全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程第二版第四冊(cè)第五課課文翻譯
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全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程第二版第四冊(cè)第五課《A Friend in Need》翻譯
Somerset Maugham
1 For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I do not know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.
三十年來(lái)，我一直研究我的人類同胞，但至今了解不多。每當(dāng)有人跟我說(shuō)他對(duì)一個(gè)人的第一次印象向來(lái)不錯(cuò)的時(shí)候，我就聳聳肩。我想這種人不是無(wú)知，就是自大。拿我自己來(lái)說(shuō)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)，認(rèn)識(shí)一個(gè)人的時(shí)間越長(zhǎng)，我就越感到困惑。
2 These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this morning's paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died at Kobe. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years. I knew him very little, but he interested me because once he gave me a great surprise. Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action. It was more startling because both in appearance and manner he suggested a very definite type. Here if ever was a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow, not much more than five feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes. I suppose he was about sixty when I knew him. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and station.
我產(chǎn)生這些想法，是因?yàn)槲以诮裉煸缟系膱?bào)紙上看到愛(ài)德華?海德?伯頓在神戶去世的消息。他是個(gè)商人，在日本經(jīng)商多年。我跟他并不熟，但是對(duì)他挺有興趣，因?yàn)橛幸淮嗡屛掖蟪砸惑@。要不是聽(tīng)他親口講述這個(gè)故事，我根本不會(huì)相信他能做出這種事來(lái)。這件事之所以特別令人驚訝，是因?yàn)闊o(wú)論是外表還是風(fēng)度，他都讓人想到一種非常明確的類型。要說(shuō)真有表里如一的人的話，那就是此公了。他個(gè)子很小，身高不過(guò)5英尺4英寸，身材纖細(xì)，白頭發(fā)、藍(lán)眼睛，紅紅的臉上布滿皺紋。我估計(jì)自己認(rèn)識(shí)他時(shí)，他大約有60歲光景。他向來(lái)衣著整潔素雅，合乎他的年齡和身份。
3 Though his offices were in Kobe, Burton often came down to Yokohama. I happened on one occasion to be spending a few days there, waiting for a ship, and I was introduced to him at the British Club. We played bridge together. He played a good game and a generous one. He did not talk very much, either then or later when we were having drinks, but what he said was sensible. He had a quiet, dry humor. He seemed to be popular at the club and afterwards, when he had gone, they described him as one of the best. It happened that we were both staying at the Grand Hotel and next day he asked me to dine with him. I met his wife, fat, elderly, and smiling, and his two daughters. It was evidently a united and affectionate family. I think the chief thing that struck me about Burton was his kindliness. There was something very pleasing in his mild blue eyes. His voice was gentle; you could not imagine that he could possibly raise it in anger; his smile was benign. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. At the same time he liked his game of cards and his cocktail, he could tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete. He was a rich man and he had made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so small and frail; he aroused your instincts of protection. You felt that he could not bear to hurt a fly.
伯頓的辦事處設(shè)在神戶，但他常常到橫濱來(lái)。有一次，我正好因?yàn)榈却谀抢锎魩滋欤谟?guó)俱樂(lè)部經(jīng)人介紹與他相識(shí)。我們?cè)谝黄鹜鏄蚺啤Ｋ虻貌诲e(cuò)，牌風(fēng)也好。無(wú)論在玩牌的時(shí)候，還是在后來(lái)一起喝酒的時(shí)候，他的話都不多，但說(shuō)的話卻都合情合理。他挺幽默，但并不咋呼。他在俱樂(lè)部里似乎人緣不錯(cuò)，后來(lái)，在他走了以后，人家都說(shuō)他是個(gè)頂呱呱的人。事有湊巧，我們倆都住在格蘭德大酒店。第二天他請(qǐng)我吃飯。我見(jiàn)到了他的`太太――一位肥肥胖胖、滿面笑容的半老婦人――和他的兩個(gè)女兒。這顯然是和睦恩愛(ài)的一家人。我想，伯頓當(dāng)時(shí)給我印象最深的主要還是他這個(gè)人和善。他那雙溫和的藍(lán)眼睛有種令人愉快的神情。他說(shuō)話的聲音輕柔;你無(wú)法想象他會(huì)提高嗓門大發(fā)雷霆;他的笑容和藹可親。這個(gè)人吸引你，是因?yàn)槟銖乃砩细械剿麑?duì)別人的真正的愛(ài)。同時(shí)他也喜歡玩牌，喝雞尾酒，他能繪聲繪色地講個(gè)來(lái)勁兒的段子什么的，他年輕時(shí)多少還是個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員呢。他是個(gè)闊佬，但他的每一個(gè)便士都是自己掙來(lái)的。我想，人們喜歡他還有一個(gè)原因，那就是他非常瘦小、脆弱，容易引起人們的惻隱之心。你覺(jué)得他甚至連只螞蟻都不忍傷害。
4 One afternoon I was sitting in the lounge of the Grand Hotel when Burton came in and seated himself in the chair next to mine.
