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Merlin, then explains why he's often confused
接下來 我們來說下一個問題 為何梅林會常常困惑呢
And Merlin's gonna be the magical figure and comic figure,
梅林是一個魔法師 一個有趣的形象
he's always getting his incantations always screwed up,
他常常念動咒語大搞破壞
he's transporting himself to Bimini, he changed himself to a condor,
還在比米尼群島上把自己變成了一只禿鷲
and he's always practicing his incantations and not doing very well
他總是練習咒語 卻總是做不好
But he's living life backwards, we read on page 35,
但他是逆向生長的 我們在25頁讀到了
he says, oh yes, "how", about line 7,
哦對 在第七行 他說
"how did I know, to set breakfast for two, "
我是怎么知道要準備兩個人的早餐呢
that is why I showed you the looking glass "
那就是我向你展示預見鏡的原因"
Now ordinary people are born forward in time,
常人總是向前生活的
and if you understand what I mean, nearly everything goes in forward too
如果你明白我的意思的話 萬物都是順向發展的
That makes it quite easy for the ordinary people to live
但假如你可以不再展望未來
Just as it would be easy to join those 5 dots into a "W",
而是從未來回顧 由內而外
if you're allowed to look at them forward,
活著便易如反掌
instead of backwards and inside-out
恰如五個點可以順利成章的連成W一樣
Merin's trying to explain why he doesn't have Prozac with his cereal in the morning
梅林正在解釋他沒在麥片里放上抗抑郁藥的原因
He's just a little loony, because he's confused
他只是有點瘋瘋癲癲的 因為他很迷惑
He just like have too much information so he can't remember
如果他能向人傾訴的話 信息太多了
if he told somebody of this
他實在無從記起
I don't think White does a exceedingly good job of being true to this idea,
我不認為White在這個問題上解釋得合理
of you know, if we try to apply that Merlin is living life backwards,
正如你們所知 如果我們試著像梅林那樣逆向生長
how he confused he would be, but that's the premise he takes
他如何會困惑他本能預見的困惑呢
But I'm fortunately was born at the wrong end of time
但不幸我沒能生在那個年代
And so thus, he's often confused
因此 他常常困惑
And he makes a point, when I read the sentence I become confused
雖然他解釋了原因 但我讀到這里的時候還是很困惑
And why he wrote the sentence with idea
究竟為什么要寫這句話呢
and read it 6 times and still be confused,
反復讀過六遍之后 我始終不明所以
and say "ok, I get it, I'm confused "
只好自我安慰道 好吧我懂了 我也困惑了
The paragraph the story you see, about 2/3 the way bottom 35, he said"
你們看35頁上約2/3處的小故事 他說
If you know, what's going to happen to people
如果你知曉未來將會發生什么
and not what has happened to them it makes to difficult to prevent
卻不知道過去已發生了什么
from happening if you don't know, if you don't want it to have happened "
你就很難用未知的因去避免已知的果
Well that makes sense, in other words, you know,
這句話是很有道理的 換言之
you don't want that outcome but since you only know the outcome,
你抗拒的結果只是結果本身
you don't know what caused the outcome,
你卻不知道造成結果的緣因是什么
how can you prevent what would bring the outcome
以及如何避開可能產生惡果的因緣
It's one of those things you read
這只是你們所讀到的一樣東西
and then you think "I better stop reading for tonight,
你們沒準會想 今晚我最好不要再讀書了
obviously my brain is fried, I've done too much homework,
我一定是做了太多的作業導致頭腦混亂了
it's time for pizza, and doing something else "
還是來個披薩吧 或者干點什么別的
