经典优美英语散文精选

1、For personal use only in study and research; not for commercial useFor personal use only in study and research; not for commercial use经典优美英语散文精选What I Have Lived for 我为何而生-By Bertrand Russel I 伯特兰罗素我为何而生引自伯特兰罗素自传。它既是作者心灵的抒发，也是生命 体验的总结。作者以深刻的感悟和敏锐的目光，分析了人生中的三种激情，即对爱的渴望，对知识的追求和对人类苦难的同情。对爱的渴望，使人欣喜若狂，既

2、能解除孤独，又能发现美好的未来。对知识的追求，使人理解人心，了解宇宙， 掌握科学。爱和知识把人引向天堂般的境界，而对人类的同情之心又使人回到苦 难深重的人间。作者认为这就是人生，值得为此再活一次的人生。这篇散文似乎 信手拈来，但却耐人寻味。充满激情，充满感慨，充满智慧，情文并茂，逻辑性 和感染力极强。Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing forlove, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the s

3、uffering of mankind. Thesepassi on s, like great win ds, have blow n me higher and thither, i n a wayward course,over a deep ocea n of an guish, reach ing to the verge of despair. 三种简单但是无比强烈的感情主导着我的人生：对爱的渴望、对知识的寻求和对 人类苦难的深切同情。这些感情如同飓风一样没有方向地将我吹得越来越高、越来越远，越过痛苦的海洋到达绝望的边缘。I have sought love, first, bec

4、ause it brings ecstasy-ecstasy so great that I would havesacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, n ext, because itrelieves Ioneliness-that terrible Ioneliness in which one shivering consciousness looksover the rim of the world into cold un fathomable lifeless a

5、byss. I have sought it, fin ally,because in the union of love I have see n, in a mystic min iature, the prefiguri ng visi on ofthe heave n that saints and poets have imagi ned. This is what - at last - I have found.我寻找爱，因为爱让我着迷一一这种沉迷如此美好，我宁愿放弃生命中的一切只 为换来片刻的对爱的沉迷。我寻找爱，因为爱会减轻孤独一一在可怕的孤独中， 颤抖的灵魂透过世界的边际看

6、到的是冰冷的、深不可测的、没有生命的深渊。我 寻找爱，因为在爱的结合中，我看到了一个神秘的具体而微小的世界，这是圣人与诗人想象中的天堂景象的预示。 这是我所寻求的，并且我最终发现，它对于人类来说是再美好不过的东西了。With equal passi on I have sought kno wledge. I have wished to un dersta nd the heartsof men. I have wished to know why the stars shi ne. And l have tried to apprehe nd thePythagorean power by

7、 which number holds away above the flux. A little of this, but, notmuch, I have achieved.以同样的热情，我寻求知识。我曾想要理解人的心灵；我曾想知道为什么星星如 此闪亮。我曾试图理解毕达哥拉斯的力量，这种力量使数字凌驾于万物之上。在这些方面我获取了一些知识，但不是很多。Love and kno wledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heave n. Butalways pity brought me back to earth

8、. Echoes of cries of pain reverberated in my heart.Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, poverty, and pain make a mockery ofwhat human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and i too suffer. 爱和知识，只要可能实现，就会引领我走向天堂。但是同情常常将我带回现实。 痛苦的哭喊回荡在我的心中。饥饿的孩子，被剥削者压迫的人民、贫穷和痛苦， 这

9、些都在嘲讽人类的生活的本来面目。 我渴望减轻邪恶， 但是我无法做到， 我亦 在遭受痛苦。This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and I would gladly live it again if thechance were offered to me. 这就是我的人生。我认为它值得拥有并且如果可能，我愿意重新再来一次。词汇魅力.overwhelm in gly adv.压倒性地，不可抵抗地2. thither adj 对岸的，那边的 adv 到那处，向那方3. wayward adj 任性的，不定的，刚愎的4. angui

10、sh n 苦闷，痛苦 v.（使）极苦闷，（使）极痛苦5. shivering vi.& n. 战栗，发抖6. c on scious ness n 意识； 觉悟； 知觉7. u nfathomable adj 深不可测的8. mystic adj.神秘的，神秘主义者的 n.神秘主义者9. mi ni ature adj.小型的，小规模的 n.缩图，小画像，小模型10. apprehe nd v 理解，忧虑，逮捕，拘押11. flux n.流量，变迁，不断地变化12. reverberate v 回响，反响，反射13. mockery n.嘲弄，笑柄，蔑视14. alleviate vt

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