5 "What do you say to a little drink?"
6 He clapped his hands for a boy and ordered two gin fizzes. As the boy brought them a man passed along the street outside and seeing me waved his hand.
7 "Do you know Turner?" said Burton as I nodded a greeting.
8 "I've met him at the club. I'm told he's a remittance man."
9 "Yes, I believe he is. We have a good many here."
10 "He plays bridge well."
一天下午，我正坐在格蘭德大酒店的大堂里，伯頓走了進(jìn)來(lái)，在我旁邊的椅子里坐下。
“喝一點(diǎn)，怎么樣?”
他拍了拍手招呼侍者過(guò)來(lái)，要了兩杯杜松子汽酒。侍者端來(lái)酒的時(shí)候，有個(gè)人從外面街上走過(guò)，見(jiàn)到我招了下手。
“你認(rèn)識(shí)特納嗎?”在我點(diǎn)頭致意的時(shí)候，伯頓問(wèn)道。
“我是在俱樂(lè)部里認(rèn)識(shí)他的。聽(tīng)說(shuō)他是個(gè)靠國(guó)內(nèi)寄錢過(guò)日子的人。”
“是呀，我想是的。在這兒這種人可不少。”
“他橋牌打得不錯(cuò)。”
11 "They generally do. There was a fellow here last year, oddly enough a namesake of mine, who was the best bridge player I ever met. I suppose you never came across him in London. Lenny Burton he called himself. I believe he'd belonged to some very good clubs." “這種人一般都玩得不錯(cuò)。去年這里有一個(gè)人，湊巧還和我同姓，我從來(lái)沒(méi)有遇到過(guò)一個(gè)橋牌打得那么好的高手。我想你在倫敦沒(méi)有碰見(jiàn)過(guò)他。他說(shuō)他叫倫尼?伯頓。我相信，他加入過(guò)一些相當(dāng)高級(jí)的俱樂(lè)部呢。”
12 "No, I don't believe I remember the name."
13 "He was quite a remarkable player. He seemed to have an instinct about the cards. It was uncanny. I used to play with him a lot. He was in Kobe for some time."
14 Burton sipped his gin fizz.
“嗯，我實(shí)在不記得這個(gè)名字。”
“他稱得上是橋牌高手。好像對(duì)牌有一種本能似的，簡(jiǎn)直神了。我那會(huì)兒常和他一起玩牌。他在神戶住了一段時(shí)間。”
伯頓抿了一口杜松子汽酒。
15 "It's rather a funny story,' he said. 'He wasn't a bad chap. I liked him. He was always well-dressed and smart-looking. He was handsome in a way with curly hair and pink-and-white cheeks. Women thought a lot of him. There was no harm in him, you know, he was only wild. Of course he drank too much. Those sort of fellows always do. A bit of money used to come on for him once a quarter and he made a bit more by card-playing. He won a good deal of mine, I know that."
“說(shuō)來(lái)也是件有趣的事，”他說(shuō)。“他人不壞。我挺喜歡他。他總是衣冠楚楚，樣子挺帥。長(zhǎng)得也算英俊，蜷曲的頭發(fā)，兩頰白里透紅。女人都對(duì)他著迷。你知道，他沒(méi)有什么害人之處，就是野了點(diǎn)。自然，他酒喝得太兇了。這種人總是這樣。他每個(gè)季度收到一小筆錢，靠打牌再賺一點(diǎn)。他贏了我不少錢，這我可知道。”
16 Burton gave a kindly chuckle. I knew from my own experience that he could lose money at bridge with a good grace. He stroked his shaven chin with his thin hand; the veins stood out on it and it was almost transparent.
