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显示全部楼层 · 2008-2-16 03:18:47

There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. And, dying it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in his heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain…. Or so says the legend. 有一个传说，说的是有那么一只鸟儿，它一生只唱一次，那歌声比世上所有一切生灵的歌声都更加优美动听。从离开巢窝的那一刻起，它就在寻找着荆棘树，直到如愿以偿，才歇息下来。然后，它把自己的身体扎进最长，最尖的荆棘上，便在那荒蛮的枝条之间放开了歌喉。在奄奄一息的时刻，它超脱了自身的痛苦，而那歌声竟然使云雀和夜莺都黯然失色。这是一曲无比美好的歌，曲终而命竭。然而，整个世界都在静静地谛听着，上帝也在苍穹中微笑。因为最美好的东西只能用最深痛的巨创来换取……这就是荆棘鸟的传说。

千问 · 2008-2-16 03:18:47

尔这样虔诚教徒的内心,但一看见“身体修长,容姿完整优美到堂皇程度,乌黑丰茂的头发那么光泽,闪耀出阳光的颜色,她的面孔,除去润泽的肤色与端正美丽的五官之外,还有清秀的眉宇和深黑的眼睛”的海丝特时,他的“人性”就复活了,并且最终战胜了“神性”,与海丝特发生了关系,但是,宗教精神象雅片一样毒害着他的心灵,他头脑中根深蒂固的宗教观念早已扼杀了他对爱情和幸福的渴望,他把自己与海丝特的爱情关系看成是“冒犯了一条神圣的法律”。他把自看成一个罪人,应该受到惩罚,但又不敢公开承担自己的罪责。他既害怕和海丝特一起戴红字示众,又怕上帝不饶恕他。为了悔罪,他在密室中用血淋淋的鞭子抽打自己,不断折磨自己,他的良心丝毫得不到安宁,“可