高级英语 12 Why I Write.ppt

Why I Write?? lily Why I Write?? From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer.? 从很小的时候，大概五、六岁，我知道长大以后将成为一个作家。? Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four, I tried to adandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.? 从15到24岁的这段时间里，我试图打消这个念头，可总觉得这样做是在戕害我的 天性，认为我迟早会坐下来伏案著书。? Why I Write?? I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight- For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developed disagreeable mannerisms which made me unpopular throughout my schooldays.? 三个孩子中，我是老二。老大和老三与我相隔五岁。8岁以前，我很少见到我爸 爸。由于这个以及其他一些缘故，我的性格有些孤僻。我的举止言谈逐渐变得很 不讨人喜欢，这使我在上学期间几乎没有什么朋友。? Why I Write?? I had the lonely childs habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued.? 我像一般孤僻的孩子一样，喜欢凭空编造各种故事，和想像的人谈话。我觉得， 从一开始，我的文学志向就与一种孤独寂寞、被人冷落的感觉联系在一起。我知 道我有驾驭语言的才能和直面令人不快的现实的能力。这一切似乎造就了一个私 人的天地，在此天地中我能挽回我在日常生活中的不得意。? Why I Write?? I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure.? 我知道我有驾驭语言的才能和直面令人不快的现实的能力。这一切似乎造就了一 个私人的天地，在此天地中我能挽回我在日常生活中的不得意。? As a very small child I used to imagine that I was, say, Robin Hood, and picture myself as the hero of thrilling adventures, but quite soon my story ceased to be narcissistic in a crude way and became more and more a mere description of what I was doing and the things I saw.? 还是一个小孩子的时候，我就总爱把自己想像成惊险传奇中的主人公，例如罗宾 汉。但不久，我的故事不再是粗糙简单的自我欣赏了。它开始趋向描写我的行动 和我所见所闻的人和事。? Why I Write?? For minutes at a time this kind of thing would be running through my head: He pushed the door open and entered the room. A yellow be