今日长难句
Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.(Text4. 2006)
surround / səˈraund / v.围绕;环绕
promise / ˈprɔmis / n.许诺;承诺
religion / riˈlidʒən / n.宗教
Memento mori 拉丁语,可译为:“记住你终有一死”
结构分析
你需要知道
1. 冒号后面,是解释说明的部分,可以是单词、短语或句子。这里不用管是什么成分哈~
2. remember后面跟的宾语从句①②③为平行结构。
翻译
如今,周围到处都是对唾手可得的幸福的承诺,我们需要艺术来告诫我们,正如宗教曾经告诉我们的,人终有一死,万事皆会结束,幸福不在于拒绝,而在于接受它。
预告8.6长难句(又到周末了哈哈哈~)
Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much slower because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies produced. (完形,2007)