Unit4AViewofMountains課文翻譯綜合教程四

1、螃Unit4箱AViewofMountains肇JonathanSchell1.2.肇OnAugust9,1945,thedaytheatomicbombwasdroppedonNagasaki,YosukeYamahata,aphotographerservingintheJapanesearmy,wasdispatchedtothedestroyedcity,Thehundredorsopictureshetookthenextdayconstitutethefullestphotographicrecordofnucleardestructioninexistence,Hiroshima

2、,destroyedthreedaysearlier, hadlargelyescapedthecamera slensinthefirstdayafterthebombing.ItwasthereforelefttoYamahatatorecord, methodicallyand,asithappens,withagreatandsimpleartistry-theeffectsonahumanpopulationofanuclearweapononlyhoursafterithadbeenused.SomeofYamahata spicturesshowcorpsescharredint

3、hepeculiarwayinwhichanuclearfireballcharsitsvictims.Theyhavebeenburnedbylight - technicallyspeaking,bythe thermalpulse andtheirbodiesareoftenbrandedwiththepatternsoftheirclothes,whosecolorsabsorblightindifferentdegrees .Onephotographshowsahorsetwistedunderthecartithadbeenpulling.Anothershowsaheapofs

4、omethingthatoncehadbeenahumanbeinghangingoveraledgeintoaditch.Athirdshowsagirlwhohassomehowsurvivedunwoundedstandingintheopenmouthofabombshelterandsmilinganunearthlysmile,shockinguswiththesightofordinarylife,whichotherwiseseemstohavebeenleftbehindforgoodinthesceneswearewitnessing.Stretchingintothedi

5、stanceonallsidesarefieldsofrubbledottedwithfires,and,inthebackground,aviewofmountains.Wecanseethemountainsbecausethecityisgone.Thatabsence,evenmorethanwreckage,containstheheartofthematter.Thetruemeasureoftheeventliesnotinwhatremainsbutinallthathasdisappeared.3.yyearsforYamahataspicturesoftheeventtom

6、akethejourneybackfromNagasakitotheUnitedStates,Theywereshownforthefirsttimeinthiscountryin1995,attheInternationalCenterforPhotographyinNewYork.Arrivingahalf-centurylate,theyarestillnews.Thephotographsdisplaythefateofasinglecity,buttheirmeaningisuniversal,since,inourageofnucleararms,whathappenedtoNag

7、asakican,inaflash,happentoanycityintheworld.Inthephotographs,Nagasakicomesintoitsown.NagasakihasalwaysbeenintheshadowofHiroshima,asifthehumanimaginationhadstumbledtoexhaustioninthewreckageofthefirstruinedcitywithoutreachingeventheoutskirtsofthesecond.YetthebombingofNagasakiisincertainrespectsthefitt

8、ersymbolofthenucleardangerthatstillhangsoverus.Itisproofthat,havingonceusednuclearweapons,wecanusethemagain.Itintroducestheideaofas eriestheseriesthat,withtensofthousandsofnuclearweaponsremaininginexistence,continuestothreateneveryone .(Theunpredictable,open-endedcharacteroftheseriesissuggestedbythe

9、factthatthesecondbomboriginallywastobedroppedonthecityofKokura,whichwassparedNagasakisfateonlybecausebadweatherprotecteditfromview.)Eachpicturethereforeseemednotsomuchanimageofsomethingthathappenedahalf-centuryagoasawindowcutintothewallofthephotographycentershowingwhatsooncouldeasilyhappentoNewYork.

10、Wherevertheexhibitmighttravel,moreover,theviewofthreatenedfuturefromtheseawindows wouldberoughlyaccuraIttookafewsecondsfortheUnitedStatestodestroyNagasakiwiththeworldomclooimb;butittookfiftic cboonmdabtte,since,althougheveryintactcityisdifferentfromeveryother,allcitiesthatsuffernucleardestructionwil

11、llook muchthesame.5.6.襖Yamahataspicturesaffordaglimpseoftheendoftheworld.Yetinourday,whenthechallengeisnotjusttoapprehendthenuclearperilbuttoseizeaGod-givenopportunitytodispelitonceandforall,weseemtoneed,inaddition,someotherpicturetocounterpoiseagainstruinedNagasakioneshowingnotwhatwewouldlosethroug

12、hourfailurebutwhatwewouldgainbyoursuccess.Whatmightthatpicturebe,though?Howdoyoushowtheoppositeoftheendoftheworld?ShoulditbeNagasaki,intactandalive,bef orethebombwasdroppedorperhapsthesparedcityofKokura?Shoulditbeachild,oramotherandchild,orperhapstheEarthitself?Noneseemsadequate,forhowcanwegiveadefi

13、niteformtothatwhichcanassumeinfiniteforms,namely,thelivesofallhumanbeings,nowandinthefuture?Imagination,facedwitheithertheendoftheworldoritscontinuation,mustr emainincomplete.Onlyactioncansatisfy.7.7.蒸Once,thearrivalintheworldofnewgenerationstookcareofitself.Now,theycancomeintoexistenceonlyif,throug

