壁鸠鲁是古希腊哲学家，他认为生活的主题目的是享乐，而最高
的享受唯通过合理的生活，如自我控制才能得到。因为生活享受的目的被过
分强调，而达此目的之手段被忽视，所以伊壁鸠鲁的信徒现今变为追求享乐
的人。他们的信条是：“让我们吃喝，因为明天我们就死亡”），但绝大多
数人还是被即将面临死亡的必然性所折磨。
In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by
some stroke of fortune,but almost always his sense of values is
changed,he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and
its permanent spiritual values,It ahs often been noted that those
who live,or have lived,in the shadow of death bring a mellow
sweetness to everything they do,
在故事里，注定要死的主人公往往在最后一刻由某种命运的突变而得救，
但几乎总是他的价值观被改变了。他们对生活的意义和它永恒的精神价
值变得更具欣赏力了。常常看到那些生活或已生活在死亡的阴影之中的
人们都赋予他们所做的每件事以芳醇甜美。
Most of us,however,take life for granted,We know that one day we
must die,but usually we picture that day as far in the future,When
we are in buoyant health,death is all but unimaginable,We seldom
think of it,The days stretch out in an endless vista,So we go about
our petty tasks,hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life,
但是，我们大多数人把生活认为是理所当然的。我们知道，某一天我们
一定会死，但通常我们把那天想象在遥远的将来。当我们心宽体健时，
死亡几乎是不可想象的，我们很少想到它。时日在无穷的展望中延展着，
于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度。
The same lethargy,I am afraid,characterizes the use of all our faculties
and senses,Only the deaf appreciate hearing,only the blind realize the
manifold blessings that lie in sight,Particularly does this observation
apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life,But those
who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the
fullest use of these blessed faculties,Their eyes and ears take in all
sights and sounds hazily,without concentration and with little
appreciation,It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we
have until we lose it,of not being conscious of health until we are ill,
恐怕, 同倦的懒散也成为利用我们所有的本能和感觉的特点 。 只有聋子才
珍惜听力, 唯有瞎子才体会到能看见事物的种种幸福, 这种结论特别适合
于那些在成年阶段失去视力和听力的人们, 而那些从没有遭受视觉或听觉
损伤之苦的人却很少充分利用这些天赐的官能 。 他们模模糊糊地眼观八方,
耳听各音, 毫无重点, 不会鉴赏, 还是那相同的老话, 对我们所有的官能
不知珍惜, 直至 失去它, 对我 们的健康 意识不 到, 直 至生病 时 。
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human
being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some
time during his early adult life,Darkness would make him
more appreciative of sight; silence would tech him the joys
of sound,
我常常想，如果每个人在他成年的早期有一段时间致瞎
致聋，那会是一种幸事，黑暗会使他更珍惜视力，寂静
会教导他享受声音。
我不时地询问过我的能看见东西的朋友们，以了解他们看到什么。
最近，我的一个很好的朋友来看我，她刚从一片森林里散步许久回
来，我问她看到了什么，她答道：“没什么特别的。”如果我不是
习惯了听到这种回答，我都可能不相信，因为很久以来我已确信这
个情况：能看得见的人却看不到什么。
Now and them I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they
see,Recently I was visited by a very good friends who had just
returned from a long walk in the woods,and I asked her what she
had observed.,"Nothing in particular," she replied,I might have
been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such reposes,for
long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little,
How was it possible,I asked myself,to walk for an hour through the woods and see
nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through
mere touch,I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf,I pass my hands lovingly about the
smooth skin of a silver birch,or the rough,shaggy bark of a pine,In the spring I touch
the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud the first sign of awakening Nature
after her winter's sleep,I feel the delightful,velvety texture of a flower,and discover its
remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me,
Occasionally,if I am very fortunate,I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the
happy quiver of a bird in full song,I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook
rush thought my open finger,To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is
more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug,To me the page ant of seasons is a
thrilling and unending drama,the action of which streams through my finger tips,
我独自一人，在林子里散步一小时之久而没有看到任何值得注意的东西，那怎么可能呢？我自己，
一个不能看见东西的人，仅仅通过触觉，都发现许许多多令我有兴趣的东西。我感触到一片树叶的
完美的对称性。我用手喜爱地抚摸过一株白桦那光潮的树皮，或一棵松树的粗糙树皮。春天，我摸
着树干的枝条满怀希望地搜索着嫩芽，那是严冬的沉睡后，大自然苏醒的第一个迹象。我抚摸过花
朵那令人愉快的天鹅绒般的质地，感觉到它那奇妙的卷绕，一些大自然奇迹向我展现了。有时，如
果我很幸运，我把手轻轻地放在一棵小树上，还能感受到一只高声歌唱的小鸟的愉快颤抖，我十分
快乐地让小溪涧的凉水穿过我张开的手指流淌过去。对我来说，一片茂密的地毯式的松针叶或松软
而富弹性的草地比最豪华的波斯地毯更受欢迎。对我来说四季的壮观而华丽的展示是一部令人激动
的、无穷尽的戏剧。这部戏剧的表演，通过我的手指尖端涌淌出来。
At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things,If I can
get so much pleasure from mere touch,how much more beauty must be
revealed by sight,Yet,those who have eyes apparently see little,the
panorama of color and action which fills the world is taken for granted,It
is human,perhaps,to appreciate little that which we have and to long
for that which we have not,but it is a great pity that in the world of light
the gift of sight is used only as a mere conveniences rather than as a
means of adding fullness to life,
有时，由于渴望能看到这一切东西，我的内心在哭泣。如果说仅凭我的触
觉我就能感受到这么多的愉快，那么凭视觉该有多少美丽的东西显露出来。
然而，那些能看见的人明显地看得很少，充满世间的色彩和动作的景象被
当成理所当然，或许，这是人性共有的特点；对我们具有的不怎么欣赏，
而对我们不具有的却渴望得到。然而，这是一个极大的遗憾，在光明的世
界里，视力的天赋仅仅作为一种方便之用，而没有作为增添生活美满的手
段。
If I were the president of a university I should establish a
compulsory course in "How to Use Your Eyes",The
professor would try to show his pupils how they could add
joy to their lives by really seeing what passes unnoticed
before them,He would try to awake their dormant and
sluggish faculties,
如果我是一所大学的校长，我就要开设一门强制的必修课
“如何应用你的眼睛”。这门课的教授应该试图给他的学生
显示怎样能以看见那些在他们面前一现而过的东西来增添他
们生活的乐趣，这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天
赋。
Perhaps I can best illustrate by imagining what I should most like to
see if I were given the use of my eyes,say,for just three days,And
while I am imagining,suppose you,too,set your mind to work on the
problem of how you would use your own eyes if you had only three
more days to see,If with the on-coming darkness of the third night you
knew that the sun would never rise for you again,how would you
spend those three precious intervening days? What would you most
want to let your gaze rest upon?
