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新概念英语第四册课文原文：美

414. A young man sees a sunset and, unable to understand or to express the emotion that it rouses in him, concludes that it must be the gateway to world that lies beyond.

一个年轻人看到日落，由于无法理解和表达日落在他心中唤起的激情，便得出结论：日落处想必是通往遥远世界的大门。

415. It is difficult for any of us in moments of intense aesthetic experience to resist the suggestion that we are catching a glimpse of a light that shines down to us from a different realm of existence,

无论是谁，在强烈感受到美的时刻，心中都不禁油生一种遐想：我们似乎瞥见从另一个世界射向我们的一线光芒，

416. different and, because the experience is intensely moving, in some way higher.

那个世界不仅不同于我们这个世界，而且由于美感的强烈感染，在某些方面比我们这个世界更美好。

417. And, though the gleams blind and dazzle, yet do they convey a hint of beauty and serenity greater than we have known or imagined.

虽然这光芒令人眼花缭乱，但它确实给予我们一种不曾经历和无法想象的美感和静谧的启示。

418. Greater too than we can describe;

这种美感和静谧是我们无法描述的，

419. for language, which was invented to convey the meanings of this world, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.

因为我们发明的语言是用来描述这个世界的含义，不能随便拿来去描述另一个世界。

420. That all great has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable.

不可否认，一切伟大的艺术都具有使人遐想到进入天外世界的魅力。