李苦舟老师转发的那篇《泰晤士报》奇文,发表时期是1854年8月1日,正是宽街霍乱处于大暴发开始前零星散发的时间节点。 下面就让咱们来赏析一下《泰晤士报》那篇奇葩评论文章:【We prefer to take our chance with cholera and the rest than be bullied into health. There is nothing a man hates so much as being cleansed against his will, or having his floors swept, his walls whitewashed, his pet dung heaps cleared away, or his thatch forced to give way to slate, all at the command of a sort of sanitary bombailiff.It is a positive fact that many had died of a good washing, as much from the irritation to the nerves as from the exposure of the cuticle, no longer protected by dirt.】 下面是微博老铁@陈总是搞事老师的传神翻译:【我们宁可跟霍乱赌命,也不想被迫健康。人最讨厌的事,莫过于不想保持干净,却被逼让人把自己捣鼓干净……被迫清扫地面、被迫把墙刷白、被迫清理粪便,或被迫把茅草屋换成石板墙。事实是,很多人试图把自己洗白白的时候都扑街了……他们或是死于神经突然受到刺激,或是死于角质层突然丧失体垢的保护。】 金句摘选:【我们宁可跟霍乱赌命,也不像被迫健康】……