精美英文欣赏:Pen of Life人生之笔

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Pen of Life　

Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen.

You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don't know before you begin. Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance!

And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun? Misery¹? Life? Death? Nothing? Everything? Would you write to please just yourself? Or others? Or yourself by writing for others? Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain? Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch²? Scribble³? Doodle or draw? Would you stay in or on the lines, or see no lines at all, even if they were there? Or are they?

There's a lot to think about here, isn't there?

Now, suppose someone gave you a life...

人生之笔

假如有人送你一支笔，一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔。

看不出里面究竟有多少墨水。或许在你试探性地写上几个字后它就会枯干，或许足够用来创作一部影响深远的不朽巨著(或是几部)。而这些，在动笔前，都是无法得知的。 在这个游戏规则下，你真的永远不会预知结果。你只能去碰运气！

你又会用笔写下些什么呢：爱？恨？喜？悲？生？死？虚无？万物？你写作只是为了愉己？还是为了悦人？抑或是借替人书写而愉己？你的落笔会是颤抖胆怯的，还是鲜明果敢的？你的想象会是丰富的还是贫乏的？甚或你根本没有落笔？这是因为，你拿到笔以后，没有哪条规则说你必须写作。也许你要画素描，乱写一气？信笔涂鸦？画画？你会保持写在线内还是线上，还是根本看不到线，即使有线在那里？嗯，真的有线吗？

这里面有许多东西值得考虑，不是吗？

现在，假如有人给予你一支生命的笔……
1.tentative      adj. 试验性质的,暂时的,犹豫不决的

例句：

What is a tentative advertising⁴ appropriation⁵?
初次广告费是多少?

2.masterpiece     n. 杰作

例句：

This book is his masterpiece. 
这本书是他的杰作。

3.brilliantly     adv. 辉煌地,光亮地,灿烂地

例句：

Her article brilliantly demolishes⁶ his argument. 
她的文章精辟地批驳了他的论点。

4.Scribble       v. 潦草地书写,乱写,滥写

例句：

Do not scribble on the wall! 
不要在墙上乱涂！