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1.BeautyisMeaninglessAyoungmanseesasunsetand,unabletounderstandortoexpresstheemotionthatitrousesinhim,concludesthatitmustbethegatewaytoaworldthatliesbeyond.Itisdifficultforanyofusinmomentsofintenseaestheticexperiencetoresistthesuggestionthatwearecatchingaglimpseofalightthatshinesdowntousfromadifferentrealmofexistence,differentand,becausetheexperienceisintenselymoving,insomewayhigher.And,thoughthegleamsblindanddazzle,yettheydoconveyahintofbeautyandserenitygreaterthanwehaveknownorimagined.Greatertoothanwecandescribe,forlanguage,whichwasinventedtoconveythemeaningsofthisworld,cannotreadilybefittedtotheusesofanother.年轻人看到日落，由于无法理解或表达心中激起的那种强烈感情，便断定日落处一定是通往遥远世界的大门。我们任何人在强烈感受到美的时刻都不禁联想到：我们似乎瞥见从一个不同世界射向我们的一线光芒，不仅不同，而且因为这种美具有强烈的感染力，所以在某种程度上更高级。还有，尽管这光芒使人眼花缭乱，但它确实传送了一种我们未曾经历的和无法想像的美和静谧的启示。这种美和静谧是我们所不能描述的，因为人们创造语言的目的是表达我们的世界的各种意义，无法轻易地运用于另一个世界。Thatallgreatarthasthispowerofsuggestingaworldbeyondisundeniable.Insomemoods,naturesharesit.ThereisnoskyinJunesobluethatitdoesnotpointforwardtoabluer,nosunsetsobeautifulthatitdoesnotwakethevisionofagreaterbeauty,avisionwhichpassesbeforeitisfullyglimpsed,andinpassingleavesanindefinablelongingandregret.But,ifthisworldisnotmerelyabadjoke,lifeavulgarflareamidthecoolradianceofthestars,andexistenceanemptylaughbrayingacrossthemysteries,iftheseintimationsofasomethingbehindandbeyondarenotevilhumorbornofindigestion,orwhimsiessentbythedeviltomockandmaddenus,if,inaword,beautymeanssomething,yetwemustnotseektointerpretthemeaning.Ifweglimpsetheunutterable,itisunwisetotrytoutterit,norshouldweseektoinvestwithsignificancethatwhichwecannotgrasp.Beautyisinthetermsofhumanmeaningsismeaningless.不可否认，一切伟大的艺术都具有使人超尘脱俗的浮想的力量。在某种状态下，大自然就具有这种魅力。六月的天空不是蓝得不能再蓝，日落不是美得不能再唤起一个更美的景象，一个未被饱览就消失的、而且在消失的时候留给人们一种莫名的渴望和遗憾的景象。但是，如果这个世界不只是一场恶作剧的话，如果生命不只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪的话，如果存在不只是神秘的宗教发出的一阵空虚的笑声的话，如果对某种玄妙的事物的暗示不是由于消化不良而引起的不好情绪，或者不是一种魔鬼送来嘲笑我们并使我们发狂的怪念头的话，一句话，如果美有某种意义的话，我们千万不要设法去阐明它的意义。如果我们瞥见难以言传的东西，企图用语言把它表达出来是不明智的。我们也不应该设法给我们所不理解的事物赋予意义。从人生各种意义来看，美是难以言传的。2.Don'tGiveUpIfweshouldeveraccomplishanythinginlife,letusnotforgetthatwemustpersevere.Ifwewouldlearnourlessonsinschool,wemustbediligentandnotgiveupwheneverwecometoanythingdifficult.Weshallfindmanyofourlessonsveryhard,butletusconsiderthatthehardertheyarethebettertheywilldotousifwewillpersevereandlearnthemthoroughly.Buttherearesomeamonguswhoarereadytogiveupwhentheycometoahardexampleinmathematics,andsay,Ican'tdothis.Theyneverwilliftheyfeelso.Ican'tneverdidanythingworthwhile;butI'lltryaccomplishwonders.