Unit-7-The-Joy-of-Travel新編大學(xué)英語第二版第三冊(cè)課文翻譯

PAGEPAGE9Unit7TheJoyofTravelTransformativeTravelTwenty-fiveyearsagoIfeltlikeawreck.AlthoughIwasjust23,mylifealreadyseemedover.ThefutureappearedasmuchlikeawastelandastheemptinessIcouldseewhilelookingbacktothepast.Ifeltlost,withoutchoices,withouthope.IwasstuckinajobIhatedandtrappedinanengagementwithawomanIdidn'tlove.Atthetime,bothcommitmentsseemedlikeagoodidea,butIsupposeitwasthefantasyofbeingasuccessful,marriedbusinessmanthatappealedtomefarmorethanthereality.Idecidedtotakeaclassjustfortheentertainmentvalue.Ithappenedtobeanintroductorycounselingcourse,onethatinvolvedpersonalsharinginthegroup.Wewerechallengedtomakecommitmentspubliclyaboutthingswewouldliketochangeinourlives,andinamomentofpureimpulsiveness,IdeclaredthatbythenextclassmeetingIwasgoingtoquitmyjobandendmyengagement.AfewdayslaterIfoundmyselfunemployedandunattached,excitedbythefreedom,yetterrifiedaboutwhattodonext.Ineededsomekindoftransitionfrommyoldlifetoanewone,asortofritualthatwouldhelpmetotransformmyselffromonepersonintoanother.SoIdidsomethingjustasimpulsiveasmypreviousactions:IbookedatripforaweekinAruba.Inspiteofwhatothersmighthavethought,Iwasnotrunningawayfromsomethingbuttosomething.Iwantedacleanbreak,andIknewIneededtogetawayfrommyusualenvironmentandinfluencessoastothinkclearlyaboutwhereIwasheaded.OncesettledintomyroomonthelittleislandofAruba,Ibeganmyprocessofself-change.IreallycouldhavebeenanywhereaslongasnobodycouldreachmebyphoneandIhadthepeaceandquiettothinkaboutwhatIwantedtodo.Ispentthemorningsgoingforlongwalksonthebeach,theafternoonssittingundermyfavoritetree,readingbooksandlisteningtotapes.Probablymostimportantofall,Iforcedmyselftogetoutofmyroomandgotomeetpeople.Ordinarilyshy,InowdecidedthatIwassomeonewhowasperfectlycapableofhavingaconversationwithanyoneIchose.Sincenobodyknewthe"real"me,thewayIhadalwaysbeen,Ifeltfreetobecompletelydifferent.Ittookmealmostayeartopayoffthattrip,butIamconvincedthatmysingleweekinArubawasworththreeyearsintherapy.Thattripstartedanumberofprocessesthathelpedmetotransformmyself.ThisishowIdidit:Icreatedamindsetthatmademereadyforchange.Iexpectedthatbigthingswereonthehorizon,thatatripsuchasthiscouldchangemylife.IbelievedwithallmyheartthatIcouldchange,ifonlyIcouldfindaquietplacetosortthingsoutandexperimentwithnewwaysofthinkingandacting.Iinsulatedmyselffromtheusualinfluencesinmylifeandthepeoplewhoseapprovalwasmostimportant.Oneofthereasonsthattherapyoftentakessolongisthat,onceyouleavethesafetyandsupportofasession,youreentertheworldwherefamiliarpeopleelicitthefamiliarreactions.Byseparatingmyselffromothers'approvalandinfluences,IwasabletothinkmoreclearlyaboutwhatIreallywanted.Istructuredmytimeinordertoproducechangeandgrowth.Solitude,isolation,ornewenvironmentsinthemselvesarenotenough;youmustalsocompletetasksthatarerelaxingandeducational.Themostimportantpartofanytherapyisnotwhatyouunderstandorwhatyoutalkabout,butwhatyoudo.Insightwithoutactionisentertainingbutnotalwayshelpful.Insteadofreadingnovelsandcallinghomeregularly,Itookthetimetoparticipateindifferentactivitiesthatwouldmakemechange.Ipushedmyselftoexperimentwithnewwaysofbeing.Isampledalternativelifestylesandpretendedtobeadifferentperson.Iactedinunfamiliarwaysjusttoseehowitfelt.WhateverIwouldusuallydoinvariouscircumstances,Iforcedmyselftodotheopposite.Thisreinforcedtheideathatanythingwaspossible,thatIcoulddoanythingIwanted.ImadepubliccommitmentsofwhatIintendedtodosoitwouldbehardertobackdown.ThereweretimeswhenIwantedtoavoiddoingthosethingsIfoundmostfrightening.Untilthistrip,Ihadnevertraveledtoastrangeplacedeliberatelyalone.WheneverIthoughtabouttakingsaferoutes,IimaginedthatIwouldsoonhavetofacemyclassmatesandthatIwouldhavetoexplainmyactionstothem.Iprocessedmyexperiencessystematically.IwroteinajournaleachdayandspoketopeopleImetaboutwhatIwasdoingandwhy.WhenIreturned,ItalkedtoseveralpeopleItrustedaboutwhathadtakenplace.EachofthemofferedadifferentperspectivethatIvaluedandfoundusefulinincorporatingtheexperienceintomylife.ImadechangeswhenIreturnedthatcontinuedthetransformationthatstartedwhileIwasinAruba.Itiseasiertomakechangeswhenyouareawayfromhomethantomaintainthechangesafteryoureturn.TomakesureIdidn'tslipbackintooldpatterns,Iimmediatelymadenewdecisionsaboutmyworkandmyrelationshipsthatkeptmemovingforward.Idecidedthatmuchofmyfuturetravelingwouldhavesometransformativedimensiontoit.Althoughitispossibletomakeextraordinaryprogressinasingleweek,transformativechangetakesplaceoveralifetime.IpromisedmyselfthatIwouldmakeothertripsfromtimetotimeinordertocontinuemygrowth.新生之旅25年前我感覺自己成了廢物。盡管那時(shí)我只有23歲，但我的生活似乎到了盡頭。我的未來看起來好似荒漠，就像回顧過去時(shí)，看到的是一片空虛。我感到迷茫，毫無選擇余地，毫無希望可言。我當(dāng)時(shí)被困在兩件事中：做著一份我憎恨的工作，并與一個(gè)我并不愛的女人訂有婚約。當(dāng)初，兩個(gè)承諾都好像是不錯(cuò)的主意，但是我想吸引我的只是成為一個(gè)成功的已婚商人的幻想，而遠(yuǎn)非現(xiàn)實(shí)。我決定進(jìn)修一門課程，僅僅為了好玩而已。這剛好是一門咨詢?nèi)腴T課程，需要個(gè)人參與到集體中去。（這門課程）要求我們對(duì)生活中要進(jìn)行的變動(dòng)做出公開承諾。出于一時(shí)沖動(dòng)，我宣布在下次上課之前，我會(huì)辭去工作并解除婚約。幾天后，我失業(yè)了，也解除了婚約，為獲得的自由而興奮，但又因?yàn)椴恢老乱徊阶鍪裁炊炭帧Ｎ倚枰撤N從舊生活到新生活的轉(zhuǎn)變，一種有助于我從一種人轉(zhuǎn)型為另一種人的（必不可少的）程序。于是我做了一件與我前面的行為同樣沖動(dòng)的事情：我預(yù)定了到阿魯巴島為期一周的旅行。