《自然颂》翻译点评和学习.ppt

* （节选） (Excerpt) By Ralph Waldo Emerson 国金062：郑伊拉 黄丽珍 李敏芬 the American towering figure of his era, was responsible for bringing Transcendentalism to New England, and he was recognized throughout his life as the leader of the movement. Emerson was born in Boston, the son of a Unitarian minister who died when Emerson was eight years old. He attended Harvard, studied theology, and became a Unitarian minister himself in 1829. At Concord that Emerson wrote his first book, Nature (1836). Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature is one of Emerson’s best-known and most influential essays, it is a lyrical expression of the harmony Emerson felt between himself and nature. The main idea of the essay is that nature inspires spiritual understanding in human being. In this excerpt, the author accounts that the most enriching form of solitude is to be alone with nature, yet because nature is always present, we tend to take it for granted. Nature provides perfect joy, a oneness with God, an understanding of immortal beauty and the interconnection of all things. However, the ability to see these truths lies within the viewer. Emerson To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with his design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out the envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with his design, to give man, in t