Three-Days-to-See-若有三天光明-BY-Helen-Keller-海倫-凱勒詳解-鑒賞版

1、Three days to seeI have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. 我經(jīng)常想,倘假設(shè)每一個人在他早期成年生活中,有幾天看不見和聽不見,那將會是一

2、件幸事.暗無天日會使他更感到視力的可貴,寂寥無聲會使他懂得聽到聲音的快樂.If, by some miracle, I were granted three seeing days, to be followed by a relapse into darkness, I should divide the period into three parts.如果,由于某種奇跡,我被賦予三天能看見東西的日子,然后在沉陷到黑暗之中, 我將把這段時間分為三局部來用.The First DayOn the first day, I should want to see the people whose

3、kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, who came to me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me. I should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I

4、 could cherish it in my memory, but to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education. I should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to stand firm in the

5、face of difficulties, and that compassion for all humanity which she has revealed to me so often. 第一天,我要去看看那些人們,他們的善良、和藹和友愛使我感到我活得還有價值.首先,我要久久打量我親愛的老師安沙利文“梅西夫人的面龐.在我的童稚時代,她就來到了我的身邊,為我翻開了外部世界.我想看的不僅是她面龐的輪廓,以便我能把它珍藏在 我的記憶中,我還要研究她那張面孔,從中尋找充滿同情、體貼和耐心的生動例證,沙利文正是憑這些完成了為我施教的艱巨任務(wù).我想在她眼中看到使她在困難面前堅決屹立的那種人格的力量

6、,和經(jīng)常在我面前顯現(xiàn)的那種對所有人的關(guān)愛.第一個想看到的人是老師Oh, the things that I should see if I had the power of sight for just three days!The first day would be a busy one. I should call to me all my dear friends and look long into their faces, imprinting upon my mind the outward evidences of the beauty that is within them.

7、 I should let my eyes rest, too, on the face of a baby, so that I could catch a vision of the eager, innocent beauty which precedes the individual's consciousness of the conflicts which life develops.啊,假設(shè)我有三天的視力,我將會看到多少東西??！第一天將是個很忙碌的日子.我將會把我所有親愛的朋友們都召到我面前,長久地凝視他們的面孔,把他們的內(nèi)在美的外部表征銘 刻到我的心中.我也會把我的眼光

8、停留在一個嬰孩的面孔上,以便 我能 捕捉到一個意識到生活中的沖突前的人所顯現(xiàn)出來的那種充滿渴求和單純無邪的美的影像.看摯友,還有可愛的孩子And I should like to look into the loyal, trusting eyes of my dogs - the grave, canny little Scottie, Darkie, and the stalwart, understanding Great Dane, Helga, whose warm, tender , and playful friendships are socomforting to me.而我

9、也想看看我那幾條狗一威猛、機(jī)敏的小斯科蒂,小黑和結(jié)實碩壯而又溫順的丹麥種大狗黑爾佳,觀察一下它們忠誠、可靠的眼神.它們那熱烈、溫柔和活潑的友情給了我不少的慰藉.看忠誠的小狗On that busy first day I should also view the small simple things of my home. I want to see the warm colors in the rugs under my feet, the pictures on the walls, the intimate trifles that transform a house into hom

10、e. My eyes would rest respectfully on the books in raised type which I have read, but they would be more eagerly interested in the printed books which seeing people can read, for during the long night of my life the books I have read and those which have been read to me have built themselves into a

11、great shining lighthouse, revealing to me the deepestchannels of human life and the human spirit.在這緊張繁忙的第一天,我也應(yīng)看看我家中那些簡樸的小物件.我想看看我腳下的地毯的溫暖色調(diào),看看墻壁上的圖畫,看看那些使一間房子變成一個家、使人感到親切的瑣細(xì)的雜物.我的目光將會鄭重地停留在我讀過的凸字書上,但我的眼睛肯定將更急迫地關(guān)注 那些眼睛看得見東西的人們所讀過的書籍.由于在我生命的長夜中,我所讀過的書,和別人讀給我聽的那些書,巳經(jīng)筑成了一座巨大的、閃閃發(fā)光的燈塔,為我照亮了人生和人的精神最深邃的航道

