拒绝把某物当成… 这里指拒绝把存在主义只当一种法国时尚。
The reason why I refuse to take existentialism...Waking Life · 2001 — 第 2 / 13 章 · 2'04" · C1
一段独白里,说话的人替存在主义辩护:别人把它当成绝望哲学,话里偏说恰恰相反。接着提醒别 write ourselves off(把自己判出局),也别把自己看成各种力量的受害者;还说读后现代理论时总有 a nagging feeling(挥之不去的不安)。想用英语把观点讲清楚,可以学这种先让步再转折的说法。
一段独白讲到底,就是一篇完整的论述。开口的人不愿把存在主义当成又一种法国时髦或历史老古董,他说 refuse to take existentialism as...(拒绝把存在主义当成……),因为它对新世纪还有话可说。人们常把存在主义讲成 philosophy of despair(绝望哲学),但这段话偏说恰恰相反:读这些人的东西,读到的不是煎熬,而是盖过一切的 exuberance of feeling(情绪饱满到往外溢)。接着批评把人说成社会建构、各种力量的交汇,等于 open up a whole new world of excuses(凭空多出一整套借口)。责任其实很 concrete(具体的,可落实的):就是你和我说话、做决定、承担后果。
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留意这几个短语
take responsibility forso much asnagging feelingopen up a whole new world of
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把自己判出局dismiss oneself as hopeless
接近收束时,说话的人给出全篇结论:别因为各种力量把自己说成受害者,也别 write ourselves off(把自己判出局),语气从分析转为劝告。
We should never write ourselves off just because one interview went badly.我们不该因为一次面试不顺就把自己判出局。
为…负责
与其说…不如说…
挥之不去的不安
凭空多出一整套
具体的,可落实的
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拒绝把某物当成… 这里指拒绝把存在主义只当一种法国时尚。
The reason why I refuse to take existentialism...有值得提供给人的东西
is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century.表语从句:前面 The reason why... 作主语,is that 引出原因;别把 is that 听成停顿。
is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century.热烈地过生活
I 'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately, the sense of taking responsibility for who you are,为某事承担责任
I 'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately, the sense of taking responsibility for who you are,让自己有所成就
the ability to make something of yourself and feeling good about life.对生活感觉良好
the ability to make something of yourself and feeling good about life.绝望哲学
Existentialism is often discussed as if it's a philosophy of despair.恰恰相反
But I think the truth is just the opposite.这些哲学家——课堂口语称呼,正式论文别用
But one thing that comes out from reading these guys...对生活的一种煎熬感
is not a sense of anguish about life so much as...与其说…不如说…
说话的人先承认读这些哲人会看到焦虑,却用 so much as(与其说…不如说…)把重心移到另一种更昂扬的感受,语气像在纠正常见印象。
is not a sense of anguish about life so much as...not a 常连成一团,t 轻带,直接滑向 a
is not a sense of anguish about life so much as...情绪饱满到往外溢
a real kind of exuberance of feeling on top of it.由你来创造
It's like your life is yours to create.重音落在 yours 和 create,to 轻轻带过
It's like your life is yours to create.挥之不去的不安
说话的人说自己读后现代主义者时总有 a nagging feeling(挥之不去的不安),语气保留、克制,像在承认对方有吸引力却仍不放心。
But when I read them, I always have this awful nagging feeling...被遗漏在外
that something absolutely essential is getting left out.社会建构
The more that you talk about a person as a social construction...多种力量的汇合
or as a confluence of forces...一整套新的借口
or as fragmented or marginalized, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses.主语从句:what you do 作主语,is 后接 you open up... 说明结果,口语里常重复主语。
or as fragmented or marginalized, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses.定语从句:that 指前面的 self or soul,作 argue about 的宾语,不是另起一句。
He's not talking about the kind of self or soul that theologians would argue about.and 只剩轻轻的 n,重音落在 you 和 me
It's something very concrete. It's you and me talking.承担后果
Making decisions. Doing things and taking the consequences.主语从句:it 是形式主语,that 从句才是内容:可能确实有…。
It might be true that there are six billion people in the world and counting.从物质层面说
It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms.把自己判出局
接近收束时,说话的人给出全篇结论:别因为各种力量把自己说成受害者,也别 write ourselves off(把自己判出局),语气从分析转为劝告。
that we should never simply write ourselves off...It's like your life is yours to create.就好像你的生活由你创造。 把抽象存在主义压成一句可带走的宣言,短促、明亮、有余味。
It's always our decision who we are.我们是谁,始终由我们自己决定。 把‘我是谁’从命运手里拿回来,结尾像钉子一样落定。
Nevertheless, what you do makes a difference.尽管如此,你所做的仍然会带来改变。 在‘人太多’的丧气话前保留个人行动的分量,克制而有力。
It's something very concrete. It's you and me talking.它非常具体,就是你和我此刻在说话。 用两个短句把抽象责任拉回面对面的现场,具体可感。
意思是「把自己判出局」,也就是把自己当成没救的人。台词里的劝法很直接:永远别这样看自己,也别把自己当成各种力量的受害者。
a nagging feeling。nagging 有一直缠着、赶不走的意思,形容那种读完理论后放不下、说不清的不安,比一般的「担心」更具体。
它是「与其说 A,不如说 B」的对比:读这些人,与其说是对人生的煎熬,不如说是一种蓬勃的情绪,重点落在后半句。
open up a whole new world of excuses。open up a whole new world of 后面接名词,就是凭空多出一整套某样东西,借口、可能性都能接。
不是。这里取「具体的,可落实的」:责任不抽象,就是你和我说话、做决定、承担后果这些眼前的事。
放在数字后面,表示「而且还在增加」:六十亿人 and counting,就是人数还在往上走,还没到头。
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第 1 章on an even keel搭上小船听人生道理
正在看 · 第 2 章write ourselves off有人替存在主义辩护
第 3 章at the whim of讲课人把演化讲成加速史
第 4 章collective memory两人聊梦境与转世
第 5 章charade独白追问自由意志
第 6 章two sides of the same coin演说号召反抗控制
第 7 章in the middle of nowhere沙漠加油站枪战往事
第 8 章make the best of it讨教清明梦诀窍
第 9 章come out of the moment桌边聊电影与神圣当下
第 10 章be an ant陌生人聊不想当蚂蚁
第 11 章beside the point梦里追问自己醒没醒
第 12 章coauthors of桥上独白谈自我
第 13 章false awakenings梦里醒来还在梦里