[17:32.82]Romantic Ambition

[17:34.15]浪漫的理想

[17:35.48]1 All persons possess some level of ambition.

[17:37.59]每个人都有某种程度的理想。

[17:39.70]It is not surprising,therefore

[17:40.88]因此毫不奇怪，

[17:42.07]that all persons determine the goals to which their ambitions are directed.

[17:44.86]每个人都按照自己的理想来确立奋斗目标。

[17:47.65]For some it may be wealth,

[17:48.79]一些人可能要财富，

[17:49.92]for others power,

[17:51.16]另一些人要权势，

[17:52.40]and for many there is a strong desire to live a life with rich romantic influences.

[17:56.09]而很多人强烈地渴望过富有浪漫情调的生活。

[17:59.78]Romance in its broader meaning refers to a zest for life,

[18:03.19]在较广的意义上，浪漫指的是对生活的热情，

[18:06.59]an energetic pursuit in any and all relationships with others as well as with nature and indeed in all human and natural activity.

[18:12.53]指的是在任何与他人以及与自然的关系中、乃至在任何与人，及与自然有关的活动中的积极追求。

[18:18.47]2 If one lacks a romantic zest and energy for daily pursuits,

[18:21.01]如果一个人对日常事务缺乏浪漫激情和活力，

[18:23.54]other goals may seem empty and pointless.

[18:25.70]那么其他的目标就可能显得空洞、没有意义。

[18:27.86]Consider the fact that many persons openly admit that,

[18:30.06]请看：很多人公开承认，

[18:32.26]while they would prefer to live comfortably,

[18:33.59]尽管他们喜欢过舒适的生活，

[18:34.92]they do not wish to be wealthy in an economic sense.

[18:36.94]但他们不希望在经济上富裕。

[18:38.95]Perhaps they take their position from the biblical statement that "It is harder for a richman to enter heaven

[18:42.70]可能他们采取这种态度的原因是圣经上的一句话：“富人想上天堂，

[18:46.44]than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle,

[18:48.49]比骆驼穿过针眼还难”;

[18:50.54]but more often the reason is more directly related to the same reason many persons do not aspire to great power during their lives.

[18:55.15]但更常见的情况是，这种原因与很多人不想在生活中追求权势的原因相同。

[18:59.76]The reasons these goals are not greatly sought or valued,

[19:02.06]人们不太重视和追求这些目标的原因。

[19:04.37]even by otherwise ambitious,

[19:05.50]甚至在其他方面有抱负，

[19:06.64]talented persons,

[19:07.48]有才能的人，

[19:08.33]are not entirely clear,

[19:09.91]还不完全清楚，

[19:11.50]but it is absolutely certain that for many persons these goals do not have high priority in their choices.

[19:15.15]但绝对可以肯定的是，这些目标在很多人的选择中没有被排在优先的地位。

[19:18.80]In fact,

[19:19.42]事实上，

[19:20.03]both excessive wealth and great power have often been misused,

[19:23.20]过剩的财富和显赫的权势经常被滥用，

[19:26.36]and do not of themselves lead to better personal relation-ships.

[19:28.76]而它们本身并不能带来更为良好的人际关系。

[19:31.15]3 There clearly are goals which do not lead to greater romance in living,

[19:33.64]有些奋斗目标显然不能使生活多一点浪漫，

[19:36.12]do not add zest to life,

[19:37.45]增强人对生活的热情、

[19:38.78]and do not support enthusiastic and energetic participation in relationships.

[19:41.86]使人积极热情地与人交往。

[19:44.94]How then,does one recognize a romantic individual?

[19:47.42]那么，怎样才能识别浪漫的人呢?

[19:49.91]4 First of all,romance is not just love between two people.

[19:52.73]首先，浪漫不只是两个人之间的爱。

[19:55.56]You can't really have romance with someone else or with nature unless you are romantic yourself.

[19:59.21]如果你自己不是一个浪漫的人，那么你并不能真正地与他人或大自然建立浪漫的关系。

[20:02.87]Romance is something you have to take care of and to nurture.

[20:05.55]浪漫是一种你必须细心照顾和培育的东西。

[20:08.23]Romance needs food and water and care,of a kind all her own.

