第十四讲英语经典散文的鉴赏与翻译I.课堂互动实践：TheDelightsofBooks读书的乐趣Booksaretomankindwhatmemoryistotheindividual.Theycontainthehistoryofourrace,thediscoverieswehavemade,theaccumulatedknowledgeandexperienceofages;theypictureforusthemarvelsandbeautiesofnature;helpusinourdifficulties,comfortusinsorrowandinsuffering,changehoursofwearinessintomomentsofdelight,storeourmindswithideas,fillthemwithgoodandhappythoughts,andliftusoutofandaboveourselves.书籍之于人类，犹如记忆之于个人。书籍既可记录人种之演变，亦可记载人类之发现；既有日积月累之知识，亦不乏世代相传之经验；书籍之于人类，可描绘自然之奇迹与美丽，于困难无助之际予以提携，于悲伤痛苦之时施以抚慰；让困倦之时刻变为欢乐之时光，让头脑充满丰富之想象，让心灵布满美好快乐之思想，恃此而人可走出自我，超越自我。ThereisanOrientalstoryoftwomen:onewasaking,whoeverynightdreamthewasabeggar;theotherwasabeggar,whoeverynightdreamthewasaprinceandlivedinapalace.Iamnotsurethatthekinghadverymuchthebestofit.Imaginationissometimesmorevividthanreality.But,howeverthismaybe,whenwereadwemaynotonly(ifwewishit)bekingsandliveinpalaces,but,whatisfarbetter,wemaytransportourselvestothemountainsortheseashore,andvisitthemostbeautifulpartsoftheearth,withoutfatigue,inconvenience,orexpense.有一东方典故，言及二人：一为国王，一为乞丐。国王夜必有恶魇，魇中成乞丐；乞丐晚必做美梦，梦中变王子，居宫殿。国王是否泰然处之，余不敢肯定。想象之于现实或更栩栩然。是否如此，姑且不论，然读书时，恁可想象自己即为国王，居宫殿；且读书乃美差之事：既可使人纵情山川，嬉戏海滩，亦可使人遍访世之美景；既可使人除身心疲惫之虑，亦可使人解囊中羞涩之忧。Manyofthosewhohavehad,aswesay,allthatthisworldcangive,haveyettoldustheyowedmuchoftheirpuresthappinesstobooks.Ascham,in“TheSchoolmaster”,tellsatouchingstoryofhislastvisittoLadyJaneGrey.HefoundhersittinginanorielwindowreadingPlato'sbeautifulaccountofthedeathofSocrates.Herfatherandmotherwerehuntinginthepark,thehoundswereinfullcryandtheirvoicescameinthroughtheopenwindow.Heexpressedhissurprisethatshehadnotjoinedthem.But,saidshe,“IwistthatalltheirpleasureintheparkisbutashadowtothepleasureIfindinPlato.”其实，造物恩宠，应有尽有者不少。然多有感于心，曰，其真正之快乐源自书籍。阿斯克姆著有一书，题曰《教师》。书中云及其最后拜访简·格雷小姐之故事，甚为感人。书中描写，格雷小姐坐于飘窗之前，览读柏拉图所写之精彩文章：《苏格拉底之死》；然其父母狩猎公园，人喧犬吠，敞窗之内亦可闻见。然阿斯克姆甚为惊奇，狩猎之乐，格雷小姐竟无动于衷，无意与焉。格雷小姐曰，虽然，园中狩猎之乐，较之于柏拉图书中之乐，不过皮毛耳。Macaulayhadwealthandfame,rankandpower,andyethetellsusinhisbiographythatheowedthehapp