或许，如果让我来应用我的眼睛，比方说，仅仅用３天吧，我能以我
想象的最喜欢看见的东西来很好地说清楚这个问题。而且，当我想象
的时候，设想你也在思考这个问题。如果你也只有３天多点的时间看
东西，你该如何应用你自己的眼睛。如果面对即将到来的第三个夜晚
的黑暗，你又知道，太阳对你来说，永不再升起了，那么你该怎样度
过这插进来的宝贵的３天呢？你最想要注视的东西是什么呢？
I,naturally,should want most to see the things which have
become dear to me through my years of darkness,You,too,
would want to let your eyes rest on the things that have become
dear to you so that you could take the memory of them with you
into the night that loomed before you,
If,by some miracle,I were granted three seeing days,to be
followed by a relapse into darkness,I should divide the period
into three parts,
当然, 我会最想看到我多年的黑暗中对我变得珍贵的事情, 你也会
想让你们的目光停留在那些对你已经变得珍贵的事情上 。 这样, 你
就能随着你进入那逼近在你面前的长夜而永远记住它们 。
如果由某种奇迹，我获得了能看见东西的３天，随后又沉陷于一片
黑暗之中，我该将这段时间分为３个部分。
The First Day
On the first day,I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness
and companionship have made my life worth living,First I should like to gaze
long upon the face of my dear teacher,Mrs,Anne Sullivan Macy,who came to
me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me,I should want not
merely to see the outline of her face,so that I could cherish it in my memory,but
to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness
and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education,I
should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to
stand firm in the face of difficulties,and that compassion for all humanity which
she has revealed to me so often,
第一天, 我想看到这些人, 他们的善良, 温柔和友情使我的生命值得活下去 。
首先我想仔细长久地观看我那亲爱的老师安妮 ·萨利文 ·梅西夫人的面容 。 当我还
是一个孩子的时候, 她来到我面前, 并向我打开了外部世界 。 我不仅要看她脸
部的轮廓, 以便我能把它珍藏在我的记忆中, 而且我还要研究这张脸庞, 在那
里找到富有同情心, 温柔和耐心的活证据, 她就是以这种温柔和耐心完成了教
育我的艰难的任务 。 我要看她眼睛里包藏的那种性格力量, 它使得她在困难面
前那么坚定 。 我要看那对所有人的同情心, 她如此经常地对我显露出来 。
第一天
I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that "Window of
the soul",the eye,I can only "see" through my finger tips the outline of a face,I
can detect laughter,sorrow,and many other obvious emotions,I know my
friends from the feel of their faces,But I cannot really picture their personalities
by touch,I know their personalities,of course,through other means,through the
thoughts they express to me,through whatever of their actions are revealed to
me,But I am denied that deeper understanding of them which I am sure would
come through sight of them,through watching their reactions to various
expressed thoughts and circumstances,through noting the immediate and
fleeting reactions of their eyes and countenance,
我不知道通过, 心灵的窗口, －－－眼睛, 看透一个朋友的内心是怎么一回事 。
我只能通过我的指尖, 看, 到一张面孔的轮廓 。 我能察觉欢笑, 悲伤和其它许多
明显的感情 。 我从他们面部的感触知道我的朋友, 但我不能正确地凭触摸描绘出
他们的品格 。 我当然通过其它方式知道他们的品格, 通过他们对我表达的思想,
通过他们对我表露的任何行为, 但我不曾对他们有更深刻的了解 。 那更深刻的了
解我相信通过看到他们, 通过观察他们对各种表达出来的思想和情况的反应, 通
过 注 意 他 们 眼 睛 和 相 貌 的 直 接 和 短 暂 的 反 应 可 以 达 到 。
Friends who are near to me I know well,because through the months
and years they reveal themselves to me in all their phases; but of
casual friends I have only an incomplete impression,an impression
gained from a handclasp,from spoken words which I take from their
lips with my finger tips,or which they tap into the palm of my hand,
在我身边的朋友，我熟知他们，因为长年累月他们在各方面都对我表露了
他们自己。而对那些偶然的朋友我只有一个不完全的印象，一种我从下面
方式中得到的印象：一次握手，我的指尖从他们的双唇上感触到的他们所
说的话，或者是他们在我两手掌上轻轻地拍抚。
How much easier,how much more satisfying it is for you
who can see to grasp quickly the essential qualities of
another person by watching the subtleties of expression,
the quiver of a muscle,the flutter of a hand,But does it
ever occur to you to use your sight to see into the inner
nature of a friends or acquaintance/ Do not most of you
seeing people grasp casually the outward features of a
face and let it go at that?