[20:11.35]浪漫需要一种与众不同的食物、水和照看。

[20:14.46]You can destroy romance,

[20:15.65]你可能毁灭浪漫，

[20:16.84]or at least drive her away,

[20:17.93]或至少赶走浪漫，

[20:19.03]almost without knowing that you are doing it.

[20:20.71]而不自知。

[20:22.38]5 The best way to recognize a romantic person is to be around romantics.

[20:25.64]识别浪漫的人的最好的方法是和浪漫的人在一起。

[20:28.90]There is a sense of passion about them,

[20:30.17]他们身上有一种激情，

[20:31.45]a sense of being a bit too far out on the edge emotionally.

[20:34.28]比较容易感伤和情绪化。

[20:37.10]Sometimes,

[20:38.09]有时候，

[20:39.08]it's a caring for what seem to be unimportant things or persons:an old chair,

[20:41.77]他们关注一些似乎不重要的事物或人：一把椅子，

[20:44.45]a favorite knife,a favorite family member,or a piece of art or music.

[20:47.08]一把喜爱的刀，一个喜爱的家人，或一件艺术品或一段音乐。

[20:49.70]Romantics tend to like animals,

[20:51.86]浪漫的人多半喜欢动物，

[20:54.02]those animals which sense the zest in the romantic,

[20:56.29]那些动物感受到浪漫者身上的热情，

[20:58.56]and decide to stay around and join in this place of food and laughter.

[21:01.24]并决定呆在身边、呆在这个有食物和欢笑的地方。

[21:03.92]6 You don't have to be a poet or a painter or a musician to be a romantic.

[21:06.37]你不必是诗人或画家或音乐家，就可以是一位浪漫的人。

[21:08.82]Industrialists,religious people,teachers,students,

[21:10.64]实业家、教士、老师、学生，

[21:12.46]or any other persons who have a zest for their chosen field can be romantics.

[21:15.53]或任何其他人，只要对自己的专业领域充满热情，就可以成为浪漫的人。

[21:18.61]7 Romance is practical.

[21:19.75]浪漫是很实用的。

[21:20.88]It provides energy for living and furnishes a sense of vision,hope and caring.

[21:23.90]它使人在生活中充满活力，使人有眼光、有希望和有爱心。

[21:26.93]Because you are working for others,not just yourself

[21:28.60]由于你不只是为自己而是为他人工作，

[21:30.28]your work takes on a certain quality that it otherwise lacks.

[21:32.29]所以你的工作就有了一种先前缺少的特质。

[21:34.31]"People who need people are the luckiest people in the world"is not just a pretty song,

[21:38.20]“需要别人的人是这个世界上最幸运的人。”这不仅是一首好听的歌，

[21:42.08]it is at the heart of romance.

[21:43.90]更是浪漫的核心。

[21:45.72]8 Romance is hard to gain,hard to keep and fairly easy to drive away.

[21:48.51]浪漫很难获得，很难保持，但很容易赶走。

[21:51.30]If you are really intent on getting rid of romance,here are a few ways to do it.

[21:54.41]假如你真的急于消除浪漫，有下面几种方法。

[21:57.53]Become obsessive in your neatness,particularly in the way your desk looks.

[22:01.47]过分讲究整洁，特别是在书桌的外观上。

[22:05.41]Install expensive carpets in your house so you will be upset when your friend or your dog makes a mess on it.

[22:09.82]在家里铺上昂贵的地毯，这样当你的朋友或你的狗把它弄脏的时候你就会烦恼。

[22:14.23]Don't listen to good music.

[22:15.38]别听好音乐。

[22:16.54]Focus excessively on detail at the expense of vision,of dreams,of reflection.

[22:19.85]过分的注意视觉,梦想,和映象的费用细节.

[22:23.16]And,finally,the surest way to lose romance is to do things just for money,

[22:26.85]最后，最保险的丢失浪漫的方法只是为了钱做事。

[22:30.54]even though your best consicience tells you this is not what you should be doing.

[22:33.02]即便你的良心告诉你不应该做这种事。

[22:35.51]9 On the other hand,there are some goals which will put more romance into your life.

