WriteYourOwnLife
佚名/Anonymous
Supposesomeonegaveyouapen—asealed,solid-coloredpen.Youcouldn』tseehowmuchinkithad.Itmightrundryafterthefirstfewtentativewordsorlastjustlongenoughtocreateamasterpiece(orseveral)thatwouldlastforeverandmakeadifferenceintheschemeofthings.Youdon'tknowbeforeyoubegin.
Undertherulesofthegame,youreallyneverknow.Youhavetotakeachance!
Actually,noruleofthegamestatesyoumustdoanything.Insteadofpickingupandusingthepen,youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrawerwhereitwilldryup,unused.
Butifyoudodecidetouseit,whatwouldyoudowithit?Howwouldyouplaythegame?
Wouldyouplanandplanbeforeyoueverwroteaword?Wouldyourplansbesoextensivethatyouneverevengottothewriting?
Orwouldyoutakethepeninhand,plungerightinandjustdoit,strugglingtokeepupwiththetwistsandturnsofthetorrentsofwordsthattakeyouwheretheytakeyou?
Wouldyouwritecautiouslyandcarefully,asifthepenmightrundrythenextmoment,orwouldyoupretendorbelieve(orpretendtobelieve)thatthepenwillwriteforeverandproceedaccordingly?
Andofwhatwouldyouwrite:Oflove?Hate?Fun?Misery?Life?Death?Nothing?Everything?
Wouldyouwritetopleasejustyourself?Orothers?Oryourselfbywritingforothers?
Wouldyourstrokesbetremblinglytimidorbrilliantlybold?Fancywithaflourishorplain?
Wouldyouevenwrite?Onceyouhavethepen,norulesaysyouhavetowrite.Wouldyousketch?Scribble?Doodledraw?
Wouldyoustayinoronthelines,orseenolinesatall,eveniftheywerethere?Orarethey?
There』salottothinkabouthere,isn』tthere?
Now,supposesomeonegaveyoualife…
設想，如果有人給了你一支單色的不可拆裝的鋼筆。你根本看不到裡面究竟有多少墨水。也許你試著寫幾個字後它就沒墨水了，也許裡面的墨水足夠完成一部（也可能是幾部）意義深遠的傳世之作。但這一切在動筆前，都不得而知。
這樣的遊戲規則，其結果你的確很難預料。只能賭一把！
實際上，遊戲規則並未規定你一定要做點什麼，反之，你甚至完全可以把它放到書架上或抽屜裡，不去動它，任其墨水自然枯竭而變得毫無用處。
可是，倘若你打算用它，你會將其派上什麼用場呢？你將如何開展這一遊戲呢？
或許你會在寫一個字之前，不斷猶豫，反覆斟酌？又或許你會因為計劃過於周詳而沒時間動筆？
或許你只是手握鋼筆，埋頭苦寫，筆耕不輟，順著泉湧的文思被動前行呢？
或許你寫字時會很慎重和小心，似乎這支筆的墨水下一刻就會枯竭一樣？又或是你會假裝去相信這支筆永無枯竭之時？
那麼你會寫些什麼呢：愛情？仇恨？喜悅？痛苦？生命？死亡？虛無？抑或是一切？
你的寫作目的是充實自己？還是愉悅他人？或是兩者兼而有之？
你落筆膽怯審慎，還是鏗鏘有力？你的想像力豐富還是匱乏？
也許你根本沒有落筆？因為沒有規則要求你拿到筆後必須要去寫作。或許你會去素描？亂畫一通？信筆塗鴉？
你會寫在線內還是線上，或許你根本看不到線，即使有又在哪裡呢？那些是嗎？
就此有許多該考慮的問題，難道不是嗎？
此刻，如果有人給你一支譜寫生命樂章之筆……
記憶填空
1.Youcouldn』thowmuchinkithad.Itmightrundrythefirstfewtentativeorlastjustlongenoughtocreateamasterpiece(orseveral)thatwouldlastforeverandmakeadifferenceintheschemeof.Youdon』tknowyoubegin.
2.Actually,noofthegamestatesyoumustdo.Insteadofpickingupandusingthe,youcouldleaveitonaorinadrawerwhereitwillup,unused.
3.Orwouldyouthepeninhand,plungerightinandjustit,strugglingtokeepupthetwistsandturnsofthetorrentsofwordsthattakeyoutheytakeyou?
佳句翻譯
1.可是，倘若你打算用它，你會將其派上什麼用場呢？
2.你會在寫一個字之前，不斷猶豫，反覆斟酌嗎？
3.就此有許多該考慮的問題，難道不是嗎？
短語應用
1.Insteadofpickingupandusingthepen,youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrawerwhereitwilldryup,unused.
dryup：乾涸；住口
2.Orwouldyoutakethepeninhand,plungerightinandjustdoit,strugglingtokeepupwiththetwistsandturnsofthetorrentsofwordsthattakeyouwheretheytakeyou?
struggleto：掙扎著做某事