假如给我三天光明第一天
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如果给你三天光明
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第一天
)
2006-01-21 17:57
How would you use your own eyes if you had only three more days to see. If with
the on-coming darkness of the third night you knew that the sun would never rise
for you again, how would you spend those three precious intervening days? What
would you most want to let your gaze rest upon?
如果你只拥有三天的光明，
你该如何用你的双眼看世界？面对即将到来的黑暗，
你深知，< br>太阳
对你来说，
永不再升起了，
那么你该怎样度过这从天而降的宝贵的三天呢？ 你最想要注视的东西
又是什么呢？让我们随着海伦
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The
First Day
On the first day, I should want to see the people
whose
kindness
and
gentleness
and
companionship
（
1
）
have made my life worth
living. First I should like to gaze long upon
（
2
）
the face of my dear teacher
, Mrs.
Anne Sullivan Macy, who came to me when I was a child and opened the outer world
to me. I should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I could cherish
it in my memory
（
3
）
, but to study that face and find in it the living evidence
（
4
）
of
the
sympathetic
tenderness
and
patience
with
which
she
accomplished
the
difficult
task
of
my
education.
I
should
like
to
see
in
her
eyes
that
strength
of
character which has enabled her to stand firm in the face of difficulties, and that
compassion for all humanity which she has revealed to(5) me so often.
I
do
not
know
what
it is
to
see
into
（
6
）
the
heart
of
a
friend
through
that
（
7
）
, the eye. I can only
（
8
）
my finger tips the
outline of a face. I can detect laughter
, sorrow, and many other obvious emotions.
I know my friends from the feel of their faces. But I cannot really picture
（
9
）
their
personalities by touch
（
10
）
. I know their personalities, of course, through other
means, through the thoughts they express to me, through whatever of their actions
are revealed to me. But I am denied that deeper understanding of them which I am
sure would come through sight of them, through watching their reactions to various
expressed thoughts and circumstances, through noting the immediate and fleeting
reactions of their eyes and countenance
（
11
）
.
Friends who are near to me I know well, because through the months and years they
reveal themselves to me in all their phases; but of casual friends I have only an
incomplete impression, an impression gained from a handclasp
（
12
）
, from spoken
words which I take from their lips with my finger tips, or which they tap into
（
13
）
the palm of my hand.
How much easier
, how much more satisfying it is for you who can see to grasp
quickly the essential qualities of another person by watching the subtleties
（
14
）
of
expression, the quiver of a muscle
（
15
）
, the flutter of a hand
（
16
）
. But does it ever
occur to you to use your sight to see into the inner nature
（
17
）
of a friends
？
Do not
most of you seeing people grasp casually the outward features of a face and let it go
at that?
For instance can you describe accurately the faces of five good friends? Some of
you can, but many cannot. As an experiment, I have questioned husbands of long
standing
（
18
）
about
the
color
of
their
wives'
eyes,
and
often
they
express
embarrassed confusion and admit that they do not know. And, incidentally, it is a
chronic
（
19
）
complaint of wives that their husbands do not notice new dresses, new
hats, and changes in household arrangements.
The eyes of seeing persons soon become accustomed to
（
20
）
the routine of their
surroundings, and they actually see only the startling and spectacular
. But even in
viewing the most spectacular sights
（
21
）
the eyes are lazy. Court records reveal
every day how inaccurately
（
22
）
see. A given event will be
in several different ways by as many witnesses. Some see more than others, but few
see everything that is within the range of their vision
（
23
）
.
Oh, the things that I should see if I had the power of sight for just three days!
The first day would be a busy one. I should call to me all my dear friends and
look long into their faces, imprinting upon(24) my mind the outward evidences of
the beauty that is within them. I should let my eyes rest, too, on the face of a baby,
so that I could catch a vision of the eager
, innocent beauty(25) which precedes the
individual's consciousness of the conflicts which life develops.
And I should like to look into the loyal, trusting eyes of my dogs - the grave,
canny
little
Scottie,
Darkie,
and
the
stalwart,
understanding
Great
Dane,
Helga,
whose warm, tender
, and playful friendships are so comforting to me.
On that busy first day I should also view the small simple things of my home. I
want to see the warm colors in the rugs under my feet, the pictures on the walls, the
intimate
trifles
that
transform
a
house
into
（
26
）
home.
My
eyes
would
rest
respectfully on the books in raised type which I have read, but they would be more
eagerly interested in the printed books which seeing people can read, for during the
long night of my life the books I have read and those which have been read to me
have built themselves into a great shining lighthouse, revealing to me the deepest
channels of human life and the human spirit.
In the afternoon of that first seeing day. I should take a long walk in the woods and
intoxicate
（
27
）
my eyes on the beauties of the world of Nature trying desperately
to absorb in a few hours the vast splendor which is constantly unfolding itself to
those who can see. On the way home from my woodland jaunt(28) my path would
lie near a farm so that I might see the patient horses ploughing in the field
（
perhaps
I should see only a tractor!) and the serene content of men living close to the soil.
And I should pray for the glory of a colorful sunset.
When dusk had fallen, I should experience the double delight of being able to
see by artificial light which the genius of man has created to extend the power of his
sight when Nature decrees darkness.
In the night of that first day of sight, I should not be able to sleep, so full would be
my mind of the memories of the day.
讲解（
1
）
kindness, gentleness and companionship:
善良、温柔和友情。
讲解（
2
）
gaze long upon:
长久地凝视。
gaze upon:
注视，看见，望到。
讲解（
3
）
cherish it in my memory:
珍藏在我的记忆之中。