[22:38.68]相反，有些奋斗目标会使你的生活多一些浪漫。

[22:41.84]If one would keep romance,

[22:42.94]要想保持浪漫，

[22:44.04]these are some things that can help:Read some poetry every day.

[22:46.67]下面一些方法可能有帮助。每天读一点诗。

[22:49.30]Try some of the old classics,

[22:50.39]尝试一些古老的经典，

[22:51.49]such as Shakespeare,Keats,or Kipling as well as some of the good modern poetry.

[22:54.75]例如莎士比亚、济慈或吉卜林，以及一些当代的好诗。

[22:58.01]Even better,write your own poetry.

[22:59.77]更好的方法是自己写诗。

[23:01.54]Set up a schedule for yourself when you can read.

[23:03.55]为自己制订一份可以用于读诗的时间表。

[23:05.57]Get up early in the morning in the solitude that is only possible when other persons do not interfere with your focus on reading.

[23:09.98]清晨早起，在不受别人干扰的寂静中专注地读诗。

[23:14.39]Sometime,

[23:15.20]找时间，

[23:16.01]build your own house,or at least some intimate parts of it.

[23:18.40]建造自己的房子，或至少营造其中一些个人空间。

[23:20.80]Design it or decorate it to your own taste and with lots of thought,

[23:23.62]按照自己的趣味精心设计并装饰。

[23:26.45]and you'll find pleasure in living in a place that is a product of your own effort and ambition.

[23:29.42]住在符合自己理想并且是自己劳动成果的地方，你会感到快乐。

[23:32.39]Collect little things:a small box,a favorite piece of jewelry,a coin.

[23:36.19]收集一些小东西：一个小盒子、一件喜爱的珠宝、一枚硬币。

[23:39.98]Play a musical instrument,no matter how simple or complex,

[23:42.32]玩一种乐器——不管多简单或多复杂，

[23:44.66]or just learn to whistle or hum a tune to yourself.

[23:46.93]或者只学着吹口哨或哼一首乐曲自得其乐。

[23:49.20]Travel when possible,

[23:50.24]尽量出去旅行。

[23:51.29]because novelty and new associations are important in romance.

[23:53.39]因为新奇的事物和新朋友对浪漫是很重要的。

[23:55.50]And,most of all,many romantics keep some type of journal,

[23:58.43]而最重要的是，大部分浪漫的人有写日记，

[24:01.37]diary,or notes in a pocket calendar.

[24:03.04]或在袖珍日历上记录的习惯。

[24:04.72]Later these will remind you of the enjoyable time and the relationships you have formed.

[24:07.40]日后这些东西会使他们想起以前的朋友和快乐的时光。

[24:10.08]10 Romance is not just outward bound and found away from one's familiar surroundings.

[24:13.39]浪漫并不总是向外或在脱离自己熟悉环境的地方。

[24:16.70]It also rides on one's shoulder when one returns home.

[24:19.30]一个人回家的时候也把浪漫带回了家。

[24:21.89]Perspective can be gained not only from reviewing one's journal notes,

[24:24.57]不仅在回顾自己的日记时，

[24:27.25]but by noticing the more familiar things and persons at home.

[24:29.65]而且在留意家里较为熟悉的物件和人的时候，都可以使人具有浪漫的眼光。

[24:32.04]Romance is all around;it's not somewhere else.

[24:34.49]浪漫无处不在，它就在你身旁。

[24:36.94]11 Romance occurs in the most common environment.

[24:38.90]浪漫出现在人们最熟悉的环境中。

[24:40.86]Anyone can see the beauty of the mountains,

[24:42.39]任何人都可以看到山峦的美，

[24:43.92]but it takes a little more perspective to see the beauty of a rural landscape,

[24:46.12]但只有具有眼光的人才能看到农村景象、

[24:48.31]a desert,or the long sweep of a grassland or river.

[24:50.71]沙漠、连绵不绝的草原或河流的美。

[24:53.10]Not only obvious and famous places are settings for romance.

[24:55.58]不仅仅引人注目和著名的地方可以做浪漫的背景，

[24:58.07]The humble well used,and little things in life are common factors in romance.

