《呸英语》教程第二课
一、语录
今天的语录是法国哲学家（a French philosopher）的一段话，此君名叫Bernard-Henri Lévy，去年被《泰晤士报》（Times）一个搞笑的评选评为“年度怪人”。他怪在哪儿呢？首先是吃，他从不在家里吃饭，在咖啡厅就餐见到熟人也不跟人拼桌。
其次，他跟夫人（一位年过五旬的舞蹈演员）谈话的时候，都用法语正式的“您”（vous）相称，而不用非正式的“你”（tu）。他解释为什么这样做–
All theoreticians of eroticism know when there’s no distance, there’s no border; when there’s no border, there’s no taboo; when there’s no taboo, there’s no transgression; and when there’s no transgression, there’s no desire.
二、注释：
1、theoretician = theorist. 理论家
2、Eroticism is sexual excitement, or the quality of being able to arouse sexual excitement. 情欲、性的欢愉。
3、这段话用了层层递进的五个词distance, border, taboo, transgression, desire
网友donkey给出了上面几个词的出处与辞源。
taboo=来自汤加，那个以肥胖为美的不减肥的天堂，谁瘦了会遭到羞辱的，一种写法是tabu,就是音标的写法，1777年进入英语，发音很像他不tabu不能做啊，其实是来自汤加的主岛名字，被认为是神圣之地的tangatapu, b=p清浊辅音 tapu=tabu.
transgression 犯罪 trans通过-gress走-ion=越界引出的犯罪
一点随想：法国哲学家的话，说得很有意思，我们常说距离产生美，但没说距离产生欲望。
四、原著选读
享受完了欢愉，我们来点实在点的痛苦吧。一听痛苦，大家就皱起眉头。原因在于，我们的时代和社会，到处弥漫着崇拜快乐的氛围。人们生产、消费仿佛都是为了快乐。一旦跟痛苦联系在一起，躲之犹恐不及，更不用说主动去寻找痛苦了。
但是，古人不是这么认为。在古代以色列，有一个人叫约伯，他是当地的富人，儿女成群，牛羊满圈。忽然有一天，在天上发生了他不知道的一幕。他的命运被改变了。
作为读者，我们目睹了人、魔、神之间的互相交锋，用时髦的话叫“博弈”，我们看到当约伯的一切东西在上帝的允许下被魔鬼破坏之后，他的态度。
我们现在选取的这段《圣经》，叫《约伯记》，英文叫Job，不过不是“工作”，是人名。
英文《圣经》是英美近世文学的源头，在詹姆士一世之前，神职人员和有文化的人都直接阅读拉丁文圣经，虽有一些英文译本，但颇为凌乱。King James统一了翻译，从此诞生了英文圣经最重要的一个版本。King James Version.
King James Version的英文其实不难，但是有一些古雅的用法，比如You说成Thou，类似“你”说成“尔”一样，今人看来还是有点不太习惯。于是又了KJV的升级版，Revised Standard Version（修订标准版），它继承了KJV的精华，只对个别古老的词汇和用法进行了适当修改。
我们下面选的就是JOB的第二章。
我之所以选这一章出于以下几个原因，这段文字虽短，只有13句，出场人物有七个之多，分别是：上帝，魔鬼（Satan），约伯，约伯妻，约伯的三个朋友。
对话惊心动魄，故事跌宕起伏。我想每个受到挫折和苦难的人，都应该读读JOB，因为在约伯的天平上，我们能够把自己放到宇宙和历史中加以关照，我们能够像圣经的读者一样，看穿地与天，看透运与命。
按照圣经的看法：人算老几，凭什么只要求得到好的，不得到恶的。好时辰，恶时辰，都是上天的安排，而且都隐藏着上帝神秘的计划。
好了，废话不说，大家自己读吧。
Job
2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.
2:2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Whence have you come?” Satan answered the LORD, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
2:3 And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
2:4 Then Satan answered the LORD, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
2:5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
2:6 And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life.”
2:7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
2:8 And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.
2:9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die.”
2:10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
2:11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eli’phaz the Te’manite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Na’amathite. They made an appointment together to come to condole with him and comfort him.
2:12 And when they saw him from afar, they did not recognize him; and they raised their voices and wept; and they rent their robes and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
2:13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
以上熟读之后，请对照KING JAMES VERSION读一遍。
Job, chapter 2
Compare with Revised Standard Version: BJob.02
1: Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2: And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3: And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4: And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6: And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7: So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8: And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9: Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10: But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
11: Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12: And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13: So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.