我的翻譯聽寫練習之十五作業 -- 選擇職業

選擇職業
　 托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　伊斯特本，荷達斯裏亞
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　一八九二年十一月五日
親愛的閣下：
　　近來忙於各種事務，未能及早複信，深感抱歉。
　　依我看來，一個．人的首要職責是設法自立，以免除別人對他生活的負擔。此外，學會嚴謹而審慎地從事社會上有實際價值的工作，其本身就是一種非常重要的教育，其效果必將體現在所有別的事業上。在你寧願做其他事情的時候，卻仍能夠從事你不感興趣的工作，這種習慣是十分可貴的。要是我在年輕時養成了這種習慣，就可以避免時間上驚人的浪費。
　　任何科學事業上的成就，都需要具有不尋常的才能、勤勉和精力。你若具有上述資質，你在日常商業工作之餘，將有足夠的閑暇為自己在科學界覓得立足之地。你若不具有那種資質，還是一心經商為宜。天下最不足取的事情，莫過於一個年輕人如同蘇格蘭諺語所說的那樣，"匙子沒做成，倒毀了羊角，"成為在文學或科學領域裏濫竽充數的食客，要是去從事其他工作的話，他或許會成為社會上有用和有價值的一員。
　　我認為此信應請你父親一閱。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　你的忠實的
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　T．H·赫胥黎

翻譯作業

Dear Sir,

I have been busy doing all kinds of things recently. I am deeply apologized for not being able to write you back as early as possible.

In my point of view, the first duty of an human being is to be self-supporting, which may lessen the burden to others. In addition, learning to undertake practical valuable work carefully and deliberately per se is a very important education. Its effect must be embodied in all of the other careers. When you would rather do other things, the habbit being able to do the work you are not interested in is very valuable. If I would have had this habbit when I was young, I would avoid wasting time significantly.

Any scientific achievements require extraordinary ability, diligence and energy. If you posses the above asset, you will find a space in the scientic field during your spare time after your daily business work. Otherwise, you had better focus on running your business. The most inadvisable thing in this world is not worse than that a young man, such as in the Scotland proverb saying that" the spoon was not made but the cavel was destructed", becomes a dependent in the literary or scientific fields. If he persued other careers, he might be a useful and valuable person in the society.

I think your father should read this letter.

Sincerely yours

聽寫作業：

Choosing an occupation

Dear sir,

I am very sorry that the pressure of other occupations has prevented me from sending an earlier reply to your letter. In my opinion, a man's first duty is to find a way of supporting himself thereby relieving other people of necessacities of supporting him. Moreover, the learning to do work of practical value in the world in the exact and careful manner is other self very important education. The effect way make themselves feel in all other field persues. The habbit of doing that which you do not care about when you would much rather be doing something else is invaluable. It would have saved me a frightful waste time if I have ever had drilled into me in use.

Success in any scientic career requires unusual equipment of capacity industry and energy. If you posses that equipment, you will find lesure enough after your daily commercial work is over. To make an opening in the scientific rank for yourself. If you do not, you had better stay to commers. Nothing is better desired in the fate of young man who was Scotish proverb says in trying to make a spoon spoil a horn. and become a mirror hanging on in literature or in science. When it might have been useful and valuable to sciety in other occupations. I think that your father ought to see this letter.

Yours faithfully,

T.H Huxley

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