2013年自考英語(yǔ)(二)課文譯文:讓頭腦暢想

　　In another experiment at Yale University, Dr. Jerome Singer found that daydreaming resulted in improved self-control and enhanced creative thinking ability. Daydreaming, Singer pointed out, is one way individuals can improve upon reality. It is, he concluded, a powerful spur to achievement.

　　在耶魯大學(xué)進(jìn)行的另一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)中，杰羅姆?辛格博士發(fā)現(xiàn)，白日做夢(mèng)可以改善自控能力，提高創(chuàng)造思維能力。辛格指出，白日做夢(mèng)是人們改進(jìn)現(xiàn)實(shí)的一種方法。他得出結(jié)論說(shuō)，它對(duì)成就的取得是一種強(qiáng)有力的激勵(lì)。

　　'But the value of daydreaming does not stop here. It has been found that it improves a person's ability to be better adapted to practical, immediate concerns, to solve everyday problems, and to come up more readily with new ideas. Contrary to popular belief, constant and conscious effort at solving a problem is, in reality, one of the most inefficient ways of coping with it. While conscious initial effort is always necessary, effective solutions to especially severe problems frequently occur when conscious attempts to solve them have been put off. Inability to relax, to let go of a problem, often prevents its solution.

　　但是白日做夢(mèng)的價(jià)值并非就這么多，人們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，白日做夢(mèng)能提高一個(gè)人的能力，使他能更好地適應(yīng)實(shí)際的、突發(fā)性的事務(wù)，解決日常問(wèn)題，并能較容易地提出新的想法。與人們的普通看法相反，解決問(wèn)題時(shí)不斷地和刻意地努力實(shí)際上是一種解決問(wèn)題效率最低的辦法。盡管最初的刻意努力總是必要的，但解決特別重大問(wèn)題的有效方法都是經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在推遲刻意解決問(wèn)題的努力之時(shí)。不會(huì)放松，不會(huì)對(duì)某個(gè)問(wèn)題置之不理，常常妨礙問(wèn)題的解決。

　　Historically, scientists and inventors are one group that seems to take full advantage of relaxed moments. Their biographies reveal that their best ideas seem to have occurred when they were relaxing and daydreaming. It is well known, for example, that Newton solved many of his toughest problems when his attention was waylaid by private musings.Thomas Alva Edison also knew the value of "half waking?states. Whenever confronted with a task which seemed too hard to be dealt with, he would stretch out on his laboratory sofa and let fantasies flood his mind.

　　從歷史上來(lái)看，科學(xué)家和發(fā)明家似乎都是一些充分利用時(shí)間放松的人。從他們的傳記中可以看出，他們一些最好的想法似乎卻是出現(xiàn)在他們放松和做白日夢(mèng)時(shí)。例如，人們都知道，牛頓在獨(dú)自沉思時(shí)解決了許多最棘手的問(wèn)題。托馬斯?A?愛(ài)迪生也深知“迷蒙”狀態(tài)的好處。無(wú)論何時(shí)遇到棘手的工作時(shí)，他都會(huì)躺在實(shí)驗(yàn)室的沙發(fā)上，讓頭腦中充滿幻想。

　　Painters, writers, and composers also have drawn heavily on their sensitivity to inner fantasies. Debussy used to gaze at the River Seine and the golden reflections of the setting sun to establish an atmosphere for creativity. Brahms found that ideas came effortless only when he approached a state of deep daydreaming. And Cesar Frank is said to have walked around with a dreamlike gaze while composing, seemingly totally unaware of his surroundings.

　　畫(huà)家、作家和作曲家都十分依賴對(duì)內(nèi)心幻覺(jué)的敏感性。德彪西過(guò)去常常凝視著塞納河落日的金色倒影，從中找到一種創(chuàng)作的氛圍，勃拉姆斯發(fā)現(xiàn)只有當(dāng)他深深地陷入白日夢(mèng)境中，才能毫不費(fèi)力地得到靈感。據(jù)說(shuō)愷撒?弗蘭克創(chuàng)作時(shí)到處走動(dòng)，雙目夢(mèng)幻般凝視前方，似乎對(duì)周?chē)沫h(huán)境渾然不知。

　　Many successful people actually daydreamed their successes and achievements long before they realized them. Henry J. Kaiser maintained that "you can imagine your future,?and he believed that a great part of his business success was due to positive use of daydreams. Harry S. Truman said that he used daydreaming for rest. Conrad Hilton dreamed of operating a hotel when he was a boy. He recalled that all his accomplishments were first realized in his imagination.

