A Letter to the Reader.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,A Letter to the Reader,给读者的信,冯新新,外国语言学及应用语言学,Skills:,Misspelling,Malapropism,hyperbole,Build an image of a Henpecked husband,I might in this place attempt to gain thy,favour,by declaring that I write A1manacks with no other view than that of the,publick,good,，,but in this I should not be sincere,；,and men are now a-days too wise to be,deceivd,by pretences,how specious,soever,.The p1ain truth of the matter is,，,I am excessive poor,and my wife,，,good woman,，,is,I tell her excessive proud;she cannot bear,she says,，,to sit spinning in her shift,oftow,，,while I do nothing but gaze at the stars,；,and has threatened more than once to burn all my books and rattling-traps,(as she calls my instruments,)if I do not make some profitable use of them for,tke,good of my family,The printer has,offerd,me some considerable share of the profits,and I have thus began to comply with my dames desire.,我想我可以在此宣布我写年鉴不为别的，只是为了让公众获益，但这样一来，我就不是那么真诚了。而且现在的人都太精明，不容易受骗。事实是我穷困潦倒，我的妻子，我非常自豪的说她是一个好女人，她却不能忍受，因为当她坐在纺纱机前纺纱而我却盯着星星看，无所事事。她还不止一次的威胁我说如果我再不利用它们赚些家用糊口，就放火烧了我所有的书和咔嗒咔嗒响的东西（她这样称呼我的设备）。印刷公司答应给我一笔可观的利润，因此我开始遵从我妻子的意愿写年鉴。,Indeed,this motive would have had force enough to have made me punish an A1manack many years since,had it not been overpowered by my regard for my good friend and fellow-student,Mr,Titan Leeds,whose interest I was extremely unwilling to hurt,But this obstacle(I am far from speaking it with pleasure,)is soon to be removed,since inexorable death,，,who was never known to respect merit,has already prepared the mortal dart,，,the fatal sister has already extended her destroying shears,and that ingenious man must soon be taken from us,事实上，要不是考虑到我的好友兼同学泰坦,.,利兹先生，这种动机足以让我在多年前就开始出版年鉴了，而我实在是不愿伤害他的利益。但是这个阻碍（我实在不愿这样说）很快就会消失了，因为无情的死神永远不会尊重美德，它已准备发动最后致命的冲击展开了它那毁灭性的剪刀，很快这位天才将离我们而去。,He dies,by my calculation,，,made at his respect,，,on Oct 17,，,1733,，,3 ho.,，,29m,，,P,M.,at the very instant of the of and,By his own calculation he will survive till the 26th of the same month.This small difference between us we have disputed whenever we have met these nine years past;but at length he is inclinable to agree with my judgment.Which of us is most exact,a litt1e time will now determine.,应他的请求，根据我的计算，他将死于,1733,年,10,月,17,日下午,3,点,29,分，正好是某某星和某某星交汇的时候。而根据他自己的计算，他将活到,10,月的,26,日。这个小分歧让我们在过去几年每次碰面都争论比休。但最后他终于倾向于同意我的判断。我们两究竟谁对，很快就会知道了。,As,，,therefore,these Provinces may no longer expect to see any of his performance after this year,think myself free to take up the task,，,and request a share of,publick,encouragement,which I am the more apt to hope for on this account,，,that the buyer of my,Almanack,may consider himself not only as purchasing an useful utensil,but as performing an act of charity,to his poor Friend and Servant,R.Saunders,因为过了今年这些地区的人可能再也看不到他的作品了。考虑到我将承担起这个任务，也希望得到一些公众的鼓励，希望购买年鉴的顾客觉得他不仅是在购买一个有用的工具，而且也是对他平穷朋友和奴仆的一种善行。,R,桑德斯,Rechards,Maxims,理查德的格言,Skills:,Antithesis,Climax,Comic,metaphor,Relation without friendship,friendship without powerpower without will,，,will without effect,，,effect without profit,and profit without virtue,are not worth a,farto,是熟人但无友情，有友情但无权力，有权力但无意志，有意志但无效力，有效力但无收益，有收益但无美德，终究一文不值。,Mankind are very odd Creatures:One Half censure what they practice,，,the other half practice what they censure;the rest always say had do as they ought.,人类是奇怪的生物，一半人批评自己所做的事情，另一半做自己批评的事情，剩下的说该说的，做该做的。,To be humble to superiors is duty,，,to equals courtesy,，,to inferiors nobleness,Content makes poor man rich,；,Discontent makes rich men poor.,对位高者谦逊是义务，对同等者谦逊是礼貌，对低下者谦逊是高洁。,满足使穷人富裕，贪心使富人贫困。,There are ugly loves,nor handsome prison,有丑陋的情人却没有英俊的囚犯。,The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise,最破烂的车轮叫得最响。,The proof of gold is fire,；,the proof 0f woman,，,gold;the proof of man,a woman,检验金子的是烈火，检验女人的是金子，检验男人的则是女人。,Industry pays Debts,；,Despair increases them,勤劳还清债务，绝望增加债务。,The honest Man takes Pains,，,and then enjoy P1easure;the knave takes P1easure,，,and then suffers Pains.,勤劳者先痛苦后享乐，无赖者先享乐后痛苦。,Pardoning the Bad,is injuring the Good,原谅坏人即是伤害好人。,Thank you for your listening!,