古大叔小木屋（95）瓦尔登湖第七章 豆田（1）腾讯会议版

2021年9月24日 星期五 8:30——9:40 古大叔小木屋（95）直播实况录制 文本 Walden [ˈwɔldən] (Issue 95) 7. The Bean-Field (1) MEANWHILE MY BEANS, the length of whose rows[rəʊ], added together, was seven miles already planted, were impatient to be hoed, for the earliest had grown considerably before the latest were in the ground; indeed they were not easily to be put off. What was the meaning of this so steady and self-respecting, this small Herculean[ˌhɜːkju'liːən]极费力的adj.[希神]赫拉克勒斯的labor, I knew not. I came to love my rows, my beans, though so many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus[ænˈtiːəs] 安泰俄斯（希腊神话中的利比亚巨人，中文也译为“安泰”，只要身体不离开地面，就不可战胜，后被赫剌克勒斯（Hercules）举在空中扼死）. But why should I raise them? Only Heaven knows. This was my curious labor all summer - to make this portion of the earth's surface, which had yielded only cinquefoil[ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl],blackberries, johnswort, and the like, before, sweet wild fruits and pleasant flowers, produce instead this pulse. What shall I learn of beans or beans of me? I cherish them, I hoe them, early and late I have an eye to them; and this is my day's work. It is a fine broad leaf to look on. My auxiliaries[ɔːg'zɪljərɪs]辅助 are the dews and rains which water this dry soil, and what fertility[fɜːˈtɪlɪtɪ] is in the soil[sɔɪl] itself, which for the most part is lean[liːn] and effete[ɪˈfiːt]. My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks. The last have nibbled for me a quarter of an acre[ˈeɪkə] clean. But what right had I to oust[aʊst] johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden? Soon, however, the remaining beans will be too tough for them, and go forward to meet new foes[fəʊs]. 同时我的豆子，每一排的长度加起来，已经种了有七英里，正焦急地等待着锄头，因为早种的已长得过于茂盛赫然而立，而新种的还没有出土；真的不能轻易再拖延。如此的淡定和如此的自尊，这种小小的赫克勒斯劳作意味着什么，我不知道。我逐渐爱上了我的田垄，我的豆子，尽管如此众多超出我的预期。它们把我附着在大地之上，于是/我有了安泰一样的力量。可是我为什么培育它们，只有天知道。这是我整个夏天奇怪的劳作——让这部分大地的表面，以前仅盛产委陵菜、黑莓和小连翘之类，结一些甜蜜的野果和爽心的花儿，有了这种生产的冲动。关于豆子/我将知道什么，或者说豆子的我？我珍惜[xī]它们，我锄它们，起早贪黑地照看它们；这是我的日工。那是一片精美宽宽的叶子/我去照看。我的助手是浇灌着干燥土地的露水和雨，还有土地本身的肥力，本来大多是瘦弱和贫瘠[jí]的。我的敌人是蠕[rú]虫、冷天和大多数的土拨鼠。那最后一种足足为我啃光了四分之一英亩。可是我有什么权力去拔掉那些连翘及其他，去破坏它们古老的植物园？很快，无论如何，剩下来的豆苗就会长得对它们来说过硬了，继续发展去会晤[wù]新的仇人了。