E01 马克·吐温：回忆母亲（一）
E01 马克·吐温：回忆母亲（一）
课程导读
妈妈在成为妈妈以前，她首先是她自己。所以纪念母亲最好的方式，或许就是忠实记录她作为自己最真实的样子。就像马克·吐温这样。以讽刺幽默著称的马克·吐温，会用怎样的笔墨追忆自己的母亲呢？让我们一起翻开这篇《回忆母亲》。
作者简介：
马克·吐温（Mark Twain）：美国作家、演说家，代表作品有小说《百万英镑》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》《汤姆·索亚历险记》等。
英文原文
This Was My Mother
回忆母亲
My mother, Jane Lampton Clements, died in her 88th year, a mighty age for one who at 40 was so delicate of body as to be accounted a confirmed invalid, destined to pass soon away.
我的母亲，简·兰普顿·克莱门斯，八十八岁那年去世。她四十岁的时候就弱不禁风，是公认的病秧子，注定的短命鬼，可结果活到耄耋之年。
「知识点」
母亲生活的十九世纪末，人类平均预期寿命不到 40 岁。
But the invalid who, forgetful of self, takes a strenuous and indestructible interest in everything and everybody, as she did, and to whom a dull moment is an unknown thing, is a formidable adversary for disease.
这个病人全然不把自己放在心上，对周围的任何人、任何事却抱有“锲而不舍”的兴趣。对她而言，闲极无聊是一件闻所未闻的事情。而这一切是战胜疾病最有力的武器。
She had a heart so large that everybody's griefs and joys found welcome in it.
她心胸那么宽阔，容得下每一个人的悲伤和快乐。
One of her neighbors never got over the way she received the news of a local accident.
有位邻居永远都不会忘记听说当地一起交通事故之后她的反应。
When he had told how a man had been thrown from his horse and killed because a calf had run in his way, my mother asked with genuine interest, "What became of the calf?" She was not indifferent to the man's death, she was interested in the calf, too.
那人告诉她，有个人骑着马，被一头小牛挡住去路，从马背上摔了下来，一命呜呼。我母亲兴味盎然地问：“小牛怎么样了？”她并非对那个人的死漠然视之，只是对小牛的结局也同样在意。
She could find something to excuse and as a rule to love in the toughest of human beings or animals—even if she had to invent it.
即使对那些最粗鲁的人、最凶残的动物，她都能找到原谅他们的理由，而且一如既往地爱他们，哪怕不得不编故事骗自己。
Once we beguiled her into saying a soft word for the devil himself.
有一次我们故意设圈套骗她为鬼说好话。
We started abusing him, one conspirator after another adding his bitter word, until she walked right into the trap.
几个同谋便轮番骂鬼，越骂越狠，直到她一脚踏空掉进陷阱。
She admitted that the indictment was sound, but had he been treated fairly? Who, in 18 centuries, had had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner who needed it most?
她承认对鬼的指控不无道理，但是这样对待他公平吗？在过去的十八个世纪里，人类有谁曾为那个最需要宽恕的恶棍——鬼——祈祷吗？
「知识点」
in 18 centuries：指的是基督诞生纪元以来的十八个世纪
课程导读
妈妈在成为妈妈以前，她首先是她自己。所以纪念母亲最好的方式，或许就是忠实记录她作为自己最真实的样子。就像马克·吐温这样。以讽刺幽默著称的马克·吐温，会用怎样的笔墨追忆自己的母亲呢？让我们一起翻开这篇《回忆母亲》。
作者简介：
马克·吐温（Mark Twain）：美国作家、演说家，代表作品有小说《百万英镑》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》《汤姆·索亚历险记》等。
英文原文
This Was My Mother
回忆母亲
My mother, Jane Lampton Clements, died in her 88th year, a mighty age for one who at 40 was so delicate of body as to be accounted a confirmed invalid, destined to pass soon away.
我的母亲，简·兰普顿·克莱门斯，八十八岁那年去世。她四十岁的时候就弱不禁风，是公认的病秧子，注定的短命鬼，可结果活到耄耋之年。
「知识点」
母亲生活的十九世纪末，人类平均预期寿命不到 40 岁。
But the invalid who, forgetful of self, takes a strenuous and indestructible interest in everything and everybody, as she did, and to whom a dull moment is an unknown thing, is a formidable adversary for disease.
这个病人全然不把自己放在心上，对周围的任何人、任何事却抱有“锲而不舍”的兴趣。对她而言，闲极无聊是一件闻所未闻的事情。而这一切是战胜疾病最有力的武器。
She had a heart so large that everybody's griefs and joys found welcome in it.
她心胸那么宽阔，容得下每一个人的悲伤和快乐。
One of her neighbors never got over the way she received the news of a local accident.
有位邻居永远都不会忘记听说当地一起交通事故之后她的反应。
When he had told how a man had been thrown from his horse and killed because a calf had run in his way, my mother asked with genuine interest, "What became of the calf?" She was not indifferent to the man's death, she was interested in the calf, too.
那人告诉她，有个人骑着马，被一头小牛挡住去路，从马背上摔了下来，一命呜呼。我母亲兴味盎然地问：“小牛怎么样了？”她并非对那个人的死漠然视之，只是对小牛的结局也同样在意。
She could find something to excuse and as a rule to love in the toughest of human beings or animals—even if she had to invent it.
即使对那些最粗鲁的人、最凶残的动物，她都能找到原谅他们的理由，而且一如既往地爱他们，哪怕不得不编故事骗自己。
Once we beguiled her into saying a soft word for the devil himself.
有一次我们故意设圈套骗她为鬼说好话。
We started abusing him, one conspirator after another adding his bitter word, until she walked right into the trap.
几个同谋便轮番骂鬼，越骂越狠，直到她一脚踏空掉进陷阱。
She admitted that the indictment was sound, but had he been treated fairly? Who, in 18 centuries, had had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner who needed it most?
她承认对鬼的指控不无道理，但是这样对待他公平吗？在过去的十八个世纪里，人类有谁曾为那个最需要宽恕的恶棍——鬼——祈祷吗？
「知识点」
in 18 centuries：指的是基督诞生纪元以来的十八个世纪
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