　　實(shí)際上，許多成功者在實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的成功和成就很久以前，就曾夢(mèng)想過(guò)他們的成功和成就。享利?丁?凱澤認(rèn)為：“你可以想像出你的未來(lái)。”而且他相信他生意上的大部分成功是由于他正確運(yùn)用了他的夢(mèng)想。哈里?S?杜魯門(mén)說(shuō)他利用做白日夢(mèng)來(lái)休息?？道?希爾小時(shí)候曾夢(mèng)想經(jīng)營(yíng)一家旅館。他回憶說(shuō)，他所有的成功都是首先在夢(mèng)中實(shí)現(xiàn)的。

　　"Great living starts with a picture, held in some person's imagination, of what he would like someday to do or be. Florence Nightingale dreamed of being a nurse. Edison pictured himself an inventor; all such characters escaped the mere push of circumstance by imagining a future so vividly that they headed for it? These are the words of the well-known thinker Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, and they show that people can literally daydream themselves to success. Fosdick, aware of the wonderful power of positive daydreaming. offered this advice: "Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning and that will contribute remarkably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift like an abandoned ship at sea."

　　“令人滿意的生活起源于頭腦中想象中的畫(huà)面，在畫(huà)面中有他想做的事情或者是理想中的角色。費(fèi)羅倫絲?南丁格爾夢(mèng)想著成為一名護(hù)士，愛(ài)迪生夢(mèng)想成為發(fā)明家。所有這些人都是通過(guò)對(duì)他們?yōu)橹畩^斗的未來(lái)作生動(dòng)的構(gòu)想，擺脫了對(duì)外界鼓勵(lì)的依靠。”這些話出自著名的思想家哈里?愛(ài)默生?福斯迪克之口，它表明人們的確能夠通過(guò)夢(mèng)想達(dá)到成功。福斯迪克意識(shí)到積極的白日夢(mèng)的神奇力量，他提出這樣的建議：在腦海中長(zhǎng)時(shí)間穩(wěn)定地存有一幅自己未來(lái)的畫(huà)面，你就會(huì)被它吸引;把自己想象成為一個(gè)失敗者，僅此一點(diǎn)就會(huì)使你與成功無(wú)緣;把自己想象成一個(gè)成功者，就會(huì)極大地促使你成功。不能想象出自己的未來(lái)，那么你就會(huì)像漂浮在海洋上的棄船。

　　To get the results, you should picture yourself -- as vividly as possible -- as you want to be. The important thing to remember is to picture these desired objectives as if you had already attained them. Go over several times the details of these pictures. This will deeply impress them on your memory, and these memory traces will soon start influencing your everyday behavior toward the attainment of the goal.

　　要想有所作為，你應(yīng)該盡可能生動(dòng)地想象出你理想的形象。要記住的重點(diǎn)是把這些要達(dá)到的目標(biāo)想象成好像你已經(jīng)完成。然后反復(fù)檢查這些畫(huà)面的細(xì)節(jié)，這樣它們會(huì)給你留下深刻的印象，這些記憶痕不久就會(huì)影響你為達(dá)目標(biāo)而進(jìn)行的日?；顒?dòng)。

　　While exercising your imagination, you should be alone and completely undisturbed. Some individuals seem to have the ability to tune into their private selves in the midst of the noisiest crowds or company. But most of us, especially when the experience is new, require an environment free from outside distraction.

　　在想象時(shí)，你應(yīng)該獨(dú)處而且絲毫不受外界干擾。有些人似乎能在最嘈雜的人群之中進(jìn)行自我調(diào)節(jié)進(jìn)入安靜狀態(tài)。但是我們大多數(shù)人，特別是剛剛開(kāi)始做白日夢(mèng)時(shí)，需要一種免受外界干擾的環(huán)境。

　　A life lived without fantasy and daydreaming is a seriously impoverished one. Each of us should put aside a few minutes daily, taking short 10- or 15-minute vacations. Daydreaming is highly beneficial to your physical and mental well-being, and you will find that this modest, inexpensive investment in time will add up to a more creative and imaginative, a more satisfied, and a more self-fulfilled you. It offers us a fuller sense of being intensely alive from moment to moment, and this, of course, contributes greatly to the excitement and joy of living.

　　沒(méi)有幻想，沒(méi)有白日夢(mèng)的生活是極度乏味的生活，我們每一個(gè)人每天都應(yīng)留出些時(shí)間，休上10～15分鐘的短假。白日做夢(mèng)對(duì)你的身心健康高度有益，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這一小小的廉價(jià)的時(shí)間投資最終帶來(lái)的是一個(gè)更有創(chuàng)造性、更富想象力、一個(gè)更心滿意足和一個(gè)更躊躇滿志的你，它常常使我們更充分地意識(shí)到生活的緊張激烈，這當(dāng)然能夠增加生活的興奮與喜悅。

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