💬 新概念英语第四册

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for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation.

对这种人来说，多一种新的乐趣、多一种新的刺激只是增加一分厌腻而已。

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In vain they rush frantically round from place to place,

他们到处狂奔乱跑，

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trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

企图以闲聊和乱窜来摆脱无聊对他们的报复，但这是徒劳的。

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For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.

对他们来说，用某种形式的纪律约束他们一下才能有希望使他们走上正道。

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It may also be said that rational, industrious,useful.

也可以这样说，理智的、勤劳的、有用的。

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Human beings are divided into two classes:

人被分为两种类别：

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first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure;

第一类是分清工作是工作，娱乐是娱乐的人；

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and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one.

第二类人的工作和娱乐是一回事。

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Of these the former are the majority.They have their compensations.

这两类人当中，第一类人是大多数，他们能够得到补偿。

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The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward,

在办公室或工厂里长时间的工作给他们带来了酬劳，

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not only the means of sustenance,

这不仅是谋生的手段，

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but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms.

而且还带来了寻找乐趣的强烈欲望。那怕是最简单的、最低等的乐趣。

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But Fortune's favoured children belong to the second class.

但是，命运之神的宠儿是第二类人，

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Their life is a natural harmony.

他们的生活是一种自然的和谐，

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For them the working hours are never long enough.

对他们来说，工作时间总不会太长，

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Each day is a holiday,and ordinary holidays, when they come,

每天都是假日，而通常的假期到来时，

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are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.

他们却惋惜这假期强制打断了他们埋头从事的工作。

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Yet to both classes, the need of an alternative outlook,

然而对这两种人来说，都需要换一换脑子，

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of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential.

改变一下气氛，转移一下注意力，这是不可缺少的。

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Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

说实在的，把工作当作享受的那些人可能最需要每隔一段时间把工作从头脑中撇开。

Lesson 47 The great escape

Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment,

图省钱是露营的一个主要动机，因为除了开始时购置或是租借一套露营装备外，

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or through hiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels.

总费用算起来要比住旅馆开支少得多。

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But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one, or even the greatest.

但是，和一般的看法相反，这决非是仅有的，甚至不是最主要的动机。

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The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his five shillings worth of space ,at one of Europe's myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley.

如果一位游客漫不经心地驾车驶入欧洲无数常年营地之一，花20镑租用一个空位，那么他可能会碰见一辆本特利汽车，

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More likely, Ford Consul will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes,

更可能会望见一辆福特·康索尔和一辆雷诺或一辆梅塞迪斯并排停放着，

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but rarely with bicycles made for two.

不过双人自行车则不容易看到。

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That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic,

现代露营装备一年比一年讲究，这对那些厌世嫉俗者来说是一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情。

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a brighter promise for the hopeful traveller who has sworn to get away from it all.

而对于发誓用露营来摆脱烦恼的人来说，却带来了更光明的前景。

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It also provides--and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon--an escape of another kind.

学社会学的大学生来露营是另一种形式的摆脱现实，他们的目的很可能是根据观察到的露营现象去写论文。

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The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista,

现代露营旅游的人往往讨厌住"斯普兰迪德"和"贝拉维斯塔"这样的大酒店，