对你来说，一个能看见的人，通过观察微妙的表情
－－－一条肌肉的颤抖、一只手的摆动，很快地了解另
一个人的本质，是多么容易又多么令人满足的事情。但
是你曾经有过用你的视觉去看透一个朋友或相识的内在
本质的时候吗？你们能看见事物的大多数人不是偶然地
抓住一张脸孔的外部特征并不再去想了吗？
For instance can you describe accurately the faces of
five good friends? some of you can,but many cannot,
As an experiment,I have questioned husbands of long
standing about the color of their wives' eyes,and often
they express embarrassed confusion and admit that
they do not know,And,incidentally,it is a chronic
complaint of wives that their husbands do not notice
new dresses,new hats,and changes in household
arrangements,
例如，你能精确地描叙５个好朋友的面貌吗？有
些人能够，但许多人不能。作为一个实验，我曾问过
那些多年相处的丈夫们，他们妻子的眼睛是什么颜色。
他们常常显得窘迫含糊，承认他们不知道。而且，顺
便说一句，妻子们经常抱怨，他们的丈夫不注意新衣
服、新帽子和家庭摆设的变化。
In the afternoon of that first seeing day,I should take a long walk in the
woods and intoxicate my eyes on the beauties of the world of Nature
trying desperately to absorb in a few hours the vast splendor which is
constantly unfolding itself to those who can see,On the way home from
my woodland jaunt my path would lie near a farm so that I might see
the patient horses ploughing in the field 9perhaps I should see only a
tractor!) and the serene content of men living close to the soil,And I
should pray for the glory of a colorful sunset,
那能看见的第一天的下午, 我要在树林里长久地散步, 让我的目光陶
醉在大自然世界的美景之中 。 在几个小时中, 试图拼命地吸收那无穷
的壮丽, 这对那些能看见的人却是一条小路, 这样我便能看到那驯良
的马匹在犁田 （ 或许, 我该看见唯一的一台拖拉机 ！ ） 看到贴近泥土
生活的人们那安详的满足 。 而且, 我该为艳丽的落日光辉而祈祷 。
When dusk had fallen,I should experience the
double delight of being able to see by artificial light
which the genius of man has created to extend the
power of his sight when Nature decrees darkness,
黄昏降临时, 我该感受到双倍的愉快, 因为能看
到人造的光芒, 这是人类的天才创造出来的, 当
大自然黑暗降临之时, 以延展他的视力 。
In the night of that first day of sight,I should not be
able to sleep,so full would be my mind of the
memories of the day,
在那能看见的第一天晚间, 我是不能入睡的,
我脑海中充满了白天的记忆 。
The Second Day
The next day - the second day of sight - I should
arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle
by which night is transformed into day,I should
behold with awe the magnificent panorama of light
with which the sun awakens the sleeping earth,
次日－－－我能看的第二天－－－我会随黎明一
道起来, 看那黑夜转成白昼的激动人心的奇迹,
我要怀着肃然敬畏的心情去看那太阳唤醒沉睡的
大地的壮观的景象 。
This day I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world,past and present,I should want
to see the pageant of man's progress,the kaleidoscope of the ages,How can so much
be compressed into one day? Through the museums,of course,Often I have visited the
New York Museum of Natural History to touch with my hands many of the objects there
exhibited,but I have longed to see with my eyes the condensed history of the earth and
its inhabitants displayed there - animals and the races of men pictured in their native
environment; gigantic carcasses of dinosaurs and mastodons which roamed the earth
long before man appeared,with his tiny stature and powerful brain,to conquer the animal
kingdom; realistic presentations of the processes of development in animals,in man,and
in the implements which man has used to fashion for himself a secure home on this
planet; and a thousand and one other aspects of natural history,
这一天, 我要用来匆忙地扫视这个世界, 它的过去和现在 。 我想看人类
进程的展示, 时代的万花筒 。 这么多的东西怎么能压缩在一天之内看完呢？
当然, 通过博物馆, 我已多次去参观过纽约自然历史博物馆, 用我手去触摸
那里陈列的许多物件 。 但我渴望亲眼看到地球和那里陈列的地球上居民的浓
缩历史－－－在他们自然环境里展示出的动物和人类种族；曾在人类出现之
前, 很早就在地球上漫游的巨大恐龙和柱牙象骨架, 人类以他小巧的身材和
强有力的大脑征服了动物王国；动物, 人类和人类工具的发展过程的逼真展
现, 人类曾用这些工具在这个星球上来建造他们安全的家园, 还有其它许许
多多的自然历史方面 。
I wonder how many readers of this article have viewed this
panorama of the face of living things as pictured in that
inspiring museum,Many,of course,have not had the
opportunity,but I am sure that many who have had the
opportunity have not made use of it,there,indeed,is a
place to use your eyes,You who see can spend many
fruitful days there,but I with my imaginary three days of
sight,could only take a hasty glimpse,and pass on,
我不知道这篇文章的多少读者看过这个生动的博物馆
所展示的逼真事物的壮观景貌 。 当然有许多人没有机会,
但是我相信, 有许多人确有机会而没有利用 。 那里, 确是
利用你的眼睛的地方, 你们能看见的人能在那里度过许多
成果丰硕的日子, 可是我只有想象的３天可见的时间, 只
能是仓促地一瞥, 匆匆而过 。
My next stop would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art,for just as the Museum of Natural
History reveals the material aspects of the world,so does the Metropolitan show the
myriad facets of the human spirit,Throughout the history of humanity the urge to artistic
expression has been almost as powerful as the urge for food,shelter,and procreation,
And here,in the vast chambers of the Metropolitan Museum,is unfolded before me the