伯頓和善地咯咯一笑。我的處世經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴我，他打橋牌輸起錢來(lái)時(shí)一定是大大方方的。他用瘦小的手摸了摸剃得光光的下巴;手上青筋鼓起，手白得幾乎透明。
17 "I suppose that is why he came to me when he went broke, that and the fact that he was a namesake of mine. He came to see me in my office one day and asked me for a job. I was rather surprised. He told me that there was no more money coming from home and he wanted to work. I asked him how old he was.
“大概就是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)，當(dāng)他落得一文不名的時(shí)候，就來(lái)找我了，再說(shuō)他和我同姓。有一天，他到我辦事處來(lái)見(jiàn)我，要我給他個(gè)差使。當(dāng)時(shí)我頗為驚訝。他告訴我說(shuō)家里不再給他寄錢了，他要干活兒了。我問(wèn)他多大年紀(jì)。
18 "'Thirty-five,' he said.
19 "'And what have you been doing hitherto?' I asked him.
20 "'Well, nothing very much,' he said.
21 I couldn't help laughing.
22 "'I'm afraid I can't do anything for you just yet,' I said. 'Come back and see me in another thirty-five years, and I'll see what I can do.'
“‘35，’他說(shuō)。
“‘你一直都干什么來(lái)著?’我問(wèn)道。
“‘嗯，沒(méi)怎么干過(guò)事。’他說(shuō)。
“我禁不住笑了。
“‘眼下恐怕不能幫你忙了，’我說(shuō)。‘你再過(guò)35年來(lái)找我，到時(shí)候我再看看能幫些什么忙。’
23 "He didn't move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadn't been willing to stick to bridge, he'd been playing poker, and he'd got trimmed. He hadn't a penny. He'd pawned everything he had. He couldn't pay his hotel bill and they wouldn't give him any more credit. He was down and out. If he couldn't get something to do he'd have to commit suicide.
“他沒(méi)有動(dòng)彈，臉色變得相當(dāng)蒼白。他猶豫了一會(huì)兒，然后對(duì)我說(shuō)，這一陣子他牌運(yùn)一直不好。原來(lái)他不甘心老打橋牌，便賭起撲克來(lái)，結(jié)果輸了個(gè)精光。他一個(gè)子兒也沒(méi)有，所有的東西都拿去當(dāng)了。他連酒店的賬都付不出，人家也不肯再賒賬給他。他已經(jīng)山窮水盡。要是找不到點(diǎn)事干，他只好自殺。
24 "I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. He'd been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldn't have thought so much of him if they'd seen him then.
“我瞧了他一會(huì)兒。我能看出他已經(jīng)完全垮了。這一陣子他酒喝得比以前更兇，看上去足有50歲。姑娘們當(dāng)時(shí)要是瞧見(jiàn)他，準(zhǔn)不會(huì)對(duì)他那么著迷了。
25 "'Well isn't there anything you can do except play cards?' I asked him.
26 "'I can swim,' he said.
27 "'Swim!'
28 "I could hardly believe my ears; it seemed such an insane answer to give.
29 "'I swam for my university.'
“‘嗯，你除了打牌以外，難道什么也不會(huì)干嗎?’我問(wèn)他。
“‘我會(huì)游泳，’他說(shuō)。
“‘游泳!’
“我?guī)缀跻詾樽约郝?tīng)錯(cuò)了呢;這種回答聽(tīng)起來(lái)簡(jiǎn)直是牛頭不對(duì)馬嘴。
“‘我讀大學(xué)時(shí)曾經(jīng)代表學(xué)校參加游泳比賽。’
30 "I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. I've known too many men who were little tin gods at their university to be impressed by it.
31 "'I was a pretty good swimmer myself when I was a young man,' I said.
32 "Suddenly I had an idea."
33 Pausing in his story, Burton turned to me.
“我聽(tīng)出了一點(diǎn)他話里的意思。上大學(xué)時(shí)自以為了不起的人我見(jiàn)得多了，我才不吃這套呢。
“‘本人年輕時(shí)也是個(gè)游泳好手，’我說(shuō)。
“突然，我有了個(gè)想法。”
伯頓停了下來(lái)，看著我。
34 "Do you know Kobe?" he asked.
35 "No," I said, "I passed through it once, but I only spent a night there."
