英語名篇名段背誦精華 09 Thoughts in a grave yard
When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hunderd years ago, I consider that great when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Excerpt from Westminster Abbey by Joseph Addison
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當(dāng)我瞻仰偉人的墳?zāi)?，心中所有的嫉妒頓時煙消云散；當(dāng)我讀到偉人的悼文，所有的非分之想頃刻消失殆盡；當(dāng)我遇見在墓碑旁悲痛欲絕的父母親，我的心中也滿懷同情；當(dāng)我看到那些父母親自己的墳?zāi)?，我不禁感慨：既然我們很快都要追隨逝者的腳步，悲傷又有何用。當(dāng)我看到國王與那些將他們廢黜的人躺在一起，當(dāng)我想到那些爭斗一生的智者，或是那些通過競爭和爭執(zhí)將世界分裂的圣人們被后人并排葬在一起，我對人類的那些微不足道的競爭、內(nèi)訌和爭論感到震驚和悲傷。當(dāng)我看到一些墳?zāi)股系娜掌?，有的死于昨日，而有的死于六百年前，我不禁想到，有那么一天我們都會在同一個時代同時出現(xiàn)在世人眼前。
