美文阅读 | 我们看见的就是“自然” "Nature" is What We See (艾米莉·狄金森)

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听,鸟儿的欢鸣,溪水的婉转

Listen, the cheerful chirping of the birds, the gentle murmuring of the creek.

听,爱与恨,悲与喜,苦与乐,得与失

Listen, love and hate, sorrow and joy,苦与乐, gain and loss.

听,跳跃的文字,灵动的声音

Listen, the jumping words, the lively sounds.

欢迎您来到轻松调频美文阅读

Welcome to Easy FM Beautiful Writing Reading.

Motoread

我是沈听

I am Shen Ting.

让我们在这里一起听美文

Let's listen to beautiful literature together here.

学英语

Learn English.

今天我们将会听到古希腊哲人亚里士多德的一句话

Today we will hear a quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.

美国女诗人艾米丽·狄金森的一首诗歌

A poem by the American poet Emily Dickinson.

Nature is what we see

Nature is what we see.

最后让我们一起来读英国作家奥斯卡王尔德的一篇文章

Finally, let's read an article by the British writer Oscar Wilde together.

Impressions of America

Motoread

用文字抒发感情

Expressing emotions through words.

用文字诉说故事

Tell a story with words.

用文字穿越古今

Using words to traverse through ancient and modern times.

Daily Quote

每日名言

Education is an ornament to the rich and a refuge for the poor

教育是富人的装饰，也是穷人的避难所。

Aristotle

教育是富人的装饰品

Education is an ornament for the wealthy.

穷人的避难所

A refuge for the poor.

亚里士多德

Aristotle

Yaristotle出生于公元前384年

Aristotle was born in 384 BC.

公元前322年去世

Died in 322 BC.

古代先哲古希腊人

Ancient sages of ancient Greece.

是世界古代史上伟大的哲学家

He is a great philosopher in the ancient history of the world.

科学家和教育家之一

One of the scientists and educators.

堪称希腊哲学的极大成者

A remarkable achiever of Greek philosophy.

他是柏拉图的学生又是亚历山大的老师

He was a student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander.

公元前335年

335 BC

他在雅典办了一所

He established a school in Athens.

叫吕克昂的学校

The school called Lucang.

被称为逍遥学派

Known as the Xiaoyao School.

马克思曾称

Marx once said

亚里士多德是古希腊哲学家中

Aristotle is among the ancient Greek philosophers.

最博学的人物

The most learned person.

而恩格斯则称他是

Engels referred to him as

古代的黑格尔

Ancient Hegel

Education is an ornament

教育是一种装饰。

to the rich and a refuge

for the poor

Aristotle

教育是富人的装饰品

Education is an ornament for the rich.

穷人的避难所

Shelter for the poor

亚里士多德

Aristotle

常开心扉

Always be open-hearted.

慢慢品味

Savor slowly.

Poem of the Day

Nature

is what we see

Emily Dickinson

Nature

is what we see

是我们所看到的

The hill

The afternoon

Eclipse

The bumblebee

Nay

Nature

is heaven

是天堂

Nature

is what we hear

是我们所听到的

The bobolink

The sea

Thunder

The cricket

Nay

No.

Nature

is harmony

是和谐

Nature

But have no art

但没有艺术

To say

So impotent

如此无能

Our wisdom is

我们的智慧是

To her

Simplicity

我们看见的就是自然

What we see is nature.

Emily Dickinson

我们看见的就是自然

What we see is nature.

Eroad

I am

却没有丰厚的才学去讲述

But there is no profound knowledge to elaborate on.

在他的质朴面前

In the face of his simplicity.

我们的智慧如此浅薄

Our wisdom is so shallow.

我们刚才听到的这首诗歌

The poem we just heard.

Nature is what we see

Nature is what we see.

我们看见的就是自然

What we see is nature.

出自美国著名女诗人

By a famous female poet from the United States.

