Romantic Love
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今天听到一篇关于爱情的材料,其中举了几个观点,觉得挺有意思的,分享给大家:
(由于主要是听译没有原文,如发现错误或有更好的译法欢迎指出~)

One of the most important emotions of human is love. However, there are many different kinds of love.  Romantic love is certainly one of the most interesting kinds of love. It can be beautiful, wonderful, and heartbreaking, sometimes all at the same time. Romantic love can make our lives full and meaningful, but it can also be an escape from loneliness and suffering.
爱情可以使我们的生活更加完整和有意义,但同样也可以是一种逃避寂寞和煎熬的方法。

If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology has discovered it. However, through out histories, philosophers have offered opinions about it. 

The Greek philosopher, Plato, said love makes us complete. He relates a comic story in which humans originally had four arms, four legs and two faces. Then, when they angered the Gods, they were cut in half. Since then every person has been searching for their soulmate, the other half of his or her self. 
柏拉图说,爱使我们完整。他讲了一个故事:人原本有四条胳膊、四条腿、两张脸,但因触怒上帝,被切成两半,所以每个人都在找TA的另一半。

Another philosopher believed that love is an illusion. In his view, people fall in love because they believe the other person can make them happy. But in fact, this is just an illusion designed to make us have children. Once we have children, we are right back to where we were, still searching for happiness. For nature, this is a success, because we have children to maintain our species. But it leads us still searching for something more. 
另一名哲学家说,爱是幻想。人们相爱是因为他们相信另一个人能使他们快乐。但这不过是被设计出来让我们要孩子的。一旦我们有了孩子,我们就会回到原处,继续寻找快乐。

In Buddhism, romantic love is seen as an attempt to satisfy our desires. These desires are a defect, something we need to overcome. The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires. Once free of desires, we can reach a state of peace and wisdom. This state of being is called Nirvana. 
佛教中,爱情被视为满足我们欲望的一种尝试。这些欲望是我们需要克服的瑕疵。让我们免于苦难的方法在于摒弃欲望,一旦从欲望中释放,我们就能达到一种平与智慧的状态,即涅槃。

In one of China's great classical novels, Dream of the Red Chamber, love is presented as a state of  foolishness. A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman, who tricks and makes a fool of him. This results a conflicting emotion of love and hate, which tear him apart. To cure him, a priest gives him a magic mirror. The priest tells him to look into the reverse side of the mirror, but never to look into the front side. When the young man looks into the mirror, he doesn't like what he sees, so he looks into the forbidden side, the front side. There he sees the lovely image of his love, who invites him into the mirror, to be with her. He does several times, until he is finally dragged away in chains. He dies while looking into the mirror. Perhaps the point of the story is that all such attachments should be avoided. 
红楼梦里,爱被呈现为一种愚蠢的状态。贾瑞看上了王熙凤,结果被其捉弄地得了病。一个路过的道士给了他一块名叫“风月宝鉴”的镜子,嘱咐他只看背面,不能看正面。但是他受不了背面的骷髅头,就翻到了正面,结果看到了凤姐,便进去与其云雨多次,结果精尽人亡而死。

A famous French writer Simone de Beauvoir has another point of view. For her, love is the desire to integrate with another, like in a great friendship. However, it is important that lovers not become too dependent on the other person. Becoming dependent on another person can lead to boredom or power games. Lovers should support each other in discovering themselves and developing their potentials. In this way, romantic love can reach the world.
法国作家 西蒙娜·德·波伏娃 认为,爱是想与另一个人结合的愿望,就像是在一段很棒的友谊中一样。不要太过于依赖于另一个人,这会导致厌倦和权术。相爱的人应支持彼此,发现彼此,开发潜力。

Falling in love can be exciting and frightening. Maybe we lose ourselves and maybe we find ourselves. Will you dare to find out?
相爱可以是兴奋的、吓人的。我们或许会失去自我,或许会找到自我。你敢去弄清楚吗?
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  • luoc 2018-01-18 09:30
    感谢分享!
  • Blueweather 2018-01-18 19:43
    可以说是看的最舒服的几段英文了
  • 小进 2018-01-18 20:04
    Blueweather: 可以说是看的最舒服的几段英文了
    啥意思……怎么就舒服了,词汇简单吗
  • Blueweather 2018-01-18 21:29
    小进: 啥意思……怎么就舒服了,词汇简单吗
    对啊。。。
  • 豆沙团子 2018-01-19 22:16
    所以你觉得爱是啥
  • 小进 2018-01-19 23:32
    豆沙团子: 所以你觉得爱是啥
    目前还没个确定答案啊……不过比较倾向于波伏娃的说法
  • 请叫我bug 2018-01-20 10:48
    豆沙团子: 所以你觉得爱是啥
    爱是love,爱是amour,爱是Rak,爱是爱心,爱是love,爱是人类最美丽的语言,爱是正大无私的奉献
  • 豆沙团子 2018-01-21 12:31
    请叫我bug: 爱是love,爱是amour,爱是Rak,爱是爱心,爱是love,爱是人类最美丽的语言,爱是正大无私的奉献
    天呐多才多艺的




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