[25:01.40]而且生活中那些粗糙和陈旧的小东西也常常具有浪漫的因素。

[25:04.73]12 Finally,how will you know that you have lived a romantic life?

[25:07.70]最后，怎样才能知道你过了浪漫的生活呢?

[25:10.67]On one's death bed,

[25:11.51]当一个活过了，

[25:12.36]when all the living and doing is finished,

[25:14.03]事也做完了，

[25:15.71]one might well think of R.M.Rilke's poetic musing:

[25:18.25]临终前躺在床上的时候，可能会想起里尔克那首诗：

[25:20.78]"I live my life in growing orbits

[25:22.98]我生活在不断增大的圈子中，

[25:25.18]which move out over the things of this would.

[25:27.34]我向外扩大，涵盖世上之物。

[25:29.50]Perhaps I can never achieve the last,

[25:31.37]也许我永不能将它增到最大，

[25:33.24]but that will be my attempt.

[25:34.52]但那将是我的努力目标。

[25:35.80]I am circling around God,

[25:37.04]我绕着上帝回旋，

[25:38.28]around the ancient tower,

[25:39.61]绕着古老的高塔，

[25:40.94]and I have been circling for a thousand years.

[25:43.05]而且我已回旋了一千年。

[25:45.16]And I still do not know

[25:46.25]但我仍不知道，

[25:47.35]if I am falcon,

[25:48.45]我是一支猎鹰，

[25:49.55]or a storm,

[25:50.50]或是一个风暴，

[25:51.46]or a great song.

[25:52.90]还是一曲高歌。

[25:54.34]13 When one has done this,if one can smile and nod quietly to oneself,one has been a romantic,

[25:58.94]如果一个人做到了这些，如果他能平静地对自己点头，那他就一直是个浪漫的人，

[26:03.55]and romance will ride on one's shoulder while returning home,and for eternity.

[26:07.10]浪漫会随着他回家，回归永恒。

[26:10.64]New Words

[26:11.60]单词

[26:12.55]biblical adj

[26:13.40]圣经的

[26:14.24]eternity n

[26:15.14]永恒

[26:16.04]falcon n

[26:16.80]猎鹰

[26:17.56]furnish v

[26:18.60]1)供应，提供，装备 2)布置，为……配备家具

[26:19.64]hum v

[26:20.49]1)哼(曲子) 2)发嗡嗡声 3)忙碌，活跃

[26:21.34]industrialist n

[26:22.58]工业家，实业家

[26:23.82]intent adj & n

[26:24.63]1)急切的 2)专心的，专注的

[26:25.44]interfere v

[26:26.63]1)妨碍，干扰 2)干涉，介入

[26:27.82]landscape n & v

[26:28.66]1)风景，景色 2)风景画 3)全景

[26:29.51]mess n & v

[26:30.70]1)凌乱状态，脏乱状态 2)混乱的局面，困境

[26:31.88]muse v

[26:32.98]沉思自语

[26:34.08]romantic adj & n

[26:35.03]1)浪漫的，多情的 2)有浪漫色彩的，传奇性的 3)不切实际的，空想的

[26:35.99]surroundings n

[26:36.98]环境

[26:37.97]The Virtues of Ambition

[26:39.30]雄心壮志的长处

[26:40.63]1 The word"ambition"means different things to different people,

[26:43.08]“雄心”这个词对不同的人有不同的含义。

[26:45.53]and the way you define it reveals a great deal about yourself.

[26:47.98]你对它下定义的方式可以揭示你的很多方面。

[26:50.42]The Seventh Edition of Webster's Dictionary,

[26:52.04]韦伯斯特词典第七版，

[26:53.66]supposedly neutral in its approach,

[26:55.19]其定义方法应该是不偏不倚的，

[26:56.72]defines"ambition"first and foremost as "an ardent desire for rank,

[26:59.95]给“雄心”所下的首要的定义是“对社会地位的热切渴望，

[27:03.17]fame,or power".

[27:04.41]名声或权势，

[27:05.65]Isn't that too narrow?

[27:06.70]这不是太狭隘了吗?

