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Random Thoughts on the Window
窗
Qian Zhongshu
錢鍾書
It is spring again and the window can be left open as often as one would like. As spring comes in through the windows, so people-unable to bear staying inside any longer-go outdoors. The spring outside, however, is much too cheap, for the sun shines on everything, and so does not seem as bright as that which shoots into the darkness of the house. Outside the sun-slothed breeze blows everywhere, but it is not so lively as that which stirs the gloominess inside the house. Even the chirping of the birds sounds so thin and broken that the quietness of the house is needed to set it off. It seems that spring was always meant to be put behind a windowpane for show, just like a picture in a frame.
又是春天，窗子可以常開了。春天從窗外進來，人在屋子裏坐不住，就從門裏出去。不過屋子外的春天太賤了!到處是陽光，不像射破屋裏陰深得那樣明亮;到處是給太陽曬得懶洋洋的風，不像攪動屋裏沉悶的那樣有生氣。就是鳥語，也似乎瑣碎而單薄，需要屋裏的寂靜來做襯托。我們因此明白，春天是該鑲嵌在窗子裏看的，好比畫配了框子。
At the same time it also becomes clear that the door has a different significance from the window. Of course，doors were made for people to pass through;but a window can also sometimes serve as an entrance or as an exit, and is used as such by thieves and by lovers in novels. In fact the fundamental difference between a door and a window has nothing to do with them being either entrances or exits. When it comes to the admiration of spring，it could be put this way: a door makes it possible for one to go out, whereas a window makes it possible for one not to have to. A window helps to pull down the partition between man and nature. It leads breezes and sunlight in, and keeps part of the spring in the house. Ii allows one to sit and enjoy the spring in peace, and makes it unnecessary to go looking for it outside.
同時，我們悟到，門和窗有不同的意義。當然，門是造了讓人出進的。但是，窗子有時也可作爲進出口用，譬如小偷或小說裏私約的情人就喜歡爬窗子。所以窗子和門的根本分別，決不僅是有沒有人進來出去。若據賞春一事來看，我們不妨這樣說:有了門，我們可以出去;有了窗，我們可以不必出去。窗子打通了大自然和人的隔膜，把風和太陽逗引進來，使屋子裏也關着一部分春天，讓我們安坐了享受，無需再到外面去找。
經典的新概念英語經典美文The Sight of Father's Back
背影
Zhu Ziqing
朱自清
It is more than two years since I saw my father last time,and what I can never forget is the sight of his back. In the winter of more than two years ago, grandma died and father lost his job. Misfortunes never come singly. I left Beijing for Xuzhou to join father in hastening home to attend grandma's funeral. When I met father in Xuzhou，the sight of the disorderly mess in his courtyard and the thought of grandma started tears trickling down my cheeks. Father said, "That things have come to such a pass,now not be too unately, Heaven always leaves one a way out.”
我與父親不相見已二年餘了，我最不能忘記的是他的背影。那年冬天，祖母死了，父親的差使也交卸了，正是禍不單行的日子，我從北京到徐州，打算跟着父親奔喪回家。到徐州見着父親，看見滿院狼藉的東西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼淚。父親說:“事已如此，不必難過，好在天無絕人之路!”
After arriving home, father sold out all the family belongings in order to pay off the debts. He also borrowed money to meet the funeral expenses. Between grandma's funeral and father's unemployment, our family was then in reduced r the funeral was over, father was to go to Nanjing to look for a job and I was to return to Beijing to study, so we started out together.
父親回家變賣典質，父親還了虧空;又借錢辦了喪事。這些日子，家中光景很是慘淡，一半爲了喪事，一半爲了父親的賦閒。喪事完畢，父親要到南京謀事，我也要回北京唸書，我們便同行。
I spent the first day in Nanjing strolling about with some friends at their next morning, I'd ferry across the river to Pukou，and，from there, catch an afternoon train for Beijing. Father said he was too busy to go and see me off at the railway station, but would ask a hotel waiter that he knew to accompany me there instead. He urged the waiter again and again to take good care of me, but still did not quite trust him. He hesitated for quite a while about what to do. As a matter of fact, nothing would matter at all because I was already twenty then and had gone to Beijing quite a few times. After some wavering, he finally decided that he himself would accompany me to the station.I repeatedly tried to talk him out of it, but he only said，"never mind!It won't be comfortable for them to go there!”
