在重復(fù)的歲月里

1、Chinese English Practice (11)一、在重復(fù)的歲月里，我們漸漸有點(diǎn)摸不著過(guò)年的幸福了。不少人覺(jué)得過(guò)年“沒(méi)勁”，還有幾分無(wú)奈和麻煩。這個(gè)時(shí)候，檢點(diǎn)我們的幸福感，就顯得很有必要。對(duì)不同的人，幸福的體驗(yàn)是大相徑庭的。但問(wèn)題是，低層次的需要得到滿足之后，高層次的需要往往并不“從天而降”。說(shuō)白了，我們還不太習(xí)慣培植源自情感、歸屬、自尊等層次的幸福，對(duì)這些需求還比較朦朧和粗糙。所以，比如盡管我們對(duì)婚姻越來(lái)越挑剔，也有足夠的勇氣對(duì)窒息人的婚姻說(shuō)不，但至于如何經(jīng)營(yíng)一個(gè)完美的婚姻，我們往往束手無(wú)策。所以，盡管有人說(shuō)現(xiàn)在的日子如同天天在過(guò)年，但我們心里卻時(shí)常有點(diǎn)空落落的。 所以，

2、當(dāng)我們?cè)絹?lái)越找不著過(guò)年的幸福感覺(jué)時(shí)，我們有必要停下來(lái)好好回味一下我們的生活。在貌似重復(fù)的歲月里，我們有必要讓內(nèi)心的生命體驗(yàn)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)凝聚、回味和升華。在剝卻了吃喝等內(nèi)容之外，我們更該珍視春節(jié)另一層的情感意蘊(yùn)，即春節(jié)魅力的核心闔家團(tuán)圓所召喚出的那份濃濃親情。正是由于有了包括春節(jié)在內(nèi)的大大小小的節(jié)日，我們千篇一律的生活步調(diào)才得以實(shí)現(xiàn)某種節(jié)奏，我們才會(huì)猛然意識(shí)到應(yīng)該珍重和享受我們有限的生命，我們才會(huì)在狂歡和宣泄中得到休整和放松。就此而論，節(jié)日對(duì)于文明的意義，很深很深。二、對(duì)于一個(gè)在北平住慣的人，像我，冬天要是不刮風(fēng)，便覺(jué)得是奇跡；濟(jì)南的冬天是沒(méi)有風(fēng)聲的。對(duì)于一個(gè)剛由倫敦回來(lái)的人，像我，冬天要能看得見(jiàn)日光

3、，便覺(jué)得是怪事；濟(jì)南的冬天是響晴的。在熱帶的地方，日光是永遠(yuǎn)那么毒，響亮的天氣，反有點(diǎn)叫人害怕?？墒牵诒敝袊?guó)的冬天，而能有溫晴的天氣，濟(jì)南真得算個(gè)寶地。 假若單單是有陽(yáng)光，那也算不了出奇。請(qǐng)閉上眼睛想：一個(gè)老城，有山有水，全在天底下曬著陽(yáng)光，暖和安適地睡著，只等春風(fēng)來(lái)把它們喚醒，這是不是個(gè)理想的境界？小山整把濟(jì)南圍了個(gè)圈兒，只有北邊缺著點(diǎn)口兒。這一圈小山在冬天特別可愛(ài)，好像是把濟(jì)南放在一個(gè)小搖籃里，它們安靜不動(dòng)地低聲地說(shuō)：“你們放心吧，這兒準(zhǔn)保暖和?！闭娴?，濟(jì)南的人們?cè)诙焓敲嫔虾Φ?。他們一看那些小山，心中便覺(jué)得有了著落，有了依靠。他們由天上看到山上，便不知不覺(jué)地想起：“明天也許就是春天了