spirit of Egypt,Greece,and Rome,as expressed in their art,I know well through my
hands the sculptured gods and goddesses of the ancient Nile-land,I have felt copies of
Parthenon friezes,and I have sensed the rhythmic beauty of charging Athenian warriors,
Apollos and Venuses and the Winged Victory of Samothrace are friends of my finger tips,
The gnarled,bearded features of Homer are dear to me,for he,too,knew blindness,
我的下一站将是大都会艺术博物馆。像自然历史博物馆展示世界的物质方面一样，大都会艺术博物
馆展示大量的人类精神方面。在贯穿人类历史的全过程中，对艺术表现的强烈冲动就像人类对食物、
住所和繁衍的迫切需要一样强烈。而这里，在大都会博物馆那宽敞的大厅里，在我们面前展示了通
过艺术形式表达出来的古埃及、古希腊和古罗马的精神世界。我通过我的手很好地了解了雕刻的古
代尼罗河土地上的众神，我摸过巴台农神殿（译注：巴台农神殿是希腊雅典城内的帕拉斯 ·雅曲娜
神殿，建于公元前４４７－４３２年间。神殿由大理石筑成，极尽雕饰之巧，是希腊古典建筑的杰
出代表作品。）中楣石柱的复制品，我意识到向前冲锋的的雅典武士的匀称和谐美。阿波罗、维纳
斯和有翅膀的萨摩丝雷斯胜利女神（译注：萨摩丝雷斯是位于希腊爱琴海东北部的一个岛屿，因公
元３０５年在岛上立起一胜利女神大理石雕像，以纪念马斯顿国王的海战大捷而著名。因女神雕像
展开的双臂塑成展翅飞翔的姿态，故称萨摩丝雷斯展翅胜利女神像。该雕像现存于巴黎罗浮宫。）
是我的手指尖的朋友。我看到那荷马的长满胡须、节瘤众多的面部雕像感到无比亲切，因为他也是
盲人。
My hands have lingered upon the living marble of roman sculpture as well as
that of later generations,I have passed my hands over a plaster cast of
Michelangelo's inspiring and heroic Moses; I have sensed the power of Rodin; I
have been awed by the devoted spirit of Gothic wood carving,These arts which
can be touched have meaning for me,but even they were meant to be seen
rather than felt,and I can only guess at the beauty which remains hidden from
me,I can admire the simple lines of a Greek vase,but its figured decorations
are lost to me,
我的手在栩栩如生的罗马大理石雕像和后世的雕刻上逗留。我的手摸过米开
朗基罗（译注：１４７５－１５６４年，著名的佛罗伦萨画家、雕刻家、建
筑师和诗人，意大利文艺复兴盛期的杰出代表人物。）那鼓舞人心的英雄摩
西雕塑石膏模；我感觉到罗丹（译注：１８４０－１９１７年，著名的法国
雕塑家）的力量。我对哥特木刻的热忱精神感到敬畏。这些能被触摸到的艺
术作品对我有着实在的意义，但即使这些艺术品既是为了观看又是为了摸的，
我也只能是猜度我仍未发现的美妙。我能赞叹一只古希腊花瓶简单的线条，
但我对它的图案装饰却是迷惘的。
So on this,my second day of sight,I should try to probe into the soul of man
through this art,The things I knew through touch I should now see,More
splendid still,the whole magnificent world of painting would be opened to me,
from the Italian Primitives,with their serene religious devotion,to the Moderns,
with their feverish visions,I should look deep into the canvases of Raphael,
Leonardo da Vinci,Titian,Rembrandt,I should want to feast my eyes upon the
warm colors of Veronese,study the mysteries of E1 Greco,catch a new vision
of Nature from Corot,Oh,there is so much rich meaning and beauty in the art
of the ages for you who have eyes to see!
所以, 在我能看的第二天, 我要通过人类的艺术努力探究人生的灵魂 。 通过
触摸我知道了的事情, 我现在要看见它对宗教泰然虔诚奉献的意大利文艺复
兴前期作品到狂热梦幻的现代派作品 。 我要仔细端详拉斐尔, 达芬奇, 提香
（ 译注：１４７７－１５７６年, 著名的威尼斯画家 ） 和瑞姆布兰特 （ 译：
１６０６－１６６９年, 著名的荷兰巴罗克画家, 荷兰油画派领袖, 欧洲艺
术大师 。 ） 的油画 。 我要让我的眼睛饱享维勒内兹 （ 译注：１５２８－１５
８８年, 意大利威尼斯派画家 ） 那炽烈的色彩, 研究埃尔 ·格列科 （ 译注：１
５４８－１６２５年, 西班牙画家 ） 的神秘, 从科罗 （ 译注：１７９６－１
８７５年, 法国风景画家 ） 那里领略大自然的新视觉 。 啊 ！ 对你们有眼能看
的人来说, 在那些时代的艺术中有多么丰富的意义和美感 。
Upon my short visit to this temple of art I should not be able to review a fraction
of that great world of art which is open to you,I should be able to get only a
superficial impression,Artists tell me that for deep and true appreciation of art
one must educated the eye,One must learn through experience to weigh the
merits of line,of composition,of form and color,If I had eyes,how happily
would I embark upon so fascinating a study! Yet I am told that,to many of you
who have eyes to see,the world of art is a dark night,unexplored and
unilluminated,
在我对这座艺术殿堂的短暂访问中，我不应只能看到那对你开放的伟大艺术
世界的一个部分，我只能是获得一个表面的印象。艺术家告诉我，要能真正
深刻地鉴赏，他得要训练他的眼力。他必须通过经验学会衡量线条构图，形
态和色彩的价值。如果我有眼睛，我会多么幸福地从事如此迷人的研究！但
是，有人告诉我，对你们有眼睛可看的许多人来说，艺术的世界是一片黑暗，
未曾开发，未曾照亮。
It would be with extreme reluctance that I should leave the Metropolitan
Museum,which contains the key to beauty -- a beauty so neglected,
Seeing persons,however,do not need a metropolitan to find this key to
beauty,The same key lies waiting in smaller museums,and in books
on the shelves of even small libraries,But naturally,in my limited time
of imaginary sight,I should choose the place where the key unlocks the
greatest treasures in the shortest time,
多么不情愿, 我要离开大都会博物馆, 那里有开启美的钥匙, 这种美
又被忽视了 。 而能看见的人却不需要到大都会博物馆去找到这开启美
的钥匙 。 这相同的钥匙也在较小的博物馆, 甚至小图书馆的书架上的
书中等待着 。 当然, 在我想象的能看见的有限时间里, 我该选择那在
尽短的时间内打开最伟大宝库的钥匙所在的地方 。
The evening of my second day of sight I should spend at a theatre or at the movies,Even now I
often attend theatrical performances of all sorts,but the action of the play must be spelled into
my hand by a companion,But how I should like to see with my own eyes the fascinating figure
of Hamlet,or the gusty Falstaff amid colorful Elizabethan trappings! How I should like to follow
