英语专业八级翻译练习天天练 （九）

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　　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.
　　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。