【TEM8英语指导】专业八级文学翻译练习题（9）

   本期原文:
    El Dorado
    It seems as if a great deal were attainable in a world where there are so many marriages and decisive battles, and where we all, at certain hours of the day, and with great gusto and despatch, stow a portion of victuals finally and irretrievably into the bag which contains us. And it would seem also, on a hasty view, that the attainment of as much as possible was the one goal of man’s contentious life. And yet, as regards the spirit, this is but a semblance.来源:考试大的美女编辑们
    注:《英汉大辞典》1第553页上的解释是:“El Dorado,1.(早期西班牙探险家想象中在南美洲的)黄金国(或城)2.想象中极为富庶的地方;机会多的地方。”
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    黄金囸
    在这充满联姻婚嫁、决战厮杀的世界里,每天特定时刻,我们都欣然而又迅速地把一份食物一去不返地吞入包裹我们的皮囊。这个世界看上去似乎有很多东西都是可以得到的。猛然看来,尽可能地获取也成为纷繁人生的唯一目标。然而,对于精神世界来说,这只不过是表面现象。