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维特篇

1.Nothing distresses me more than to see men torment each other, particularly when in the flower of their age, in the very season of pleasure, they waste their few short days of sunshine in quarrels and disputes, and only perceive their error when it is too late to repair it.

Nothing distresses(attracts,torment)sb more than to see…, particularly when in the flower of their age, in the very season of pleasure, they…

Nothing distresses teachers more than to see their students neglect their studies, particularly when in the flower of their age, in the very season of pleasure, they waste their few short days of sunshine in competition,envy, boredom and fear of public opinion (and only perceive their error when it is too late to repair it.)

2.the sorrows of young Werther, recounts an unhappy romantic infatuation that ends in suicide.

3.The man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honor, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.

一个人要是没有热情，没有需要，仅仅为了他人的缘故去逐利追名,苦苦折腾，这个人便是傻瓜。

“逐利追名,苦苦折腾”这两个四字格翻译的很好，没有逐字逐句翻译原文“toils after gold, honor, or any other phantom”而是别处新材地翻译成两个四字格，符合了中文思维。

The man who, solely with no regard to any goals, and without any concentration on the present and endeavor to the future, idles away his time, is no better than an idiot.

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4.If I were not a fool, I could spend the happiest and most delightful life here.

the man who, solely from regard to …, and without anu wish or necessity of…, toils after…, is no better than a fool.

5. Arbert was deeply immersed in his subject: I ceased to listen to him and became lost in reverie. With a sudden motion, I pointed the mouth of the pistol to my forehead, over the right eye.

As a result of the development of prolificacy and progress of civilization,it made the buildings near the airport, railroad, highway and industrial factory be immersed in the ocean of bored noise which was mainly made by city affairs, daily life and industrial factories.

As a result of the development of prolificacy and progress of civilization, …

6.That is quite another thing, because a man under the influence of violent passion loses all power of reflection, and is regarded as intoxicated or insane.

that is quite another thing, because a student under the influence of Internet games loses all power of reflection and focus , and is regarded as a loser in study.

7. You alway exaggerate a case偏激，and in this matter you are undoubtedly wrong for we were speaking of suicide, which you compare with great action, when it is impossible to regard it as anything but a weakness. It is much easier to die than to bear a life of misery with fortitude.

8.Now, my good friend, apply this to the mind, observe a man in his natural, isolated condition; consider how ideas work and how impression fasten on him, till at length a violent passion seizes him, destroying all his powers of calm reflection, and utterly ruining him.(词汇照应)

9.Nothing on this earth affects my heart so much as children when I look on at their doing, I mark in the little creatures the seeds of all those virtues and qualities which they will one day find so indispensable; when I behold in the obstinate all the future firmness and constancy of a noble character; in the capricious, that levity and gaiety of temper which will carry them lightly over the dangers and troubles of life, their whole nature simple and unpolluted–then I call to mind the golden words of the Great teacher of mankind,"unless ye become like one of these!

10. On the other hand, Werther had become dear to hear. There was a cordial unanimity of sentiment between 意气相投them from the very first hour of their acquaintance, and their long association and repeated interviews had made an indelible impression upon her heart.

11. She had been accustomed to communicated to him every thought feeling which interested her, and his absense threatened to open a void in her existence which it might be impossible to fill.(物主句)

12.Must it ever be thus–that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery?

Must it ever be thus–that the source of our strength must also be the fountain of our pain?

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郝丽斯篇

She was undoubtedly the belle of the barbecue, the center of attention. The furore she was causing among the men, coupled with the heart burning of those girls, would have pleased her enormously at any oother time.

Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to his physical degeneration.

A, coupled with B, would have / lead to…

He flirts outrageously with all the ladies.

a professor who has a flirtation with a student

She was aware of his attempts at flirtation.

She has been flirting with the idea of a teacher career.

Naive in grown-ups is often charming; but when coupled woth vanity it is indistinguishable from  stupidity. 就是

fight their way through triumphantly 高歌猛进

a man of mettle

courage = bravery = resolution = grit and gumption = determination = mettle = pluck

Scarlett exhibits more of her father's hard-headness than her mothers refined Southern manners.

The school education exhibits more cramming method of teaching than inspirational.

exhibit more of A than B.

overwhelming worry

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罗素篇

Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it. A dog will bark more loudly and bite more readily when people are afraid of him than when they treat him with contempt, and the human herd has something of this same characteristic. If you show that you are afraid of them, you give promise of good hunting, whereas if you show indifference, they begin to doubt their own power and therefore tend to let your alone.

1.It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulse and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors or even our relations.

it is essential to happiness(strength)that our way of living should spring from… and not from…

2.Animals are happy so long as they have health and enough to eat. Human beings, one feels, ought to be, but they are not, at least in a great majority of cases.(= a considerable proportion of)

多数情况下句型

a vast majority

a large percentage of

He thinks that for their own benefit, people often have the prejudice towards the outside world, at least in a great majority cases.

He maintains that people tend to have a self-serving bias towards the external world, at least in a great majority cases.

maintain = claim/assert/deem/reckon/affirm

I'm convinced that…

I cling to a belief that…

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3.Narcissism is, in a sense, the converse of a habitual sense of sin; it consists in the habit of admiring oneself and wishing to be admired.(插入语放在句子中间)

4.Vanity, when it passes beyond a point, kills pleasure in every activity for its own sake, and thus leads inevitably to listlessness and boredom. Often its source is diffidence, and its cure lies in the growth of self respect. But this is only to be gained by successful activity inspired by objective interests.(范围意识)

5.Power kept within its proper bounds may add greatly to happiness, but as the sole end of life it leads to disaster, inwardly if not outwardly.

The time you spend alone kept within its proper bounds may add greatly to pleasure, but as the sole end of life it leads to disaster, inwardly if not outwardly.

The time you spend associate with others kept within its proper bounds may add greatly to pleasure , but as the sole end of life it leads to disaster, inwardly if not outwardly.

The time you spend in the things that generates in your heart a instant joy kept within its proper bounds may add greatly to pleasure, but as the sole end of life it leads to disaster, inwardly if no outwardly.

6.The causes of unhappiness, it is clear, are many and various. But all have something in common. The typical one is one who, having been deprived in youth of some normal satisfaction, has come to value thsi one kind of satisfaction more than any other, and as therefore given to his life a one-sided direction.

(topic sentence原因TS句)

7.Now, on the contrary, I enjoy life; I might almost say that with every year that passes I enjoy it more. This is due partly to having discovered what were the thing that I most desired and having gradually acquired many of these things, partly it is due to having successfully dimissed certain objects of desire. But very largely it is due to a diminishing preoccupation with myself.

8.It is common in our days, as it has been in so many other periods of the world's history, to suppose that those among us who are wise enough have seen through all the euthusiams of earlier times and have become aware that there is nothing left to live for.(“今古相同”句型)

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盖茨比篇

There must have been moments even that afternoon, when Daisy tumbled short of his dream, not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.

He had thrown himself into it with a 'creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and  repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.