艾米丽·狄金森

Emily Dickinson

英文版本由Mark Griffiths为您朗读

The English version is read to you by Mark Griffiths.

中文版本由轻松调频的主持人

The Chinese version is hosted by the host of Easy FM.

莫涵为您朗读

Mo Han will read for you.

由伟欢翻译

Translated by Wei Huan.

艾米丽·狄金森是美国著名的传奇诗人

Emily Dickinson is a famous legendary poet from America.

其诗风凝练比喻艰辛

The style of his poetry is concise, using metaphors to convey hardship.

常至格律以至于法于不顾

Often adheres to rules, yet disregards the law.

狄金森从25岁开始弃绝社交

Dickinson rejected social life starting at the age of 25.

闭门不出

Stay behind closed doors.

在孤独中埋头写诗30年

Devoted to writing poetry in solitude for 30 years.

其诗主要写

Its poetry mainly writes about.

生活情趣自然友谊爱情等

Life's pleasures, nature, friendship, love, etc.

诗风凝练婉约意象清新

The poetic style is concise and graceful, with fresh imagery.

描绘真切思想深沉凝聚力强

Vividly depicted, profound in thought, and strong in cohesion.

极富独创性

Extremely original.

被视为20世纪现代主义诗歌的先驱之一

Regarded as one of the pioneers of 20th-century modernist poetry.

艾米丽·狄金森生前只发表过10首诗

Emily Dickinson published only 10 poems during her lifetime.

可以说是默默无闻

One could say it is unsung.

死后近70年才开始得到文学界的认真关注

It wasn't until nearly 70 years after his death that he began to receive serious attention from the literary world.

并被现代派诗人追认为先驱

And was recognized as a pioneer by modernist poets.

今世 likeness

This life likeness

在各位看去

In your opinion.

你们的语言词

Your language vocabulary.

在地球上语言中

In the languages of the Earth

在证明我们的理论

In proving our theory.

在公国人价格观点中

In the perspective of the people of the principality on prices.

在国内那么多么的

So much in the country.

我们有很多优惠

We have many discounts.

些她的语言

Some of her language.

她在国内用的语言

The language she uses in her home country.

在国内用的语言

The language used domestically.

is heaven

是天堂

nature

is what we hear

the bobolink

the sea

thunder

the cricket

nay

nature is harmony

Nature is harmony.

nature

is what we know

是我们所知道的。

yet have no art

yet have no artistry

to say

so impotent

如此无能

our wisdom is

我们的智慧是

to her

对她

simplicity

简单性

more to read

更多阅读

文字的世界

The world of words.

用心用心聆听

Listen attentively.

beauty of words

奥斯卡王尔德

Oscar Wilde

1854年出生于爱尔兰的都伯林

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1854.

由于当时是由英国统治

Due to the fact that it was under British rule at that time.

因此被看为

Therefore considered as

19世纪英国最伟大的作家与艺术家之一

One of the greatest writers and artists of 19th century England.

以其剧作

With its plays

诗歌

Poetry

童话和小说文明

Fairy tales and novel civilization

是文美主义的代表人物

He is a representative figure of aestheticism.

19世纪80年代美学运动的主力

The main force of the aesthetic movement in the 1880s.

和90年代颓废派运动的先驱

The pioneer of the 1990s slacker movement.

1882年

1882

土生土长的英国人奥斯卡王尔德

Oscar Wilde, a native-born British.

第一次踏上了美国的国土

The first time stepping on American soil.

写下了对美国的初印象

Wrote down my first impressions of the United States.

这就是我们接下来要读到的文章

This is the article we are going to read next.

Impressions of America

美国印象

Impression of America

这篇邮寄式的观感

The impression of this mailing-style.

文字比调轻松

The text is easier than the adjustment.

林林总总

Various and assorted.

处处琢磨

Everywhere is thought and reflection.

从自然风光到人文景观

From natural landscapes to cultural sites.

无所不谈

Talk about anything and everything.

看似走马观花

It seems like a quick glance.

