5-8. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
【譯文】他們無拘無束，不枯燥地沉湎于卑鄙的名利和物質(zhì)享受。
【單詞和短語】
dreary：枯燥無味的；單調(diào)的；令人生厭的（dull and making you feel sad or bored），
例如:
a dreary meeting 枯燥的會議
mean：卑鄙的（cruel and not kind），
例如：
a mean motive 卑鄙的動機
It is mean to spread gossip about others.
散布有關(guān)他人的流言蜚語是卑鄙的。
5-9. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
【譯文】他們不是社會上那些急切向上爬的人，也不一味追求物質(zhì)享受。
【單詞和短語】
devotion：專心，熱心，專心（the loyalty that you show towards a person, job etc, especially by working hard），
例如：
sb.’s devotion of time and money to the project
某人對這一項目所花費的時間和金錢
Two devotions have filled her life.
她的生活被兩樣他所專注的事情占據(jù)了。
5-10. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things.
【譯文】在我看來，所有這些使他們與生命以及萬物的起源聯(lián)系在了一起。
【講解】all this seems to me to link…中to me乃插入語。link…with…意為“把……同……聯(lián)系起來”。them指年輕人。
【單詞和短語】
origin：起源；來源；由來，起因（the place or situation in which something begins to exist），
例如：
the origin of the universe 宇宙的起源
a word of Latin origin 源自拉丁語的詞語
5-11. It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures.
【譯文】從某種意義上講，他們似乎是超凡脫俗之人，同我們這些見識短淺的俗物形成鮮明而有趣的對照。
【講解】as if they were…suburban creatures是表語從句，were是虛擬語氣結(jié)構(gòu)。in violent and lovely contrast with作定語修飾cosmic beings。suburban creatures作us的同位語，注意這里作者用creatures（生物）指人，即“以種代類”，屬提喻（synecdoche）修辭手法。
【單詞和短語】
suburban：有郊區(qū)（人）特點的；<貶>平淡乏味的；古板的（boring and typical of people who live in the suburbs），
例如：
a suburban lifestyle 郊區(qū)生活方式
5-12. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person.
【譯文】每逢遇到年輕人，我就想到這些。
【講解】all that is in my mind中all that指上文提到的事。a young person中的a表示類別，意即“年輕人”，不是指某個年輕人。
5-13. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect of elders—as if mere age were a reason for respect.
【譯文】年輕人也許狂妄自負，舉止無理，傲慢放肆，愚昧無知，但我決不求助于要尊重長者云云的陳詞濫調(diào)來為維護自己的尊嚴，似乎唯有年長才是受人尊敬的理由。
【講解】he乃承a young person而選用。to turn to…for …為……求助于……。for protection作turn的目的狀語，位置提前是為了使句子更加緊湊。dreary clichés about respect of elders作to的賓語。about respect of elders作clichés的定語。for elders作respect的定語。句中的破折號引出被強調(diào)的部分。
【單詞和短語】
conceited：自負的，自高自大的，驕傲自滿的（someone who is conceited thinks they are very clever, skillful, beautiful etc），名詞形式為conceit。
presumptuous：專橫的，自行其是的，傲慢的，冒昧的，放肆的（doing sth. that you have no right to do and that seems rude），
例如：
It would be presumptuous for anybody to offer such a view.
任何人提出這種觀點都是放肆的。
fatuous：愚笨的，昏庸的，蠢的（very silly or stupid），名詞形式為fatuity，
例如：
fatuous talk 昏話
Television commercials seem more fatuous than ever.
電視廣告節(jié)目似乎比以往任何時候更沒意思了。
5-14. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.