36 "Then you don't know the Shioya Club. When I was a young man I swam from there round the beacon and landed at the creek of Tarumi. It's over three miles and it's rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon. Well, I told my young namesake about it and I said to him that if he'd do it I'd give him a job.
“你對(duì)神戶熟悉嗎?”他問(wèn)。
“不熟悉，”我說(shuō)，“從前有一次路過(guò)那里，只呆了一個(gè)晚上。”
“那么，你不會(huì)知道鹽谷俱樂(lè)部吧。我年輕的時(shí)候，曾經(jīng)從那里出發(fā)，游過(guò)燈塔直到垂水小溪上岸。一共3英里多路，燈塔一帶有激流，游起來(lái)挺費(fèi)勁。于是，我把這事告訴了那位與我同姓的年輕人，并對(duì)他說(shuō)，要是他能游過(guò)去，我就給他一個(gè)差使。
37 "I could see he was rather taken aback.
38 "'You say you're a swimmer,' I said.
39 "'I'm not in very good condition,' he answered.
40 "I didn't say anything. I shrugged my shoulders. He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded.
41 "'All right,' he said. 'When do you want me to do it?'
“我看得出，他嚇了一跳。
“‘你不是說(shuō)你是游泳好手嗎?’我說(shuō)。
“‘我現(xiàn)在身體狀況不太好，’他回答說(shuō)。
“我什么也沒(méi)說(shuō)，只是聳了聳肩。他望了我一會(huì)兒，然后點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭。
“‘好吧，’他說(shuō)了，‘你要我什么時(shí)候游呢?’
42 "I looked at my watch. It was just after ten.
43 "'The swim shouldn't take you much over an hour and a quarter. I'll drive round to the creek at half past twelve and meet you. I'll take you back to the club to dress and then we'll have lunch together.'
44 "'Done,' he said.
“我看了看表。剛過(guò)十點(diǎn)。
“‘你游這段距離大概要花一個(gè)鐘頭零一刻多一些。我到12點(diǎn)半開(kāi)車到小溪那里去接你，帶你到俱樂(lè)部換衣服，然后一起吃午飯。’
“‘就這樣吧，’他說(shuō)。
45 "We shook hands. I wished him good luck and he left me. I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to get to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve. But I needn't have hurried; he never turned up."
46 "Did he funk it at the last moment?" I asked.
“我們握了握手。我祝他好運(yùn)，他就走了。那天上午我有好些事要辦，到12點(diǎn)半總算勉強(qiáng)趕到了垂水小溪。其實(shí)我根本用不著這么趕，他壓根兒就沒(méi)露面。”
“他臨陣脫逃了?”我問(wèn)。
47 "No, he didn't funk it. He started all right. But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink and dissipation. The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage. We didn't get the body for about three days."
“沒(méi)有，他沒(méi)有臨陣脫逃。他確實(shí)出發(fā)了。當(dāng)然嘍，他喝酒作樂(lè)早把身體搞垮了。燈塔周圍的激流他對(duì)付不了。大約有三天，我們都沒(méi)找到尸體。”
48 I didn't say anything for a moment or two. I was a trifle shocked. Then I asked Burton a question.
49 "When you made him that offer of a job, did you know he'd be drowned?"
50 He gave a little mild chuckle and he looked at me with those kind and candid blue eyes of his. He rubbed his chin with his hand.
51 "Well, I hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment."
我好一會(huì)兒什么話也沒(méi)說(shuō)。我感到有些震驚。然后我問(wèn)了伯頓一個(gè)問(wèn)題。
“你提出給他差使的時(shí)候，是不是知道他準(zhǔn)會(huì)淹死?”
他輕輕地咯咯一笑，用那雙和善又坦率的藍(lán)眼睛望著我。他用手摩挲著下巴。
“哦，那時(shí)我的辦事處可沒(méi)有空缺呀。”
As the pace of life in today's world grows ever faster, we seem forever on the go. With so much to do and so little time to do it in, how are we to cope? Richard Tomkins sets about untangling the problem and comes up with an answer.
隨著當(dāng)今世界生活節(jié)奏日益加快，我們似乎一直在不停奔忙。事情那么多，時(shí)間卻那么少，我們?cè)撛趺崔k?里查德?湯姆金斯著手解決這一問(wèn)題，并提出了建議。
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