却在描画皮毛的同时

Yet while描画皮毛的同时

也把握住了英美差异之所在

It also grasped the differences between British and American.

好下面呢就让我们一起来读一下

Alright, let's read it together.

这篇文章的中英文版本

The Chinese and English versions of this article.

由于时间关系

Due to time constraints.

我们今天读到的是文章的节选片段

What we read today is an excerpt from the article.

中文版本

Chinese version

由谭迎周翻译

Translated by Tan Yingzhou.

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中文版本

Chinese version

在美国上岸后得到的第一个深刻印象

The first profound impression gained after landing in the United States.

就是美国人可能算不上是世界上穿得最漂亮的

Americans may not be considered the best dressed in the world.

但却是穿得最舒服的民族

But they are the most comfortable people to wear.

那里看得到头顶不堪入目的

There, one can see the unbearable sight above.

烟囱式高顶礼貌的男人

Chimney-style tall gentleman.

但很少有不戴帽子的男人

But there are very few men who don't wear hats.

还看到穿着难看至极的燕尾服的男人

I also saw a man wearing an extremely ugly tailcoat.

但很少有不穿外套的男人

But there are very few men who do not wear jackets.

美国人的穿戴透露着舒适

Americans' attire reveals a sense of comfort.

这和在我国常可以看到的人们衣衫蓝绿的情形

This is similar to the situation in our country where we often see people dressed in tattered clothes.

形成了鲜明的对比

Formed a stark contrast.

The next thing particularly noticeable is

that everybody seems in a hurry to catch a train

that everybody seems to be in a hurry to catch a train

This is a state of things

这是一个状态。

which is not favorable to poetry or romance

Had Romeo or Juliet been in a constant state of anxiety about trains

Had Romeo or Juliet been in a constant state of anxiety about trains.

or had their minds been agitated by the question of return tickets

或是他们的心思被回程票的问题搅动了。

Shakespeare could not have given us those lovely balcony scenes

Shakespeare could not have given us those lovely balcony scenes.

which are so full of poetry and pathos

我特别注意到的第二个特点

The second feature that I particularly noticed.

是似乎每个人都在急着赶火车

It seems that everyone is in a hurry to catch the train.

这种情形对诗歌和浪漫爱情

This situation is related to poetry and romantic love.

是不利的

It is unfavorable.

要是罗密欧和朱丽叶老是为乘火车而担心

If Romeo and Juliet were always worried about taking the train.

或是在为返程车票而烦恼

Or is it worrying about the return ticket?

莎士比亚就不可能写出那几幕

Shakespeare could not have written those scenes.

如此富有诗意与伤感情调的阳台戏了

Such a poetic and melancholic balcony play.

America is the noisiest country that ever existed

America is the noisiest country that ever existed.

One is waked up in the morning

One is woken up in the morning.

not by the singing of the nightingale

不由夜莺的歌唱

but by the steam whistle

但通过蒸汽汽笛

It is surprising that the sound of the steam whistle

is so loud that the sound of the steam whistle

the sound practical sense of the Americans

does not reduce this intolerable noise

All art depends upon exquisite and delicate sensibility

All art depends upon exquisite and delicate sensibility.

and such continual turmoil

must ultimately be destructive of the musical faculty

最终必将破坏音乐能力。

美国是世界上最嘈杂的国家

The United States is the loudest country in the world.

在早晨

In the morning.

不是夜莺的歌唱

It is not the song of the nightingale.

而是汽笛的鸣叫把人们叫醒

But it was the whistle of the train that awakened the people.

美国人讲求实际的头脑这么健全

Americans value practical thinking and have such a sound mind.

却没有想到要降低这种令人难以忍受的噪音

But did not think about reducing this unbearable noise.

真叫人吃惊

Really surprising.

所有艺术都依赖于精细微妙的敏锐感觉

All art relies on a finely tuned and subtle sensitivity.

这样持续不断的喧嚣

This continuous noise.

