Elegant English-11爱默生的财富观.pptVIP

Elegant English优雅英语之十一 Crazy English Makes You Crazy; Elegant English Makes You Elegant. --- Shi Zhikang 爱默生的财富观 ‘dazzling but puzzling ’ pragmatic turn The Conduct of life ‘He is no whole man until he knows how to earn a blameless livelihood.’ ‘Society is barbarous until every industrious man can get living without dishonest customs. ’ 爱默生的财富观 财富是什么? 财富首先是那把雨和风挡在外面没有缝隙的屋顶, 那给你许多甜水的管用的抽水机, 你淋湿后两套可以替换的衣服, 可以做燃料的干柴, 一盏双灯芯的油灯, 一日三餐, 载你穿过大地的一匹马或者一辆机车, 一只载你越过大海的船, 你工作使用的工具, 让你阅读的书…… 爱默生的财富观 除了面包和屋顶以外, 财富还要求有城市的自由、世界的自由, 去旅游、有机器、获取科学的益处、成为能够利用所有人的才能的富人。知道如何从最多的人、遥远国家的人和过去的人那里汲取利益的人是最富有的人。 Wealth requires, besides the crust of bread and the roof---the freedom of the city, the freedom of the earth, traveling, machinery, the benefits of science, the rich man who can avail himself of all men’s faculties. He is the greatest man who knows how to draw a benefit from the labors of the greatest number of men, of men in distant countries, and in past times. 爱默生的财富观 自我富足, 自我依赖 (Be self-sufficient and be self-reliant) 当一个男子或女子被逼到绝境时, 其保持正直的可能性便极大地减少, 似乎美德将变成很少有人买得起的奢侈品, 或正如 Burke所说, ‘在一个对于人类来说几乎是过高价格的市场。 …… when a man or woman is driven to the wall, the chances of integrity are frightfully afford, or, as Burke said, ‘at a market almost too high for humanity.’ 爱默生的财富观 Vice came in always at the Door of Necessity, not at the Door of Inclination. 罪恶总是从需要之门而并非喜好之门走进来。 Honest is out of the question when Starvation is the Case. 在饥饿时诚实是不可能的。 爱默生的财富观 如果他希望得到思想的力量和特权 (the power and privilege of thought), 设定自己的生涯 (chalking out his own career), 按照自己的主张来创造社会(having society on his own terms), 他必须将自己的欲望局限在自己能够去满足的适当权力之内 花花公子的观点 (the fop opinion): 被看见用劳作去谋生是不受人尊敬的 (it is not respectable to be seen earning a living) 爱默生的财富观 坐在长凳上的技工, 心态平和 , 一副胸有成竹的样子, 平等地与任何身份和地位的人 打交道。艺术家把画创造得非常逼真, 使人们难以对其批评指责, 把塑像雕刻得非常美妙, 一点都不沾染做买卖市场的污迹, 而使市场成为它的无言肃静的柱廊。 The mechanic at his bench carries a quiet heart and assured manners, and deals on even