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[00:03.40]41 宁静田园生活的遐想
[00:06.79]Listen to the text with this question on mind.
[00:12.71]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:18.63]What particular anxiety
[00:20.91]什么特别的顾虑
[00:23.20]spoils the country dweller's visit to the theatre?
[00:28.77]阻止了乡村住户到戏院看戏的？
[00:34.35]The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me.
[00:37.33]宁静的乡村生活从来没有吸引过我.
[00:40.31]City born and city bred,
[00:42.34]我生在城市,长在城市,
[00:44.38]I have always regarded the country
[00:46.30]总认为乡村
[00:48.22]as something you look at through a train window
[00:50.60]是透过火车车窗看到的那个样子,
[00:52.98]or something you occasionally visit during the weekend.
[00:55.85]或偶尔周末去游玩一下的景象.
[00:58.72]Most of my friends live in the city,
[01:00.64]我的许多朋友都住在城市
[01:02.56]yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country
[01:05.54]但他们只要一提起乡村,马上就会变得欣喜若狂
[01:08.52]Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life,
[01:11.25]尽管他们都交口称赞宁静的乡村生活的种种优点,
[01:13.98]only one of them has ever gone to live in the country
[01:16.50]但其中只有一人真去农村住过,
[01:19.02]and he was back in town within six months.
[01:21.50]而且不足6个月就回来了.
[01:23.98]Even he still lives under the illusion
[01:26.16]即使他也仍存有幻觉,
[01:28.35]that country life is somehow superior to town life.
[01:30.92]好像乡村生活就是比城市生活优越.
[01:33.49]He is forever talking about the friendly people,
[01:36.13]他滔滔不绝地大谈友好的农民,
[01:38.77]the clean atmosphere,
[01:40.53]洁净的空气,
[01:42.30]the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living.
[01:45.47]贴近大自然的环境和悠闲的生活节奏
[01:48.64]Nothing can be compared,he maintains,
[01:50.82]他坚持认为,此番美景无与伦比:
[01:53.01]with the first cockcrow,the twittering of birds at dawn,
[01:57.28]凌晨雄鸡第一声啼叫,黎明时小鸟吱喳欢叫,
[02:01.55]the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures
[02:04.79]还有那冉冉升起的朝阳染红的树木、牧场.
[02:08.03]This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.
[02:11.57]但这种田园诗般的乡村风光仅仅是一个侧面.
[02:15.11]My friend
[02:16.58]我的朋友
[02:18.06]fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV
[02:21.53]没有提到在电视前度过的漫长寂寞的冬夜
[02:25.01]virtually the only form of entertainment.
[02:26.37]电视是唯一的娱乐形式.
[02:27.74]He says nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops,
[02:30.56]他也不说商店货物品种单调,
[02:33.38]or about those unfortunate people
[02:35.67]以及那些不幸的,
[02:37.96]who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work
[02:40.93]每天不得不从乡下赶到城里工作的人们
[02:43.91]Why people are prepared to tolerate a four hour journey each day
[02:46.94]人们为什么情愿每天在路上奔波4个小时
[02:49.97]for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.
[02:53.09]去换取值得怀疑的乡间的优点,我是无法理解的.
[02:56.22]They could be saved so much misery and expense
[02:58.59]他们能省去诸多不便和节约大量开支
[03:00.97]if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
[03:03.79]要是他们愿意住本来属于他们的城市
[03:06.61]If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country,
[03:09.39]如果你愿舍弃乡下生活那一点点乐趣的话
[03:12.18]you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer
[03:15.36]那么你会发现城市可以为你提供生活中最美好的东西
[03:18.55]You never have to travel miles to see your friends.
[03:21.23]你去看朋友根本不用跋涉好几英里,
[03:23.91]They invariably live nearby
[03:26.09]因为他们都住在附近,
[03:28.27]and are always available for an informal chat or an evening's entertainment
[03:31.81]你随时可以同他们聊天或在晚上一起娱乐.
[03:35.35]Some of my acquaintances in the country
[03:37.41]我在乡村有一些熟人,
[03:39.47]come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat
[03:42.86]他们每年进城来看一回或几回戏,并把此看作一种特殊的享受
[03:46.24]For them this is a major operation which involves considerable planning