最终一定会损害人的音乐天赋

Ultimately, it will harm a person's musical talent.

There is not so much beauty to be found in American cities

There is not so much beauty to be found in American cities.

as in Oxford, Cambridge, Salisbury or Winchester

where are lovely relics of a beautiful age

Where are the lovely relics of a beautiful age?

but still there is a good deal of beauty to be seen in them now and then

但仍然时不时可以看到它们的美丽。

but only where the American has not attempted to create it

但仅在美国人未尝试创造它的地方。

where the Americans have attempted to produce beauty

they have signally failed

他们显著地失败了。

a remarkable characteristic of the Americans

is the manner in which they have applied science to modern life

是他们将科学应用于现代生活的方式。

美国城市没有牛津、剑桥、索尔兹伯里和温切斯特纳斯的美国城市

American cities do not have the American cities of Oxford, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Winchester.

这些地方有优雅的时代的美好遗迹

These places have elegant remnants of a glorious era.

虽然不时还是可以看到许多美的东西

Although one can still occasionally see many beautiful things.

但只能在美国人没有存心创造美的地方

But it can only be found in places where Americans do not deliberately create beauty.

在美国人有意创造美的地方

In America, people intentionally create places of beauty.

他们显然遭到了惨败

They clearly suffered a disastrous defeat.

美国人的突出特点

Prominent characteristics of Americans.

便是他们把科学应用于现代生活的那种态度

It is their attitude of applying science to modern life.

This is apparent in the most cursory stroll through New York

这在简单的纽约漫步中显而易见。

In a country where there is no such thing as beauty

In a country where there is no such thing as beauty.

in England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a madman.

and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty

并且在太多情况下，发明以失望和贫困告终。

In America, an inventor is honored

In America, an inventor is honored.

Help is forthcoming

帮助即将到来。

and the exercise of ingenuity

并且发挥创造力

the application of science to the work of a man

is there the shortest road to wealth

Is there a shortcut to wealth?

There is no country in the world

There is no country in the world.

where machinery is so lovely as in America

Where machinery is as lovely as in America.

在纽约走马观花地一走

A quick tour of New York.

这一点就一目了然了

This point is self-evident.

在英国

In the UK

人们常把发明家视作狂人

People often view inventors as madmen.

发明带来的是失望与穷困的例子

Inventions bring examples of disappointment and poverty.

简直不胜枚举

Countless.

在美国

In the United States.

发明家受到尊重

Inventors are respected.

他随时可以得到人们的帮助

He can get people's help at any time.

在那里心灵守巧

There, the soul guards ingenuity.

把科技应用于人类的劳动是致富的捷径

Applying technology to human labor is a shortcut to wealth.

没有一个国家比美国更爱基金

No country loves funds more than the United States.

机器的了

It's the machine's.

One is impressed in America

One feels impressed in America.

but not favorably impressed

但并没有留下好印象

by the inordinate size of everything

因一切事物的过大尺寸

The country seems to try to bully one

The country seems to try to bully others.

into a belief in its power

进入对其力量的信仰

by its impressive bigness

by its impressive size

我一直期望相信

I have always hoped to believe.

利益的线条也是美的线条

The lines of interest are also beautiful lines.

在我注视着美国的机器的时候

As I gazed at the machines of America.

这一期望得到了实现

This expectation has been realized.

直到我见识了芝加哥的供水系统

Until I experienced Chicago's water supply system.

我才意识到

I just realized.

机器的奇妙

The marvel of machines.

钢铁连杆的起落

The rise and fall of steel connecting rods.

巨大轮子的对称运动

Symmetrical movement of a giant wheel

是我见过的节奏最美的东西

It is the most beautiful rhythm I have ever seen.

美国的所有东西都大得过分

Everything in America is excessively large.

这给人以深刻的

This gives a profound impression.

却不是好的印象

But it is not a good impression.