4、吧？這樣的溫暖，今天夜里山草也許就綠起來(lái)了吧？”就是這點(diǎn)幻想不能一時(shí)實(shí)現(xiàn)，他們也并不著急，因?yàn)橛羞@樣慈善的冬天，干啥還希望別的呢！ 最妙的是下點(diǎn)小雪呀。看吧，山上的矮松越發(fā)的青黑，樹(shù)尖上頂著一髻兒白花，好像日本看護(hù)婦。山尖全白了，給藍(lán)天鑲上一道銀邊。山坡上，有的地方雪厚點(diǎn)，有的地方草色還露著；這樣，一道兒白，一道兒暗黃，給山們穿上一件帶水紋的花衣；看著看著，這件花衣好像被風(fēng)兒吹動(dòng)，叫你希望看見(jiàn)一點(diǎn)更美的山的肌膚。等到快日落的時(shí)候，微黃的陽(yáng)光斜射在山腰上，那點(diǎn)薄雪好像忽然害了羞，微微露出點(diǎn)粉色。就是下小雪吧，濟(jì)南是受不住大雪的，那些小山太秀氣！ 古老的濟(jì)南，城里那么狹窄，城外又那么寬敞，山坡上臥

5、著些小村莊，小村莊的房頂上臥著點(diǎn)雪，對(duì)，這是張小水墨畫，也許是唐代的名手畫的吧。 那水呢，不但不結(jié)冰，倒反在綠萍上冒著點(diǎn)熱氣，水藻真綠，把終年貯蓄的綠色全拿出來(lái)了。天兒越晴，水藻越綠，就憑這些綠的精神，水也不忍得凍上，況且那些長(zhǎng)枝的垂柳還要在水里照個(gè)影兒呢！看吧，由澄清的河水慢慢往上看吧，空中，半空中，天上，自上而下全是那么清亮，那么藍(lán)汪汪的，整個(gè)的是塊空靈的藍(lán)水晶。這塊水晶里，包著紅屋頂，黃草山，像地毯上的小團(tuán)花的灰色樹(shù)影。 這就是冬天的濟(jì)南。Reference version (1)Year after year, our happiness gained from celebrating

6、 the Spring Festival is diminishing. Quite a few of us feel it is “no fun” and just go through the motions of celebrating it. Under this circumstance, we need to check what is wrong with our sense of happiness.Happiness differs greatly. But the problem is, when our basic physical needs are satisfied

7、, the loftier needs dont come naturally as a result. To put it more straight, we are quite unaccustomed to cultivating happiness from affections, sense of belongs, and self-esteem, and still vague about loftier needs. For instance, although we become increasingly critical about our marriage and have

8、 the guts to say no to a stifling one, yet we havent the foggiest ideas about how to manage a perfect marriage. That is why, we often feel empty inside although it is said that every day is another Spring Festival.Therefore, we need to stop and ponder over our life, just when the happiness of spendi

9、ng the Spring Festival is getting out of reach. During the seemingly same years, we need to look inside and listen to our heart. Besides wining and dining, we should more treasure the effective meaning conveyed by the Spring Festival, namely the essence of its charm-our deep love for our family trig

10、gered at the reunion time.Just because of observing various festivals, big or small, including the Spring Festival, can we have some change in our regular life pace. Only then, can we come to a sudden realization that we should cherish and enjoy our limited life; only then, can we rest, relax and re

11、store our energy in reveling and unbosoming ourselves. Judging by this, festivals exert a far-reaching influence over human civilization.Reference Version (2)We take less and less pleasure in celebrating the Spring Festival year after year. Some simply dismiss the Festival as “short of fun”, with a

12、degree of reluctance and apathy. So it is time to revive our sense of happiness. People have different needs for happiness. The thing is, after our basic needs are met, the advanced ones do not “dawn on us from nowhere”. To put it straight, we are still insensitive and vague about these needs, unawa

13、re they are to be cultivated by affection, self-esteem and sense of belonging. As in the case of marriage, we are increasingly critical of it, and even bold enough to reject a stifling one. But no one can boast about how to manage a perfect marriage. Although “Every day is spent like a Spring Festiv

