新概念英语第四册59-04

compensations 补偿方式

bring 带来

as their reward 作为他们的奖赏,报酬

not only the means of sustenance 不仅仅是维生的手段

a keen appetite 强烈的渴望

pleasure 消闲

even in its 后置定语

modest 适度的

正常语序: for the simplest and most modest pleasure

but 转折

13.But fortune's favoured children belong to the second class.

fortune's favoured children 天子骄子

belong to 属于

14. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.

ordinary holidays 正常的假日

grudge = regard with hatred 憎恶

enforced 被迫地

absorbing 投入的

vocation 天职/vacation 假期

每天都是假日，而且当正常的假日到来时，他们都把它当作对其投入的天职所进行的一

种被迫的打搅。

15. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook,…

an alternative outlook 理解为这两类人的想法可以转换（替换）一下

diversion of effort 分散注意力

16. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the

means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

1) it may well be that……或许事情正是这样

at intervals 不时，间隔一段时间

banish = get rid of 去除

means = method ,way

17. Catch hold of, 抓住……；let … go, 放掉……。

18. Lay one’s hands on, 得到……，抓到……。

19. Fortune’s favoured children 中的 Fortune 是指“命运女神”。

They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But fortune's favoured

children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.