到南京時，有朋友約去遊逛，勾留了一日;第二日上午便須渡江到浦口，下午上車北去。父親因爲事忙，本已說定不送我，叫旅館裏一個熟識的茶房陪我同去。他再三囑咐茶房，甚是仔細。但他還是不放心，怕茶房不妥帖;頗躊躇了一會。其實我那年已二十歲，北京已來往過兩三次，是沒有什麼要緊的了。他躊躇了一會，終於決定還是自己送我去。我兩三回勸他不必去;他只說:“不要緊，他們去不好!”
We entered the railway station after crossing the river. While I was at the booking office buying a Picket, father saw to my luggage. There was quite a bit of luggage and he had to bargain with the porter over the fee. I was then such a smart-aleck that I frowned upon the way father was haggling and on the verge of chipping in a few words when the bargain was finally ing on the train with me, he picked me a seat close to the carriage door. I put on the brownish fur-lined overcoat he had tailor-made for me. He told me to be watchful on the way and be careful not to catch cold at night. He also asked the train attendants to take good care of me. I sniggered at father for being so impractical;for it was utterly useless to entrust me to those attendants, who cared for nothing but money. Besides, it was certainly no problem for a person of my age to look after ，when I come to think of it, I can see how smarty I was in those days!
我們過了江，進了車站。我買票，他忙着照顧行李。行李太多了，得向腳伕行些小費，纔可過去。他便又忙着和他們講價錢。我那時真是聰明過分，總覺他說話不大漂亮，非自己插嘴不可。但他終於講定了價錢，就送我上車。他給我揀定了靠車門的一張椅子;我將他給我做的紫毛大衣鋪好座位。他囑我路上小心，夜裏要警醒些，不要受涼。又囑託茶房好好照應我。我心裏暗笑他的迂;他們只認得錢，託他們真是白託!而且我這樣大年紀的人，難道還不能料理自己麼?唉，我現在想想，那時真是太聰明瞭。
I said, "Dad，you might leave now." But he looked out of the window and said,”I'm going to buy you some just stay here. Don't move around."I caught sight of several vendors waiting for customers outside the railings beyond a platform. But to reach that platform would require crossing the railway track and doing some climbing up and down. That would be a strenuous job for father, who was fat. I wanted to do all that myself, but he stopped me, so I could do nothing but let him go. I watched him hobble towards the railway track in his black skullcap, black cloth mandarin jacket and dark blue cotton-padded cloth ling gown. He had little trouble climbing down the railway track, but it was a lot more difficult for him to climb up that platform after crossing the railway track. His hands held onto the upper part of the platform，his legs huddled up and his corpulent body tipped slightly towards the left, obviously making an enormous exertion. While I was watching him from behind,tears gushed from my eyes. I quickly wiped them away lest he or others should catch me crying. The next moment when I looked out of the window again, father was already on the way back, holding bright red tangerines in both hands. In crossing the railway track, he first put the tangerines on the ground, climbed down slowly and then picked them up again. When he came near the train，I hurried out to help him by the hand. After boarding the train with me, he laid all the tangerines on my overcoat, and patting the dirt off his clothes, he looked somewhat relieved and said after a while, "I must be going now. Don't forget to write me from Beijing!”I gazed after his back retreating out of the carriage. After a few steps, he looked back at me and said, "Go back to your seat. Don't leave your things alone." I，however, did not go back to my seat until his figure was lost among crowds of people hurrying to and fro and no longer visible. My eyes were again wet with tears.