12、.看讀過的書In the afternoon of that first seeing day. I should take a long walk in the woods and intoxicate my eyes on the beauties of the world of Nature trying desperately to absorb in a few hours the vast splendor which is constantly unfolding itself to those who can see. On the way home from my woodl

13、andjaunt my path would lie near a farm so that I might see the patient horses ploughing in the field perhaps I should see only a tractor! and the serene content of men living close to the soil. And I should pray for the glory of a colorful sunset.在我能看見東西的第一天下午,我會花很長時間去樹林里散步,讓我的雙眼陶醉在自然界的美景中.我會盡情享受那博大

14、的壯麗,而這博大的壯麗對于那些眼睛能看見東西的人總是敞開的.在我從林地徜徉后回家的路上,我將會走到一個農(nóng)場附近,這樣我可能會看到耐心勞作的馬匹在犁地也許我只看見了一部拖拉機(jī)！,會看到那些與泥 土為伍的人們安詳?shù)男臐M意足的神情.而我也將為能夠看到絢麗多彩的落日余輝而祈禱.看大自然When dusk had fallen, I should experience the double delight of being able to see by artificial light which the genius of man has created to extend the power of

15、his sight when Naturedecreesdarkness.當(dāng)黃昏降臨時,我會體驗到一陣雙重的歡喜,由于當(dāng)大自然令黑暗出現(xiàn)時,我能憑著人類為延展視力以自己的天才創(chuàng)造出來的光繼續(xù)看見東西看燈火闌珊In the night of that first day of sight, I should not be able to sleep, so full would be my mind of the memories of the day.在我享有視力的第一天的夜晚,我可能會難以入睡.我的腦海中會充滿對當(dāng)天的回憶The Second DayThe next day - the se

16、cond day of sight - I should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day. I should behold with awe the magnificent panoramaof light with which the sun awakens the sleeping earth. 翌日一一我享有視力的第二天,我將伴著黎明起床,去觀察那令人鼓舞的奇跡的出現(xiàn)：夜晚變成了白晝.我會帶著某種敬畏的心理去凝視那種光的燦爛景觀：太陽喚醒了沉睡

17、的大地.看日出This day I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world, past and present. I should want to see the pageantof man's progress, the kaleidoscope of the ages. How can so much be compressedinto one day Through the museums, of course. Often I have visited the New York Museum of Natural Histor

18、y to touch with my hands many of the objects there exhibited, but I have longed to see with my eyes the condensed history of the earth and its inhabitants displayed there - animals and the races of men pictured in their native environment; gigantic carcassesof dinosaurs and mastodons which roamed th

19、e earth long before man appeared, with his tiny stature and powerful brain, to conquer the animal kingdom; realistic presentations of the processes of development in animals, in man, and in the implements which man has used to fashion for himself a secure home on this planet; and a thousand and one

20、other aspects of natural history.這一天我會用來對這個世界人過去的和當(dāng)今的世界投以匆忙的一瞥.我想要看到人類進(jìn)步的展示,看到各個時代多姿多彩的事物的陳列.如此多的事物怎么能濃縮到一天展出呢當(dāng)然是通過博物館.我以前常去紐約自然史博物館,用我的手觸摸館內(nèi)的展品,但我一直渴望能親眼見到那兒陳列的地球和它的居民經(jīng)過濃縮的開展史一一用圖像表示的生活在天然環(huán)境中的動物及人類各個種族；看到遠(yuǎn)在形體矮小、頭腦碩大,后來征服了動物王國的人類出現(xiàn)前就在地球上游蕩的恐龍和乳齒象的巨大軀殼,看到顯示動物和人類及其使用的工具的開展過程的活靈活現(xiàn)的展品.人類正是利用這些工具為自己在這個星球

21、上建造了可靠的家園.我也看到了數(shù)以千計的表 現(xiàn)自然史的其他方面的展品.看博物館The evening of my second day of sight I should spend at a theatre or at the movies. Even now I often attend theatrical performances of all sorts, but the action of the play must be spelled into my hand by a companion. But how I should like to see with my own ey

