美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第六冊(cè) 第54期:我的演說(shuō)經(jīng)歷(3)

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我不好說(shuō)這對(duì)其他孩子以后的生活起了怎樣的作用，

but the effect on me was decidedly unwholesome—discouraging, indeed,

不過(guò)，對(duì)我的作用卻非常糟糕——實(shí)際上是沮喪，

until I was old enough to judge for myself, and to carry into operation a system of my own.

直到我年齡大到足以對(duì)自己做出判斷，將這一活動(dòng)融入到我自己的體系里。

On coming to the passage,— "Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts; Dash him to pieces!"

接下來(lái)是這段：“做好準(zhǔn)備，諸神，用你們所有的雷電，將他碎尸萬(wàn)段!”

the elder of the boys gave it after the following fashion: "Be ready, godths, with all your thunderbolths,—dath him in pietheth!"

年長(zhǎng)的哥哥按照下面的風(fēng)格朗誦：“做好準(zhǔn)備，諸神，用你們所有的雷電，將他碎尸萬(wàn)片!”

bringing his right fist down into his left palm with all his strength, and his lifted foot upon the platform,

他朗誦的時(shí)候身體所有的力量都集中到右拳上了，揮舞右拳猛地砸進(jìn)左掌，他抬起的腳重重落在講臺(tái)上，

which was built like a sounding-board, so that the master himself, who had suggested the action and obliged the poor boy to rehearse it over and over again,

就像一個(gè)隔音板，以至于老師本人，本來(lái)他暗示要用動(dòng)作來(lái)配合，要這可憐的孩子一遍一遍地排練，

appeared to be utterly carried away by the magnificent demonstration;

結(jié)果他完全被這華麗的表現(xiàn)給迷住了。

while to me—so deficient was I in rhetorical taste—it sounded like a crash of broken crockery, intermingled with chicken peeps.

在我看來(lái)——按照我的修辭品味來(lái)判斷，這種表現(xiàn)方式存在嚴(yán)重缺陷——聽(tīng)上去就像陶器打碎了的聲音，間雜著小雞的吱吱叫聲。

I never got over it; and to this day can not endure stamping, nor even tapping of the foot,

我從未真正掌握所謂的要領(lǐng);時(shí)至今日，也不堪忍受踏足，

nor clapping the hands together, nor thumping the table for illustration;

哪怕是輕拍，也不會(huì)雙手相抵，為了發(fā)揮感染力而拍桌子。

having an idea that such noises are not oratory, and that untranslatable sounds are not language.

我一直抱有這種看法，即這種噪音與演說(shuō)術(shù)相去甚遠(yuǎn)，那種不可翻譯的聲音不是語(yǔ)言。