托福聽力長難句分析(十四)

 同學(xué)們在學(xué)習(xí)托福聽力的過程中，最頭疼的就是句子的理解，尤其是長難句。但是相對于閱讀文本來說，聽力的問題其實是比較簡答的，我們在理解句子的時候基本只要考劃分句子的主干成分，配合一些短語搭配就可以了，但是關(guān)鍵是要求我們的反應(yīng)速度要非常的快，我們現(xiàn)在就具體以TPO中的句子為例，來分析一下長難句。(TPO2-L3)

Then there’s some things that are just valued for themselves. I’m a musician, not a professional musician; I just play a musical instrument for fun.

也有些事物是本身就有價值的。我愛好音樂，但我不是職業(yè)的音樂家，我彈奏樂器純屬娛樂。

Well, like most amateur musicians, I only play because, well, I just enjoy it. It’s something that’s an end in itself.

其實跟大多數(shù)的業(yè)余音樂愛好者一樣，我享受彈奏的過程。我是為了彈奏而彈奏的。

Now, something else I value is teaching. Why? Well, it brings in a modest income, but I could make more money doing other things. I’d do it even if they didn’t pay me. I just enjoy teaching. In that sense it’s an end to itself.

我喜歡的還有教課。為什么?雖然教課能掙到一點錢，但是作別的事我能掙的更多。即便不給我工資我也會繼續(xù)教課。我只是喜歡教學(xué)，僅此而已。這樣說來我也是為了教課而教課。

But teaching’s not something that has intrinsic value for all people—and that’s true generally. Most things that are enjoyed in and of themselves vary from person to person. Some people value teaching intrinsically, but others don’t.

但是對所有人來說教課并沒有內(nèi)在價值，大家普遍是這樣認為的。很多事情我們是樂在其中還是樂哉其外，這是因人而異的。有些人認為教學(xué)有內(nèi)在價值，但有些人不這樣認為。

So how does all this relate to human happiness? Well, Aristotle asks: is there something that all human beings value . . . and value only intrinsically, for its own sake and only for its own sake?

那么這些跟人類幸福快樂有什么關(guān)系呢?亞里士多德是這樣設(shè)問的：人們因為其有內(nèi)在價值，僅僅因為自身的原因，而重視的事物存在嗎?

If you could find such a thing, that would be the universal final good, or truly the ultimate purpose or goal for all human beings. Aristotle thought the answer was yes.

如果你能找到這樣的事物，那它應(yīng)該是這個世界終極的善舉，后者說是人類的終極目標(biāo)。亞里士多德給出的答案是肯定的。

Happiness. Everyone will agree, he argues, that happiness is the ultimate end to be valued for itself and really only for itself.

幸福。大家肯定不會反對，他認為幸福快樂是衡量其本身的最終目標(biāo)，他是可以自己存在的。

Here he notes, with some frustration, people disagree. But he does give us a couple of criteria, or features, to keep in mind as we look for what true human happiness is.

這里亞里士多德提到，幾經(jīng)挫折的人往往并不同意剛才的看法。而且他也給了我們一些標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，或者幸福的特征，一遍在尋找幸福的過程中作為參考。

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