【譯文】我篤信我們是平等的。如果我認為他們錯了，我就以平等的身份和他們爭個明白。
【單詞和短語】
equal:同等的人（someone who is as important, intelligent etc as you are, or who has the same rights and opportunities as you do），
例如：
Mix with your equals or betters. 與同你相仿或更好的人交往。
【譯文】他們無拘無束，不枯燥地沉湎于卑鄙的名利和物質(zhì)享受。
【單詞和短語】
dreary：枯燥無味的；單調(diào)的；令人生厭的（dull and making you feel sad or bored），
例如:
a dreary meeting 枯燥的會議
mean：卑鄙的（cruel and not kind），
例如：
a mean motive 卑鄙的動機
It is mean to spread gossip about others.
散布有關(guān)他人的流言蜚語是卑鄙的。
5-9. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
【譯文】他們不是社會上那些急切向上爬的人，也不一味追求物質(zhì)享受。
【單詞和短語】
devotion：專心，熱心，專心（the loyalty that you show towards a person, job etc, especially by working hard），
例如：
sb.’s devotion of time and money to the project
某人對這一項目所花費的時間和金錢
Two devotions have filled her life.
她的生活被兩樣他所專注的事情占據(jù)了。
5-10. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things.
【譯文】在我看來，所有這些使他們與生命以及萬物的起源聯(lián)系在了一起。
【講解】all this seems to me to link…中to me乃插入語。link…with…意為“把……同……聯(lián)系起來”。them指年輕人。
【單詞和短語】
origin：起源；來源；由來，起因（the place or situation in which something begins to exist），
例如：
the origin of the universe 宇宙的起源
a word of Latin origin 源自拉丁語的詞語
5-11. It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures.
【譯文】從某種意義上講，他們似乎是超凡脫俗之人，同我們這些見識短淺的俗物形成鮮明而有趣的對照。
【講解】as if they were…suburban creatures是表語從句，were是虛擬語氣結(jié)構(gòu)。in violent and lovely contrast with作定語修飾cosmic beings。suburban creatures作us的同位語，注意這里作者用creatures（生物）指人，即“以種代類”，屬提喻（synecdoche）修辭手法。
【單詞和短語】
suburban：有郊區(qū)（人）特點的；<貶>平淡乏味的；古板的（boring and typical of people who live in the suburbs），
例如：
a suburban lifestyle 郊區(qū)生活方式
5-12. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person.
【譯文】每逢遇到年輕人，我就想到這些。
【講解】all that is in my mind中all that指上文提到的事。a young person中的a表示類別，意即“年輕人”，不是指某個年輕人。
5-13. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect of elders—as if mere age were a reason for respect.
【譯文】年輕人也許狂妄自負，舉止無理，傲慢放肆，愚昧無知，但我決不求助于要尊重長者云云的陳詞濫調(diào)來為維護自己的尊嚴，似乎唯有年長才是受人尊敬的理由。
【講解】he乃承a young person而選用。to turn to…for …為……求助于……。for protection作turn的目的狀語，位置提前是為了使句子更加緊湊。dreary clichés about respect of elders作to的賓語。about respect of elders作clichés的定語。for elders作respect的定語。句中的破折號引出被強調(diào)的部分。
【單詞和短語】
conceited：自負的，自高自大的，驕傲自滿的（someone who is conceited thinks they are very clever, skillful, beautiful etc），名詞形式為conceit。
presumptuous：專橫的，自行其是的，傲慢的，冒昧的，放肆的（doing sth. that you have no right to do and that seems rude），
例如：
It would be presumptuous for anybody to offer such a view.
任何人提出這種觀點都是放肆的。
fatuous：愚笨的，昏庸的，蠢的（very silly or stupid），名詞形式為fatuity，
例如：
fatuous talk 昏話
Television commercials seem more fatuous than ever.
電視廣告節(jié)目似乎比以往任何時候更沒意思了。
5-14. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.
【譯文】我篤信我們是平等的。如果我認為他們錯了，我就以平等的身份和他們爭個明白。
【單詞和短語】
equal:同等的人（someone who is as important, intelligent etc as you are, or who has the same rights and opportunities as you do），
例如：
Mix with your equals or betters. 與同你相仿或更好的人交往。