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for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation.

對這種人來說，多一種新的樂趣、多一種新的刺激只是增加一分厭膩而已。

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In vain they rush frantically round from place to place,

他們到處狂奔亂跑，

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trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

企圖以閑聊和亂竄來擺脫無聊對他們的報復，但這是徒勞的。

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For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.

對他們來說，用某種形式的紀律約束他們一下才能有希望使他們走上正道。

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It may also be said that rational, industrious,useful.

也可以這樣說，理智的、勤勞的、有用的。

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Human beings are divided into two classes:

人被分為兩種類別：

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first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure;

第一類是分清工作是工作，娛樂是娛樂的人；

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and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one.

第二類人的工作和娛樂是一回事。

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Of these the former are the majority.They have their compensations.

這兩類人當中，第一類人是大多數，他們能夠得到補償。

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The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward,

在辦公室或工廠里長時間的工作給他們帶來了酬勞，

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not only the means of sustenance,

這不僅是謀生的手段，

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but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms.

而且還帶來了尋找樂趣的強烈欲望。那怕是最簡單的、最低等的樂趣。

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But Fortune's favoured children belong to the second class.

但是，命運之神的寵兒是第二類人，

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Their life is a natural harmony.

他們的生活是一種自然的和諧，

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For them the working hours are never long enough.

對他們來說，工作時間總不會太長，

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Each day is a holiday,and ordinary holidays, when they come,

每天都是假日，而通常的假期到來時，

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are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.

他們卻惋惜這假期強制打斷了他們埋頭從事的工作。

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Yet to both classes, the need of an alternative outlook,

然而對這兩種人來說，都需要換一換腦子，

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of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential.

改變一下氣氛，轉移一下注意力，這是不可缺少的。

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Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

說實在的，把工作當作享受的那些人可能最需要每隔一段時間把工作從頭腦中撇開。

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Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment,

圖省錢是露營的一個主要動機，因為除了開始時購置或是租借一套露營裝備外，

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or through hiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels.

總費用算起來要比住旅館開支少得多。

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But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one, or even the greatest.

但是，和一般的看法相反，這決非是僅有的，甚至不是最主要的動機。

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The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his five shillings worth of space ,at one of Europe's myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley.

如果一位游客漫不經心地駕車駛入歐洲無數常年營地之一，花20鎊租用一個空位，那么他可能會碰見一輛本特利汽車，

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More likely, Ford Consul will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes,

更可能會望見一輛福特·康索爾和一輛雷諾或一輛梅塞迪斯并排停放著，

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but rarely with bicycles made for two.

不過雙人自行車則不容易看到。

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That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic,

現代露營裝備一年比一年講究，這對那些厭世嫉俗者來說是一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情。

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a brighter promise for the hopeful traveller who has sworn to get away from it all.

而對于發誓用露營來擺脫煩惱的人來說，卻帶來了更光明的前景。

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It also provides--and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon--an escape of another kind.

學社會學的大學生來露營是另一種形式的擺脫現實，他們的目的很可能是根據觀察到的露營現象去寫論文。

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The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista,

現代露營旅游的人往往討厭住"斯普蘭迪德"和"貝拉維斯塔"這樣的大酒店，