[27:07.74]Surely,ambition is not only behind dreams of wealth,

[27:10.42]雄心当然不只是代表对财富，

[27:13.10]of glory,of distinction,and of accomplishment,

[27:14.83]荣耀，殊誉和成就的梦想，

[27:16.56]but also behind dreams of love,of pleasure,and of goodness.

[27:19.44]还代表对爱情，欢乐和美好的梦想。

[27:22.32]Thus,historically,

[27:23.80]因此，从历史的角度来看，

[27:25.27]it is neither a completely positive nor a negative term.

[27:27.72]它是一个即非绝对好也非绝对坏的字眼。

[27:30.17]2 We all have dreams,

[27:31.55]我们大家都有梦想，

[27:32.94]but what life does with our dreams and expectations cannot,of course,be predicted.

[27:36.45]但是生活会把我们的梦想和期盼怎么样，当然是无法预测的。

[27:39.96]Some dreams ,begun in selflessness,end in hatred;

[27:42.84]有些梦想始于无私但终结于仇恨，

[27:45.72]other dreams,begun in selfishness,end in large-heartedness.

[27:49.05]而有些梦想则始于自私，但结果却是心胸宽仁。

[27:52.38]However,

[27:53.33]然而，

[27:54.29]the unpredictability of the outcome of dreams is no reason to stop dreaming.

[27:57.17]梦想结局的不可预测，不能成为停止梦想的理由。

[28:00.05]3 To be sure,ambition is never a pretty subject to think about for long.

[28:03.74]毫无疑问，雄心从来不是长时间思考的好对象。

[28:07.43]Just as drunks have done to alcohol,

[28:08.76]正如酒鬼败坏了酒的名声一样，

[28:10.09]the single-mindedly ambitious people have done to ambition--given it a bad name.

[28:13.84]一门心思野心勃勃的人也败坏了雄心的名声。

[28:17.58]Like those individuals with a strong desire for alcohol,

[28:19.88]像那些对酒有强烈渴望的人一样，

[28:22.19]some people have an equally strong desire for ambition,

[28:24.44]有些人对雄心壮志有同样强烈的渴望，

[28:26.69]which cannot be satisfied.

[28:27.79]无法得到满足。

[28:28.88]Some people cannot handle ambition and cause grief for themselves and for others as well.

[28:32.83]有些人不能恰当地处理雄心，从而既给自己也给他人造成痛苦。

[28:36.77]Still,none of this seems sufficient to make people be secretive about being ambitious.

[28:40.10]尽管如此，所有这一切似乎都不足以使人对自己的雄心遮遮掩掩。

[28:43.43]4 It is easy for us to believe that those who have achieved the common goals of ambition--money,fame,and power,

[28:47.69]我们很容易相信，那些达到了通常的理想目标——金钱、名声和权势，

[28:51.96]have achieved them through corruption of a greater or lesser degree,

[28:54.41]通过道德败坏的手段达到目标的;

[28:56.86]mostly greater.

[28:57.56]其道德败坏程度或高或低，

[28:58.26]Thus all politicians in high places,

[28:59.65]多半很高。

[29:01.03]thought to be ambitious,are understood to be without ethical principles.

[29:03.82]因此人们认为所有身居高位的政治家都毫无道德原则。

[29:06.61]We wonder how they could have ethical principles and still have risen as high as they have.

[29:09.83]我们难以理解，他们怎么可能有道德原则而又爬到他们所处的高位。

[29:13.06]5 Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and what it can do for us now than formerly.

[29:16.71]当然，人们对成功及其所带来的好处的兴趣似乎现在并不比以前小。

[29:20.36]Summer homes,European vacations,travel,

[29:22.78]消夏别墅、旅欧度假、周游世界，

[29:25.19]BMW's--such items do not seem less in demand than they did a decade or two years ago.

[29:29.36]宝马汽车——人们对这些享受的需求似乎并不比十年前或两年前少。

[29:33.54]What has happened is that people cannot admit their dreams as easily and openly as they once could,

[29:37.48]变化在于人们现在不像以前那样容易公开承认自己的梦想，

[29:41.42]lest they be thought of as pushing,acquisitive,and vulgar.

