The Human Story
温斯顿·丘吉尔 / Winston Churchill
History with its f?lickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
As the great scroll of history unrolls, many complicated incidents occur which it is diff?icult to introduce effectively into the pattern of the likes and dislikes of the epoch in which we live.
The human story does not always unfold like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes in life they make f?ive or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye.
Science, which now offers us a golden age with one hand, offers at the same time with the other the doom of all that we have built up inch by inch since the Stone Age and the dawn of any human annals. My faith is in the high progressive destiny of man. I do not believe that we are to be f?lung back into abysmal darkness of f?iercesome discoveries which human genius has made let us make sure that they are our servants, but not our masters.
Its place in the healing of the sick, and in giving more food and leisure for life. When it helps the strong crush the weak, and rob those who are asleep, it is using truth for impious ends. Those who are thus sacrilegious will suffer and be punished, for their own weapons will be turned against them.
在摇曳灯光的照耀下，历史在过去的小路上踽踽而行，试图重建过去的景象，恢复昔日的回声，并想用微弱的光芒点燃往日的激情。
当历史巨大的卷轴展开之时，许多错综复杂的事件出现了，而这些事件很难有效地纳入我们这个时代人们的好恶模式之中。
人类的故事并不总是像数学运算一样根据二加二等于四的原则展开；有时可能等于五或负三；有时，正算到一半，黑板倒塌，使全班陷于混乱，教师被砸得鼻青脸肿。
现在科学用一只手给我们奉献了一个黄金年代，但同时又用另一只手给我们制造了一个厄运，我们自从石器时代以及任何人类历史开始以来一点点建造起来的一切都将陷入困境。但我深信，人类的命运是积极向上的。我不相信我们将被扔进自己的才智所构成的黑暗深渊中。务必要确保是我们主宰发明，而不要被发明所主宰。
发明的用处应该是治愈病人，为生活提供更多的食物和娱乐。如果它被用来帮助强者压迫弱者，掠夺熟睡的人们，那就是怀着不虔诚的动机去滥用真理。以这种方式亵渎神灵的人们将遭到报应和惩罚，因为多行不义必自毙。
记忆填空
1. As the great scroll of unrolls, many complicated incidents occur which it diff?icult to introduce effectively into the pattern of the and dislikes of the epoch in which we .
2. Sometimes in life they f?ive or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black .
3. I do not that we are to be f?lung back into abysmal darkness of f?iercesome discoveries which genius has made let us make sure that they are our servants, but our masters.
佳句翻译
1. 人类的故事并不总是像数学运算一样根据二加二等于四的原则展开。
2. 现在科学用一只手给我们奉献了一个黄金年代，但同时又用另一只手给我们制造了一个厄运。
3. 发明的用处应该是治愈病人，为生活提供更多的食物和娱乐。
短语应用
1. History with its f?lickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past.
stumble along：蹒跚；跌跌撞撞地行走
2. ...and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum...
topple down：推翻；倒塌