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亨利·戴维·梭罗:瓦尔登湖·摘录 82

亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》· Walden · 健康 · 认知 · 行动 · 哲学

For hours, in fall days, I watched the ducks cunningly tack and veer and hold the middle of the pond, far from the sportsman; tricks which they will have less need to practise in Louisiana bayous. When compelled to rise they would sometimes circle round and round and over the pond at a considerable height, from which they could easily see to other ponds and the river, like black motes in the sky; and, when I thought they had gone off thither long since, they would settle down by a slanting flight of a quarter of a mile on to a distant part which was left free; but what beside safety they got by sailing in the middle of Walden I do not know, unless they love its water for the same reason that I do.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/205
定位:Excerpt 82 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

秋天,梭罗花几个小时看野鸭在湖心机巧地迂回、转向,远离猎人。它们被迫起飞时,会在湖上空高高盘旋,像天空中的黑点,能轻易看到别的池塘和河流;等梭罗以为它们早飞走了,它们却斜斜地滑翔四分之一英里,落到远处没人打扰的水面。梭罗不明白它们待在瓦尔登湖中央除了安全还得到什么,除非它们爱这湖水,理由和他一样。这提醒我们:观察动物时,别只看生存策略,也想想它们是否像人一样,对某个地方有单纯的偏爱。

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《瓦尔登湖》中“禽兽为邻”一章,梭罗记录秋天在湖上观察野鸭躲避猎人的情景。

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你有没有纯粹因为喜欢而反复回到某个地方,而不是因为它有用?

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