[29:43.87]免得被人认为是咄咄逼人、贪得无厌和庸俗不堪的。

[29:46.32]For such people and many more perhaps not so outstanding,

[29:48.86]对于这些人以及更多可能不那么出色的人来说，

[29:51.40]the proper action seems to be,

[29:52.93]恰当的行为似乎是：

[29:54.46]"Succeed at all costs but refrain from appearing ambitious."

[29:57.82]“不惜一切代价成功，但不要表现得野心勃勃。”

[30:01.19]The attacks on ambition are many and come from various angles,

[30:03.38]对雄心的攻击很多，且来自多种不同角度，

[30:05.58]while its public defenders are few and ineffective.

[30:07.69]而公开捍卫者很少且难以服人，

[30:09.79]As a result,the support for ambition as a healthy impulse,

[30:12.04]结果就是支持说雄心是一种健康的动力，

[30:14.29]a quality to be admired and cultivated in the young,

[30:16.31]是一种值得赞赏并值得在年轻人身上培养的品质。

[30:18.32]is probably lower than it has ever been in the United States.

[30:20.81]在今天的美国，很可能只有比以往任何时候都少的人

[30:23.29]This does not mean that ambition is at an end,

[30:24.82]这并不意味着雄心已到了穷途末路，

[30:26.35]that people no longer feel its urges,

[30:27.74]或人们不再感到它的激励作用。

[30:29.12]but only that since it is no longer openly honored,

[30:31.00]而只是意味着，由于它不再受到公开的致敬，

[30:32.87]it is therefore less often openly professed.

[30:34.83]所以人们较少公开承认它。

[30:36.79]Consequences follow from this,of course,

[30:38.27]这当然造成了一些后果，

[30:39.74]some of which are that ambition is driven underground or made devious.

[30:42.53]其中包括：雄心被迫变成秘密，不那么光明正大。

[30:45.32]6 Many people are naturally distrustful of ambition,

[30:47.34]很多人本能地对雄心有疑虑，

[30:49.36]feeling that it represents something uncontrollable in human nature.

[30:51.84]觉得它代表了人性中某种无法控制的东西。

[30:54.32]Thus John Dean entitled his book about his involvement in the Watergate Affair during the Nixon administration Blind Ambition,

[30:58.73]因此约翰·迪恩把有关他在尼克松任职期间参与水门事件的书取名为“盲目的雄心，”

[31:03.14]as if ambition were to blame for his ignoble actions,

[31:05.61]似乎他可耻的行为应该归咎于雄心，

[31:08.08]and not the many qualities that make up his rather shabby character.

[31:10.33]而不是多种形成他卑鄙个性的那些品质。

[31:12.58]7 But considering things the other way,

[31:13.85]但从另一方面来看问题，

[31:15.13]it is also bad to have no ambition just because of the fear of having too many.

[31:17.92]只是因为害怕雄心过盛而完全不要雄心，也是不好的。

[31:20.71]To discourage ambition is to discourage dreams of grandeur and greatness.

[31:23.97]否定雄心也就是否定辉煌和伟大的梦想。

[31:27.23]All men and women are born,live,suffer and die;

[31:29.77]所有的人都经历生、老、病、死。

[31:32.30]what distinguishes us from one another is our dreams,

[31:34.64]使我们彼此不同的是我们的梦想——

[31:36.98]whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things,

[31:39.43]不管它是精神还是物质方面的梦想，

[31:41.88]and what we do to make them come about.

[31:43.21]以及我们怎样实现这些梦想，

[31:44.54]8 It may seem an exaggeration to say that ambition is the connection to all of society,

[31:47.77]说雄心壮志是整个社会的黏合剂，

[31:50.99]which holds all of its elements together,

[31:52.86]它使社会的各个要素不至于散开。

[31:54.73]but it is not much of an exaggeration.

[31:56.01]这听起来好象是一种夸张，但其实并没有太多的夸张。

[31:57.29]Remove ambition and the essential elements of society seem to fly apart.