each movement of the graceful Hamlet,each strut of the hearty Falstaff! And since I could see
only one play,I should be confronted by a many-horned dilemma,for there are scores of plays I
should want to see,You who have eyes can see any you like,How many of you,I wonder,
when you gaze at a play,a movie,or any spectacle,realize and give thanks for the miracle of
sight which enables you to enjoy its color,grace,and movement?
我能看见的第二天晚上我该在剧院或电影院度过 。 甚至现在, 我还是经常去
看各种戏剧表演, 但剧情需要由一个同伴拼写在我手上 。 我多么想亲眼看到
哈姆雷特的迷人形象, 或者是那在艳丽多彩的伊丽莎白时代服饰中刮大风的
伏尔斯塔夫 ！ （ 译注：伏尔斯塔夫为莎士比亚剧中的一个滑稽喜剧人物, 是
莎剧, 享利四世王,,, 享利五世王, 和, 温莎的风流娘儿们, 内个剧中的
一个胖骑士, 爱吹牛自夸, 又胆小, 但是他足智多谋, 心地善良 。 ） 我多想
领会优雅的哈姆雷特的每个动作, 热忱的伏尔斯塔夫的每一个昂首阔步地样
子 ！ 既然我只能看一个戏, 我就会面临进退两难的困境, 因为有几十部剧我
都想看 。 你们有眼能看的人可以看你喜欢的任何一部剧 。 我不知道, 当你们
注视着这一部剧, 一场电影, 或任何奇观时, 你们中间有多少人意识到并感
激使你们享受到它的色彩, 优雅和动作的视力奇迹？
I cannot enjoy the beauty of rhythmic movement except in a sphere restricted
to the touch of my hands,I can vision only dimly the grace of a Pavlowa,
although I know something of the delight of rhythm,for often I can sense the
beat of music as it vibrates through the floor,I can well imagine that cadenced
motion must be one of the most pleasing sights in the world,I have been able
to gather something of this by tracing with my fingers the lines in sculptured
marble; if this static grace can be so lovely,how much more acute must be
the thrill of seeing grace in motion,
除非在我的手能触摸到的范围内, 我不能享受那节奏感很强的动作的优美 。
尽管我懂得一些节奏的愉快, 因为当音乐通过地板振动时, 我经常能感觉到
它的节拍, 可是我也只能模糊地想象到一个巴甫洛娃 （ 译注：原苏联的著名
的女芭蕾舞演员 ） 的优美 。 我能很好地想象到, 有节拍的动作一定是世上最
令人愉快的景象之一 。 我已能用我的手指来摸索出大理石雕刻中的线条轮廓
从而获得这样的一些感受；如果这种静态的雅致都是这么可爱, 那么, 看见
那动态的雅致所感受到的激动该是多么强烈 。
One of my dearest memories is of the time when Joseph Jefferson allowed me
to touch his face and hands as he went through some of the gestures and
speeches of his beloved Rip Van Winkle,I was able to catch thus a meager
glimpse of the world of drama,and I shall never forget the delight of that
moment,But,oh,how much I must miss,and how much pleasure you seeing
ones can derive from watching and hearing the interplay of speech and
movement in the unfolding of a dramatic performance! If I could see only one
play,I should know how to picture in my \mind the action of a hundred plays
which I have read or had transferred to me through the medium of the manual
alphabet,
我最宝贵的记忆之一是那次约瑟夫 ·杰佛逊 （ 译注：１８２９－１９０５年, 著名的美
国演员 。 他所扮演的最有名的角色是根据美国作家华盛顿 ·艾文所创作的人物瑞
普 ·范 ·温克尔 ） 表演完他心爱的角色瑞普 ·范 ·温克尔的动作和对白后让我摸他的脸和手 。
这样, 我可以获得对梦幻世界微弱的一瞥 。 我将永志不忘那个时刻的愉快 。 但是, 啊,
我可能失去了多少, 你们能看的人从戏剧表演中看动作, 听语言的相互作用中产生了
多少喜悦 ！ 如果我能哪怕是只能看一部剧, 我都会知道怎样在我脑海中描绘我曾经读
过的或通过手势字母的媒介向我转述的１００部剧的动作 。
So,through the evening of my second imaginary
day of sight,the great fingers of dramatic literature
would crowd sleep from my eyes,
这样, 通过我设想的能看见的第二天的夜晚, 我
用手指读过的大量戏剧文学会因我的眼睛看了后
又在我的睡梦中都涌现出来 。
The Third Day
The following morning,I should again greet the
dawn,anxious to discover new delights,for I am
sure that,for those who have eyes which really
see,the dawn of each day must be a perpetually
new revelation of beauty,
接下来这一天的早上, 我再次迎接黎明, 迫切地要发现新
的愉快, 因我确信, 对那些有眼睛能真正看见的人来说,
每 天 的 黎 明 一 定 是 一 种 美 的 永 恒 新 展 露 。
This,according to the terms of my imagined miracle,is to be my third
and last day of sight,I shall have no time to waste in regrets or
longings; there is too much to see,The first day I devoted to my
friends,animate and inanimate,The second revealed to me the
history of man and Nature,Today I shall spend in the workaday world
of the present,amid the haunts of men going about the business of life,
And where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in
New York? So the city becomes my destination,
按我设想出现奇迹的条件, 这将是我能看见的第三天, 也
是最后的一天 。 我没有时间去浪费在后悔中或渴望中, 要
看的东西太多了 。 第一天我献给了我的朋友们, 有生命的
和无生命的 。 第二天向我展示了人类和自然的历史 。 今天
我将在当今的平凡世界里度过, 在为生活事务忙碌的人们
常去的地方度过 。 而何处人们才能找到像在纽约的人这样
多的活动和条件呢？ 所以, 纽约便成了我的去处 。
I start from my home in the quiet little suburb of Forest Hills,Long
Island,Here,surrounded by green lawns,trees,and flowers,are neat
little houses,happy with the voices and movements of wives and
children,havens of peaceful rest for men who toil in the city,I drive
across the lacy structure of steel which spans the East River,and I get
a new and startling vision of the power and ingenuity of the mind of
man,Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat,
stolid,snorting tugs,If I had long days of sight ahead,I should spend
many of them watching the delightful activity upon the river,
