I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
我常想,如果每一个人在刚成年时,有几天突然既盲又聋,也不失为一件幸事。黑暗会令他更感激光明;寂静会教他领会声音的乐趣。
Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. "Nothing in particular," she replied. I might have shown disbelief had I not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.
有时我会试探视力正常的朋友,问他们看见了什么。最近,一位非常要好的朋友来看我,她刚刚在树林里走了很长时间,我问她看见了什么。“没什么,”她回答说。我本应觉得难以置信,不过我早已习惯类似回答,因为很久以前我就知道视力正常的人看到的东西很少。
How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening Nature after her winter's sleep. I feel the delightful texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable folds; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.
我问自己,在树林里散步一个小时,看不到任何值得注意的东西,这怎么可能呢?我看不见东西,只凭触摸,却也能发现数以百计的有趣的东西。我感觉到树叶的精巧对称。我的手爱抚着白桦树光滑的树皮,或是松树粗糙的树干。春天里,我怀着希望触摸着树枝寻找新芽,那是大自然从冬眠中苏醒后的第一个征象。我感受花朵的悦人纹理,发现它的可爱褶皱,大自然的神奇一角展现在我的面前。
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