Lesson27Nothingtosellandnothingtobuy不賣也不買Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.Whatisthemostimportantthingforatramp?Ithasbeensaidthateveryonelivesbysellingsomething.Inthelightofthisstatement,teacherslivebysellingknowledge,philosophersbysellingwisdomandpriestsbysellingspiritualcomfort.Thoughitmaybepossibletomeasurethevalueofmaterialgoodintermsofmoney,itisextremelydifficulttoestimatethetruevalueoftheserviceswhichpeopleperformforus.Therearetimeswhenwewouldwillinglygiveeverythingwepossesstosaveourlives,yetwemightgrudgepayingasurgeonahighfeeforofferinguspreciselythisservice.Theconditionsofsocietyaresuchthatskillshavetobepaidforinthesamewaythatgoodsarepaidforatashop.Everyonehassomethingtosell.據說每個人都靠出售某種東西來維持生活一。根據這種說法，教師靠賣知識為生，哲學家靠賣智慧為生，牧師靠賣精神撫慰為生。雖然物質產品的價值可以用金錢來衡量，但要估算別人為我們為所提供的服務的價值卻是極其困難的。有時，我們為了挽救生命，愿意付出我們所占有的一切。但就在外科大夫給我們提供了這種服務后，我們卻可能為所支付的昂貴的費用而抱怨。社會上的情況就是如此，技術是必須付錢去買的，就像在商店里要花錢買商品一樣。人人都有東西可以出售。somethingItisquitesomethingto...（quitesomething=athingyoushouldbehappyabout）Itisquitesomethingtohaveajobatthisdifficulttime.That'ssomething（That'sagoodthing太好了，真的很了不起）-Weshouldfinishourtaskbytomorrow.—That'ssomethingThere'ssomethingin…（有道理）There'ssomethinginwhatyousay./There'snothinginwhatyousay（你說的d、可信）Nothingnear=nowherenear/notanywherenear=farfrom遠非inthelighto^inlightof根據，鑒于^accordingto/inviewof（鑒于，考慮到）/inrecognitionof（鑒于；對表示認可）intermsof（就而言）inhonourof（為紀念）inmemoryof（紀念死去的人）infavorof（支持）incaseof（以防，萬一）inthecaseof（至于，在情況下）inspiteof（盡管）inplaceof（代替）statement陳述statesman（政治家）state（n.狀態；洲，國家v.陳述）status（身份，地位）statue（雕像）statute（法令，條例）portrait（肖像）measure測量v./n.Theymeasuretheroomtofindhowbigitis.量的linkingverbThebridgemeasures100metresinlength.3）衡量v.forgoodmeasure額夕卜Wewillgiveyouapresentforgoodmeasureperform執行，完成，表演outperform/outweigh勝過，做的比好，比重要，有價值6?servicebein/gointoservice=tobeaservantattheserviceofsb聽從某人派遣atthecommandofsbbeofserviceofsb=beuseful/helpfuldosbaservice/dosbnoservice=todosththatishelpful/nothelpfultosbShewasdoingherselfnoservicebyremainingsilentatthemercyofatthesacrifice/expense/costof（以犧牲為代價）atallcosts（不惜一切代價）7.Theconditionsofsocietyaresuchthatskillshavetobepaidfor...注意完全倒裝結構—>Sucharetheconditionsofsocietythat..Trampsseemtobetheonlyexceptiontothisgeneralrule.Beggarsalmostsellthemselvesashumanbeingtoarousethepityofpassers-by.Butrealtrampsarenotbeggars.Theyhavenothingtosellandrequirenothingfromothers.Inseekingindependence,theydonotsacrificetheirhumandignity.Atrampmayaskyouformoney,buthewillneveraskyoutofeelsorryforhim.Hehasdeliberatelychosentoleadthelifeheleadsandisfullyawareoftheconsequences.Hemayneverbesurewherethenextmealiscomingfrom,buthisisfreefromthethousandsofanxietieswhichafflictotherpeople.Hisfewmaterialpossessionsmakeitpossibleforhimtomovefromplacetoplacewithease.Byhavingtosleepintheopen,hegetsfarclosertotheworldofnaturethanmostofuseverdo.Hemayhunt,beg,orsteadoccasionallytokeephimselfalive;hemayeven,intimesofrealneed,doalittlework;buthewillneversacrificehisfreedom.Weoftenspeakoftrampswithcontemptandputtheminthesameclassasbeggars,buthowmanyofuscanhonestlysaythatwehavenotfeltalittleenviousoftheirsimplewayoflifeandtheirfreedomfromcare?在這條普遍的規律前面，好像只有流浪漢是個例外，乞丐出售的幾乎是他本人，以引起過路人的憐憫。但真正的流浪并不是乞丐。他們既不出售任何東西，也不需要從別人那兒得到任何東西，在追求獨立自由的同時，他們并不犧牲為人的尊嚴。游浪漢可能會向你討錢，但他從來不要你可憐他。他是故意在選擇過那種生活的，并完全清楚以這種方式生活的后果。他可能從不知道下頓飯有無著落，但他不像有人那樣被千萬樁愁事所折磨。他幾乎沒有什么財產，這使他能夠輕松自如地在各地奔波。由于被迫在露天睡覺，他比我們中許多人都離大自然近得多。為了生存，他可能會去打獵、乞討，偶爾偷上一兩回；確實需要的時候，他甚至可能干一點兒活，但他決不會犧牲自由。說起流浪漢，我們常常帶有輕蔑并把他們與乞丐歸為一類。但是，我們中有多少人能夠坦率地說我們對流浪漢的簡樸生活與無憂無慮的境況不感到有些羨慕呢？1.arouse引起arouseone'sinterest/curiosity/anger/suspicionsarisevi.出現；發生；起來ariseoutof/arisefrom=resultfromariseagainstsb/sth=riseupagainst起義，抗議dignityn.尊嚴dignifyv.使高貴，增威嚴反義詞：undignify使喪失尊嚴undignifiedadj.不體面的，無威嚴的easen.輕松，舒適，安逸v,減輕，緩和at(your)ease=relaxedandconfidentandnotnervousorembarrassedillatease=feelinguncomfortableandembarrassedintimesof在的時候contemptn.蔑視contemptuousadj.輕蔑的，侮辱的近義詞：humiliatevt.humiliatingadj.丟臉的，羞辱性的(disgraceful)mortifyvt.使感到屈辱mortified受辱的envious嫉妒的beenviousof=bejealousofNewwords