文档介绍:该【Unit-13-Marriage课文翻译综合教程四 】是由【儒林】上传分享,文档一共【17】页,该文档可以免费在线阅读,需要了解更多关于【Unit-13-Marriage课文翻译综合教程四 】的内容,可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能,选择自己适合的文档,以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字,如需要获得完整电子版,请下载此文档到您的设备,方便您编辑和打印。Unit-13-Marriage课文翻译综合教程四Unit13MarriageRobertLynd1“Conventionalpeople,”,“liketopretendthatdifficultiesinregardtomarriageareanewthing.”Icouldnothelpwondering,asIreadthissentence,whereonecanmeettheseconventionalpeoplewhothink,orpretendtothink,,,forexample,convincedthatmarriagewasastatebesetwithdifficulties,andthatthesedifficultieswereasold,ifnotasthehills,atleastasthedayonwhichAdamlostaribandedian.“Lookatthesingleman::noshirt.”Thehumourwascrude;-halls,itwouldseemahellmainlypopulatedbytwinsandleech-likemothers-in-,itistrue,occasionallyhymned,reducingstrongmensmellingstronglyofalcoholtoreverentsilence;but,onthewhole,ediancameoutwithananti-maritalrefrainsuchas:OwhydidIleavemylittlebackroomInBloomsbury,WhereIcouldliveonapoundaweekInluxury(etthenextline).ButsinceIhavemarriedMaria,I’vejumpedoutofthefrying-?Why,theverynigger-minstrelsofmyboyhoodusedtoopentheirperformancewithachoruswhichbegan:Married!Married!Opitythosewho’,andthatVictorianwiveswerenotallviragoswithpokers,“best-seller”,indeed,-,itmaybeobjected,aretheopinionsofunconventionalpeople,,forexample,whenaskedwhetheritwasbettertomarryornot:“Whicheveryoudo,youwillrepent.”WehaveMontaignewriting:“;thoseinsideareequallydesirousofgettingout.”Baconisnomoreprenuptialwithhiscausticquotation:“Hewasreputedoneofthewisementhatmadeanswertothequestionwhenamanshouldmarry:‘Ayoungmannotyet;aneldermannotatall.’”Burtonisfarfromencouraging!“Onewasnevermarried,andthat’shishell;anotheris,andthat’shisplague.”Pepysscribbledinhisdiary:“Strangetosaywhatdelightwemarriedpeoplehavetoseethesepoorfolkdecoyedintoourcondition.”6ThepiousJeremyTaylorwasaskeenlyawarethatmarriageisnotallbliss.“Marriage,”hedeclared,“hathinitlessofbeautyandmoreofsafetythanthesinglelife-ithathmorecarebutlessdanger;itismoremerryandmoresad;itisfullerofsorrowsandfullerofjoys.”ThesentimentalandoptimisticSteelecandonobetterthan:“Themarriagestate,withandwithouttheaffectionsuitabletoit,pletestimageofHeavenandHellwearecapableofreceivinginthislife.”7Rousseaudeniedthataperfectmarriagehadeverbeenknown.“Ihaveoftenthought,”hewrote,“.”;buteveryonewillrememberhow,devotedhusbandthoughhewas,hedeniedthatthestateofmarriagewasnaturaltoman.“Sir,”hedeclared,“itissofarfrombeingnaturalforamanandwomantoliveinastateofmarriagethatwefindallthemotiveswhichtheyhaveforremaininginthatconnexionandtherestraintswhichcivilisedsocietyimposestopreventseparationarehardlysufficienttokeepthemtogether."8Whenonereadsthethingsthathavebeensaidaboutmarriagefromonegenerationtoanother,onecannotbutbeamazedatthecouragewithwhichtheyounggo