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《闲人漫谈》译析 　　浮生长恨欢娱少，肯爱千金轻一笑。生活中难免有些不如意。在看过对自由的激烈追求与对城市的唏嘘感慨之后，是否分外需要一点机智幽默，获取几分轻松开怀呢？千金易得，一笑难求，也难怪日式吐槽和英式毒舌能够横扫世界了。听听懒散的“行家”如何将幽默通过朴实、直接的话语自然流露，跃然纸上。 　　本书收录了《闲人漫谈》中的14篇文章。以诙谐幽默的笔触，深入浅出地探讨了懒散、爱情、猫狗、装修等虚虚实实的14个话题，在旁征博引之中道出了作者这位“闲人”心中的所思所想。 　　借用作者的话，“要是从别人口中‘公众需求’这个角度来看，我似乎不该冒险把自己这个闲人的‘漫谈’当做精神食粮，奉献给地球上不同国度的英语读者。现在的读者都要求著作有改善现状，有所建树，提升档次的作用。可这本拙作真不能把一头牛给提起来。我不能真心诚意地推荐说拙作能发挥什么作用。我只能说，当你厌倦了阅读‘最优秀的100本读物’，不妨花半小时读读这书。它会给你别样的感受。”On Being Idle 　　Now， this is a subject on which I flatter myself I really am au faitl. The gentleman who， when I was young， bathed me at wisdoms font for nine guineas a term-no extras used to say he never knew a boy who could do less work in more time； and I remember my poor grandmother once incidentally observing， in the course of an instruction upon the use of the Prayer-book， that it was highly improbable that I should ever do much that I ought not to do， but that she felt convinced beyond a doubt that I should leave undone pretty well everything that I ought to do. 　　I am afraid I have somewhat belied half the dear old ladys prophecy. Heaven help me！ I have done a good many things that I ought not to have done， in spite of my laziness.But I have fully confirmed the accuracy of her judgment so far as neglecting much that I ought not to have neglected is concerned. ldling always has been my strong point. I take no credit to myself in the matter-it is a gift. Few possess it.There are plenty of lazy people and plenty of slow-coaches， but a genuine idler is a rarity. He is not a man who slouches about with his hands in his pockets. On the contrary， his most startling characteristic is that he is always intensely busy. 　　It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then， and a most exhausting one. ldleness， like kisses， to be sweet must be stolen. 　　Many years ago， when I was a young man， I was taken very ill