14、al” as is said, we often feel hollow at heart.As our sense of happiness is being blunted by the routine celebration, we should stop for some reflection on our spiritual life awaiting us to notice, condense and enhance. We ought to cherish more the emotional essence of the Spring Festival: its charm

15、lies in the close kinship kindled by the family reunion rather than the feasting.It is the Spring Festival and other big and small festivals that spice our monotonous life, spur us to treasure and enjoy our limited span on earth, to rest and relax in the festive gala. Hence lies the great significan

16、ce of the festivals to human civilization.Reference version(3)Year in, year out, we are diming the sense of happiness enjoyed in the Spring Festival.(the happiness of celebrating the Spring Festival is falling off.) Lackadaisical, that is what many peoples response to celebrating the Spring Festival

17、, with sort of reluctance and troublesomeness. So it is of great necessity for us to reflect upon what happiness really means.Different people experience happiness in different ways.(Actually, happiness means differently to different people.) what matters is that the spiritual happiness doesnt follo

18、w naturally even when our physical needs are met. To put it straight, we are quite unaccustomed to such happiness as aroused by affection, a sense of belonging or self-esteem, which is still vague and obscure for most of us. As in the case of marriage, we are increasingly critical of it, and even bo

19、ld enough to reject a stifling one. But we usually find ourselves in the mire as for how to manage a perfect marriage. Therefore, although every day seems to be a Spring Festival, as some people put it, we often feel a bit unsatisfied and dispirited.When we sense less and less happiness of celebrati

20、ng the Spring Festival, wed better stop to reflect upon our life. In the seemingly repeated days and ages, we have to recollect our inner life, to see and make sure what our spiritual life wants. In addition to our physical enjoyment, we should cherish the affective aspect of the Spring Festival, th

21、at is, the close kinship of reunion, which turns out to be the essence charm of celebrating the Spring Festival.It is the Spring Festival and other big and small festivals that spice our monotonous life, spur us to treasure and enjoy our limited span of life, to relax and rejuvenate ourselves in the

22、 festive gala. Hence lies the great significance of festivals to human civilization. To different people, the experience of happiness is very different. But the problem is the low-level needs are met, the high-level needs are often not "heaven." Plainly, we are not comfortable train from e

23、motion, attribution, self-esteem levels of happiness, the demand for these relatively dim and rough. So, for example even though more and more critical of our marriage, but also have enough courage to say no to the dull marriage, but as to how to run a perfect marriage, we tend to do nothing. So, al

24、though some people say that as every day in the New Year day, but our hearts are always a little empty.對(duì)于一個(gè)在北平住慣的人，像我，冬天要是不刮風(fēng)，便覺(jué)得是奇跡；濟(jì)南的冬天是沒(méi)有風(fēng)聲的。對(duì)于一個(gè)剛由倫敦回來(lái)的人，像我，冬天要能看得見(jiàn)日光，便覺(jué)得是怪事；濟(jì)南的冬天是響晴的。自然，在熱帶的地方，日光是永遠(yuǎn)那么毒，響亮的天氣，反有點(diǎn)叫人害怕。可是，在北中國(guó)的冬天，而能有溫晴的天氣，濟(jì)南真得算個(gè)寶地。For a man who is used to living in Beijing, like m

25、e, may feel it is a miracle in winter without blowing; while the winter in Jinan has little wind. For a man who has just come back from London, like me, may be confused in winter if the sun can be seen; while in Jinan the day in winter is absolutely sunny. Naturally, in torrid zone, it is always ver

