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爱因斯坦致青年的信

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O Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn¹ for a life full of beauty and freedom? Do you know that all your ancestors felt as you do - and fell victim to trouble and hatred²? Do you know, also, that your fervent³ wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining⁴ love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so that every joy becomes your joy and every pain your pain? Open your eyes, your hearts, your hands, and avoid the poison your forebears so greedily sucked in from History. Then will all the earth be your fatherland, and all your work and effort spread forth⁵ blessings⁶.

Albert Einstein

哦，青年：你们可知道，你们这一代并不是渴望无比美好自由的生活的第一代？你们可知道，你们的祖祖辈辈和你们感受相同--却成为烦恼和仇恨的牺牲品？还有，你们可知道，如果你们确实获得了世人、动物、植物还有星晨的爱和理解，结果各种喜悦成为你们的喜悦，各种痛苦成为你们的痛苦，你们那些热切的愿望才能得以实现？睁开你们的眼睛，敞开你们的心灵，张开你们的双手，要免遭你们的先人在历史上十分贪婪地吸取的毒害。那么普天之下到处都是你们的祖国，你们所有的工作和努力都会遍地开花，造福天下。

阿伯特·爱因斯坦

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1 yearn
v.想念；怀念；渴望
参考例句：
We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。 Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

2 hatred
n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨
参考例句：
He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。 The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

3 fervent
adj.热的，热烈的，热情的
参考例句：
It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。 Austria was among the most fervent supporters of adolf hitler.奥地利是阿道夫希特勒最狂热的支持者之一。

4 attaining
（通常经过努力）实现( attain的现在分词 )；达到；获得；达到（某年龄、水平、状况）
参考例句：
Jim is halfway to attaining his pilot's licence. 吉姆就快要拿到飞行员执照了。 By that time she was attaining to fifty. 那时她已快到五十岁了。

5 forth
adv.向前；向外，往外
参考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。 He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

6 blessings
n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福
参考例句：
Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。来自《简明英汉词典》 We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》