这个国家似乎想以其

This country seems to want to…

令人敬畏的巨大

Awesomely huge

来胁迫别人认可其力量

To coerce others into acknowledging its power.

Perhaps the most beautiful part of America

is the West

To reach which, however,

involves a journey

by rail of six days

racing along tied to an ugly tin kettle

Racing along tied to an ugly tin kettle.

of a steam engine

I found but poor consolation

我发现，但只是可怜的安慰。

for this journey

为了这次旅行

in the fact that the boys

在于男孩们

who infest the cars

谁侵扰了汽车

and sell everything that one can eat

并出售所有可以吃的东西。

or should not eat

were selling editions of my poems

They were selling editions of my poems.

violently printed on a kind of

gray blotting paper

for the low price of ten cents

Calling these boys on one side

把这些男孩叫到一边。

I told them that though

I told them that though.

poets like to be popular

Poets like to be popular.

they desire to be paid

他们希望得到报酬。

and selling editions of my poems

并出售我的诗歌的版本

without giving me a profit

不让我获利

is dealing a blow at literature

is dealing a blow to literature

which must have a disastrous effect

on poetic aspirants

On poetic aspirants

The invariable reply that they made was

that they themselves made a profit

out of the transaction

Out of the transaction.

and that was all they cared about

那就是他们所关心的一切。

美国最美丽的地方

The most beautiful places in America.

也许是西部

Maybe it's the West.

但去那里要坐六天火车

But it takes six days by train to get there.

了吧

Okay.

这次旅行令我不快

This trip made me unhappy.

但也想拿到钱

But I also want to get the money.

出售我的诗集却不分给我一份利润

Selling my poetry collection but not giving me a share of the profits.

这是对文学的打击

This is a blow to literature.

对有报复成为诗人的人会有灾难性的后果

There will be catastrophic consequences for those who seek revenge against poets.

他们的答复千篇一律

Their responses are all the same.

他们自己能从这桩生意上有利可图

They can profit from this business themselves.

别的也就管不了这么多了

I can't concern myself with much else.

人们普遍错误地以为

People commonly mistakenly believe that.

在美国来访者总是被称作陌生人

In the United States, visitors are always referred to as strangers.

人们普遍错误地以为

People commonly misunderstand.

我从来没有被人称作过陌生人

I have never been called a stranger by anyone.

我在德克萨斯时被人称作上尉

I was called captain when I was in Texas.

在这个国家的中部地区时被称作上校

In the central region of this country, it is referred to as colonel.

而当我到达墨西哥边境时又被称作将军了

And when I arrived at the Mexican border, I was called a general again.

但总的来说

But overall

英国人以前对人的称呼先生是最常用的

In the past, the term "Mister" was the most commonly used form of address for a person in England.

就金山是一座真正美丽的城市

Jinshan is a truly beautiful city.

聚居着中国劳工的唐人街

Chinatown, which is home to Chinese laborers.

是我见过的最富有艺术韵味的街区

It is the most artistic neighborhood I have ever seen.

这些古怪忧郁的东方人

These strangely melancholic Eastern people.

许多人会说他们下界

Many people will say they are descending to the lower realm.

他们肯定也很想要回到中国

They must also want to return to China very much.

但他们打定主意

But they have made up their minds.

身边不能有任何不美的东西

There should be nothing ugly around me.

在那些苦工们晚上聚集在一起吃饭的中国餐馆里

In the Chinese restaurant where those laborers gather at night to eat.

我发现他们用如同玫瑰花瓣一样

I found that they are like rose petals.

仙巧的瓷杯喝茶

Drinking tea from a delicate porcelain cup.

而那些俗利的宾馆给我用的陶杯

And the ceramic cups provided to me by those commercial hotels.

足有一英寸半厚

A full inch and a half thick.

中国人的菜单拿上来的时候

When the menu is brought up by the Chinese people.

是写在宣纸上的

It is written on rice paper.

账目是用墨汁写出来的

The accounts are written in ink.

