英語四單元李琴

1、Marriage and Love ()婚姻與愛情婚姻與愛情 Emma Goldman（愛瑪（愛瑪哥德曼）哥德曼）化材學(xué)院 李琴01 The popular notion about marriage and love is that they are synonymous, that they spring from the same motives, and cover the same human needs. 有關(guān)婚煙與愛情流行的觀念認(rèn)為兩者意義相近，它們源自相同的動機，滿足相同的人類需求。 注：notion：n.概念，觀念；意見，見解；奇想；打算 synonymous：adj. 同義

2、的，類義的；同義詞的 be synonymous with (與)關(guān)系緊密的;等同(于)的;互為依存的 spring from: 起源于;發(fā)源（于），出身（于），來自（于）;由引起；源于，從產(chǎn)生出來 例： Literature and art can only spring from the life of the people. 只有人民的生活才是文學(xué)藝術(shù)的唯一源泉。 01 Like most popular notions this also rests not on actual facts, but on superstition . 但同大多數(shù)流行觀念一樣，這種觀點并非建立在確定的事

3、實之上，而是建立在迷信之上。注： rest on/upon:擱在支撐在上；依賴于， 寄托于上， 基于；接觸到；達到 例：Our policy should rest on the basis of self-reliance. 我們的方針要放在自力更生的基點上。 superstition :n. 迷信；迷信行為；邪教 02 Marriage and love have nothing in common; they are as far apart as the poles; are, in fact, antagonistic to each other. No doubt some mar

4、riages have been the result of love. 婚姻與愛情沒有任何相同之處，它們之間就如同南北兩極一樣遠離對方；事實上，它們彼此正好相反。毫無疑問，有一些婚姻是愛情的結(jié)果。注： antagonistic：adj. 敵對的，對抗的，敵意的 antagonistic to：敵對的 例：His policy is antagonistic to our interests. 他的政策與我們的利益相抵觸。 02 Not, however, because love could assert itself only in marriage; much rather is it

5、because few people can completely outgrow a convention. 但是，這不是因為愛只能在婚姻中表達自己；而更多的是因為沒有多少人能完全擺脫世俗的束縛。注：assert：vt. 聲稱，斷言；維護，堅持；堅持自己的主張；生效 assert sth. to be true 斷言某事是真實的 outgrow：vt. 過度成長；因年齡增加而失去；年長而不再需要； 生物長出 outgrow a bad habit (隨著年齡增長而)戒掉一個壞習(xí)慣02 There are today large numbers of men and women to whom

6、 marriage is naught but a farce, but who submit to it for the sake of public opinion. 今天有大量男男女女，婚姻對他們來說僅僅是鬧劇一場，但他們卻因公眾觀點而屈從婚姻。注：naught：n. 零；烏有；泡影 come to naught (計劃等)落空 farce：n. 笑劇，鬧??；滑稽劇 vt. 用笑話補充、描述；古填充 submit to： 向呈交遞送；順從屈從，服從；使（自 己）聽命于聽從 例： Never submit to a threat. 永遠不要屈服于威脅。02 At any rate, whi

7、le it is true that some marriages are based on love, and while it is equally true that in some cases love continues in married life, I maintain that it does so regardless of marriage, and not because of it. 無論如何，確實一些婚姻是以愛情為基礎(chǔ)的，確實一些個案中愛情在婚姻后的生活中繼續(xù)，但我認(rèn)為這與婚姻無關(guān)，婚姻也不是其原因。 注： regardless： adv. 不顧后果地；不管怎樣，無

8、論如何；不惜費用地 adj. 不重視的，不尊敬的；不顧慮的，不關(guān)心的；不受注意的，毫無價值的 regardless of 不管 ；不理會；不顧 03 On the other hand, it is utterly false that love results from marriage. On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that i

9、t is a mere adjustment to the inevitable. 另一方面，如果認(rèn)為愛情是婚姻的結(jié)果，那么這就完全錯了。在個別情況下，我們確實聽到難以置信的例子，夫妻倆在婚后愛上對方，但仔細觀察就全發(fā)現(xiàn)這不過是對不可避免的即成事實的適應(yīng)而已。注：utterly: adv.全然，完全地；徹底地，絕對的；十足地；十分 miraculous： adj. 1. 奇跡般的, 不可思議的, 令人驚嘆的; 非凡的 2. (能夠)創(chuàng)造奇跡的 a miraculous victory 奇跡般的勝利03 Certainly the growing used to each other is fa

10、r away from the spontaneity, the intensity, and beauty of love, without which the intimacy of marriage must prove degrading to both the woman and the man. 當(dāng)然這種慚慚的習(xí)憒對方與自發(fā)的愛情，強烈的愛情，以及美妙的愛情背道而馳，缺乏親密的婚姻必定使夫婦兩人感到丟臉。注：spontaneity：n. 自發(fā)性，自然發(fā)生；自發(fā)行為行動 intensity：n. 1. 強烈, 劇烈2. 熱烈, 熱情; 緊張3. 強度, 密度, 應(yīng)力, 亮度4.【攝】

11、(底片的)明暗度 go mad at the intensity of ones grief 因悲 傷過度而發(fā)瘋 intimacy：n. 1. 親密, 親近, pl. 親密的行為 2. 婉私通, 隱私 3. 熟悉; 熟識 4. (房間等)舒適感 be on terms of intimacy 親密 degrade： vt. 降低，貶低；使降級；降低身分；使丟臉 vt.& vi. （使）退化，降解，分解；降解；撤職， 免職；降低品格身價，價值（等） 04 Marriage is primarily an economic arrangement, an insurance pact. I

12、t differs from the ordinary life insurance agreement only in that it is more binding, more exacting. Its returns are insignificantly small compared with the investments. 婚姻首先是一個經(jīng)濟安排，一份保險合同?；橐雠c普通的人壽保險合同的不同之處僅在于婚姻更具約束力，更有索取性?；橐龅幕貓笈c對其的投入相比太過微不足道。注： pact n. 1. 合同, 契約2. 條約; 協(xié)定 a peace pact 和平條約 binding n

13、. 捆綁；（衣服等的）鑲邊；粘合劑；書籍的封面 adj. 捆綁的；粘合的；（書面材料）有約束力的；應(yīng)履行的 v. 約束（ bind的現(xiàn)在分詞）；裝訂；捆綁；（用長布條）纏繞 04 In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however, a womans premium is a husband, she pays for it with her name, her privacy, her sel

14、f-respect, her very life, until death doth part. 要辦理保險，你只需用美元美分來付費即可，付費者有隨時停止付費的自由。但是，如果婦女要得的回報是丈夫，她要用自己的姓名、私人空間、自尊以及整個生命為代價，而且“至死方休”。注：at liberty to do sth 有權(quán)做 ，有自由例：You are at liberty to say what you like. 你盡可暢所欲言。 premium n.費用，額外費用；保險費；獎賞，獎勵；（商品定價、貸款利息等以外的）加價 at a premium 稀少，難得04 Moreover, the marriage insurance condemns her to life-long dependency, to parasitism, to complete usel