是活还是不活英语美文.docx

是活还是不活英语美文

六字名言：是活还是不活Sixfamouswords"Tobeornottobe".OutsidetheBible,thesesixwordsarethemostfamousinalltheliteratureoftheworld.TheywerespokenbyHamletwhenhewasthinkingaloud,andtheyarethemostfamouswordsinShakespearebecauseHamletwasspeakingnotonlyforhimselfbutalsoforeverythinkingmanandwoman.Tobeornottobe,toliveornottolive,toliverichlyandabundantlyandeagerly,ortolivedullyandmeanlyandscarcely.Aphilosopheroncewantedtoknowwhetherhewasaliveornot,whichisagoodquestionforeveryonetoputtohimselfoccasionally.Heanswereditbysaying:"Ithink,therefoream."Butthebestdefinitionofexistenceeversawdidanotherphilosopherwhosaid:"Tobeistobeinrelations."Ifthistrue,thenthemorerelationsalivingthinghas,themoreitisalive.Toliveabundantlymeanssimplytoincreasetherangeandintensityofourrelations.Unfortunatelywearesoconstitutedthatwegettoloveourroutine.Butapartfromourregularoccupationhowmucharewealive?Ifyouareinterest-edonlyinyourregularoccupation,youarealiveonlytothatextent.Sofarasotherthingsareconcerned--poetryandprose,music,pictures,sports,unselfishfriendships,politics,internationalaffairs--youaredead.Contrariwise,itistruethateverytimeyouacquireanewinterest--evenmore,anewaccomplishment--youincreaseyourpoweroflife.Noonewhoisdeeplyinterestedinalargevarietyofsubjectscanremainun-happy,therealpessimististhepersonwhohaslostinterest.Baconsaidthatamandiesasoftenashelosesafriend.Butwegainnewlifebycontacts,newfriends.Whatissupremelytrueoflivingobjectsisonlylesstrueofideas,whicharealsoalive.Whereyourthoughtsare,therewillyourlivebealso.Ifyourthoughtsareconfinedonlytoyourbusiness,onlytoyourphysicalwelfare,onlytothenarrowcircleofthetowninwhichyoulive,thenyouliveinanarrowcir-conscribedlife.ButifyouareinterestedinwhatisgoingoninChina,thenyouarelivinginChina~ifyou’reinterestedinthecharactersofagoodnovel,thenyouarelivingwiththosehighlyinterestingpeople,ifyoulistenintentlytofinemusic,youareawayfromyourimmediatesurroundingsandlivinginaworldofpassionandimagination.Tobeornottobe--toliveintense