我从我在长岛森林岗静静的小郊区的家出发, 这里, 芳草绿树鲜花环绕着整
洁的小住房, 妻子和孩子欢声笑语, 其乐融融, 是城里辛劳的人们安宁的避
风港 。 我驾车通过那跨越东河的带花边的钢铁建筑, 从而对人类头脑的独创
性和威力获得一个新的令人震惊的视觉 。 繁忙的船只在河上鸣叫着来来往往
－－－高速快艇和笨头笨脑喘着气的拖驳 。 如果我能看见的日子更长些, 我
要花更多的时间看看这河上快乐的景象 。
I look ahead,and before me rise the fantastic towers of New York,a
city that seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story,What
an awe-inspiring sight,these glittering spires,these vast banks of stone
and steel-structures such as the gods might build for themselves! This
animated picture is a part of the lives of millions of people every day,
How many,I wonder,give it so much as a seconds glance? Very few,I
fear,Their eyes are blind to this magnificent sight because it is so
familiar to them,
我展望前头, 纽约的高楼大厦在我前面升起, 似乎是从童话故事的篇章中出
现的一座城市, 多么令人敬畏的景象, 这些闪闪发光的尖塔, 这些巨大的石
头与钢铁的建筑群, 就像众神为他们自己而建的 ！ 这幅生气勃蓬的图景是千
百万人每天生命的一部分 。 我不知道, 到底有多少人再对它多看一眼？ 我怕
很少, 他们的眼睛对这辉煌的景象却是熟是无睹, 因为这对他们太熟悉了 。
I hurry to the top of one of those gigantic structures,the Empire State
Building,for there,a short time ago,I "saw" the city below through the
eyes of my secretary,I am anxious to compare my fancy with reality,I
am sure I should not be disappointed in the panorama spread out
before me,for to me it would be a vision of another world,
我赶紧来到这些巨大建筑之一的顶端－－－帝国大厦, 因为在那
里, 不久以前, 我通过我的秘书的眼睛能, 看, 过下面的城市 。 我焦
切地把我的想象同现实作一番比较 。 我确信, 我对展现在我面前的景
观不会失望, 因为它对我来说是另一个世界的景象 。
Now I begin my rounds of the city,First,I stand at a busy corner,
merely looking at people,trying by sight of them to understand
something of their live,I see smiles,and I am happy,I see serious
determination,and I am proud,I see suffering,and I am compassionate,
现在我开始周游这座城市 。 首先, 我站在一个热闹的角落, 仅仅
是看着人们, 试图以审视他们来理解他们生活的某些东西 。 我看到笑
容, 我就高兴 。 我看到严肃的决心, 我就骄傲 。 我看到苦难, 我就同
情 。
I stroll down Fifth Avenue,I throw my eyes out of focus,so that I see no
particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors,I am certain
that the colors of women's dresses moving in a throng must be a
gorgeous spectacle of which I should never tire,But perhaps if I had
sight I should be like most other women -- too interested in styles and
the cut of individual dresses to give much attention to the splendor of
color in the mass,And I am convinced,too,that I should become an
inveterate window shopper,for it must be a delight to the eye to view
the myriad articles of beauty on display,
我漫步在第五大道上 （ 译注：第五大道是纽约曼哈顿区的最繁华最壮观
的商业大道, 有许多高档精品商店, 洛克菲勒中心就在该大道附近 。 ） 我的
目光没有聚焦, 以致我没有看到特别的目标, 仅仅是那川流不息的彩色万花
筒 。 我相信那成群女人们的服装颜色一定是一种华丽的奇观, 我会百看不厌
的 。 或许, 如果我有视力, 我也会像其他大多数女人一样－－－也对个人服
装的式样和剪裁很感兴趣, 以使人群中的华丽色彩有更多的吸引力 。 我也相
信, 我也会成为一个有瘾的橱窗浏览者, 因为看那陈列的无数美好的商品一
定是赏心悦目之事 。
From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city-to Park Avenue,to the
slums,to factories,to parks where children play,I take a stay-at-home
trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters,Always my eyes are open
wide to all the sights of both happiness and misery so that I may probe
deep and add to my understanding of how people work and live,my
heart is full of the images of people and things,My eye passes lightly
over no single trifle; it strives to touch and hold closely each thing its
gaze rests upon,Some sights are pleasant,filling the heart with
happiness; but some are miserably pathetic,To these latter I do not
shut my eyes,for they,too,are part of life,To close the eye on them is
to close the heart and mind,
从第五大道起我浏览这座城市－－－到派克大道, 到贫民窟, 到工厂区,
到儿童游乐的公园去 。 我以参观外国居民区来作不出国的国外旅行 。 我总是
睁大眼睛看所有的景象, 既看幸福的, 也看悲哀的, 以便我可以深入探究和
加深理解人们是如何工作和生活的 。 我心中充满了人和事物的形象, 我的目
光不轻易地忽略任何一件小事, 它力求触及并紧紧抓住所见的每件事 。 有些
景象是愉快的, 让心里充满快乐, 而有些是悲惨的, 对这些事, 我并不闭上
我的眼睛, 因为这也是生活的一部分, 对此闭起双目就是关闭起心灵与头脑 。
My third day of sight is drawing to an end,Perhaps there
are many serious pursuits to which I should devote the few
remaining hours,but I am afraid that on the evening of that
last day I should again run away to the theater,to a
hilariously funny play,so that I might appreciate the
overtones of comedy in the human spirit,
我能看的第三天慢慢地结束了 。 也许还有许多强烈的愿望我应花
最后的几个小时去实现, 但是, 我怕这最后一天的晚上我该又逃到戏
院去了, 去看一部欢快有趣的戏剧 。 这样我可以欣赏到人类精神上喜
剧的含蓄意义 。
At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease,and
permanent night would close in on me again,Naturally in those three
short days I should not have seen all I wanted to see,Only when
darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I
had left unseen,But my mind would be so crowded with glorious
memories that I should have little time for regrets,Thereafter the touch