不管別人會(huì)有什么樣的想法，但是我并不是在逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)，而是在追求未來。我想有一個(gè)徹底的決裂，而且我知道我需要離開自己熟悉的環(huán)境，擺脫原來的影響，以便考慮清楚自己將何去何從。在阿魯巴小島上的房間里一安頓下來，我就開始了自我改變的進(jìn)程。其實(shí)只要沒人能打電話找到我沒讓我能平靜安寧地思考我想做的事，我到哪里去都可以。上午我在海灘上長時(shí)間地散步，下午則坐在我喜愛的樹下看書，聽錄音磁帶。最重要的也許是我強(qiáng)迫自己走出房間去與別人交往。平常我很靦腆，但這時(shí)我確信自己是一個(gè)完全能和任何人交談的人。因?yàn)闆]人了解“真實(shí)的”我，知道我過去的樣子，所以，我感到自己可以自由自在，一改常態(tài)。我用了將近一年的時(shí)間才付清那趟旅行的費(fèi)用，但是我相信在阿魯巴島上僅僅一周的效果就相當(dāng)于三年的治療。那次旅行啟動(dòng)了一系列有助于自我轉(zhuǎn)變的過程。以下是我具體的做法：我讓自己在精神狀態(tài)上做好了轉(zhuǎn)變的準(zhǔn)備。我期待重大的事情將會(huì)來臨，期待這樣的旅行會(huì)改變我的生活。我真心實(shí)意地相信我會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)變，只要我能找一個(gè)安靜的地方來理清頭緒，來嘗試新的思維和行事方法。我使自己擺脫了那些常常對(duì)我生活會(huì)用影響的事，遠(yuǎn)離那些非要得到其首肯的人。治療之所以往往需要很長的時(shí)間，原因之一是，一旦給予你安全感和幫助的一個(gè)療程結(jié)束后，你重新又回到了原來的世界，那兒你的熟人會(huì)誘使你重蹈覆轍。通過把自己置身于別人的肯定和影響之外，我能對(duì)自己真正想要的東西有更加清楚的認(rèn)識(shí)。我把時(shí)間安排好，以便使自己開始轉(zhuǎn)變并取得進(jìn)展。僅僅依靠獨(dú)居、隔絕或者全新的環(huán)境是不夠的；你還必須完成那些輕松而又能使自己受教育的任務(wù)。任何一種療法的關(guān)鍵不在于你領(lǐng)悟到什么或談?wù)摿耸裁?，而在于你做了什么。未付諸行動(dòng)的認(rèn)識(shí)固然可喜，但往往無助于事。我沒有把時(shí)間花在看小說和定期給家里打電話上面，而是花在能促使我自己轉(zhuǎn)變的種種活動(dòng)之中。我敦促自己嘗試新的生存方式。我體驗(yàn)不同的生活方式，佯裝自己是另一個(gè)人。我采用有別于從前的行為方式來體驗(yàn)自己的感受。同時(shí)，在各種情況下，不管我通常會(huì)怎樣做，我總是迫使自己反其道而行之。這進(jìn)一步堅(jiān)定了我的想法：世上無難事，只要我想要做的事，我都能夠做到。我就自己想做的事情做公開的承諾，這樣我就沒有退縮的余地了。對(duì)于那些讓我非常害怕的事情，我有過想回避不干的念頭。在這次旅行之前，我從沒有特地一個(gè)人外出旅行過。每當(dāng)我想走保險(xiǎn)棋的時(shí)候，我就會(huì)想到馬上不能不面對(duì)我的同學(xué)，要對(duì)自己的行為做出解釋。我系統(tǒng)地分析我的經(jīng)歷。我每天寫日記，并且告訴我遇到的人自己正在做什么以及為什么這樣做。旅行歸來之后，我和幾個(gè)我信任的人談?wù)撍l(fā)生的事情。他們中的每個(gè)人都有獨(dú)到的見解，這些見解都彌足珍貴，而且我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的見解有助于我把這種經(jīng)歷融入到我生活中去。我回來后做了一些改變，使我能夠把在阿魯巴島上開始的自我改造繼續(xù)下去。當(dāng)你離家在外時(shí)做些改變比較容易，而回來后要保持這些變化就難了。為了保證自己不重新回到老路上去，回來后我馬上對(duì)自己的工作和與他人的關(guān)系做出了新的決定，這些決定會(huì)繼續(xù)推動(dòng)我前進(jìn)。我決定我將來的很多旅行將會(huì)具有自我改造的意義。盡管在短短的一星期之內(nèi)也可能取得驚人的進(jìn)展，但是自我改造的過程將貫穿于一生之中。我向自己保證我將不時(shí)地去旅行，以便不斷地取得進(jìn)步。TheRomanceofTrainTravelIfthereisonemaincharacteristicofthemodernworldthatmakesourlivesdifferentfromourgrandparents,itisprobablyspeed.Wearealwaysonthemove,andwedon'thavemuchpatiencewithslowsystemsoftransportation.Wewanttogetthere,andwewanttodoitfast!Carmakers,airlineowners,andtheplannersofmasstransitsystemsallshareacommongoal.Theyarealltryingtoprovideuswithfasterandfasterwaystoreachourdestinations.Nevertheless,manyofusactuallywanttoslowdown.Althoughwecomplainwhenourplaneisn'tonscheduleorwhenwehavetowaitinatrafficjam,wealsocomplainaboutalwaysbeinginahurry.Everyonceinawhile,wehearthesoundofatrainwhistle—clearandhighinthenightair—andwefeelsad.Thereisastrongsenseofnostalgiaforotherplacesandothertimes,whenlifewasslowerand,perhaps,better.Whydoesatrainwhistlebringonafeelingofnostalgia?Perhapsit'sbecausemanyofusrememberafavoritenovelormoviethattookplaceonatrain,andthestorytoldofdangerandexcitement.There'sasenseofromanceaboutatrainthatsimplydoesn'texistonamodernjetplane.Severalrailroadcompaniesaretakingadvantageofthenostalgiafortraintravel:Theyareofferinguniquetoursfortravelerswhoaren'tinahurryandwhoenjoytheromanceofthepast.Foralmostahundredyears,thefamousOrientExpresscarriedroyalty,therich,spies,anddangerousinternationalcriminals.Itwasthesceneofmystery,crime,andoftenhistory.ButafterWorldWarII,whenairtravelbecamepopular,itnevergotbackitsoldsenseofromance,anditfinallywentoutofbusinessin1977.Soonafterthat,however,anAmericanbusinessmanbegantobuytheoldOrientExpresscarsandfixthemup.Herestoredthetraintoitsformercondition,andsince1982,thetrainhasruntwiceaweekfromLondontoVeniceandback.Althoughthetwenty-four-hourtripdoesn'tofferthedangerandexcitement—theadventure—ofthepast,itoffersluxury:richdarkwood,freshflowers,champagne,veryspecialfood,andliveentertainmentinabarcarwithapiano.AnotherfamousexcursionbytrainistheTrans-SiberianSpecial,whichmakesjustthreetripseachsummerfromMongoliatoMoscow.Aspassengersboardthetrainatthebeginningoftheirtrip,theytoastoneanotherwithRussianvodkaatawelcomingparty.ForthenextweektheycrosstheformerSovietUnionwithoccasionalstopsforsightseeinginbigcitiesandsmallvillages.Inaddition,thereisabonusonthistrip;thisextraadvantageisadailylectureonboardthetraininwhichanexpertexplainsRussianhistoryandculturetothepassengers.Ifyouarelookingforfunandadventure,youmightwanttotrythe"MysteryExpress",whichrunsfromNewYorktoMontreal,Canada.ThistripinterestspeoplewhohavealwayswantedtoplayaroleinanAgathaChristieplayoraSherlockHolmesdetectivenovel.AtypicaljourneyontheMysteryExpressofferstheopportunitytosolveachallengingmurdermysteryrightthereonthetrain.Inthemiddleofthenight,forinstance,theremightbeagunshot;soon,thepassengerslearnthattherehasbeena"murder"onboard.Fortherestofthetrip,everyoneonboardparticipatesinsolvingthismysterybyexchanginginformationandopinionsaboutthecrime.BythetimethetrainhaspulledintoMontreal,thetraveling"detectives"willhavefigureditoutandcaughtthe"criminal."Ofcourse,norealcrimetakesplace.The"murderer"—aswellasseveralotherpassengers—areactuallyactors.Thetripisasafe,entertaining,andverycreativeweekendgame.Ifyou'relookingforvarietyandbeautyonatrainjourney,youmightwanttotrythetrainsofIndia.TheIndiangovernmentoffersseveralspecialtours.One,afifty-miletriponthefamous"ToyTrain,"takessevenhoursoneway.Thetraintravelsthroughrich,luxuriousforestswithflowers,trees,andmorethansixhundredvarietiesofbirds.Beforeitreachesitsdestination,itmakesseveralstopssothatpassengerscantakephotographsorhavepicnicsiftheywantto.Anothertour,"PalaceonWheels,"isfortravelerswithmoretimeandmoney.EachoftheluxuriouscarsonthistrainusedtobelongtoanIndianprince.Forsevendays,passengersgosightseeingtopalacesandcitieswheremusicians,camels,andwomenwithflowersmeetthem.PerhapsthemostunusualIndiantrainis"TheGreatIndianRover,"fortravelerswhoareinterestedinreligion.Onthissix-daytourfromCalcutta,passengerstraveltoatowninNepal,whereBuddhawasborn,andalsototheplacewherePrinceGautamasatunderthebodhitreeandbecameBuddha.浪漫的火車旅行如果說現(xiàn)代世界有一個(gè)重要特點(diǎn)能使我們的生活與祖輩的生活不同，那可能就是速度。我們總是在不停地奔波，我們沒有耐心忍受速度慢的交通工具。我們想去一個(gè)地方，就得快點(diǎn)兒到那兒。汽車制造商、航空公司老板以及大運(yùn)力公共交通系統(tǒng)都有一個(gè)共同的目標(biāo)。他們總是想方設(shè)法讓我們?cè)絹碓娇斓氐竭_(dá)目的地。然而，我們當(dāng)中也有很多人實(shí)際上想慢下來。盡管飛機(jī)不準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)我們抱怨，交通受阻我們抱怨，但我們也抱怨自己總是來去匆匆。有時(shí)，當(dāng)我們?cè)谝雇砺牭角逦呖旱幕疖嚻崖晻r(shí)，總會(huì)感到憂傷。心中有一種強(qiáng)烈的懷舊感，懷念往事、他鄉(xiāng)，那時(shí)日子過得比現(xiàn)在慢，也許是更美好。為什么火車的汽笛聲會(huì)引起懷舊感呢？也許是因?yàn)槲覀冎虚g有許多人記得自己最喜愛的小說或電影的背景是在火車上，故事里有危險(xiǎn)和令人興奮的情景。有一種關(guān)于火車的浪漫情愫是在現(xiàn)代噴氣式飛機(jī)上根本不存在的。有好幾家鐵路公司正在利用人們對(duì)火車旅行的懷舊心理：為那些不急著趕時(shí)間又喜歡過去那種浪漫的人提供獨(dú)特的旅游觀光。將近有一百年的時(shí)間，著名的“東方快車”運(yùn)載過王室成員、富人闊佬、間諜分子以及危險(xiǎn)的國際罪犯。這里是疑案和罪行發(fā)生的現(xiàn)場，也是經(jīng)常見證歷史的地方。但在二戰(zhàn)以后，當(dāng)飛機(jī)旅行變得流行起來時(shí)，它再也沒有了那種老式的浪漫，最終在1977年倒閉。然而沒過多久，一個(gè)美國商人著手購買并整修了老“東方快車”的車廂。他把火車修復(fù)成原來的樣子。從1982年起，火車每周在倫敦和威尼斯之間開兩個(gè)來回。盡管這24小時(shí)的旅程并無過去的那種危險(xiǎn)和激動(dòng)，或者說歷險(xiǎn)，但它極盡奢華：深艷色的木制裝潢、鮮花、香檳、非常獨(dú)特的伙食、酒吧車廂里有鋼琴伴奏的現(xiàn)場表演。另一個(gè)著名的短途火車旅游項(xiàng)目是“跨西伯利亞專列”，每年夏天從蒙古到莫斯科僅開三趟。當(dāng)?shù)巧狭熊囬_始旅行時(shí)，旅客們就有一個(gè)歡迎會(huì)，互相祝酒暢飲俄羅斯伏特加。在接下來的一周里，他們穿過前蘇聯(lián)，不時(shí)在大城市和小村莊停下觀光。除此之外，這趟旅行還有一個(gè)意外收獲，就是車上每天有講座，由譯為專家向旅客講解俄羅斯歷史和文化。如果你想找樂子。冒險(xiǎn)，你也許會(huì)要乘一下“神秘特快”，該車從紐約開往加拿大的蒙特利爾。那些總想在阿加莎·克里斯蒂的劇本里伙食在夏洛克·福爾摩斯偵探小說中扮演一個(gè)角色的人們對(duì)這趟旅行特別感興趣。典型的“神秘特快”之旅會(huì)給乘客們提供機(jī)會(huì)，讓他們偵破一起發(fā)生在這列火車上的難解的謀殺謎案。比如，午夜時(shí)分槍聲響起，很快乘客們知道車上發(fā)生了“謀殺案”。在本次旅行的其余時(shí)間里，車上的每個(gè)人都來參與偵破這個(gè)案子，相互交換與此案有關(guān)的信息和意見。當(dāng)火車進(jìn)入蒙特利爾站時(shí)，這些在旅行的“偵探們”會(huì)偵破“案子”，抓到“罪犯”。當(dāng)然并沒有真正的罪案發(fā)生，“兇手”以及好幾個(gè)其他乘客實(shí)際上都是演員。這種旅行安全、娛樂性很強(qiáng)，是一種極富創(chuàng)意的周末游戲。如果你想追求火車旅行豐富多彩的生活和美不勝收的景色，你也許可以坐坐印度的火車。印度政府提供了好幾種特別旅程。