为什么叫sensensei?以及美国第2份报纸的一点轶事丨Day2

 

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今日笔记:富兰克林深得我心,两百多年前就道破了sense的重要性(详见4&5句)——这也是sensensei的命名缘由:

sense+sensei→→sensensei。小名sense君,中文名“三丝君”。

(众人:…………)言归正传,今日7句奉上:

1.只言片语
But one does not dress for private company as for a publick ball.


人不会像去舞会一般盛装参加私人聚会。

publick

public的老式拼写
2.对阅读的痴迷
From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.


从小我便极爱阅读,所有到我手里的零钱都会花在书籍上。

be fond of

爱好,喜爱

lay out

展示;安排;花钱;为…划样;提议
3.辩论是智力散步,但过多则无益
I took the contrary side, perhaps a little for dispute's sake.


我的观点是相反的,也许有些为了争论而争论。

(这句出现在富兰克林与一名同样喜爱阅读的男孩子的争论之中,两个人常常就不同话题雄辩一番,富兰克林认识到:争辩很容易养成坏的习惯,使人咄咄逼人,失去朋友。)

contrary

adj. 相反的;对立的

dispute

v./n. 辩论;争吵

for … sake

为了…的缘故
4&5 关于sense的重要性
Now, is not want of sense (where a man is so unfortunate as to want it) some apology for his want of modesty?
&
"Immodest words admit but this defense,
That want of modesty is want of sense"


缺乏sense难道不正是缺乏谦逊的借口吗?

&

对不谦逊的话语的唯一辩护就在于此

缺乏谦逊就是因为sense不够

want

此处表示缺乏、缺少

immodest/modesty

adj. 不谦虚的;不庄重的/n.谦逊、谦虚

defense

n. 防卫,防护;防御措施;防守
6. 创立报刊
I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking, as not likely to succeed, one newspaper being, in their judgment, enough for America.


富兰克林的哥哥想要创办美国第二份报纸的时候,很多朋友都阻拦他,说对美国来说一份报纸就足够了。

当时美国的第一份报纸叫做Boston News-Letter。那是1720-1721年。而富兰克林的哥哥坚持创办了New England Courant。

1771年(富兰克林写下这些文字之时),美国已经有不下25家报纸了。

后来富兰克林的哥哥因为报上一些比较激进的观点被关押,政府勒令“James Franklin should no longer print the paper called the New England Courant”,于是在改变报刊名字和改变经营者名字之中,他的哥哥选择了后者。以Benjamin Franklin的名字经营数月之后,这段轶事以两兄弟的不和告终。

dissuade

vt. 劝阻,劝止

undertaking

n. 事业;企业;保证
7. 兄弟失和
I determin'd on the point, but my father now siding with my brother, I was sensible that, if I attempted to go openly, means would be used to prevent me.


在兄弟的失和之中,父亲站在了富兰克林哥哥的一边。富兰克林如果尝试公开离开,一定会被想方设法阻拦。

siding(side)

v.支持

attempt

vt./n. 企图,试图;尝试

prevent

vt. 预防,防止;阻止

vi. 妨碍,阻止
“每日7句”精读计划Day2
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
(《富兰克林自传》)
The best time to plant a tree was 

20 years ago. 

The second-best time is today.

今天你开始读书了吗?

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