我說道:“爸爸，你走吧。”他往車外看了看，說，“我買幾個橘子去。你就在此地，不要走動。”我看那邊月臺的柵欄外有幾個賣東西的等着顧客。走到那邊月臺，須穿過鐵道，須跳下去又爬上去。父親是一個胖子，走過去自然要費事些。我本來要去的，他不肯，只好讓他去。我看見他戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大馬褂，深青布棉袍，蹣跚地走到鐵道邊，慢慢探身下去，尚不大難。可是他穿過鐵道，要爬上那邊月臺，就不容易了。他用兩手攀着上面，兩腳再向上縮;他肥胖的身子向左微傾，顯出努力的樣子。這時我看見他的背影，我的淚很快地流下來了。我趕緊拭乾了淚，怕他看見，也怕別人看見。我再向外看時，他已抱了硃紅的橘子往回走了。過鐵道時，他先將橘子散放在地上，自己慢慢爬下，再抱起橘子走。到這邊時，我趕緊去攙他。他和我走到車上，將橘子一股腦兒放在我的皮大衣上。於是撲撲衣上的泥土，心裏很輕鬆似的，過一會兒說:“我走了，到那邊來信，”我望着他走出去。他走了幾步，回過頭看見我，說:“進去吧，裏邊沒人。”等他的背影混入來來往往的人裏，再找不着了，我便進來坐下，我的眼淚又來了。
In recent years, l have been living an unsettled life, so did my father, and the circumstances of our family going from bad to worse. Father left home to make a life when young and did achieve quite a few things all on his own. To think that he should now be so downcast in old age-the discouraging state of affairs filled him with an uncontrollable feeling of deep sorrow, and his pent-up emotion had to find a vent. That is why even more domestic trivialities would often make him angry, and meanwhile he became less and less nice with me. However, the separation of the last two years has made him more forgiving towards keeps thinking about me and my son. After 1 arrived in Beijing,he wrote me a letter, in which he says, "I'm all right except for a severe pain in my arm. I even have trouble using chopsticks or writing brushes. Perhaps it won't be long now before I depart this life." Through the glistening tears which these words had brought to my eyes I again saw the back of father's corpulent form in the dark blue cotton-padded cloth long gown and the black cloth mandarin jacket. Oh, I'm not sure when I could see him again!
近幾年來，父親和我都是東奔西走，家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外謀生，獨自支持，做了許多大事。哪知老境卻如此頹唐!他觸目傷懷，自然情不能自己。情鬱於中，自然要發之於外;家庭瑣屑便往往觸他之怒。他待我漸漸不同往日。但最近兩年的不見，他終於忘卻我的不好，只是惦記着我，惦記着我的兒子。我北來後，他寫了一信給我，信中說道，“我身體平安，唯膀子疼痛厲害，舉著提筆，諸多不便，大約大去之期不遠矣。”我讀到此處，在晶瑩的淚光中，又看見那肥胖的，青布棉袍，黑布馬褂的背影。唉!我不知何時再能與他相見!
關於新概念英語經典美文Search Of Lost Time
追憶似水年華
Marcel Proust
[法]馬塞爾·普魯斯特
Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you?
我們初次相遇，難道真的是62年前嗎?
It is truly a lifetime, l know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you，in that small cafe in Hanover Square.
年華似水，倏忽間我們已相攜一世。望着你的眼睛，當年的邂逅歷歷如在昨昔，就在漢諾威廣場的那間小咖啡館裏。
From the moment I saw you smile, as you opened the door for that young mother and her newborn baby. I knew. I knew that I wanted to share the rest of my life with you.
從見到你的那一刻起，那一刻你正爲一位年輕的母親和她的小寶寶開門，當那一刻看到你的盈盈笑顏，我就明白我只願與你執手攜老，共度今生。
I still think of how foolish I must have looked, as I gazed at you，that first time. I remember watching you intently, as you took off your hat and loosely shook your short dark hair with your fingers. I felt myself becoming immersed in your every detail, as you placed your hat on the table and cupped your hands around the hot cup of tea，gently blowing the steam away with your pouted lips.