[32:00.02]若除去雄心壮志，那么各种要素似乎会很快散掉。

[32:02.76]Ambition,as opposed to mere fantasizing about desires,

[32:04.96]和纯粹的幻想相反，

[32:07.15]implies work and discipline to achieve goals,personal and social,

[32:09.94]雄心意味着用努力和节制来达到个人和社会的目标;

[32:12.73]of a kind society cannot survive without.

[32:14.41]而缺少了这些目标社会就无法存在，

[32:16.08]Ambition is intimately connected with family,

[32:17.75]雄心与家庭紧密相连，

[32:19.43]for men and women not only work partly for their families;

[32:21.59]因为男人和女人不仅为家庭而努力，

[32:23.75]husbands and wives are often ambitious for each other,

[32:25.33]丈夫和妻子互相激励，

[32:26.92]but harbor their most important ambitions for their children.

[32:29.11]而且他们对自己的子女抱有最宏伟的雄心壮志。

[32:31.31]9 It is not difficult to imagine a world without ambition.

[32:33.36]很容易想象出一个没有雄心壮志的世界，

[32:35.41]It would probably be a kinder would:without demands,without damage,without disppointments.

[32:39.16]它很可能会比较温和：没有要求，没有损害，没有失望。

[32:42.90]People would have time for reflection.

[32:44.18]人们会有时间思索。

[32:45.46]Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.

[32:47.85]他们所做的那类工作将不是为了自己而是为了集体。

[32:50.24]Competition would never enter in.

[32:51.68]竞争将不可能出现。

[32:53.12]Conflict would be eliminated and tension would become a thing of the past.

[32:55.75]冲突将被消灭，而紧张将成为过去。

[32:58.38]The stress of creation would be at an end.

[32:60.00]创造性带来的压力将消亡。

[33:01.62]Art would no longer be troubling,but merely used to celebrater life.

[33:04.41]艺术将不再使人烦恼，而只是用来歌颂生活。

[33:07.20]Longevity would be increased,

[33:08.39]所以人们较为长寿，

[33:09.58]for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by conflicts at work.

[33:11.97]由于较少人死于工作中的冲突造成的心脏病发作或中风，

[33:14.36]Anxiety would be extinct.

[33:15.35]焦虑将会绝迹。

[33:16.34]Time would stretch on and on,

[33:17.87]时间将缓缓延伸，

[33:19.40]with ambition long departed from the human heart.

[33:21.08]而雄心壮志早已从人们的心中消失。

[33:22.75]10 Ah,how unbelievably boring life would be!

[33:25.27]啊，生活将会多么令人难以置信地乏味!

[33:27.79]11 There is a strong view that success is a myth and ambition therefore a sham.

[33:31.48]有一种很多人赞同的观点，那就是成功是假象，雄心是虚幻。

[33:35.17]Does this mean that success does not really exist?

[33:37.13]难道这就意味着成功并不真正存在?

[33:39.10]That achievement is empty?

[33:40.34]成就是虚无?

[33:41.58]That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events?

[33:45.09]与世界动荡发展的力量相比人类的努力都毫无意义?

[33:48.60]Now not all success,obviously,is of value,nor all ambition worth cultivating.

[33:51.68]很明显，并非所有的成功都是有价值的，并非所有雄心壮志都是值得培育的。

[33:54.76]Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one's own.

[33:58.16]哪些是，哪些不是，一个人可以很快地独立地分清。

[34:01.56]But even the most cynical people admit that success exists;

[34:04.01]但即使最愤世嫉俗的人也承认，成功是存在的。

[34:06.46]that achievement counts for a great deal.

[34:08.27]成就是很有价值的。

[34:10.09]To believe otherwise could cause one to become irrational.

[34:12.79]假如不相信这些，人就会变得没有理性。

[34:15.49]If one believes that ambitions are useless,

[34:17.54]如果一个人相信雄心壮志毫无用处，

[34:19.60]this by implication removes all motive for competence,

[34:21.50]那这就意味着没有了增长才干的动机，

[34:23.41]interest in attainment,and regard for the future.

[34:25.23]没有了对成就的兴趣，也没有了对未来的尊重。

[34:27.05]12 We do not choose to be born.

[34:28.33]我们不能选择出生，

[34:29.60]We do not choose our parents.

