A young man sees a sunset and, unable to understand or to express the emotion that it rouses in him, concludes that it must be the gateway to a world that lies beyond. It is difficult for any of us in moments of intense aesthetic experience to resist the suggestion that we are catching a glimpse of a light that shines down to us from a different realm of existence, different and, because the experience is intensely moving, in some way higher. And, though the gleams blind and dazzle, yet
do they convey a hint of beauty and serenity greater than we have known or imagined. Greater too than we can describe, for language, which was invented to convey the meanings of this world, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.
That all great art has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable. In some moods Nature shares it. There is no sky in June so blue that it does not point forward to a bluer, no sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves an indefinable longing and regret. But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars, and existence an empty
laugh braying across the mysteries; if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humour born of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us, if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning. If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it, nor should we seek to invest with significance that whichwe cannot grasp. Beauty in terms of our human meanings is meaningless.
New words and expressions 生詞短語
rouse vt.激起(情感詞） \emotion\excitement 激動\anger 仇恨\love 愛
同義詞 arouse 激發(fā),flame\inflame 火焰,stir 攪拌
This film is really rousing.這片子真是讓人激動。
▲intense a 強烈的 love/passion 熱情/hatred/heat 酷暑/coldness 嚴(yán)寒/light/rays 強光
intensive reading 精讀/extensive reading 范讀
intensive farming 精耕細(xì)作/intensified training 強化訓(xùn)練
同義詞：violent/ferment/fierce/vehement
aesthetic
主義者
a 審美的 aesthetics 審美學(xué)（a＋s－名詞，如 logic—logics）esthete 愛美者，唯美
realm n 世界 見 19 課
gleam n 光芒
見 10 課
dazzle vt 使眼花繚亂，頭暈?zāi)垦?br>The fireworks dazzle me.那綻放的煙花使我頭暈?zāi)垦?br>dazzling achivemeng 令人矚目的成就
convey vt 傳達(dá)，表達(dá) information/meaning/knowledge
Teacher conveys knowledge to students.
同義詞：transfer/transplant 移植/transmit/transpacific 橫跨大西洋/pass over
pass!傳
serenity n 靜謐 adj serene
同義詞：poetic/quice/peaceful（O）/placid/tranquil（w）/serene life
serene lake/face（安祥的臉）
readilyad 輕易地
The work is readily done.
The problem is readily solved.這個難題迎刃而解
同義詞：smoothly/ painless
undeniable a 不可否認(rèn)的
詞源：否認(rèn) deny/可否認(rèn)的 deniable
①deny sb.……sth.
He denies me admission.他不準(zhǔn)我進(jìn)去。
②deny oneself in sth.
I deny myself in drinking.我戒酒了
deny oneself 毫無疑問/question－questionable－unqusetionable
mistakable-unmistakble
▲indefinable a 不可名狀的，無法下定義的（表程度高）
define 下定義
His kindness/hospitality is indefinable.他的熱情真是難以表述。
難以描述的 undesctibable/express－expressible-inexpressible/biyond words
▲longingn 渴望,熱望
long for a villa/long to have a ville 渴望一棟別墅
同義詞：yearn－yearning for……/thirst/thirsty/hunger
※名詞或動詞類似，則其同義詞用法類似
my hunger for books
vulgara 平庸的（來源于宗教，與 God 所住之 heaven 相對應(yīng)）
vulgar place/vulgar world/vugar language(nasty)言語粗俗
同義詞：earthly 反義詞：heavenly/godly/celestial 星空的，高雅的
radiancen 發(fā)光
來源于 radio adj－radiant smile/radioactive 表輻射
wear a radiant face 紅光滿面
※：wear 可用于表穿、戴、涂抹、留(胡子、頭發(fā)等）如 wear lipstick/whitening lotion 增白
蜜/beard
mysteries
n
神秘的事物 /mystic 見 19 課
intimation n 暗示
intimate v.告知，暗示 同義詞：hint/suggestion/imlication
whimsyn 怪念頭
whimsical adj.怪誕的見 27 課
▲in a word總而言之
同義詞：in short/in brief（見）26 課/in a nutshell
▲interpret vt 闡明
I am an interpreter.(oral)/translator(written)
inter:between
如：international/interschool/interclass/interpersonal
trans- 表示“橫過，貫穿”之義
interpret a role/play a role 扮演角色
▲unutterable a 不可言傳的 同義詞：indefinable
uttervt 說出，表達(dá) adj 完全的
in utter exhaustion 完全疲勞狀態(tài)（見 28 課）/utterance(oral)/sentence(written)
investvt賦予 m.investment同義詞 endow v.