漂亮的就像艺术家在扇面上

Beautiful like an artist on a fan.

饰刻的小鸟一样

Like a carved little bird.

岩湖城只有两座值得一看的建筑

There are only two建筑 in Yanhu City worth seeing.

主要是那座外形像一只汤锅的礼拜堂

The main thing is the chapel that looks like a soup pot.

当地仅有的一位艺术家装饰了这座礼拜堂

The only local artist has decorated this chapel.

而他是用早期佛罗伦萨画家的那种天真精神

And he uses the kind of naïve spirit of the early Florentine painters.

来处理宗教主题的

To handle religious themes.

把穿着当代服装的当代人物

Contemporary characters dressed in modern clothing.

和穿着出于想象的服装的圣经历史人物并列

Alongside biblical historical figures dressed in imagined costumes.

从塞浦湖城的一座建筑座

From a building in the city of Lake Seor.

从岩湖城过来

Come from Rock Lake City.

从岩湖城我们穿过科罗拉多大平原

From Rock Lake City we crossed the Colorado Plateau.

爬上洛基山脉

Climbing the Rocky Mountains

上面有一座世上最富有的城市

There is a city above that is the richest in the world.

里德维尔

Ridgeville

它还以世上最野蛮的城市闻名

It is also famous as the most barbaric city in the world.

那里每个人随身带着一支左轮手枪

Everyone there carries a revolver.

有人对我说

Someone told me.

如果我去那里的话

If I go there.

他们一定会把我或是我的随行经纪人打死

They will definitely kill me or my accompanying agent.

我写信告诉他们

I am writing to tell them.

不论他们对我的随行经纪人干出什么来

No matter what they do to my accompanying agent.

都不会把我吓倒

None of that will scare me.

他们是我的随行经纪人

They are my accompanying agents.

所以我向他们学习了艺术的历史

So I learned the history of art from them.

我读了他们的书

I read their book.

从贝芬努托尼的《贝芬努托尼》

From Beffanuntoni's "Beffanuntoni"

他们似乎很高兴

They seem very happy.

我被我的听众批评

I was criticized by my audience.

为了不带他来我

To avoid bringing him to me.

我解释了他在某些时候死去的事

I explained to him about dying at certain times.

这就引起了调查

This has triggered an investigation.

谁杀了他

Who killed him?

他们之后

After them.

带我去一家舞舞餐厅

Take me to a dance restaurant.

我看到了我最初遇到的

I saw what I encountered at first.

最有理想的艺术批评

The most ideal art criticism.

在琴枕上

On the piano pillow

请不要杀了琴枕人

Please do not kill the guqin player.

他在做他最好的事

He is doing his best.

在那里的琴枕人中

Among the plectrum players there.

死亡率是十分高的

The mortality rate is very high.

他们都是矿工

They are all miners.

与金属打交道的人

People who work with metal.

于是我跟他们谈了艺术道德

So I talked to them about the ethics of art.

我从本维路托切里尼的

I am from Benvi Road, Toccherini.

自传中选了一些段落

Selected some passages from the autobiography.

读给他们听

Read it to them.

他们似乎很欣赏

They seem to appreciate it very much.

我的听众责备我

My audience blames me.

为什么不和他一起来

Why don't you come with him?

我解释说他死了有些时候了

I explained that he has been dead for some time.

这时有人发问

At this moment, someone asked a question.

是谁打死他的

Who killed him?

随后他们带我去舞厅

Then they took me to the ballroom.

在那里我看到了

There I saw.

我所见过的唯一合理的

The only reasonable one I have ever seen.

艺术批评方法

Art criticism methods

在钢琴上方写着这样一条告示

There is a sign written above the piano.

请别打死钢琴师

Please don't kill the pianist.

他以竭尽所能

He does his utmost.

那里钢琴师的死亡率

The mortality rate of pianists there.

真是高得惊人

Truly astonishingly high.

随后他们请我吃晚饭

Then they invited me to dinner.

