2024年5月22日发(作者：)

Unit one A

An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he

captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. The

cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to

participate in their own destruction.

艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。

成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。

Fame's spotlight can be hotter than a tropical jungle—a fraud is quickly

exposed, and the pressure of so much attention is too much for most to

endure. It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you

are, not what you really are or could be. The performer, like the politician,

must often please his or her audiences by saying things he or she does not

mean or fully believe.

名气这盏聚光灯可比热带丛林还要炙热。骗局很快会被揭穿，过多的关注带来的压力

会让大多数人难以承受。它让你失去自我。你必须是公众认可的那个你，而不是真实的你

或是可能的你。艺人，就像政客一样，必须常常说些违心或连自己都不完全相信的话来取

悦听众。

One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a man's soul,

and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing.

You would be hard-pressed to underline many names of those who have not

compromised and still succeeded in the fame game.

一滴名气之水有可能玷污人的心灵这一整口井，因此一个艺术家若能保持真我，会格

外让人惊叹。你可能答不上来哪些人没有妥协，却仍然在这场名利的游戏中获胜。

Unit three B

I hadn't noticed the five men performing at the side of the stage as an

introduction to the show. "They're seated cross-legged on a rug, dressed in

loose white cotton shirts and large black trousers, with fabric around their

waists that has been dyed bright red. Three are young lads, one is

middle-aged and one is elderly. One beats a small drum, another plays a

wooden stringed instrument, and the other three have smaller, violin-like

pieces they play with a bow."

我并没注意到舞台那头的五个人，他们在奏着演出的开场乐曲。“他们盘着腿坐在小地

毯上，身着宽松的白色棉布衬衫和肥大的黑裤，腰系染成鲜红色的布带。他们中三个是年

轻小伙子，还有一位中年乐手和一位老年乐手。他们中一个击鼓，另一个奏着木制的弦乐

器，另外三个用琴弓拉着一种类似小提琴但要小一些的乐器。”

Unit five A

Loneliness may be a sort of national disease here, and it's more

embarrassing for us to admit than any other sin. On the other hand, to be

alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is