invest in 投資: He investen in china.
invest with 給予/invest sb. with courage
invest sb. with loving heart
The novel is invested with mystery.這部小說極具神秘色彩！
graspvt理解
beyong/within my grasp 無法/能理解
Grasp all and lose all. 貪多必失
He is very grasping.他太貪婪了。
Notes on the text 課文注釋
A young man sees（與 concludes 并列） a sunset and, unable（做原因狀語） to understand or to express the emotion that it(sunset) rouses in him①, concludes that it must be the gateway to ②（通往……的門） a world that lies beyond（省略了 this world).（下一句從特殊引至一般,from a individual to the general） It is difficult for any of us( 后邊跟 to do sth. )in moments
of intense aesthetic experience ③to resist the suggestion（暗示） that（同位語從句） we are catching a glimpse（一瞥） of a light that shines down to④ us from a different realm of existence =world), different（（different 修飾 existence）and, because the experience is intensely moving（雙關(guān)語，touching/quickly), in some way higher( 更加壯麗). And, though the gleams
blind(v.使……一片茫然), and dazzle, yet do(do 起強調(diào)作用) they convey a hint of beauty and serenity greater than we have known or imagined. Greater too than we can describe⑤, for language, which was invented to convey the meanings of this world（this world:our worle）, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.
That all great art has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable. In some moods Nature shares it. There is no sky in June so blue that it does not point forward to a bluer⑥, no sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision（幻覺） of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing（in passing 在流逝的過程中） leaves an
indefinable longing and regret. But, if this world is not merely a bad joke⑦, life 省略了 is not ）（a vulgar flare ⑧amid the cool（冷，冷漠） radiance of the stars（宇宙間，意為上天）, and existence（＝life）（省略了 is not） an empty laugh braying（donkey） across the mysteries （意為上天）; if these intimations（暗示，聯(lián)想） of a something（a something 指前邊所聯(lián) 想的東西，日落、藍(lán)天） behind（inside/inside my heart,見文章第二句‘to express the emotion that it rouses in him’) and beyond（higher universe） are not evil humour born of indigestion （born of indigestion:come from misunderstangding，誤解）, or whimsies sent by the devil（與 hell 相對，意指邪惡） to mock（joke，嘲笑） and madden us, if, in a word, beauty means
something, yet we must not seek to（try to） interpret the meaning⑨. If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it, nor should we seek to invest with significance that which we cannot grasp⑩. Beauty in terms of in terms of 就……而言） our human meanings is（ meaningless. ①What's your emotion when you see the sun is rising radianly from the Mount Tai?
it is great!/beautifu!/it is really glamorous!
it is really beyond my words!
a glorious future behind him/ a glorious future in front of him（見 6 課）
②gateway to 通往……的門 To master English is a gateway to a rosy future.（非常燦爛的未來）
③in moments of intense aesthetic experience 插入語＝when we have the moments of intense aesthetic experience
④shines down to/above/high above
⑤Greater too than we can describe.無謂語句(exclamation)，表達(dá)一種驚嘆.即美得語言難以描述。
如：How nice!
⑥此句暗示更好的未來。結(jié)構(gòu)上雙重否定等于肯定 There is sky in June so blur than it does
point forward to a bluer .六月總有一種藍(lán)天能使你聯(lián)想到更湛藍(lán)的天空。
如：There is no man in the world so nice that he does not deserve any praise.
There is no man in the worle so vicious that he dose not deserve any abuse.
He is rotten to the core,so I hate him to death.他壞到心腸了，我恨死他了。to death 表一種狀態(tài)。
I love him to death.我愛死他了
I am hungry to death./I am angry to death.
⑦a bad joke 一個拙劣的玩笑，此句意為人生充滿不幸（misfortune/Happiness/laughter），西方宗教中上帝認(rèn)為人是罪惡的，所以要懲罰人類，即理解為文中 bad joke。
⑧vulgar flare 平庸的一閃，flare:short in passing；vulgar:fruitless
⑨前面 4 句分句引出文中主題句－yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.
⑩invest sth.(that which we cannot grasp) with significance，倒裝句，賓語較長放在后，
此文章為哲學(xué)家所寫，比較難，而科學(xué)類文章相對簡單。（philosopher/scientist）
作者：C.E.M.JOAD(1891-1953) Britisher/Meaning of life/God and Evil sculpture
文中圖片為雕塑家 Hogarth 的自畫像。The Line of Beauty 線條的美，在當(dāng)時其作品被評為粗暴、低俗（vulgar and inferior）。其擅長于勾畫眼睛。
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