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A writer who has just been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature tells us why it is difficult to repay her debts. How could this be? Read on and find out why.
一位剛剛獲得“諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)”的作者告訴我們?yōu)槭裁此茈y償還她的債務(wù)。這怎么可能？閱讀下面的文章并找出原因。
My Debt in Life
生命的虧欠
Selma Lagerf
塞爾瑪·拉格洛夫
A few days ago I was sitting in the train, bound for Stockholm. It was early evening; there was little light in my compartment and none at all outside. My fellow passengers were dozing in their respective corners, and I was very quiet, listening to the rattling of the train.
幾天前，我坐在火車(chē)上，前往斯德哥爾摩。天剛?cè)胍梗?chē)廂內(nèi)光線(xiàn)幽暗，車(chē)外已是一片漆黑。同車(chē)的旅客在各自的角落里打瞌睡，我靜靜地坐著，聽(tīng)著火車(chē)喀嚓喀嚓地行進(jìn)。
And then I began to think of all the other times I had come up to Stockholm. It had usually been to do something difficult -- to pass examinations or to find a publisher for my manuscript. And now I was coming to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. That, too, I thought would be difficult.
這時(shí)，我開(kāi)始回想過(guò)去前往斯德哥爾摩的一樁樁往事。通常都是些勞神費(fèi)力的事——去考試或是為書(shū)稿找出版商。這次，我是去領(lǐng)“諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)”的，但我想這也絕不輕松。
Deep within me, however, was a great joy at receiving this Prize, and I tried to get rid of my anxiety by thinking of those who would rejoice at my good fortune. There were my good friends, my brothers and sisters and, first and foremost my old mother who, sitting back home, was happy to have lived to see this day.
不過(guò)，在內(nèi)心深處，我還是會(huì)因?yàn)榈锚?jiǎng)而欣喜。我想著那些會(huì)為我的好運(yùn)而高興的人們，以此來(lái)排遣自己的焦慮心情。我的好朋友，我的兄弟姐妹，都會(huì)為我高興，最重要的是，我年邁的母親，坐在家中，也會(huì)很高興她能活著看到這一天。
