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How to Be Old
http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/03/28 08:59  空中美语

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  It is easy to be young. (Everybody is,

  at first.) It is not easy

  to be old. It takes time.

  Youth is given; age is achieved.

  One must work a magic to mix with time

  insgroupsto become old.

  Youth is given. One must put it away

  like a doll in a closet,

  take it out and play with it only on holidays.

  One must have many dresses

  and dress the doll impeccably

  (but not to show the doll, to keep it hidden.)

  It is necessary to adore the doll,

  to remember it in the dark on the ordinary

  days, and every day congratulate

  one’s aging face in the mirror.

  In time one will be very old.

  In time, one’s life will be accomplished.

  And in time, in time, the doll—

  like new, though ancient—will be found.

  —by May Swenson

  A Voice of Imaginative Optimism

  May Swenson was born in 1913 in the western United States. After graduating from college, she moved to New York,swheresshe followed a career as a writer, lecturer, and academic. She is best known for her poetry, for which she received numerous awards and prizes, including the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award in 1960 and the Shelley Poetry Award in 1968.

  Swenson’s poems are known for their energetic optimism, powerful imagery, and wide ranging subject matter. Her stated aim was to find a way to interpret“the vastness of the unknown”that lay beyond human consciousness. She died in Delaware in 1989.

想变老,还早呢!

  翻译

  年轻很容易(每个人刚开始都年轻)

  变老不容易。

  需要时间的积累。

  青春是赋予的;老年是取得的。

  人必须施展魔法与时间交融

  才能变老。

  青春是赋予的。人必须把它

  当作洋娃娃放进柜子,

  只在假日拿出来玩耍。

  人应该准备很多服装,

  把这洋娃娃装扮得完美无瑕。

  (但不是为了向人展示,而是要继续收藏。)

  喜欢娃娃是必要的,

  平时要记得它,放在黑暗之中,

  而且每天要庆幸

  在镜中逐渐衰老的容颜。

  人最终会变得很老,

  最终,人会度完此生。

  而最终,最终,这洋娃娃—

  虽然年代久远,看上去却很新—会被找到的。

  作者:梅·史文森

  想像力奔放的乐观主义者—梅·史文森(1913-1989)

  梅·史文森于1913年出生于美国西部。大学毕业后她移居纽约开始自己的作家,讲师和学者生涯。梅·史文森以诗最为闻名,并为此获得许多奖项,包括1960年的《国家文艺学会奖》以及1968年的《雪莱诗奖》。史文森的诗作以其充满活力的乐观态度,有力的意象以及取材广泛的内容而闻名。她一贯的目标是找到一个方法来诠释人类意识还未触及的“广阔无垠的未知世界”。1989年梅·史文森在美国特拉华州逝世。

  活用词汇

  More Information仅供参考,不须强记

  1. impeccably adv.无瑕疵地;完美地

  2. aging adj.衰老的

  1. academic n.大学教师;大学生

  2. imagery n.意象;像

  3. subject matter n.主题,主旨

  4. interpret v.解释

  5. vastness n.广阔无垠




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1. at first in the beginning; initially起先
At first, playing the guitar was difficult, but it became easier over time.
刚开始弹吉他是很难的,但时间长了就会变得比较容易。

2. youth n. the period of life before adulthood青年期;青春
In my youth, I enjoyed fishing and climbing trees.
我年轻时喜欢钓鱼和爬树。

3. mix ... with ... phr. v. to cause to be combined with把…与…混合
They mix chocolate with peanut butter for this dessert.
他们把巧克力与花生酱混合做成了这道甜点。

4. put away phr. v. to put sth. in its proper place整理;收拾
He put away the clothes and books that were lying around.
他把散落一地的衣服和书本收拾好。

5. adore v. to like or to love very much爱慕;极为喜爱
I adore the beach and go there often.
我很喜欢海滩,而且常去。

6. in time after a while; after time has passed最后;最终
In time, Jessica learned not to take things so seriously.
最终杰西卡学会了不要把事情看得过于严重。


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