双语美文：男人间无声的友谊

　　男人的沉默往往被过多地谈论且过分指责。但可以肯定的是，男人从未像女人所希望的那样开诚布公地说出自己的心里话，但我们却能很好地运用无言的理解，尤其是在维持彼此的友谊的过程中。

　　I believe, in fact, that most women would prefer a man to be glumlyun communicative than to  spill his guts¹ at the drop of a hat.

　　事实上，我相信大多数女人都宁愿男人可以忧郁地不言不语，而不喜欢男人就像竹筒倒豆子，什么都说。

　　The push for men to express their feelings presumes that we have feelings, and we do have a few, but they remain submerged, and the airing of them often violates their authenticity².

　　男人被认定为应表达感情，这就是他们表达情感的推动力。不错，我们确实有一些，但隐而不露，若要表达出来就会破坏其真实性。

　　I am no biologist, but my guess is that the male human animal was programmed for silence. I would go so far as to argue that men were programmed to be isolated³ from one another and that aloneness is our natural state. Silence in male friendships is our way of being alone with each other.

　　我不是生物学家，但我猜想男人这种动物天生就是沉默寡言的。我甚至认为男人天生就是彼此孤立的，孤独是我们的自然状态。男人间的友谊表现为沉默寡言，正是我们彼此独自生活方式的表现。

　　Once men have established a friendship, that itself is the word. The affection is obvious, at least to us. A main component⁴ of our silence is an appreciation⁵ of the obvious.

　　一旦男人间建立起友谊，友谊本身就已说明了一切。情感是明显的，至少对我们来说，我们沉默的一个主要组成部分就是对这明显情感的欣赏。

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