14、hanactoffaithandcollectivewill,weensuretheirrighttoexist.Performingthatactisthegreatestoftheresponsibilitiesofthegenerationsnowalive.Thegiftoftimeisthegiftoflife,forever,ifweknowhowtoreceiveit.奠望725山雷喬納森謝爾寫11945年8月9日，一顆原子彈投向長崎。當(dāng)天，在日軍中服役的攝影師山端庸介被派遣到這座已遭消滅的城 市。他第二天拍攝的百來張照片可謂現(xiàn)存最完整的核消滅威力的影像記錄。此前3天也遭遇消滅的

15、廣島在轟炸的第一天根本沒被相機(jī)拍攝下來。山端碰巧有條不紊地用偉大而簡潔的藝術(shù)手法記錄下了核武器爆炸后僅僅數(shù)小時 對人類的影響。山端的局部照片展示了被核火球以其獨(dú)特的方式燒焦了的尸體。他們是被光燒焦的一一用專業(yè)術(shù)語來說，他們是被熱脈沖燒焦的一一尸體通常都烙上了衣服的圖案，因?yàn)椴煌念伾獬潭炔煌?。一張照片拍下了一匹身形扭曲的馬兒蜷縮在它拉的大車下面。另一張顯示了一堆懸掛在突出物上面伸進(jìn)溝渠的東西，看得出這也是一個人的遺骸。第3張照片中有個小女孩站在防空洞入口處，不知何故她雖經(jīng)歷劫難卻毫發(fā)無傷。她臉上露出詭異的笑容，令人震撼。如果不是這張照片，在我們現(xiàn)在見證的場景中，原先的日常生活已一去不返。大

16、 片茫茫的廢墟瓦礫一直伸向遠(yuǎn)方，殘火零落其間，而這片景象的背景那么是綿延的大山。我們能遙望遠(yuǎn)山，正因?yàn)?整個城市已化為焦土。 城市的灰飛煙滅比斷壁殘?jiān)苷f明問題的核心本質(zhì)。這一事件的真正效應(yīng)不在于城市還剩下什么，而在于消失的一切。肅2美國使用世界上第2顆原子彈將長崎夷為平地僅僅用了幾秒鐘，然而，山端拍攝這一事件的照片從長崎輾轉(zhuǎn) 回到美國卻用了50年之久。照片第一次在美國展出是在1995年，展出地點(diǎn)是紐約國際攝影中心。遲到了半個世紀(jì)，這些照片仍然帶有新聞效應(yīng)。這些照片展示的是單個城市的命運(yùn)，但卻帶有普遍意義，因?yàn)樵谖覀冞@個核武器時代，發(fā)生在長崎身上的災(zāi)難也可能在轉(zhuǎn)瞬之間發(fā)生在世界任何一個城市身

17、上。通過這些照片，長崎為自己正名。它一直存在于廣島的陰影中，因?yàn)樗坪跞祟惖南胂罅Φ竭_(dá)廣島這第一個被消滅的城市的廢墟之后便裹足不前、消失殆盡了，以至于連長崎的邊緣都到達(dá)不了。然而，長崎的滅頂之災(zāi)在某些方面恰恰是籠罩在我們頭頂上的核威脅陰云的更有力的象征。它證明人類一旦大開核武器殺戒，就會重蹈覆轍。它帶來了系列破壞的概念，就是說，有成千上萬的核武器持續(xù)存在，我們每個人都有可能受到威脅。第2顆原子彈原定是投向小倉的，只是后來因?yàn)樘鞖鈵毫?，空中視線不佳，這才使小倉免遭長崎的厄運(yùn)。這說明了核武器系列性威脅捉摸不定、難以預(yù) 測的性質(zhì)。因此，與其說每張照片似乎記錄了半個世紀(jì)之前發(fā)生的景象，還不如說它是嵌在攝影中心墻上的一扇窗戶，透過它人們能看到也許很快就會輕而易舉地發(fā)生在紐約的事情。而且，無論這些展品到達(dá)何方，這些視窗展示的遭受威脅的未來景象都大致準(zhǔn)確，因?yàn)楸M管每個完好無損的城市和其他城市都大不相同，任何遭遇核 消滅打擊的城市面貌都將相差無幾。蘇3山端的照片使人們對世界末日可以管中窺豹。然而，在這個時代，我們的挑戰(zhàn)不僅是認(rèn)識核威脅的存在，還要抓住這個天賜良機(jī)徹底消滅核威脅。所以，除了這些照片，我們還需要其他照片來抵消遭受消滅的長崎帶來的負(fù)面感受；我們需要的照片所展示的不是我們通過失敗會失去的事物，而是通過成功我們能得到的東西。但是， 這該是什么樣的照片？