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Unit 1 Politics: Realism and Idealism Warming-up Activity Appreciation of The Road Not Taken Stanza 1 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; 参考译文 黄色的树林里分出两条路 可惜我不能同时去涉足 ； 我在那路口久久伫立 我向着一条路极目望去 ； 直到它消失在丛林深处 Stanza 2 Then took the other, as just as fairAnd having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that, the passing thereHad worn them really about the same, 但我却选了另外一条路 它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂， 显得更诱人，更美丽； 虽然在这两条小路上， 却很少留下旅人的足迹 Stanza 3 And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back. 参考译文 虽然那天清晨落叶满地， 两条路都未经脚印污染。 啊，留下一条路等改日再见! 但我知道路径延绵无尽头， 恐怕我难以再回返。 Stanza 4 I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. 参考译文 也许多少年后在某个地方， 我将轻声叹息将往事回顾： 一片树林里分出两条路—— 而我选择了人迹更少的一条， 从此决定了我一生的道路。 Theme of the poem This poem is started from the psychological activity of the writer when he was facing the two roads in the forest, and then lead to a profound philosophy—people must keep cautious when facing choices, and could never come back. This poem announced itself to be “about” important issues in life: about the nature of choice, of decision, of how to go in one direction rather than another and how to feel about the direction you took and did not take. Although the symbols are only two very common roads in the nature, his poem still give readers profound affects. Not only facing the roads of forest, but also the troubles in anytime and anyplace of people’s daily life. Background Information Leviathan 《利维坦》一书写于英国内战进行之时。在这书中霍布斯陈述他对社会基础与政府合法性的看法。在人类的自然状态下，有一些人可能比别人更强壮或更聪明，但没有一个会强壮到或聪明到不怕在暴力下死亡。当受到死亡威胁时，在自然状态下的人必然会尽一切所能来保护他自己。霍布斯认为保护自己免