of every object would bring a glowing memory of how that object looked,
午夜, 我那短暂的失明后的重见状态就终止了, 永恒的黑夜重又回到我
身上 。 当然, 在这短短的３天中, 我并没有看到我想看的所有事情, 唯有在
黑暗重又降临在我身上之时, 我才意识到我留下多少事情没有看到 。 但我的
脑海里充满了这么多美好的记忆, 以至我没有什么时间去后悔 。 此后, 对每
个东西的触摸都将留下一个强烈的记忆, 那东西看起来是怎样的 。
Perhaps this short outline of how I should spend three days of sight
does not agree with the program you would set for yourself if you knew
that you were about to be stricken blind,I am,however,sure that if you
actually faced that fate your eyes would open to things you had never
seen before,storing up memories for the long night ahead,You would
use your eyes as never before,Everything you saw would become dear
to you,Your eyes would touch and embrace every object that came
within your range of vision,Then,at last,you would really see,and a
new world of beauty would open itself before you,
也许, 我的这篇简短的关于怎样度过这能看的３天的概述和你们自己在
遭致失明的情况下所设想的不一致 。 然而, 我确信, 如果你真的面临那不幸
的命运, 你的双眼一定对你们过去从未看见过的事情睁大眼睛, 为你今后的
漫漫长夜保存下回忆, 你将以过去从未有过的方式去利用你的眼睛 。 你所看
到的每件事会变得对你珍贵起来, 你的眼睛会触及并抓住在进入你视线范围
之内的每件事物 。 然后, 你最终真正地看见了, 于是, 一个美的新世界在你
面前展开了 。
I who am blind can give one hint to those who see -- one admonition to
those who would make full use of the gift of sight,Use your eyes as if
tomorrow you would be stricken blind,And the same method can be
applied to the other senses,Hear the music of voices,the song of a
bird,the mighty strains of an orchestra,as if you would be stricken deaf
tomorrow,Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your
tactile sense would fail,Smell the perfume of flowers,taste with relish
each morsel,as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again,
Make the most of every sense,glory in all the facets of pleasure and
beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of
contact which Nature provides,But of all the senses,I am sure that
sight must be the most delightful,
我, 一个盲人, 可以给那些能看见的人一个提示－－－对想充分利用视
力天赋的人的一个忠告：用你的双眼, 就好像你明天就会遭致失明一样 。 这
同样的方法也能用于其它的感觉上, 去听悦耳的乐声, 鸟儿的鸣唱, 乐队的
强劲旋律, 就好像你明天就遭致失聪一样 。 去触摸你想摸的每个物体, 就像
你明天会推动触觉意识一样 。 去闻花朵的芳香, 津津有味地去尝美味佳肴,
就好像你明天会再也不能闻到, 尝到一样 。 更多地体验每种感觉；所有的愉
快和美感方面的天福, 世界通过自然提供的几种接触方式将它展露给你 。 但
是, 在所有的感觉之中, 我相信视觉可能是最愉快的 。
Almost 600 people,in 31 groups,are taking part in the second national
professional skills competition for handicapped people,also known as the
Second Abilimpics China,which began Aug,9,in Shanghai and ends
August 23 in Beijing,The participants will showtheir skills in five categories
and 22 items,ranging from computer programming to handicraft making,
Sitting in front of a PC,Chen Bin's body writhes while his hands fumble
with the keyboard,Strings of words jump up on the screen,Chen,who
suffers from the aftermath of infantile paralysis,is competing in a contest for
computer programmers,
China Tries Hard to Make Handicapped
People's Life Smooth
Sitting in front of a PC,Chen Bin's body writhes while his hands fumble
with the keyboard,Strings of words jump up on the screen,Chen,who
suffers from the aftermath of infantile paralysis,is competing in a
contest for computer programmers,
The organizer said the event is aimed at helping the handicapped
become more aware of their own abilities and potential,and helping the public
learn more about the capabilities and desire for work of the handicapped
population,
Over the past few decades,China has made strenuous efforts to remove
all kinds of hurdles,both physical and psychological,for the handicapped,
In cities,more and more facilities have been built to assist the handicapped,
and even in remote areas local governments have tried hard to relieve them of
difficulties in their daily lives,
Since 1988,China has made notable achievements
in tackling the issue of employment for the handicapped
population,which tops 60 million,accounting for five
percent of the country's 1.3 billion people,At the end of
2002,the employment rate for the handicapped reached
82 percent,compared to less than 50 percent in 1988,
according to Deng Pufang,chairman of the China
Disabled Persons' Federation,
Quotations,
1.The greater the obstacle,the more glory in overcoming,
2.When it is dark enough,you can see the stars,
3.Although the world is full of suffering,it is full also of the
overcoming of it,
4,NO pain,no palm; no throne; no gall,no glory; no cross,
no crown,
5,All rising to great place is by a winding stair,
6,If we face our tasks with the resolution to solve them,
who shall say that anything is impossible,
Facing Fate
Hellen Keller
Security is mostly a superstition,