22、es the fascinating figure of Hamlet, or the gusty Falstaff amid colorful Elizabethan trappings! How I should like to follow each movement of the graceful Hamlet, eachstrut of the hearty Falstaff! And since I could see only one play, I should be confronted by a many-horned dilemma, for there are scor

23、es of plays I should want to see. You who have eyes can see any you like. How many of you, I wonder, when you gaze at a play, a movie, or any spectacle, realize and give thanks for the miracle of sight which enables you to enjoy its color , grace, and movement在我享有視力的第二天晚間我將在戲院或影院度過.即使在現(xiàn)在,我也常去欣賞各種各 樣

24、的戲劇表演,但劇情和演員的情況需要同去的人用手語在我手上寫出.我是多么想用自己的雙眼看到哈姆雷特那給人以巨大吸引力的形象,或看到穿著華美多彩的伊麗莎白時期服飾的饒有趣味的福斯塔夫！我多么想聚精會神地欣賞優(yōu)雅的哈姆雷特的每一個舉手投足,和神氣十足的福斯塔夫的每一個高視闊步！由于我只能觀看一個劇,我難免會面臨抉擇的種種困難,由于我 想看幾十個劇呢.你們有眼睛,想看什么劇都可以. 我不知道你們 當(dāng)中有多少人在全神貫注地欣賞一部劇、一部電影或任何奇觀時,曾 意識到視力的神奇,并為享有它而道過感謝呢！而正是神奇的視力 使你們能欣賞到色彩、美和情節(jié)的變化呢！看戲One of my dearest memo

25、ries is of the time when Joseph Jefferson allowed me to touch his face and hands as he went through some of the gestures and speeches of his beloved Rip Van Winkle. I was able to catch thus a meagerglimpse of the world of drama, and I shall never forget the delight of that moment. But, oh, how much

26、I must miss, and how much pleasure you seeing ones can derive from watching and hearing the interplay of speech and movement in the unfolding of a dramatic performance! If I could see only one play, I should know how to picture in my mind the action of a hundred plays which I have read or had transf

27、erred to me through the medium of the manual alphabet.我最珍貴的記憶之一是約瑟夫杰弗遜在表演完他心愛的角色瑞普“凡“溫克爾的一些手勢和談話后,讓我撫摸了他的臉和手.這樣我便對戲劇世界有了些微的了解,我也永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記那片刻帶給我的歡樂.我失去了多少??！而你們眼睛能看見東西的人從戲劇表演中看到和聽到的交替出現(xiàn)的動作和臺詞里又獲得了多少愉快??！如果我哪怕只能看一部劇,我也會知道怎樣在心里描繪出一百部劇的動作.這些劇本我全讀過,或通過手語字母的媒介向我描述過.The Third DayThe following morning, I should

28、again greet the dawn, anxious to discover new delights, for I am sure that, for those who have eyes which really see, the dawn of each day must be a perpetually new revelation of beauty.第三天早晨,我將再次迎接黎明,渴望尋找新的愉快,由于我確信,對于那些有眼睛真正能看見東西的人,每一天的黎明都永遠(yuǎn)意味著美的新展現(xiàn).再看日出This, according to the terms of my imagined m

29、iracle, is to be my third and last day of sight. I shall have no time to waste in regrets or longings; there is too much to see. The first day I devoted to my friends, animate and inanimate. The second revealed to me the history of man and Nature. Today I shall spend in the workaday world of the pre

30、sent, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life. And where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in New York So the city becomes my destination.根據(jù)我設(shè)想的奇跡出現(xiàn)的條件,這將是我能看見東西的第三天,也是最后一天了.我已沒有時間可浪費在遺憾和渴望之中.要看的東西太多了.第一天我用在朋友們身上了,他們當(dāng)中有性格活潑的,也有性格沉悶的.第二天我去看了人類和大自然的歷史.今天我將 在平日工作的

31、世界中,在忙于事務(wù)的人們的常去之地度過.人們從 何處能找到像生活在紐約的人這樣多的活動和條件呢因此,紐約就成了我的目的地.最后一天,目標(biāo)紐約I look ahead, and before me rise the fantastic towers of New York, a city that seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story. What an awe-inspiring sight, these glittering spires. these vast banks of stone and steel-struct

