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有人替存在主义辩护:write ourselves off

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。

发生了什么

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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本章短语

write ourselves off

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。

本章还有

  • take responsibility for

    为…负责

  • so much as

    与其说…不如说…

  • nagging feeling

    挥之不去的不安

  • open up a whole new world of

    凭空多出一整套

  • concrete

    具体的,可落实的

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短语 · B2refuse to take something as something

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...
短语 · B2have something to offer someone

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.
语法 · B2is that I think it has

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.
短语 · B2live life passionately

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,
短语 · B2take responsibility for something

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,
短语 · B2make something of oneself

让自己有所成就

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

对生活感觉良好

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

绝望哲学

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

恰恰相反

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

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...
短语 · C1a sense of anguish about something

对生活的一种煎熬感

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

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...
发音not a sense

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...
短语 · C1an exuberance of feeling

情绪饱满到往外溢

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

由你来创造

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

重音落在 yours 和 create,to 轻轻带过

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

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...
短语 · B2get left out

被遗漏在外

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

社会建构

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

多种力量的汇合

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

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.
语法 · B2what you do is you open up

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.
语法 · B2that theologians would argue about

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.
发音you and me

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.
短语 · B2take the consequences

承担后果

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

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.
短语 · B2in material terms

从物质层面说

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

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...

看懂「有人替存在主义辩护」

发音重点

  • not a sense — not a 常连成一团,t 轻带,直接滑向 a
  • yours to create — 重音落在 yours 和 create,to 轻轻带过
  • you and me — and 只剩轻轻的 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。

关于这一章的问题

write ourselves off 是什么意思?

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。

「挥之不去的不安」英语怎么说?

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。

not A so much as B 在这里怎么理解?

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。

「凭空多出一整套借口」英语怎么说?

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。

这里的 concrete 是「水泥」吗?

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。

and counting 是什么用法?

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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