胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第184期:隱士的處方 Recipe for a recluse

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胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第184期:隱士的處方 Recipe for a recluse

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184.Recipe for a recluse

184.隱士的處方

It is difficult to recount how I ended up this way. It is my recollection that it was the recommendation of my financial advisor that I sell off all my stocks and holdings. Only in this way could I reconcile matters with my creditors. I recoiled in horror on the day that the recession turned into a depression. It caused the stock market to drop to its lowest point in fifty years. My investing was not reckless. As others, I invested strictly according to what my stockbroker recommended. Who would think that this little recession would go so far?

現(xiàn)在很難描述我是如何會(huì)落到這樣一個(gè)結(jié)局的。我記起在我的財(cái)政顧問(wèn)的建議下，我賣掉了我的股票和所有財(cái)產(chǎn)。因?yàn)橹挥羞@樣才能調(diào)解我與債權(quán)人之間的關(guān)系。我不無(wú)恐懼地想起經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退轉(zhuǎn)化為經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條的那一天，正是這次大蕭條使股市降到了50年以來(lái)的最低點(diǎn)。其實(shí)我在股市上的投資并不魯莽。和其他人一樣，我嚴(yán)格按照股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人的推薦來(lái)購(gòu)買。但誰(shuí)會(huì)料到這次小衰退會(huì)走這么遠(yuǎn)呢？

After I lost everything, I had to move out of my two-story house in the suburbs. My wife and kids went to live with her parents. I am now living in a dirty little rectangular room downtown. I have a little rectangle for a coffee table and a little rectangle for a bed. I don't dare go out for fear that I will be recognized by one of my creditors. Upon recognition, they may come and take what little I have left. My recreational activities are limited. I have little recreation aside from my books. I went to my niece's piano recital last month in the dark, incognito. I must live as a recluse.

一無(wú)所有以后，我不得不搬出了我在郊區(qū)的那幢兩層樓房。我妻子和孩子去和岳父母一塊住了。我現(xiàn)在住在市中心的一間骯臟狹小的矩形房子里。我有一個(gè)長(zhǎng)方形的咖啡桌和一張長(zhǎng)方形的床。我不敢外出，害怕被某個(gè)債權(quán)人認(rèn)出。一旦被認(rèn)出來(lái)，他們就會(huì)把我僅有的一丁點(diǎn)兒東西都拿走。我的娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)也受到了限制。除了書籍以外我就沒有其他消遣了。上個(gè)月，我去聽了我侄女的鋼琴獨(dú)奏會(huì)——我是隱瞞身份，在黑暗中悄悄去的。我準(zhǔn)是活得像一個(gè)隱士一樣了。

I want to reclaim my life, I want to rectify the situation with my creditors, and I want reconciliation with my wife and family. I reckon it will take some time yet. As the country is trying to reconstruct, the unemployed are gradually being recruited by the government for jobs all around the country, but I have not yet been qualified as a recipient of such welfare. I have been a good citizen; I would simply like reciprocal treatment from the government. Perhaps I can get a job on a construction site somewhere or do farm labor. As for now, I must follow the recipe that has been prescribed to me. I must remain a recluse.

我想讓我的生活重新回到原來(lái)的狀態(tài)，我想調(diào)整我和債權(quán)入相處的關(guān)系，同時(shí)我也想調(diào)和我妻子和家人之間的關(guān)系。但我估計(jì)這一切還需要時(shí)間。現(xiàn)在國(guó)家正在重建過(guò)程中，全國(guó)各地的失業(yè)工人都逐漸被重新招回，可我目前還沒有資格接受這種福利。我一直是一個(gè)好公民，我不過(guò)就是希望從政府身上得到些互惠的待遇。也許我可以在什么地方找一個(gè)建筑工的活，或者去做一些農(nóng)活。但現(xiàn)在，我必須照開給我的處方生活，我還得把這個(gè)隱士繼續(xù)當(dāng)下去。