32、ures such as the gods might build for themselves! This animated picture is a part of the lives of millions of people every day. How many, I wonder, give it so much as a seconds glance Very few, I fear, Their eyes are blind to this magnificent sight because it is so familiar to them. 我朝前看,在我面前矗立著紐約令人

33、驚嘆的高樓大廈.紐約,它似乎是從一個神話故事 的篇章中出現(xiàn)的一座城市,這些閃閃發(fā)光的 塔樓,這些用石頭和鋼材建筑的寬闊堤岸,就像是諸神為他們自己修造的宮闕.這幅充滿生氣的畫面構(gòu)成了數(shù)以百萬計的人們?nèi)粘Ｉ?的一局部.我不知道有多少人曾看過它第二眼恐怕很少.他們的眼睛已看不見這宏偉的景象,由于這對他們是太熟悉了.看紐約高樓林立I stroll down Fifth Avenue. I throw my eyes out of focus, so that I see no particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors.

34、I am certain that the colors of women's dresses moving in a throng must be a gorgeous spectacle of which I should never tire. But perhaps if I had sight I should be like most other women - too interested in styles and the cut of individual dressesto give much attention to the splendor of color i

35、n the mass. And I am convinced, too, that I should become an inveterate window shopper, for it must be a delight to the eye to view the myriad articles of beauty on display. 我沿著第五大道漫步,讓雙眼環(huán)視四方,不看某個特定的目標(biāo),而只是目睹一種川流不息、五彩繽紛和瞬息萬變的場面.我深信,走在人群中的女士們的服飾必定是色彩絢麗,令我百看不厭的.但是,如果我享有視力的話,我也會像多數(shù)其他女人一樣,對個別衣服的式樣和剪裁倍感興趣

36、的,而不會太注意人群中色彩的絢麗.而我也深信, 我一定會常常流連在商店的櫥窗之前,由于觀看陳列在那兒的琳瑯滿目的商品,該是一件多么令人賞心悅目的事?。】醇~約多姿多彩From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city-to Park Avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play. I take a stay-at-home trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters. Always my eyes are open wide to

37、all the sights of both happiness and misery so that I may probe deep and add to my understanding of how people work and live. my heart is full of the images of people and things. My eye passeslightly over no single trifle; it strives to touch and hold closely each thing its gaze rests upon. Some sig

38、hts are pleasant, filling the heart with happiness; but some are miserably pathetic. To these latter I do not shut my eyes, for they, too, are part of life. To close the eye on them is to close the heart and mind.離開第五大道后,我開始游覽全城.我去了公園大道,去了貧民窟,去了工廠,也去了供孩子們玩耍的公園.我也到了外國人的居住區(qū),這是一種身在國內(nèi)但又在國外觀光的旅行.為了深入探究,增

39、進(jìn)我對人們工作和生活的理解,我總是把我的眼睛睜得大大的,去觀察 所有的場景,既看幸福的場面,也觀悲戚的景象.我的心會充滿人和事的各種形象.我的雙眼不會輕易放過任何一件瑣事.我的目光總是盡力觸及并緊緊定位在它注視的每一件事上.有些場景是令人愉快的,讓心中充滿的是賞心樂事；有些場景卻令人感到悲哀和傷感.對令人悲傷的場景我沒有閉上眼睛,由于它們也構(gòu)成生活的一局部；對它們閉上雙眼,也就是關(guān)上了心扉和靈魂.看紐約眾生百態(tài)My third day of sight is drawing to an end. Perhaps there are many serious pursuits to which

40、I should devote the few remaining hours, but I am afraid that on the evening of that last day I should again run away to the theater, to a hilariously funny play, so that I might appreciate theovertones of comedy in the human spirit.我享有視力的第三天已行將結(jié)束.也許,還有許多嚴(yán)肅的追求,值得我把剩下的幾個小 時全花在上面.可我擔(dān)憂,在最后一天的晚上,我會再一次跑到

41、戲院,去觀看一出歡快熱鬧的戲劇,這樣我或可品嘗人類精神的喜劇的內(nèi)涵.最后一看,看歡樂戲劇I who am blind can give one hint to those who see - one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses.Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each ob