接着我吃晚饭

Then I had dinner.

接受邀请之后

After accepting the invitation

我只得站在一只摇摇晃晃的筐子里

I can only stand in a wobbly basket.

被放下矿井

Dropped into the mine.

在这只筐子里

In this basket.

人不可能显得优雅

A person cannot appear elegant.

进入山的中心后

After entering the center of the mountain

我进了晚餐

I joined for dinner.

第一道菜是威士忌

The first dish is whiskey.

第二道菜又是威士忌

The second dish is whiskey again.

第三道菜还是威士忌

The third dish is still whiskey.

I went to the theater to lecture

I went to the theater to give a lecture.

and I was informed

that just before I went there

就在我去那里之前。

two men had been seized

Two men had been seized.

for committing a murder

and in that theater

they had been brought onto the stage

They had been brought onto the stage.

at eight o'clock in the evening

and then and there

在那时那地

tried and executed

before a crowded audience

but I found these minors

但我发现了这些未成年人。

very charming

非常迷人

and not at all rough

并不粗糙。

我去剧院讲演的时候

When I went to the theater to give a lecture.

有人告诉我说

Someone told me that.

就在我去之前

Just before I went.

有两个人因为谋杀被抓了起来

Two people were arrested for murder.

就在那座剧院里

Right at that theater.

他们在晚上八点被带到舞台上

They were brought to the stage at eight o'clock in the evening.

在拥挤的观众们

In the crowded audience.

当场受到审判

Judged on the spot.

并被处决

and was executed

但我觉得这些矿工十分可爱

But I think these miners are very lovable.

一点也不野蛮

Not barbaric at all.

Among the more elderly inhabitants of the South

Among the older residents of the South

I found a melancholy tendency

I found a melancholy tendency.

to date every event of importance

To date every event of importance.

by the late war

How beautiful the moon is tonight

How beautiful the moon is tonight.

I once remarked to a gentleman

who was standing next to me

Yes, was his reply

是的，他的回答。

But you should have seen it before

但你应该在之前看到过它。

before the war

在战争之前

I found that the older residents of the South

have a sad habit of connecting all the important things

Have a sad habit of connecting all the important things.

with the recent war

随着最近的战争

Once I thought about a gentleman

Once I thought about a gentleman.

who was standing next to me

How beautiful the moon is tonight

How beautiful the moon is tonight.

Yes, he said

是的，他说。

It's a pity you didn't see it before the war

It's a pity you didn't see it before the war.

So infinitesimal did I find the knowledge of art

So infinitesimal did I find the knowledge of art.

west of the Rocky Mountains

that an art patron

one who in his day had been a miner

actually sued the railroad company for damages

实际上起诉了铁路公司索赔

because the plaster cast of Venus of Milo

because the plaster cast of Venus de Milo

which he had imported from Paris

had been delivered minus the arms

已交付但缺少手臂

And what is more surprising still

And what is even more surprising still.

he gained his case and the damages

他赢得了案件和赔偿。

我发现在洛基山脉以西

I found it to the west of the Rocky Mountains.

人们关于艺术的知识是如此贫乏

People's knowledge about art is so poor.

以至一位艺术爱好者

to the extent that an art enthusiast

他在年轻时也做过矿工

He worked as a miner when he was young.

竟然起诉铁路公司要求赔偿

Surprisingly, they filed a lawsuit against the railway company demanding compensation.

因为他从巴黎进口的米洛的维纳斯石膏像

Because of the plaster statue of Venus de Milo he imported from Paris.

运来时没有了双臂

Arrived without arms.

但更叫人吃惊的是

But what is even more surprising is

他打赢了官司

He won the lawsuit.

获得了赔偿

Received compensation.

今天的节目就要结束了

Today's program is about to end.

感谢观看

Thank you for watching.

谢谢您的收听

Thank you for listening.

我是沈听

I am Shen Ting.

我们明天见

See you tomorrow.

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