💬 新概念英语第四册

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.

会领悟到素材中很多东西是他刚动笔时所未意识到的。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery,

这种有机的加工过程往往达到不寻常自我发现的境界，

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

is of an indescribable fascination.

具有难以言表的构思魅力。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

A blurred image appears; he adds a brushstroke and another, and it is gone;

一个朦胧的形象出现在作家的脑海里，他左添一笔，右添一笔，形象反而消逝了；

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

but something was there, and he will not rest till he has captured it.

可是，好像还有什么东西存在着，不把它捕捉到，作家是不会罢休的。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

Sometimes the yeast within a writer outlives a book he has written.

有时，一个作家一本书写完了，但兴奋仍不消散。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

I have heard of writers who read nothing but their own books;

我听说一些作家，除了自己的书外，别的书一概不读，

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

like adolescents they stand before the mirror,

犹如希腊神话中那位漂亮少年，

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them.

站在镜前，不能辨认出自身的真面目。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

For the same reason, writers talk interminably about their own books,

由于这个原因，作家喋喋不休地谈论自己的书，

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winkling out hidden meanings, super-imposing new ones,

挖掘其隐晦的含义，增添新的含义，

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begging response from those around them.

询问周围人的反应。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood:

作家如此行事当然会被人误解。

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he might as well try to explain a crime or a love affair.

他还不如给人讲一个犯罪案件或一个恋爱故事。

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He is also, incidentally, an unforgivable bore.

顺便说一句，他也是个不可饶恕的令人厌烦的人。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader,

这种企图消除自己和读者之间距离的作法，

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him,

企图用不了解自己的人的观点来研究自己塑造的形象的作法，

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can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.

会导致作家的毁灭，因为他已经开始为取悦他人而写作了。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

A young English writer made the pertinent observation a year or two back

一两年前，一位年轻的英国作家发表了中肯的看法。

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that the talent goes into the first draft, and the art into the drafts that follow.

他说，初稿是才华，以后各稿是艺术。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

For this reason also the writer, like any other artist, has no resting place,

也是由于这个原因，作家同任何艺术家一样，找不到可休息的场所，

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no crowd or movement in which he may take comfort,

找不到伙伴和活动使自己得到安逸。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

no judgment from outside which can replace the judgment from within.

任何局外人的判断也比不上他自己内心的正确判断。

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A writer makes order out of the anarchy of his heart;

一旦作家从内心的紊乱中理出头绪，

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he submits himself to a more ruthless discipline than any critic dreamed of,

就应按任何评论家想像不到的无情规范约束自己去写作；

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and when he flirts with fame, he is taking time off from living with himself,

当他沽名钓誉时，他就脱离了自我生活，

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from the search for what his world contains at its inmost point.

脱离了对自己灵魂最深处世界的探索。

Lesson 40 Waves

Waves are the children of the struggle between ocean and atmosphere.

海浪是大海和空气相斗的产物。

Lesson 40 Waves

the ongoing signatures of infinity.

无限的一种不间断的标志。

Lesson 40 Waves

Rays from the sun excite and energize the atmosphere of the earth,

太阳光刺激了地球的大气层，并给予它能量；