前兩天我們精講了這篇散文的第一段。今天在開(kāi)講之前我們介紹下本文的作者。

作者Robert G. Allman是位盲人。他在運(yùn)動(dòng)、法律及電臺(tái)體育廣播三個(gè)不同的領(lǐng)域取得了極大的成功。他幼時(shí)就讀于費(fèi)城奧弗布魯克盲人學(xué)校并在該校學(xué)會(huì)了摔跤。在賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)期間曾在五十多場(chǎng)摔跤比賽中獲勝。在弟弟的幫助下（因?yàn)閹缀鯖](méi)有法律書(shū)籍是用盲文印刷的），他在該校法學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)并順利畢業(yè)。由于他熱愛(ài)運(yùn)動(dòng)，一度任電臺(tái)體育節(jié)目廣播員，他認(rèn)為盲人不應(yīng)該只從盲人身上尋求安慰，而應(yīng)該“走出家門與世人接觸”?；蠲撁摰膭?lì)志哥。該文字樸實(shí)、生動(dòng)流暢。期間所含的人生哲理，對(duì)人頗有啟迪。

原文如下：

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky.

第一句：Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality.

詞匯介紹：

continuous，很明顯是continue的形容詞，表“連續(xù)不斷的”；

a series of, 表“一系列的……”，那a continous series of則表示“一系列連續(xù)不斷的……”；

adjustment，是動(dòng)詞adjust的名詞，表“調(diào)整”；注意后面的adjustment后面的介詞是to，和動(dòng)詞adjust to是一樣的；

主要注意的是“I believe”放在了“l(fā)ife”主語(yǔ)后面，原本是應(yīng)該放在最前面，寫(xiě)做“I believe life asks a continuous ... ”，可是“I believe”的位置是多變的，也可以放在主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞中間。

譯文：我認(rèn)為，生活要求人不斷地自我調(diào)整以適應(yīng)現(xiàn)實(shí)。

第二句：The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes.

譯文：人愈能及時(shí)地進(jìn)行調(diào)整，他的個(gè)人世界變愈有意義。

最后幾句：The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky.

bewildered, 形容詞，“困惑的，暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向的”。

譯文：調(diào)整絕非易事。我曾感到茫然害怕。但我很幸運(yùn)。

最后，我們?cè)賮?lái)賞析一下這段話：

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky.

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