我仍然不時想起，那天自己那樣地盯着你，一定很傻;就那樣情不自禁怔怔地望着你，追隨你摘下小帽，用手指鬆了鬆短短的黑髮，追隨你把帽子放在桌前，雙手捧起暖暖的茶杯，追隨你微撅的櫻脣，輕輕吹走飄騰的熱氣，我的目光始終追隨着你，感覺自己在你的溫柔舉止間慢慢融化。
From that moment, everything seemed to make perfect sense to me. The people in the cafe and the busy street outside all disappeared into a hazy blur. All I could see was you.
從那一刻起，對我來說，一切似乎都變得完美了。咖啡館裏的來來往往和外面鬧市的熙熙攘攘忽然都模糊了起來，我眼裏能看到的，只有你。
All through my life I have relived that very first day. Many,many times I have sat and thought about that the first day, and how for a few fleeting moments I am there, feeling again what is like to know true love for the very first time. It pleases me that I can still have those feelings now after all those years, and I know I will always have them to comfort me.
光陰似箭，那一天卻不斷在我的記憶裏重演，鮮活如初。多少次我再次坐下，不斷追憶那天的點滴，不斷回味那些飛縱的瞬間，重新體會一見鍾情的美麗。歲月的流逝卻並沒有帶走我的愛戀感覺，這些體驗會永遠伴隨我，安撫我的寥寥餘生。
Not even as I shook and trembled uncontrollably in the trenches, did l forges your face. I would sit huddled into the wet mud, terrified, as the hails of bullets and mortars crashed down around me. I would clutch my rifle tightly to my heart, and think again of that very first day we met. I would cry out in fear, as the noise of war beat down around me. But, as I thought of you and saw you smiling back at me, everything around me would be become silent, and I would be with you again for a few precious moments, far from the death and destruction. It would not be until I opened my eyes once again，that I would see and hear the carnage of the war around me.
即使是當我在戰壕中控制不住地顫抖，我也不曾忘記你的容顏。我蜷縮在稀泥中，身邊是槍林彈雨，瀰漫硝煙，我把步槍緊緊地攘在胸前，一顆驚恐不安的心，還是想起了我們初識的那一天。身旁戰火紛飛，恐懼讓我想要大聲呼叫，直到想起你，彷彿見到你在我身後盈盈淺笑，戰場忽然沉寂下來，在這珍貴的瞬間，我覺得自己暫時遠離了毀滅和死亡，飛向你的身旁。我拼命想留住這美好，直到睜開眼，周圍卻依然是血與火的生死戰場。
I cannot tell you how strong my love for you was back then， when I returned to you on leave in the September, feeling battered，bruised and fragile. We held each other so tight I thought we would burst. I asked you to marry me the very same day and I whooped with joy when you looked deep into my eyes and said "yes" to being my bride.
九月休假回到你身邊，我疲憊而脆弱，沒能告訴你戰火紛飛時我對你的愛有多深。我們只能緊緊擁抱在一起，彷彿要把對方擠碎。也就在那天，面對我的求婚，你深深凝望我的眼睛，答應做我的新娘，而我早已歡喜地大喊大叫。
I’m looking at our wedding photo now, the one on our dressing table, next to your jewellery box. I think of how young and innocent we were back then. I remember being on the church steps grinning like a Cheshire cat, when you said how dashing and handsome I looked in my uniform. The photo is old and faded now, but when I look at it, I only see the bright vibrant colors of our youth. I can still remember every detail of the pretty wedding dress your mother made for you，with its fine delicate lace and pretty pearls. If I concentrate hard enough, I can smell the sweetness of your wedding bouquet as you held it so proudly for everyone to see.
我現在正看着我們的結婚照片，總是放在梳妝檯上的那張，就在你的首飾盒旁。那時候，我們多麼年輕、多麼純真。我記得我們站在教堂的臺階上，開心得像一對甜蜜的鴛鴦，你還說我穿着制服多麼英武俊朗。照片已經舊得泛黃了，但我看到的，卻只有當年青春的明媚姿彩。我仍然記得你母親爲你做的那件新娘禮服，那些精緻的花邊和漂亮的珠飾。讓我再想一想，我還能聞到那婚禮花束的甜香，你那麼驕傲地捧着花，讓每一個人分享你的幸福時光。
I remember being so over enjoyed, when a year later, you gently held my hand to your waist and whispered in my ear that we were going to be a family.
