Lesson27NothingtoSellandNothingtobuyNothingtoSellandNothingtoBuyIthasbeensaidthateveryonelivesbysellingsomething.Inthelightofthisstatement,teacherslivebysellingknow-ledge,philosophersbysellingwisdomandpriestsbysellingspiritualcomfort.Thoughitmaybepossibletomeasurethevalueofmaterialgoodsintermsofmoney,itisextremelydifficulttoestimatethetruevalueoftheserviceswhichpeopleperformforus.Therearetimeswhenwewouldwillinglygiveeverythingwepossesstosaveourlives,yetwemightgrudgepayingasurgeonahighfeeforofferinguspreciselythisservice.Theconditionsofsocietyaresuchthatskillshavetobepaidforinthesamewaythatgoodsarepaidforatashop.Everyonehassomethingtosell.Trampsseemtobetheonlyexceptiontothisgeneralrule.Beggarsalmostsellthemselvesashumanbeingstoarousethepityofpassers-by.Butrealtrampsarenotbeggars.Theyhavenothingtosellandrequirenothingfromothers.Inseekingindependence,theydonotsacrificetheirhumandignity.Atrampmayaskyouformoney,buthewillneveraskyoutofeelsorryforhim.Hehasdeliberatelychosentoleadthelifeheleadsandisfullyawareoftheconsequences.Hemayneverbesurewherethenextmealiscomingfrom,butheisfreefromthethousandsofanxietieswhichafflictotherpeople.Hisfewmaterialpossessionmakeitpossibleforhimtomovefromplacetoplacewithease.Byhavingtosleepintheopen,hegetsfarclosertotheworldofnaturethanmostofuseverdo.Hemayhunt,beg,orstealoccasionallytokeephimselfalive;hemayevenintimesofrealneed,doalittlework;buthewillneversacrificehisfreedom.Weoftenspeakoftrampswithcontemptandputtheminthesameclassasbeggars,buthowmanyofuscanhonestlysaythatwehavenotfeltalittleenviousoftheirsimplewayoflifeandtheirfreedomfromcare?

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語

philosophern.

哲學家

wisdomn.

智慧

priestn.

牧師

spiritualadj.精神上的

grudgev.

不愿給，舍不得給

surgeonn.

外科大夫

passer-byn.

過路人

dignityn.

尊嚴

deliberatelyadv.故意地

consequencen.

后果，結果

afflictv.

使苦惱，折磨

easen.

容易

naturen.

大自然

contemptn.

蔑視

enviousadj.嫉妒的Ithasbeensaidthateveryonelivesbysellingsomething.Itissaidthat…Inthelightofthisstatement,teacherslivebysellingknow-ledge,philosophersbysellingwisdomandpriestsbysellingspiritualcomfort.wisdomn.智慧（wiseadj.明智的,聰明的）--Heshowedgreatwisdom.--Heisamanofwisdom.=Heisawiseman.

spiritualadj.精神上的,靈魂的

--spirituallife精神生活,spiritualneed精神上的需要spiritedadj.精神飽滿的,生機勃勃的,勇敢的--aspiritedgirl一個勇敢的女孩--low-spirited沮喪的,high-spirited興奮的--public-spirited熱心公益的,aspiriteddebate熱烈的辯論inthelightof…按照,根據,考慮到,從...的觀點inthelightof=accordingto--Thetheoryhasbeenabandonedinthelightofmoderndiscovery.--Inthelightoftheevidenceitwasdecidedtotakethemanufacturerstocourt.liveby…以某種職業為生liveon…依靠某種食物維持生命,或靠某人生活--Sheepandcowsliveongrasses.--Heliveschieflyonfruit.--Thoughheisoverthirty,hestilllivesonhisparents.Thoughitmaybepossibletomeasurethevalueofmaterialgoodsintermsofmoney,itisextremelydifficulttoestimatethetruevalueoftheserviceswhichpeopleperformforus.intermsof按照,在...方面,就…而言,關于--Hethinksofeverythingintermsofpeople’sinterests.intermsof

=inrespectof（關于,就…來說）=withregardtoTherearetimeswhenwewouldwillinglygiveeverythingwepossesstosaveourlives,yetwemightgrudgepayingasurgeonahighfeeforofferinguspreciselythisservice.grudgevt.吝嗇,不愿給,勉強給--Igrudgewastingtimeonthis.--Hegrudgepayingsomuchmoneyforsuchbadfood.Theconditionsofsocietyaresuchthatskillshavetobepaidforinthesamewaythatgoodsarepaidforatashop.theconditionsofsocietyaresuch=SucharetheconditionsofsocietyEveryonehassomethingtosell.Trampsseemtobetheonlyexception

tothisgeneralrule.Beggarsalmostsellthemselvesashumanbeingstoarousethepityofpassers-by.Butrealtrampsarenotbeggars.Theyhavenothingtosellandrequirenothingfromothers.Inseekingindependence,theydonotsacrificetheirhumandignity.dignityn.尊嚴loseone‘sdignity丟面子,失去尊嚴--Althoughsheisverypoor,shehasnotlostherdignity.她雖然很窮,但沒有失去她的尊嚴。inseekingindependence=inthecourseofseekingindependence

withgreatdignity儀態大方太太先生們的舉止應該總是十分端莊體面的。--Ladiesandgentlemenshouldalwaysactwithgreatdignity.dignifyvt.使有尊嚴,使高貴dignifiedadj.高貴的，有尊嚴的Atrampmayaskyouformoney,buthewillneveraskyoutofeelsorryforhim.Hehasdeliberatelychosentoleadthelifeheleadsandisfullyawareoftheconsequences.deliberatelyadv.故意地onpurposeadv.故意--Hecoughedonpurposetoattractmyattention.consequencen.后果,結果

inconsequence因此,結果inconsequenceof...因為...的緣故,由于taketheconsequencesof…承擔…責任--Youhavetotaketheconsequencesoftheaccidence.Hemayneverbesurewherethenextmealiscomingfrom,butheisfreefromthethousandsofanxietieswhichafflictotherpeople.afflictv.使苦惱,折磨

beafflictedwith…受…的折磨--Heisafflictedwithadiseaseafflictionn.痛苦,苦惱afflictiveadj.帶給人痛苦的,苦惱的,難受的befreefrom…不受…的影響,免于...=without--Theoldladyisneverfreefrompain.--freefromerror沒有錯誤,freefromanxiety沒有憂慮--Heisleadingalifefreefromcareandanxieties.

Hisfewmaterialpossessionmakeitpossibleforhimtomovefromplacetoplacewithease.easen.容易

withease熟練地,輕而易舉地atease安逸,自由自在be/feelillatease局促不安,心神不寧putsb.athisease使某人寬心--Themanagerputhisshopassistantsattheirease.Byhavingtosleepintheopen,hegetsfarclosertotheworldofnaturethanmostofuseverdo.

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