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A Life on Paper: Ernest Hemingway 笔耕人生：海明威的故事

详细资料: 创建于 2010年7月20日; 最后更新于 2024年5月25日; 发布于 2012年10月01日; 作者：Mike Lee; 点击数：298

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While most writers prefer to disappear behind their typewriters, Ernest Hemingway chose to live on the edge. His life was a series of adventures, one after another. As a young man, he survived through war. He lived in exotic and faraway places, witnessing bullfights and going on safaris. But he’s best remembered as a literary giant who changed the face of literature forever.

当许多的作家都喜欢过着安静隐遁的生活，欧内斯特．海明威却选择了冒险人生。他的一生充满着一次又一次的冒险。海明威年轻时曾在战火下幸存。长大后在异国与遥远的国度生活，观赏斗牛与狩猎。然而海明威最为人所记得的身份是：一位永远改变文坛面貌的文学巨擘。

Hemingway was born in 1899, just outside Chicago, Illinois. In his early years, he spent many hours exploring the great outdoors – something he would enjoy for the rest of his life. At school, he not only excelled as an athlete, but he was also a brilliant student. Working as an editor for his high school newspaper, Hemingway realized he had a talent for writing. At the age of 17, he started his career in a newspaper office in Kansas City.

海明威于1899年出生于伊利诺伊州的芝加哥郊区。在他幼年时期，海明威便常在户外探险，而这也成为他终生都喜爱的事。他在学校里不但是一位杰出运动员，也是位聪明的学生。海明威担任高中报纸的编辑时，了解到自己有写作方面的天赋。他17岁时在堪萨斯市的一间报社开始了他的工作生涯。

When the U.S. entered World War I, Hemingway was anxious to head overseas and fight for his country. He tried to enroll in the army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. Never one to quit, Hemingway joined the Red Cross and was assigned to be an ambulance driver in Italy. While helping to supply troops, his leg was injured by an enemy mortar, and he was seriously wounded. Despite his injury, Hemingway kept working and rescued an Italian soldier. For his bravery, he was awarded the Silver Medal of Valor. Hemingway would later state, “I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting.”

当美国加入第一次世界大战时，海明威极度渴望前往海外以报效国家。他试着登记入伍，却因视力不良而被拒绝。但不轻言放弃的海明威加入了红十字会，并被指派至意大利担任救护车司机。执勤途中，他的腿被敌人的迫击炮击中而身负重伤。但海明威仍负伤继续运送伤员，并拯救一名意大利伤兵。海明威因他无比的勇气而获颁银制勇气勋章。海明威日后说道：「我对战争了解透彻一如战后仅存的少数人。也因经历战争，对我来说没有什么是比这更可怕的了。」

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live on the edge 处于危险之中; 过冒险生活 to have a type of life in which you are often involved in exciting or dangerous activities

exotic [ɛgˋzɑtɪk] adj. 异国情调的；奇特的

witness [ˋwɪtnɪs] v. 目击

excel [ɪkˋsɛl] v. 优于; 擅长

anxious [ˋæŋkʃəs] adj. 焦虑的

enroll [ɪnˋrol] v. 参加；注册

assign [əˋsaɪn] v. 分配，分派

rescue [ˋrɛskju] v. 援救；营救

bravery [ˋbrevərɪ] n. 勇敢，勇气

revolting [rɪˋvoltɪŋ] adj. 使人厌恶的﹐令人作呕的

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faraway [ˋfɑrəˋwe] adj. 遥远的，远方的

bullfight [ˋbʊl͵faɪt] n. 斗牛

safari [səˋfɑrɪ] n. 非洲的（狩猎）旅行

ambulance [ˋæmbjələns] n. 救护车

troop [trup] n. 军队，部队

mortar [ˋmɔrtɚ] n. 迫击炮

valor [ˋvælɚ] n. 英勇，勇气

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After war, Hemingway moved to Paris and worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star. But on the side, he began to write fiction prolifically. His second novel, The Sun Also Rises, became a bestseller. It described the life of bemused expatriates as they traveled through Europe. His next novel, A Farewell to Arms, was a love story set in Italy during World War I. Both novels drew upon Hemingway’s own life experiences and were deemed classics of the “Lost Generation.”

海明威在战后搬到巴黎并担任《多伦多星报》的驻外记者。而在工作之余，他也开始大量地撰写小说。他的第二本小说《太阳依旧升起》成为畅销书。这本书描述一群茫然的侨居外国者在欧洲游历的生活。下一部作品《战地春梦》则是一本爱情小说，以第一次世界大战时的意大利为背景。两本小说都取材自海明威的生活经验，且被视为「迷失的一代」的经典作品。

What separates Hemingway from other popular writers is his unique style. He was a master of refined words and concise, direct sentences. To Hemingway, it came as second nature. “My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.” A key concept that shone through his work was “grace under pressure.” Hemingway believed you could never know what someone was made of until they suffered through adversity. Many of his characters were hardened men, trying to find their way through the tough times in life.

