【作品簡介】
《瓦爾登湖》是美國作家梭羅獨(dú)居瓦爾登湖畔時(shí)所著,作者以“回歸自然”為主題,描繪了他兩年多時(shí)間里的所見、所聞和所思。大至四季交替造成的景色變化,小到兩只螞蟻的爭斗,描寫不流于膚淺,用詞精確自然。梭羅在小木屋旁開荒種地,春種秋收,自給自足。他與自然交朋友,與湖水、森林和飛鳥對話,在林中觀察動(dòng)物和植物,在船上吹笛,在湖邊釣魚……他追求精神生活,關(guān)注靈魂的成長。
【名句摘錄】
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,to front only the essential facts of life,and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,and not,when I came to die,discover that I had not lived.
我步入?yún)擦郑驗(yàn)槲蚁M麖娜莶黄鹊厣睿鎸Ρ举|(zhì)上只有生活的事實(shí),看看是否能掌握所教,免得到了臨死的時(shí)候,才發(fā)現(xiàn)我根本就沒有生活過。
Rather than love,than money, than fame,give me truth.
不必給我愛,不必給我錢,不必給我名譽(yù),給我真理吧。