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一封有爱的书信，领略一下钱锺书的英文文采 钱锺书是博通古今中外的大学问家。为了让大家领略一下大师的英文风采，双 语君找出了一封钱锺书的英文书信，文字典雅，幽默风趣，读来非常有趣。同 时，附上注解和汉译，方便大家理解。 这封信是钱锺书 1938 年留学巴黎时写给外国友人司徒亚的，后者是他在牛津 大学的同院同学。 当时正是第二次世界大战前夕，日本也已发动了对华侵略战争。虽然风雨飘 摇，前途未卜，钱锺书仍在信中表达了自己回国的决心，他说，“ones lot is with ones own people” （个人的命运是和民族的命运连在一起的）。 他在信中还提到不满一岁的女儿如何顽皮，字里行间都是宠溺。 28, Avenue Laplace Arcueil (Seine) France 12,iii, 1938 My Dear Stuart, 亲爱的司徒亚 We are overjoyed at your generously long letter. We have been rather worried about you since your reticent Xmas card from Spain. We thought that your indignation at the Fascist terrors might have made you join the Spanish Republican army on leaving Oxford. In that case, the world would certainly gain a hero, but we might (O horrible thought!) lose a friend. You can imagine our relief to hear from you again. 收到你这封慷慨的长信，我们真是喜出望外。上次你从西班牙寄来的圣诞贺卡 语焉未详，害得我们心里一直忐忑不安。我们以为，由于你对法西斯的恐怖行 径出离愤怒，或许会在牛津毕业后投入到西班牙共和军的队伍中。那样的话， 世界会多一位英雄，而我们或许会 （啊，多可怕的想法！）失去一位朋友。我 们收到你的信时的宽慰你可想而知了。 reticent: 谨严的；含蓄的 indignation: 愤慨 We are very, very sorry indeed to hear about your viva. we do hope that it will not be prejudicial to your chances of getting a job. As your favorite Walter Raleigh used to say, Oxford final schools and the Last Judgement are two examinations, not one. You are quite right to take the whole thing lightly. 关于你大学口语入学口试的事，我们感到十分遗憾。真希望它不会影响你找工 作。正如你的 Walter Raleigh 曾说的，牛津的毕业考试不等于末日审判，它们 是两种考试。你不把这事放在心上是对的。 viva: [英国口语] 口试 prejudicial : 引起偏见的 We shall be here for another four or five months yet. My scholarship expires this August, and we shall sail home in September. Not that we have homes to return to! Our houses, spared by the shell-fire, have been looted a