That must be the story of innumerable couples and the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace.

這一定是世間無數(shù)對夫妻的生活寫照，這種生活模式給人一種天倫之美。

It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vast sea;

它使人想起一條平靜的溪流，蜿蜒暢游過綠茵的草場，濃蔭遮蔽，最后注入煙波浩渺的汪洋大海；

but the sea is so calm, so silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness.

但是大海太過平靜，太過沉默，太過不動聲色，你會突然感到莫名的不安。

Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss.

也許這只是我自己的一種怪誕想法，在那樣的時(shí)代，這想法對我影響很深：我覺得這像大多數(shù)人一樣的生活，似乎欠缺了一點(diǎn)兒什么。

I recognized its social value.

我承認(rèn)這種生活有社會價(jià)值，

I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.

我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的沖動卻渴望一種更桀驁不馴的旅程．

There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights.

這樣的安逸中好像有一種叫我驚懼不安的東西．

In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.

我的心渴望一種更加驚險(xiǎn)的生活。

I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous, shoals it I could only have change-change and the excitement of unforeseen.

只要生活中還能有變遷---以及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁滿布的海灘。

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