26、y hot and you may feat the sunny weather; while located in the northern China, where its winter can be mild and sunny, Jinan is really a precious place.設(shè)若單單是有陽(yáng)光，那也算不了出奇。請(qǐng)閉上眼睛想：一個(gè)老城，有山有水，全在天底下曬著陽(yáng)光，暖和安適地睡著，只等春風(fēng)來(lái)把它們喚醒，這是不是個(gè)理想的境界？小山整個(gè)兒把濟(jì)南圍了個(gè)圈兒，只有北邊缺著點(diǎn)口兒。這一圈小山在冬天特別可愛(ài)，好像是把濟(jì)南放在一個(gè)小搖籃里，它們安靜不動(dòng)地低聲地說(shuō)“你們放心吧，這兒準(zhǔn)保

27、暖和。”真的，濟(jì)南的人們?cè)诙焓敲嫔虾Φ?。他們一看那些小山，心中便覺(jué)得有了著落，有了依靠。他們由天上看到山上，便不知不覺(jué)地想起：“明天也許就是春天了吧？這樣的溫暖，今天夜里山草也許就綠起來(lái)了吧？”就是這點(diǎn)幻想不能一時(shí)實(shí)現(xiàn)，他們也并不著急，因?yàn)橛羞@樣慈善的冬天，干啥還希望別的呢！If there is just sufficient of sunshine, that isnt enough to make you admit its unique. Please close your eyes to imagine this: an old city, which has hills and

28、 lakes, is exposed in the sunshine under the sky, sleeping warmly and comfortably, only to expect to be woken by the spring breezeisnt it a fantastic bourn? There are small hills surrounding the city, just leaving a tiny gap in the north. These circles of hills, which are delicately cute, seem to pu

29、t Jinan into a small cradle, and saying in a low voice as they are standing quietly: "Dont be worried. It is certainly warm." Its truly that in winter there are warm smiles blooming on faces of people in Jinan. The moment when they have a glance at the hills, they realize that they have fo

30、und a place they could rely on. And as their sights switching from the sky to the hills, a vivid image comes to their mind unconsciously: "May spring come back tomorrow? it is so warm that the grasses on the hills are likely to get green from this night." Meanwhile, even if such an imagina

31、tion cant immediately come true, they wont be anxious. For living in such kind of wintertime, what else will they aspirate for?最妙的是下點(diǎn)小雪呀。看吧，山上的矮松越發(fā)的青黑，樹(shù)尖上頂著一臂地白花，好像日本看護(hù)婦。山尖全白了，給藍(lán)天壤上一道銀邊。山坡上，有的地方雪厚點(diǎn)，有的地方草色還露著；這樣，一道兒白，一道兒暗黃，給山們穿上一件帶水紋的花衣；看著看著，這件花衣好像被風(fēng)兒吹動(dòng)，叫你希望看見(jiàn)一點(diǎn)更美的山的肌膚。等到快日落的時(shí)候，微黃的陽(yáng)光斜射在山腰上，那點(diǎn)薄雪好像忽然害了

32、羞，微微露出點(diǎn)粉色。就是下小雪吧，濟(jì)南是受不住大雪的，那些小山太秀氣！The most interesting thing is having a little snow. You see, the small pines on the hills become greener and blacker. The flake holding by the tips of trees make them as the watching ladies of Japanese. All peaks are white, decorating the blue sky with a piece of s

33、ilver edge. The snow on the slopes, somewhere is thick, and somewhere the grasses are still exposed; and so, here is a piece of white, and there is a piece of dim yellow, the hills seem to be wearing a colorful sweater with wave marks; while you are staring, this colorful sweater is likely to be mov

34、ed by the wind, stimulating you to wish to see a little more pots of the beautiful skin of hills. At the moment of sunset, the light yellow sunshine lies on the side of hills, making that thin snow suddenly like to be shy, with a shallow pink. This is about the little snow; Jinan can not bear a heavy snow, as the hills are too delicate.古老的濟(jì)南，城里那么狹窄，城外又那么寬敞，山坡上臥著些小村莊，小村莊的房頂上臥著點(diǎn)雪，對(duì)，這是張小水墨畫，也許是唐代的名手畫的吧。The old Jinan, where i