海明威与其他作家不同之处在于他独特的写作风格。他善于以精炼文字与简洁句子下笔。对海明威而言，这样的写作风格已变成他的习惯，「我的目标是把看到和感觉到的事物，用最棒与最简单的方式写下。」他的作品中最重要的观念就是「压力下的优雅」。海明威相信唯有当人经历过苦楚时，他的真性情才会显露出来。他笔下的角色多半是历经沧桑、试着在人生艰难时刻中找寻出路的人。

As a writer, Hemingway was never at a loss for material. He was always inspired by the things he saw. While living in Spain, he became a lover of bullfighting. Although many Americans viewed bullfighting as barbaric, Hemingway shed new light upon the sport. “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.” It would be a recurring subject in many of his works.

身为一位作家，海明威从不缺乏写作的素材，他总是被所看到的东西启发。海明威住在西班牙时迷上了斗牛。虽然许多美国人认为斗牛很野蛮，但海明威却为斗牛下了新的批注。「唯有斗牛这种艺术形式，才能使艺术家徘徊在死亡边缘，且他所展现出的才智将带给他荣耀。」而这种批注也成为海明威作品中一再出现的主题。

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correspondent [͵kɔrɪˋspɑndənt] n. 通讯记者；特派员

bemused [bɪˋmjuzd] adj. 困惑的；发呆的

farewell [ˋfɛrˋwɛl] n. 再会！别了！

draw upon 利用; 运用; 取材自....

refined [rɪˋfaɪnd] adj. 精炼的，精致的

concise [kənˋsaɪs] adj. 简明的，简洁的

grace [gres] n. 优美；优雅

hardened [ˋhɑrdnd] adj. 坚强的；坚定的

at a loss 不知如何是好, 茫然, 困惑 filled with bewilderment

recurring [rɪˋkɝɪŋ] adj. 一再出现的；循环的

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on the side 私下地, 秘密地; 作为兼差或副业 in addition to your regular job or activities

prolifically [prəˋlɪfɪk!ɪ] adv. 多产地; 丰富地，大量地

bestseller [ˌbest'sɛlɚ] n. 畅销书

expatriate [ɛksˋpetrɪ͵et] n. 被流放（国外）者; 移居国外者

second nature 第二天性, 习惯 a habit, characteristic, etc., not innate but so long practiced or acquired as to seem so; an acquired behavior or trait that is so long practiced as to seem innate

adversity [ədˋvɝsətɪ] n. 逆境；厄运

barbaric [bɑrˋbærɪk] adj. （似）野蛮人的; 野蛮的

shed light upon/on something 阐明; 说明, 解释 make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

brilliance [ˋbrɪljəns] n.（卓越的）才华，才智

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At heart, Hemingway was a restless soul. He never stayed in one place long enough to set down any roots. After Paris, Hemingway lived in tropical climates such as Key West, the Bahamas, and Cuba. As he entered middle age, Hemingway enjoyed sailing out to sea and fishing for swordfish, marlin, and tuna. Out of his isolation on the water came the inspiration for his final masterpiece.

海明威的内心深处有一颗不安份的灵魂。他从不在一个地方驻足太久。住过巴黎后，他曾经住过如西礁岛、巴哈马与古巴等热带地域。海明威中年时喜欢出海捕钓剑鱼、马林鱼与金枪鱼（鲔鱼）。海明威最后一部伟大作品的灵感则是来自独处于海上的时间。

His classic novella, The Old Man and the Sea, was published in 1952. It tells the story of an old fisherman named Santiago, who is on a losing streak. He hasn’t caught a fish in 84 days. But while fishing far out on the ocean, Santiago hooks the biggest marlin he’s ever seen. For two nights, Santiago and the fish are locked in a life and death struggle. The book is an unforgettable tale about the reality of life, death, and growing old. It won Hemingway the Nobel Prize in Literature and would be his last great novel.

海明威的经典中篇小说《老人与海》于1952年问世。这本书述说一位老渔夫圣地亚哥的故事。这位老渔夫的运气不太好，已经连续84天没捕到鱼了，但在第85天出海时，钓到一只他所见过最大只的马林鱼。老渔夫与大鱼缠斗了生死交关的两个昼夜。这本令人难忘的书刻画了生老病死过程的真实面。《老人与海》让海明威赢得诺贝尔文学奖，并是他最后一本、也是最伟大的作品。

Sadly, after years of illness, Hemingway ended his own life in 1961. But his influence remains as strong as ever. In nearly every place Hemingway lived, there are tributes to him. His old estate in Cuba has been turned into a museum. In Paris, there is a Hemingway tour that introduces his favorite bars and cafés. Every July, his fans flock to the Hemingway Days Festival in Key West. They read his stories, fish for marlin, and even hold a Hemingway look-alike contest. It’s a fun tribute to a great writer who believed in living life to the fullest.

悲伤的是，海明威因多年疾病缠身而于1961年自杀。然而他对后世的影响如同在世般一样的深远。几乎每个海明威住过的地方都有人向他致敬。海明威在古巴的故居已变成博物馆。在巴黎则有海明威景点之旅，介绍他最常流连的酒吧和咖啡厅。而每年7月，海明威的书迷都会涌向西礁岛，这些有趣的活动都是向这位一生非常精彩的伟大作家致上最高敬意。

−by Jamie Blackler

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