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英语翻译"Dr.Papaderos,what is the meaning of life?" The usual la

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英语翻译
"Dr.Papaderos,what is the meaning of life?"
The usual laughter followed,and people stirred to go.
Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time,asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.
"I will answer your question."
Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket,he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror,about the size of a quarter.
And what he said went like this:
"When I was a small child,during the war,we were very poor and we lived in a remote village.One day,on the road,I found the broken pieces of a mirror.A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.
"I tried to find all the pieces and put them together,but it was not possible,so I kept only the largest piece.This one,and,by scratching it on a stone,I made it round.I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine---in deep holes and crevices(裂缝) and dark closets.It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible(难达到的) places I could find.
"I kept the little mirror,and,as I went about my growing up,I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game.As I became a man,I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor(暗喻) for what I might do with my life.I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light.But light---truth,understanding,knowledge---is there,and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
"I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know.Nevertheless,with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world---into the black places in the hearts of men---and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do likewise.This is what I am about.This is the meaning of my life."
英语翻译
“帕帕德罗斯博士,人生的意义是什么呢?”
问题照例引来了人们的笑声,人们骚动着要离开了.
帕帕德罗斯举手示意,让教室里的人安静下来.接着,他久久地注视着我,用眼神询问我是不是认真的,并从我的眼神中得到了肯定.
“我来回答你的问题.”
他从裤子后袋里掏出钱包,在这个皮夹子里摸索着,然后拿出一片二角五分硬币大小的小圆镜.
接着,他说了下面一段话:
“我小时候,在战争时期,家里很穷,住在一个偏僻的小村庄.一天,我在公路上发现了一些镜子碎片.一辆德国摩托车在那里失事了.”
“我试图找到所有的碎片并把它们拼起来,但这是不可能的,所以我只留下了最大的一块.就是这块,我把它在石头上磨圆了.我开始把它当成玩具,十分着迷,因为我能把光线反射到太阳永远照不到的漆黑之处——深洞啊、裂缝或者漆黑的壁橱.对我来说,把光线反射到我所能找到的最隐秘的地方,成了一种游戏.”
”我一直保存着这块小镜子,随着年龄的增长,我周游四方,还会在闲暇时分把它拿出来,继续着这个带有挑战性的游戏.当我长大成人后,我渐渐懂得了这不仅仅是一个小孩的游戏,而且象征着一种人生观.我意识到我既不是光也不是光源,可光——真理、理解和知识——就在那儿,只要我反射它,它就会照亮许多黑暗的地方.“
“我是一面镜子的一块碎片,我不知道整面镜子的样式和形状.不过,我尽我所能的把光线反射进这个世界黑暗的地方,反射进人们心灵中的阴暗处,给他们带来某些改变.也许其他人看到也会仿效着做.这就是我,这就是我人生的意义.”