钟声

It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking.

我们可以很轻松地说，人类永生，因为人类能够忍受。即使进地狱之门的最后一声钟声已经敲响，即使最后一缕暮色已从海滩落潮后最后一块无名的岩石上消失；即使到了这种地步，我们还可以听到一种声音，即人类的细小而永不疲惫的声音还在说话。

It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure; that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still taling. I refuse to accept this.

不是简单地说人类能够持续就说人类是永恒的；当命运的最后钟声敲响，当傍晚的最后一抹红色从平静无浪的礁石退却，甚至不再有其他声音，人类的无尽的不倦声音还在争鸣，我不认输。

It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking.

说即使最后一次钟声已经消失，消失的再也没有潮水冲刷的映在落日余晖里的海上最后一块无用礁石之旁时，还会有一个声音，人类微弱的、不断的说话声，这也很容易。

It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. I refuse to accept this.

不是简单地说人类能够持续就说人类是永恒的；当命运的最后钟声敲响，当傍晚的最后一抹红色从平静无浪的礁石退去，甚至不在有其他声音，人类的无尽的不倦声音还在争鸣，我不认输。

It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking.

讲述人类是永生不死的相当简单，只需他能够撑下去；最后审判的钟声已经敲响了并消弥在最后一块没有意义的岩石，最后的日落消逝在死一般寂静的海平线，死亡的夜晚开始漫延，即使还有一点残音也是无力却绵绵不断的呻吟，依旧诉说着。

It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking.

人类之所以能永存于世是因为我们能够繁衍生息，这么说实在太过轻巧：当最后一次钟声消失在一个血色黄昏中，隐迹于最后一块无用的礁石后，只余下一片沉寂的海水时，世上还有一种声音：人类微弱却永不停息的说话声。

The bells are tolling as Virginia pauses to pay tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings.

钟声响起，弗吉尼亚的人们为在弗吉尼亚理工大学枪击案中的死者举行悼念活动。

She did not enter any house till, at the seventh or eighth mile, she descended the steep long hill below which lay the village or townlet of Evershead, where in the morning she had breakfasted with such contrasting expectations.

&不，亲爱的，&那个年老的妇人说。现在作晚祷还早了些；作晚祷的钟声现在还没有敲响呐。人们都到麦仓那边听人讲道去了。

As the call to prayer warbled across the rooftops, bells thundered from this spire, creating an astonishing cacophony as the two cultures wrestled for supremacy.

当屋顶上传来穆斯林召唤教徒礼拜的宣礼声时，天主教的尖塔上钟声雷鸣，两种文化为争夺制高点的肉搏，成为一道惊人不和谐的风景。

But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven there are now none of the maskers who venture, for the night is waning away; and there flows a ruddier light through the blood-colored panes; and the blackness of the sable drapery appalls; and to him whose foot falls on the sable carpet, there comes from the near clock of ebony a muffled peal more solemnly emphatic than any which reaches their ears who indulge in the more remote gaieties of the other apartments.

但是，西厢那一间，那些参加化装舞会的还是没人敢去。夜色渐阑，从血红的窗玻璃中泻进一派红光；阴森森的帷幔那片乌黑，令人魂飞魄散；凡是站在阴森森的地毯上的人，一听到近头乌檀木时钟发出一阵闷郁的钟声，无不感到比在远头其他屋里纵情声色的人所听到的更肃穆、有力。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。