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1. 窗

Random Thoughts on the Window

錢鐘書(shū)

By Qian Zhongshu

又是春天，窗子可以常開(kāi)了。春天從窗外進(jìn)來(lái)，人在屋子里坐不住，就從門里出去。

It is spring again and the window can be left open as often as one would like. As spring comes in through the windows, so people -- unable to bear staying inside any longer -- go outdoors.

不過(guò)屋子外的春天太賤了!到處是陽(yáng)光，不像射破屋里陰深的那樣明亮;到處是給太陽(yáng)曬得懶洋洋的風(fēng)，不像攪動(dòng)屋里沉悶的那樣有生氣。

The spring outside, however, is much too cheap, for the sun shines on everything, and so does not seem as bright as that which shoots into the darkness of the house. Outside the sun-sloshed breeze blows everywhere, but it is not so lively as that which stirs the gloominess inside the house.

就是鳥(niǎo)語(yǔ)，也似乎瑣碎而單薄，需要屋里的寂靜來(lái)做襯托。我們因此明白，春天是該鑲嵌在窗子里看的，好比畫(huà)配了框子。

Even the chirping of the birds sounds so thin and broken that the quietness of the house is needed to set it off. It seems that spring was always meant to be put behind a windowpane for show, just like a picture in a frame.

同時(shí)，我們悟到，門和窗有不同的意義。當(dāng)然，門是造了讓人出進(jìn)的。但是，窗子有時(shí)也可作為進(jìn)出口用，譬如小偷或小說(shuō)里私約的情人就喜歡爬窗子。

At the same time it also becomes clear that the door has a different significance from the window. Of course, doors were made for people to pass through; but a window can also sometimes serve as an entrance or as an exit, and is used as such by thieves and by lovers in novels.

所以窗子和門的根本分別，決不僅是有沒(méi)有人進(jìn)來(lái)出去。若據(jù)賞春一事來(lái)看，我們不妨這樣說(shuō)：有了門，我們可以出去;有了窗，我們可以不必出去。

In fact the fundamental difference between a door and a window has nothing to do with them being either entrances or exits. When it comes to the admiration of spring, it could be put this way: a door makes it possible for one to go out, whereas a window makes it possible for one not to have to.

窗子打通了大自然和人的隔膜，把風(fēng)和太陽(yáng)逗引進(jìn)來(lái)，使屋子里也關(guān)著一部分春天，讓我們安坐了享受，無(wú)需再到外面去找。

A window helps to pull down the partition between man and nature. It leads breezes and sunlight in, and keeps part of the spring in the house. It allows one to sit and enjoy the spring in peace, and makes it unnecessary to go looking for it outside.

2. 樂(lè)觀與悲觀

Optimism and Pessimistic

樂(lè)觀者在每次危難中都看到了機(jī)會(huì)，而悲觀的人在每個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)中都看到了危難。

The optimism all saw in each time the danger to the opportunity, but the pessimistic person all saw in each opportunity to the danger.

父親欲對(duì)一對(duì)孿生兄弟作“性格改造”，因?yàn)槠渲幸粋€(gè)過(guò)分樂(lè)觀，而另一個(gè)則過(guò)分悲觀。一天，他買了許多色澤鮮艷的新玩具給悲觀孩子，又把樂(lè)觀孩子送進(jìn)了一間堆滿馬糞的車房里。

The father wants to pair of twin brothers to make" the disposition transformation", because of excessively optimistic, but another then is excessively pessimistic. One day, he has bought many lusters bright new toys for the pessimistic child, also feed-in the optimistic child between to pile up with the horse dung in the garage.

第二天清晨，父親看到悲觀孩子正泣不成聲，便問(wèn)：“為什么不玩那些玩具呢?”

The second day early morning, the father witnesses to the pessimistic child is choking with sobs, then asked:" Why doesn't play these toys?"

“玩了就會(huì)壞的?！焙⒆尤栽诳奁?。

" Played has been able bad." The child still was sobbing.

父親嘆了口氣，走進(jìn)車房，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)那樂(lè)觀孩子正興高采烈地在馬糞里掏著什么。

The father sighs, enters the garage, discovered actually that optimistic child jubilantly is pulling out any in the horse dung.

“告訴你，爸爸?！蹦呛⒆拥靡庋笱蟮叵蚋赣H宣稱，“我想馬糞堆里一定還藏著一匹小馬呢!”

" Tells you, daddy." That child complacently declared to the father that," I thought in the horse dunghill certainly also is hiding a pony!"

3.如果你可以選擇

If You Could Choose

如果你可以選擇在什么樣的世界里生活,那么你將會(huì)選擇怎樣的世界呢?

If you could choose what kind of world to live in, what kind of world would you choose?

如果你可以決定明日之事,你將會(huì)怎樣充實(shí)它呢?

If you could decide what would happen tomorrow, with what kinds of things would you fill it?

倘若你有力量決定自己的機(jī)遇,你會(huì)怎樣選擇呢?

If you had the power to decide what types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select?

倘若你知道你的經(jīng)歷會(huì)如你所愿,那么你會(huì)如何期待呢?

If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your expectations be?

事實(shí)上,你有能力選擇你要走的路。

In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way.

是你自己決定你將要做的事、你將獲得的經(jīng)歷、你將得到的機(jī)會(huì)和你將置身其中的環(huán)境。

You do have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and circumstances come your way.

你體驗(yàn)的這個(gè)世界和你的夢(mèng)想、思維、期待甚至行為產(chǎn)生共鳴。

The world you experience is the world that your dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely resonate*.

你看到的世界和你時(shí)下生活的這個(gè)世界就是你真心期待見(jiàn)到的世界。

The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect to see.

這個(gè)宇宙充滿了無(wú)限的可能,這些可能每一分鐘都在增加。