[34:30.94]我们不能选择父母。

[34:32.27]We do not choose our historical epoch,

[34:33.55]我们也不能选择我们所处的历史时代。

[34:34.82]the country of our birth,

[34:35.96]出生的国度，

[34:37.09]or the way in which we are brought up.

[34:38.48]或被养育的方式。

[34:39.86]We do not,most of us,choose to die;

[34:41.48]我们大部分人不能选择死，

[34:43.10]nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.

[34:44.98]也不能选择死亡的时间和条件。

[34:46.85]But within all this realm of lack of choice,

[34:48.81]但在如此之多的不能选择之中，

[34:50.77]we must choose how we shall live:courageously or in cowardice,

[34:54.19]我们必须选择自己该如何生活：勇敢还是怯懦、

[34:57.61]honorably or dishonorably,

[34:59.52]可敬还是可耻、

[35:01.43]with purpose or in drift.

[35:03.30]胸怀抱负还是随波逐流。

[35:05.17]We must decide what is important and what is trivial in life.

[35:08.54]我们必须决定，生活中哪些是重要的，哪些是无足轻重的。

[35:11.90]We must also decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.

[35:15.99]我们也必须决定，使我们成功的一是我们所做的事，二是我们所拒绝做的事。

[35:20.08]But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions,

[35:22.87]然而，不管我们选择和决定对宇宙来说是多么地无关紧要，

[35:25.66]these choices and decisions are ours to make.

[35:27.91]这些选择和决定都必须由我们作出。

[35:30.16]We decide.

[35:31.00]我们决定。

[35:31.85]We choose.

[35:32.98]我们选择。

[35:34.12]And as we decide and choose,so are our lives formed.

[35:37.14]我们的决定和选择就形成了我们的生活。

[35:40.16]In the end,forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.

[35:43.04]归根结底，塑造我们自己的命运就是雄心壮志的作用所在。

[35:45.92]New Words

[35:46.77]单词

[35:47.62]acquisitive adj

[35:48.71]贪得无厌的

[35:49.81]attainment n

[35:50.71]实现

[35:51.61]collectivity n

[35:52.51]集体

[35:53.41]courageously adv

[35:54.46]勇敢地，无畏地

[35:55.50]devious adj

[35:56.45]不率直的，不光明正大的

[35:57.41]dishonorably adv

[35:58.25]不光彩地

[35:59.10]distrustful adj

[35:60.00]不信任的，怀疑的

[36:00.90]exaggeration n

[36:01.89]夸张

[36:02.88]extinct adj

[36:03.73]1)灭绝的，绝种的 2)(火山等)不再活跃的，(火等)熄灭了的

[36:04.57]fantasize v

[36:05.42]想像，幻想

[36:06.26]foremost adj

[36:07.22]最重要的，第一流的

[36:08.17]grandeur n

[36:08.87]伟大，壮丽，壮观

[36:09.58]honorably adv

[36:10.39]应享有荣誉地，值得尊敬地

[36:11.20]ignoble adj

[36:12.15]不光彩的，卑鄙的，可耻的

[36:13.10]large-heartedness n

[36:14.29]宽宏大量，仁慈，富于同情心

[36:15.48]lest conj

[36:16.33]惟恐，免得

[36:17.17]neutral adj

[36:17.98]1)中立的，公正的 2)中性的

[36:18.79]profess v

[36:19.64]表明观点、感情、信仰等

[36:20.48]realm n

[36:21.67]1)王国，国度 2)界，领域，范围

[36:22.86]secretive adj

[36:24.05]遮遮掩掩的

[36:25.24]selfishness n

[36:26.14]自私

[36:27.04]sham n

[36:28.03]虚假的事物

[36:29.02]significance n

[36:30.11]1)重要性，重大 2)意义，含义

[36:31.21]uncontrollable adj

[36:32.17]不可控制的，控制不住的

[36:33.12]underground adv & adj & n

[36:33.82]1)秘密地，不公开地 2)在地(面)下，往地(面)下 ;1)地(面)下的 2)秘密的，不公开的;1)地铁 2)地下组织(或运动)

[36:34.52]unworldly adj

[36:35.51]精神的，非物质的