你是浪漫主义者还是古典主义者？：英语精读讲义

We may not be used to thinking ourselves in these terms, 語法

我们可能不习惯用这些词来思考自己，

but the labels romantic and classical usefully bring into focus 講解

但“浪漫主义”和“古典主义”这两个标签能有效地帮助我们聚焦

some of the central themes of our personalities

性格中的一些核心主题，

and help us to gain a clearer sense of who we and other people are. 短語搭配

也能帮我们更清晰地认识自己和他人。

These are some of the things that divide romantic from classical personalities.

以下是区分浪漫主义性格和古典主义性格的一些特点。

Romantics relish things that seem slightly to defy rational explanations. 短語搭配

浪漫主义者喜欢那些似乎有点违背理性解释的事物。

They're enthusiastic about feelings and wary of the intellect as a guide to life. 短語搭配

他们对情感充满热情，对将理智作为人生指南持谨慎态度。

They believe one shouldn't always think too much. 語法

他们认为人不应该总是想得太多。

In their eyes, 短語搭配

在他们看来，

it may be slightly unfair to probe a decision or a mood too hard.

过度探究一个决定或一种情绪可能有些不太公平。

They like instinct.

他们喜欢直觉。

In particular,

尤其是，

they think one shouldn't always attempt to take apart emotions. 短語動詞

他们认为人不应该总是试图去剖析情感。

Classicists, on the other hand, 表達脈絡

另一方面，古典主义者

are wary of intuition.

对直觉保持警惕。

They've learnt, often through bitter experience, 短語搭配

他们通常从痛苦的经历中认识到，

how misguided and deluded their own feelings may be

自己的情感可能会是多么容易被误导和充满错觉，

and hence look rather skeptically and caustically upon them.

因此，他们以一种相当怀疑和尖刻的态度看待情感。

Romantics are wary of teaching and instruction.

浪漫主义者对说教和指导持谨慎态度。

They think things should be spontaneous rather than taught.

他们认为事物应该是自发的，而不是被教导出来的。

The idea that people might need to think rationally and exhaustively 語法

有一种观点认为，人们可能需要理性而详尽地思考

about what career to choose for themselves or whom they should marry

该为自己选择什么职业或该和谁结婚，

strikes the romantic as a misguided intrusion of education

浪漫主义者认为这是教育对那些

into things which should be spontaneous and natural.

本应自发、自然的事物的一种误导性干涉。

They like the notion of a calling and of love at first sight. 講解

他们喜欢“使命感”和“一见钟情”的观念。

Part of romantics' respect for spontaneity

浪漫主义者对自发性的尊重，在一定程度上

leads them to look with particular interest at children,

促使他们对儿童抱有特别的兴趣，

who seem to them to have more direct access 短語搭配

在他们看来，儿童似乎能更直接地接触到

to the kinds of truths and sensibilities that adults have lost.

那些成年人已经丧失的真理和情感。

To the romantic,

对浪漫主义者来说，

it will always be a child

永远都会是一个孩子

who points out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. 文化背景

指出皇帝其实什么也没穿。

Those of a classical temperament

那些具有古典主义气质的人

don't necessarily respect the current education system as we know it, 短語搭配

并不一定认同我们目前所熟知的教育体系，

but the abstract idea of education seems to them very important.

但教育的抽象理念对他们来说却非常重要。

They believe that training is vital

他们认为训练是至关重要的，

if we're to avoid making too many mistakes 語法

如果我们要避免犯下太多错误，

in our emotional or professional lives.

无论是在感情生活还是职业生涯中。

The romantic person is devoted to saying what they think or feel. 短語搭配

浪漫主义者致力于表达自己的想法或感受。

They're allergic to the idea of being fake or of having secrets. 習語

他们对虚伪或保留秘密的想法十分反感。

Authenticity is vital.

真实性是至关重要的。

But the classical person reveres politeness 習語

但古典主义者则尊崇礼节，

as a very important lid that suppresses what might destroy us.

视其为压制可能毁灭我们的事物的一个极重要的盖子。

They believe deeply in getting on around other people. 短語動詞

他们深信与他人和睦相处之道。

They'd much prefer to have civil relations with someone 語法

他们宁愿和某人保持礼貌的关系，

rather than tell them frankly what's on their mind. 習語

也不愿坦白地说出心里的想法。

They accept an important role for secrets and white lies. 習語

他们接受秘密和善意的谎言所扮演的重要角色。

The romantic is excited by how things might ideally be

浪漫主义者会为理想中的事物状态感到兴奋，

and judges what currently exists in the world 語法

并以此来评判当前世界上存在的事物，

by the standard of a better imagined alternative.

以一个更美好的想象中的替代方案作为标准。

Most of the time,

大多数时候，

the current state of things arouses them to intense disappointment and anger

事物的现状会引发他们强烈的失望和愤怒，

as they consider the injustices,

当他们考虑到那些不公、

prevarications, compromises, 用詞

推诿、妥协，

and timidity of the powerful. 語法

以及掌权者的怯懦时。

They're often furious with governments

他们经常对政府感到愤怒，

and surprised and outraged by evidence

也会对社会中

of venal and self-interested conduct in society. 用詞

贪赃枉法、自私自利行为的证据感到惊讶和愤慨。

For their part, 表達脈絡

就古典主义者而言，

the classical person

他们

pays special attention to what can go wrong.

特别关注什么事情可能会出错。

They're very concerned to mitigate the downside. 短語搭配

他们非常关心如何减轻负面影响。

They're aware that most things could be a lot worse.

他们意识到，大多数事情都可能会变得更糟。

Before condemning a government,

在谴责一个政府之前，

they consider the standards of government across history

他们会考虑历史上各个政府的标准，

and may regard a current arrangement 語法

并可能认为当前的安排

as bearable under the circumstances. 短語搭配

在这种情况下还是可以忍受的。

High ideals make them nervous.

崇高的理想会让他们感到不安。

Romantics rebel against the ordinary. 短語搭配

浪漫主义者反叛平凡。

They're keen on the exotic and the rare. 短語搭配

他们热衷于异国情调和稀有之物。

They're anxious about higher things being put under pressure 短語搭配

他们对更高级的事物承受压力

to become useful or commercial.

变得实用或商业化感到焦虑。

They want heroism, excitement,

他们渴望英雄主义、刺激，

and an end to boredom.

以及终结无聊。

Classical people like daily life.

古典主义者喜欢日常生活。

They're familiar enough with extremes 語法

他们对极端情况已经司空见惯，

to welcome things that are a little boring.

因此乐于接受稍微有些无聊的事物。

They can see the charm of staying home and doing the laundry. 短語搭配

他们能看到待在家里洗衣服的魅力。

Both romantic and classical orientations

浪漫主义和古典主义的倾向

have important truths to impart.

都有重要的真理要传达。

Neither is wholly right or wrong. 語法

哪一方都不是完全正确或错误的。

They need to be balanced.

它们需要保持平衡。

But because a good life requires a judicious balance of both,

但是，因为美好的生活需要两者达到明智的平衡，

at this point in history,

在当今这个历史阶段，

when the spirit of the age is pretty romantic, 習語

当时代的精神相当偏向浪漫主义时，

it might be the classical attitude 語法

也许正是古典主义的态度，

whose distinctive claims and wisdom

其独特的主张和智慧，

we need to listen to most intently.

才是我们最需要专心倾听的。

It's a mode of approaching life

这是一种对待生活的方式，

which is ripe for rediscovery, 習語

它已经具备了被重新发现的条件，

and it can be repeatedly sampled in the films on this channel.

而且你可以在本频道的影片中反复体会到它。