不要忘记，在人生的道路上，要想做成什么事，我们必须持之以恒。如果我们在学校里想要学好功课，就必须得勤奋，任何时候遇到难题都不要放弃。我们会发现，许多功课非常难，但是我们得记住，那些功课越难，将来对我们的益处就越大--只要我们能持之以恒，完全弄懂。不过，我们当中有一些人，一遇到数学难题就轻易放弃，说：这道题我做不出来。如果他们这么认为，那他们永远也做不出来。说我不能的人永远干不成任何有价值的事，而说我会努力的人则可以创造奇迹。Letusrememberthatweshallmeetwithdifficultiesallthroughlife.Theyareinthepathwayofeveryone.Ifwewillonlytryandkeeptrying,weshallbesuretoconquerandovercomeeverydifficultywemeetwith.Ifwehaveahardlessontoday,letusstrivetolearnitwellandthenweshallbepreparedforaharderonetomorrow.Andifwelearntomasterhardlessonsinschool,itwillprepareustoovercomethehardthingsthatweshallmeetinlife,whenourschooldaysareover.让我们记住，在我们一生中，总要遇到各种难题。这些难题就横亘在每一个人的人生道路上。只要我们努力，再努力，就一定会征服所遇到的每一个困难。假如我们今天功课上遇到一个难题，那就让我们竭力解决它，然后我们就可以做好准备应付明天更大的难题。假如我们在学校里就学会驾驭功课上的难题，将来离开学校后，我们就可以准备好克服我们在人生道路上遇到的各种难题。3.EveryLivingPersonHasProblems(Everymountainhasapeak)Whatisthesecretingredientoftoughpeoplethatenablesthemtosucceed?Whydotheysurvivethetoughtimeswhenothersareovercomebythem?Whydotheywinwhenotherslose?Whydotheysoarwhenotherssink?Theanswerisverysimple.It’sallinhowtheyperceivetheirproblems.Yes,everylivingpersonhasproblems.Aproblem-freelifeisanillusion-amirageinthedesert.Acceptthatfact.Everymountainhasapeak.Everyvalleyhasitslowpoint.Lifehasitsupsanddowns,itspeaksanditsvalleys.Nooneisupallthetime,noraretheydownallthetime.Problemsdoend.Theyareallresolvedintime.Youmaynotbeabletocontrolthetimes,butyoucancomposeyourresponses.Youcanturnyourpainintoprofanity-orintopoetry.Thechoiceisuptoyou.Youmaynothavechosenyourtoughtime,butyoucanchoosehowyouwillreacttoit.Forinstance,whatisthepositivereactiontoaterriblefinancialsetback?Inthissituationwoulditbethepositivereactiontocopoutandrunaway?Escapethroughalcohol,drug,orsuicide?No!suchnegativereactionsonlyproducegreaterproblemsbypromisingatemporary“solution”tothepressingproblem.Thepositivesolutiontoaproblemmayrequirecouragetoinitiateit.Whenyoucontrolyourreactiontotheseeminglyuncontrollableproblemoflife,theminfactyoudocontroltheproblem’seffectonyou.Yourreactiontotheproblemisthelastword!That’sthebottomline.Whatwillyouletthisproblemdotoyou?Itcanmakeyoutenderortough.Itcanmakeyoubetterorbitter.Italldependsonyou.Inthefinalanalysis,thetoughpeoplewhosurvivethetoughtimesdosobecausethey’vechosentoreactpositivelytotheirpredicament.Toughtimesneverlast,buttoughpeopledo.Toughpeoplestickitout.Historyteachesusthateveryproblemhasalifespan.Noproblemispermanent.Stormsalwaysgivewaytothesun.Winteralwaysthawsintospringtime.Yourstormwillpass.Yourwinterwillthaw.Yourproblemwillbesolved.4.HelenKeller&AnneSullivanT