It does not exist in nature,
Nor do the children of men as a whole experience it,
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run
than outright exposure,
Life is either a daring adventure,or nothing,
To keep our faces toward change and
behave like free spirits
in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable,
About the text
1,What does the title imply?
2,What’s the theme of the text?
Structural analysis of the text
?Main idea of each part,
?Part One 1 --- The writer suffers from social
prejudices,
?Part Two (2-14) --- It tells about the writer’s
personal disappointing experiences in an
ascending order,
?Part Three (15-17) --- It indirectly tells about the
writer’s hope that in the near future both the
handicapped and the non-handicapped are
employed and work together,and that they are
treated on an equal footing by employers,who
do not harbour any prejudice against the
disabled,
some difficult sentences,words or
phrases
1,To date it has not been narcissistic,
?Explain,Up to now I haven’t been able to admire
my own appearance because I can’t see,
2,People will converse with me at the top of their
lungs,
?Explain,people will talk to me at the top of their
voices,
3,This point was graphically driven home to me
while we were in England,
?Explain,I was made to see this point very clearly
during my stay in England,
4,My saint-like disposition deserted me,
?Explain,My agreeable personality
disappeared,
5,By and large,the business community’s
response to offering employment to the
disabled had been enthusiastic,
? Explain,In general,the situation on the
employment given to the disabled by the
business community has been improving,
Words or phrases to study
pick up
?You dropped the plate on the floor; now
you can pick it up,
?Pick me up at the hotel,
?Where did you pick up the lovely old vase?
?This room must be picked up before the
guests arrive,
? They met after five years,and picked up
their friendship as if there had been no
interruption,
aware (conscious)
?She was aware of the fact,but she can not
face it yet,
? He was not aware of having done wrong,
? You must be aware that what you are
doing is quite illegal,
qualification
?Only applicants with proper qualifications
will be considered,(资格，条件，多做复数 )
? His ability qualifies him for the job,
? He is qualified to do the job,
? One experience doesn’t qualify him to
speak as an authority,
?I am a qualified doctor,who will not hurt
you,
base on
?All action is based on judgment,
?Alice always bases her opinions on the
facts,
?This book is based on a true story,
issue
?This magazine is issued weekly,
?The authorities issued food to the flood
victims,
?The next big issue confronting the workers
is the questions of wages,
mis-; dis-
? misapply,mishandle,misplace,mislead,
mistake,misprint,misuse (构成反义词，错
误的 )
? Disagree,disadvantage,displease,
dishonest,disloyal (构成反义词 )
Translation exercises
1) An actor must enunciate his words distinctly; otherwise,
the audience cannot hear him clearly,nor can they
make out what he is saying,
2) We picked up the radio signals for help from the plane,
3) In order to drive home his policy,the President wrote a
second letter,
4) He deserted his wife and daughter as well as his farm
and went to live in a big city,
5) Peter blurted out the news,which astonished all of us,
Translation exercises
? 6)In response to the lawyer’s appeals,the
Home Secretary granted a free pardon,
? 7) The boys became disillusioned about the
romance of camping after their tent collapsed in
the heavy rain,
? 8) The Ministry had to cancel the plan to issue
government bonds,
? 9) We are looking forward to the summer
vacation,during which we can do whatever we
like,
? 10) He shot at a bird,but missed it,Then he
immediately shot at bald eagle flying in the air,
and missed it again,
Dictation
? Helen Keller was born a healthy normal child in
Alabama in 1880,However,an illness accompanied by a
high fever struck her when she was still an infant,leaving
her deaf,blind,and unable to speak,Several years later a
miracle came into Helen’s life when Anne Sullivan,a
strong and loving person,became her teacher,Through
her help,Helen Keller learned to communicate with those
around her,and she grew older others benefit from her
unique insight and courage,Miss Keller died in 1968,but
her spirit lives on,It lives on in her articles and books and
in the stories of people who were fortunate enough to
meet her during her life time,
