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有人替存在主義辯護:write ourselves off

一段獨白裡,說話的人替存在主義辯護:別人把它當成絕望哲學,話裡偏說恰恰相反。接著提醒別 write ourselves off(把自己判出局),也別把自己看成各種力量的受害者;還說讀後現代理論時總有 a nagging feeling(揮之不去的不安)。想用英語把觀點講清楚,可以學這種先讓步再轉折的說法。

發生了什麼

一段獨白講到底,就是一篇完整的論述。開口的人不願把存在主義當成又一種法國時髦或歷史老古董,他說 refuse to take existentialism as...(拒絕把存在主義當成……),因為它對新世紀還有話可說。人們常把存在主義講成 philosophy of despair(絕望哲學),但這段話偏說恰恰相反:讀這些人的東西,讀到的不是煎熬,而是蓋過一切的 exuberance of feeling(情緒飽滿到往外溢)。接著批評把人說成社會建構、各種力量的交匯,等於 open up a whole new world of excuses(憑空多出一整套藉口)。責任其實很 concrete(具體的,可落實的):就是你和我說話、做決定、承擔後果。

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本章短語

write ourselves off

把自己判出局dismiss oneself as hopeless

接近收束時,說話的人給出全篇結論:別因為各種力量把自己說成受害者,也別 write ourselves off(把自己判出局),語氣從分析轉為勸告。

We should never write ourselves off just because one interview went badly.我們不該因為一次面試不順就把自己判出局。

本章還有

  • take responsibility for

    為…負責

  • so much as

    與其說…不如說…

  • nagging feeling

    揮之不去的不安

  • open up a whole new world of

    憑空多出一整套

  • concrete

    具體的,可落實的

本章全部批註

30 句台詞裡標了 28 處

短語 · B2refuse to take something as something

拒絕把某物當成… 這裡指拒絕把存在主義只當一種法國時尚。

The reason why I refuse to take existentialism...
短語 · B2have something to offer someone

有值得提供給人的東西

is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century.
語法 · B2is that I think it has

表語從句:前面 The reason why... 作主語,is that 引出原因;別把 is that 聽成停頓。

is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century.
短語 · B2live life passionately

熱烈地過生活

I 'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately, the sense of taking responsibility for who you are,
短語 · B2take responsibility for something

為某事承擔責任

I 'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately, the sense of taking responsibility for who you are,
短語 · B2make something of oneself

讓自己有所成就

the ability to make something of yourself and feeling good about life.
短語 · B1feel good about something

對生活感覺良好

the ability to make something of yourself and feeling good about life.
短語 · B2a philosophy of despair

絕望哲學

Existentialism is often discussed as if it's a philosophy of despair.
短語 · B1just the opposite

恰恰相反

But I think the truth is just the opposite.
俚語 · B1these guys

這些哲學家——課堂口語稱呼,正式論文別用

But one thing that comes out from reading these guys...
短語 · C1a sense of anguish about something

對生活的一種煎熬感

is not a sense of anguish about life so much as...
短語 · C1not so much A as B

與其說…不如說…

說話的人先承認讀這些哲人會看到焦慮,卻用 so much as(與其說…不如說…)把重心移到另一種更昂揚的感受,語氣像在糾正常見印象。

is not a sense of anguish about life so much as...
發音not a sense

not a 常連成一團,t 輕帶,直接滑向 a

is not a sense of anguish about life so much as...
短語 · C1an exuberance of feeling

情緒飽滿到往外溢

a real kind of exuberance of feeling on top of it.
短語 · B2something is yours to create

由你來創造

It's like your life is yours to create.
發音yours to create

重音落在 yours 和 create,to 輕輕帶過

It's like your life is yours to create.
短語 · B2a nagging feeling

揮之不去的不安

說話的人說自己讀後現代主義者時總有 a nagging feeling(揮之不去的不安),語氣保留、剋制,像在承認對方有吸引力卻仍不放心。

But when I read them, I always have this awful nagging feeling...
短語 · B2get left out

被遺漏在外

that something absolutely essential is getting left out.
短語 · C1a social construction

社會建構

The more that you talk about a person as a social construction...
短語 · C1a confluence of forces

多種力量的匯合

or as a confluence of forces...
短語 · C1open up a whole new world of something

一整套新的藉口

or as fragmented or marginalized, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses.
語法 · B2what you do is you open up

主語從句:what you do 作主語,is 後接 you open up... 說明結果,口語裡常重複主語。

or as fragmented or marginalized, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses.
語法 · B2that theologians would argue about

定語從句:that 指前面的 self or soul,作 argue about 的賓語,不是另起一句。

He's not talking about the kind of self or soul that theologians would argue about.
發音you and me

and 只剩輕輕的 n,重音落在 you 和 me

It's something very concrete. It's you and me talking.
短語 · B2take the consequences

承擔後果

Making decisions. Doing things and taking the consequences.
語法 · B2It might be true that there are

主語從句:it 是形式主語,that 從句才是內容:可能確實有…。

It might be true that there are six billion people in the world and counting.
短語 · B2in material terms

從物質層面說

It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms.
短語 · C1write oneself off

把自己判出局

接近收束時,說話的人給出全篇結論:別因為各種力量把自己說成受害者,也別 write ourselves off(把自己判出局),語氣從分析轉為勸告。

that we should never simply write ourselves off...

看懂「有人替存在主義辯護」

發音重點

  • not a sense — not a 常連成一團,t 輕帶,直接滑向 a
  • yours to create — 重音落在 yours 和 create,to 輕輕帶過
  • you and me — and 只剩輕輕的 n,重音落在 you 和 me
It's like your life is yours to create.

就好像你的生活由你創造。 把抽象存在主義壓成一句可帶走的宣言,短促、明亮、有餘味。

It's always our decision who we are.

我們是誰,始終由我們自己決定。 把‘我是誰’從命運手裡拿回來,結尾像釘子一樣落定。

Nevertheless, what you do makes a difference.

儘管如此,你所做的仍然會帶來改變。 在‘人太多’的喪氣話前保留個人行動的分量,剋制而有力。

It's something very concrete. It's you and me talking.

它非常具體,就是你和我此刻在說話。 用兩個短句把抽象責任拉回面對面的現場,具體可感。

關於這一章的問題

write ourselves off 是什麼意思?

意思是「把自己判出局」,也就是把自己當成沒救的人。臺詞裡的勸法很直接:永遠別這樣看自己,也別把自己當成各種力量的受害者。

「揮之不去的不安」英語怎麼說?

a nagging feeling。nagging 有一直纏著、趕不走的意思,形容那種讀完理論後放不下、說不清的不安,比一般的「擔心」更具體。

not A so much as B 在這裡怎麼理解?

它是「與其說 A,不如說 B」的對比:讀這些人,與其說是對人生的煎熬,不如說是一種蓬勃的情緒,重點落在後半句。

「憑空多出一整套藉口」英語怎麼說?

open up a whole new world of excuses。open up a whole new world of 後面接名詞,就是憑空多出一整套某樣東西,藉口、可能性都能接。

這裡的 concrete 是「水泥」嗎?

不是。這裡取「具體的,可落實的」:責任不抽象,就是你和我說話、做決定、承擔後果這些眼前的事。

and counting 是什麼用法?

放在數字後面,表示「而且還在增加」:六十億人 and counting,就是人數還在往上走,還沒到頭。

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