高级英语1Unit6OntheArtofLivingwithOthers翻译.docVIP

1 The Iliad for war; the Odyssey for wandering; but where is the great domestic epic? Yet it is but commonplace to say that passions may rage round a tea-table which would not have misbecome men dashing at one another in war chariots; and evolutions of patience and temper are performed at the fireside, worthy to be compared with the Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Men have worshiped some fantastic being for living alone in a wilderness; but social martyrdom place no saints upon the calendar. 1 《伊利亚特》是战争史诗， 《奥德赛》是冒险史诗，生活史诗又在哪处呢？固然有，但人 们习认为常，认为平庸无奇。比方说茶桌上发生的争执， 但是，震怒燎原可能会演变为男人 们驾着战车相互对峙；篝火旁人群集中， 产