《This is water》.pdf

‘Plain old untrendy troubles and emotions’ Adapted from ‘This is Water’ Speech By David Foster Wallace Originally Published on The Guardian, which can be found at here. I hope you enjoy the book. 1 两条小鱼在水中游弋，恰巧迎面游 here are these two young fish swim- 来了一条老鱼。老鱼向他们点头致 Tming along, and they happen to 老生常谈的那些事 意，问候道：“嘿！伙计们！这水 meet an older fish swimming the other 感觉如何？”那两条小鱼继续游了 way, who nods at them and says, “Morn- 一会儿，其中一条终于忍不住停下 ing, boys, how’s the water?” And the two 来，瞪大了眼睛问同伴：“水他妈 young fish swim on for a bit, and then David Foster Wallace是美国同时代最有才华的作者之一，在 是什么玩意儿？” eventually one of them looks over at the 这篇演讲中，他反思了日常生活的艰难:“能够在这大地上活到 other and goes, “What the hell is water?” 30岁，50岁，而不会有想要一枪把自己毙了的冲动”并没有想 象中的那么容易。 你可别以为我是要以那条睿智大鱼 f you’re worried that I plan to present 的身份来解释水到底是什么。我并 Imyself here as the wise old fish ex-