TheHappyValley
塞繆爾·約翰遜/SamuelJohnson
「What,」saidhe,「makesthedifferencebetweenmanandalltherestoftheanimalcreation?Everybeastthatstraysbesidemehasthesamecorporalnecessitieswithmyself,heishungry,andcropsthegrass,heisthirsty,anddrinksthestream,histhirstandhungerareappeased,heissatisfiedandsleeps;herisesagainandheishungry,heisagainfedandisatrest.Iamhungryandthirstylikehim,butwhenthirstandhungerceaseIamnotatrest;Iam,likehim,painedwithwant,butamnot,likehim,satisfiedwithfullness.Theintermediatehoursaretediousandgloomy;IlongagaintobehungrythatImayagainquickenmyattention.Thebirdspecktheberriesorthecorn,andflyawaytothegroveswheretheysitinseeminghappinessonthebranches,andwastetheirlivesintuningoneunvariedseriesofsounds.Ilikewisecancallthelutanistandthesinger,butthesoundsthatpleasedmeyesterdaywearymetoday,andwillgrowyetmorewearisometomorrow.Icandiscoverwithinmenopowerofperceptionwhichisnotgluttedwithitsproperpleasure,yetIdonotfeelmyselfdelighted.Manhassurelysomelatentsenseforwhichthisplaceaffordsnogratification,orhehassomedesiresdistinctfromsensewhichmustbesatisfiedbeforehecanbehappy.」
他說：「人和其他動物的區別在哪裡？在我身旁遊走的每個野獸，和我一樣都有肉體上的需要：餓了吃草，渴了喝溪水，充飢解渴後將滿足地睡去；醒來又餓了，再吃飽休息。我和它一樣也會飢渴，但不渴也不餓時，我不休息；我也像它一樣因需求匱乏而痛苦，但不像它因需求豐裕而滿足。中間這個階段，冗長而又乏味；我又開始渴望飢餓，好再次喚醒自己的注意。鳥兒啄食著漿果或穀物，好像非常快樂地飛到樹叢中，停靠在樹枝上，並且百無聊賴地吟唱著一成不變的曲調。同樣地，我也能叫來琵琶手和歌手，但昨天還能使我愉悅的樂章，今天卻令我厭煩，明天變得更令人厭倦。我從自身發現，沒有一種感受力不是被適度愉悅充滿的，但是我不覺得自己快樂。確實，人類有某種潛在的感覺，會告知自己這個地方不能令人愉悅，或者，在快樂之前，他有一些有別於感覺的渴望，必須先得到滿足。」
1.Everybeastthatstraysmehasthesamecorporalnecessitiesmyself,heishungry,andcropsthe,heisthirsty,anddrinksthestream,histhirstandhungerareappeased,hesatisfiedandsleeps;herisesagainandheishungry,heisfedandisatrest.
2.Thebirdspecktheberriesthecorn,andflyawaytothegrovestheysitinseeminghappinessthebranches,andwastetheirintuningoneunvariedseriesofsounds.
1.我也像它一樣因需求匱乏而痛苦，但不像它因需求豐裕而滿足。
2.但昨天還能使我愉悅的樂章，今天卻令我厭煩，明天變得更令人厭倦。
3.在快樂之前，他有一些有別於感覺的渴望，必須先得到滿足。
1.「What,」saidhe,「makesthedifferencebetweenmanandalltherestoftheanimalcreation?」
makedifference：有所不同；造成差別
2.Icandiscoverwithinmenopowerofperceptionwhichisnotgluttedwithitsproperpleasure,yetIdonotfeelmyselfdelighted.
glutwith：吃得太飽；喝得過多；使充斥