著名的“休閑火車”之旅，全程50英里，單程要花7個(gè)小時(shí)。這趟列車穿過有鮮花、樹木以及600多種鳥類的茂盛森林。在到達(dá)目的地前，它還會(huì)?？亢脦讉€(gè)站，以便乘客們拍照或是野炊。另一種叫做“車輪上的宮殿”的旅行是為有更多時(shí)間和金錢的旅客提供的。該列出的每個(gè)豪華車廂過去都屬于某位印度王子。在7天的時(shí)間里，乘客們會(huì)去宮殿、城市觀光，那兒有樂師、駱駝以及手捧鮮花的女子迎接他們。也許最不尋常的印度列車是“偉大的印度漫游者”號(hào)，它是給那些對(duì)宗教感興趣的人準(zhǔn)備的。在這趟從加爾各答出發(fā)為期6天的旅行中，旅客們會(huì)去尼泊爾的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)，那里是佛陀的出生之地，還會(huì)去喬達(dá)摩王子在菩提樹下修煉成佛的地方。Aruba"Thegreatnessofourpeopleistheirgreatcordiality"isalinefromthenationalanthemofAruba,andfromthemomentonesetsfootonthisbeautifulislandinthecenteroftheblueCaribbeanSea,thiswillbefoundtobetrue.TheArubans,descendedfromnativeArawakIndiansandSpanishandDutchsettlers,offerawarmwelcomeatanytimeoftheyear,buttheyshowunusualhospitalityandspecialhappinessduringtheNewYear'sholiday,whentheisland'smanygamblingcasinosandnightclubsaswellasothertypesofentertainmentplacescelebratetheNewYearwithgreatfestivityandwarmth.Aspectacularmidnightfireworksdisplaywilladdtothecelebrationandmusicianswillwalkfromhousetohousesinginggood-luckgreetingsfortheNewYear.Butbeforeputtingonapartydress(dressingupisexpectedatAruba'snightclubs)oneshouldseetheisland'smanyspectaculardaytimeattractions.Sunbathersandswimmerscanstretchoutonsevenmilesofbeautifulsunnybeaches.Theycanalsoheadtothenortherncoastwithitsuncrowdedbeachesandsnow-whitesanddunes.DiverswillmarvelatoneoftheCaribbean'slargestshipwrecks,a400-footWorldWarIIGermanfreighterthatwasabandonedbyitscrewandlatersankoffoneofthefamousbeaches.ExperienceddiverswillwanttoexplorethenotoriousCALIFORNIA,theonlyshipthatreceivedthesinkingTITANIC'sdistresssignalsinthatAtlanticOceantragedy.Unfortunately,theCALIFORNIAfailedtorespond,thusitwillbeknownforeverasthe"notorious"CALIFORNIA.Experiencedwindsurferscanridethefast-movingwavesofftheisland,butbeginnerswillwanttotrythecalmer,shallowerwaterneartheshore,anddiverswillfindmanyreefsfullofcolorfulundersealifeincludingcoral,marineworms,andfishofunbelievablevarietyincolor,shapeandsize.Arubaalsohasmanysportsfacilitiesforsailing,deep-seafishing,water-skiing,golf,tennis,horsebackriding,andlessdemandingactivitieslikeshuffle-board,tabletennis,andcountlessboardandcardgamesOfcourse,there'smoretoArubathansunnybeachesandnightclubs.Theislandboastsafascinatinghistoryandhasmanyhistoricsitestoshowforit.TheserangefromtheStoneAgecave-walldrawingsattheNationalParktothemarvelous20th-centuryDutcharchitectureinthecapitalcity.Fornaturalwonders,therearethebackroadsofthenortherncoastwherestrangelookingtreesandrockformationscanbeseen.TheNaturalBridge,adramaticcoralstru