一年後，你輕輕地把我的手放到你的腹前，對着我的耳朵悄悄透露這個讓我欣喜若狂的好消息:我們就快有寶寶啦。
I know both our children love you dearly; they are outside the door now, you remember how I panicked like a mad man when Jonathon was born? I can still picture you laughing and smiling at me now, as I clumsily held him for the very first time in my arms.I watched as your laughter faded into tears, as I stared at him and cried my own tears of joy.
我知道我們的孩子都深深地愛你，他們現在就在門外等候。你還記得喬納森出生的時候我那手足無措的慌張樣子嗎?當我笨拙地把他抱在懷裏，我還記得你笑話我的樣子，我看着他，我們都情不自禁地進出了開心的淚花。
Sarah and Tom arrived this morning with little Tessie. Can you remember how we both hugged each other tightly when we saw our tiny granddaughter for the first time? I can't believe she will be eight next month. I am trying not to cry, my love, as I tell you how beautiful she looks today in her pretty dress and red shiny shoes, she reminds me so much of you that first day we met. She has her hair cut short now, just like yours was all those years ago. When I met her at the door her smile wrapped around me like a warm glove, just like yours used to do, my darling.
今天早晨薩拉和湯姆帶着小堤西也趕到了。你還記得嗎?第一次看到這個可愛的小孫女，我倆高興地緊緊擁抱。真讓人難以相信，她下個月就8歲了。親愛的，我不得不忍住眼淚告訴你，小傢伙今天穿着漂亮的裙子，閃亮的紅色小鞋，讓我立刻想起當年相遇時的你，連她的短髮也像極了年輕的你。當我在門口看到她的時候，她的笑容暖人心脾，這竟然也和你一模一樣。
I know you are tired, my dear, and I must let you go. But I love you so much it hurts to do so.
我明白，親愛的，你累了，我應該讓你離開。可是愛人即逝，孤侶何傷!
As we grew old together, I would tease you that you had not changed since we first met. But it is true, my darling. I do not see the wrinkles and grey hair that other people see. When I look at you now, I only see your sweet tender lips and youthful sparkling eyes as we sat and had out first picnic next to that small stream，and chased each other around that big old oak tree. I remember wishing those first few days together would last forever. Do you remember how exciting and wonderful those days were?
這些年我們相濡以沫，白首到老，我總是逗你說你的容顏依然如昔。可這是真的，親愛的，我真的見不到他人眼裏的皺紋和白髮。現在我望着你，也還是隻能看到你嬌嫩溫柔的紅脣和秋水流盼的眼眸，彷彿我們第一次在那條小溪邊野餐，在那棵巨大的老橡樹旁追逐嬉戲。那時候我們剛剛在一起，總是盼望那樣的日子生生世世，你還記得嗎?那些日子是多麼激情盪漾，讓人不忍回首……
I must go now, my darling. Our children are waiting want to say goodbye to you.
親愛的，我應該走了。孩子們都等在外面，他們要和你道別。
I wipe the tears away from my eyes and bend my frail old legs down to the floor, so that I can kneel beside you. I lean close to you and take hold of your hand and kiss your tender lips for the very last time.
我擦去了眼角的淚，跪在你的身邊，輕輕靠近你，握住你的雙手，最後一次吻你。
Sleep peacefully my dear.
親愛的，安心地睡吧。
I am sad that you had to leave me, but please don't worry.I am content, knowing I will be with you soon. I am too old and too empty now to live much longer without you.
這分離扯碎了我的心。別擔心，我很快就會來陪伴你。生死茫茫，塵世間沒有你，這滿腔的衷腸憑誰傾訴?這形單影隻的寂寥復有何歡?
I know it won't be long before we meet again in that small cafe in Hanover Square.
很快，我們就能在漢諾威廣場的那間小咖啡館裏再相逢。
Goodbye, my darling wife.
再會了，我的愛妻。
