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今天是小芳老师陪你精读外刊的第187天泛读原文（盲听1遍，泛读1遍，对照文本听1遍）When it comes to first impressions, we all want to make a good one. And that’s why we tend to focus on our best traits and qualities. However, we often fall into the trap of thinking that everything about us needs to be perfect. But that’s just unrealistic. We all have imperfections. It’s part of being human. And while it’s easy to believe that our ‘supposed flaws and imperfections’ make us less attractive, here are some that can actually make us seem more appealing to others:

According to Albert Camus, if you search for meaning in this world, you’ll find nothing. Maybe someone close to you passes away, or your spouse has an affair, or you unexpectedly lose a limb in a car crash, and you find yourself asking, “why me, why now, and why this way?” And in return, the world gives you no reply.

All of these events – all of these effects – have a cause. The world is a place of causes and effects after all. But there’s no reason, not one we can determine at least, behind these causes and effects. You’ll never find a clear “why” behind any tragedy. For Camus, the world is absurd. It’s just there and it couldn’t care less about us. The stars don’t shine with a purpose, the galaxies don’t move with a plan in mind, nor do the planets circle for any other reason besides the laws of physics. Camus calls this experience the absurd: a feeling born from the contradiction between our desire to find meaning in this world and a silent world that has none to give.

And for many people, the feeling of absurdity is unbearable. They can’t imagine being happy without a meaning in life, so they find a way to escape the absurd. And the most common form of escape is through the forced adoption of meaning. Whether it’s through a religion, philosophy, or politics, people find something to believe in and make that the meaning for their own lives. But for Camus, this makes no sense. The world has no meaning, so it’s absurd to derive one. And in addition to that, instead of making you happy, deriving a meaning from life actually robs you of your intrinsic freedom. Just imagine the person who joins a religion and now has to act in accordance with the rules of that religion. According to Camus, this person has lost the freedom of action. There are certain actions which they can no longer do if they want to abide by the rules of that religion. And the same loss of freedom occurs for someone who adopts a new philosophy or joins a new political movement.

But the adoption of meaning doesn’t just rob you of freedom, it also dulls your mind. Because instead of seeing the world as it is, you begin to see it through the distorting lens of your new ideology. Through the lens of religion, everything gets evaluated as sin or not sin. Through the lens of philosophy, everything becomes virtue or vice. Through the lens of politics, everything becomes oppressor and oppressed.

So how do we deal with the absurd if we don’t want to escape it through the forced adoption of meaning.

For Camus, happiness doesn’t lie in the discovery of a meaning, but rather the search for a meaning. Finding an answer is not as important as living the question. And Camus calls the commitment to keep searching for a meaning, even though none exists, revolt. Revolt is the path to freedom, passion, and happiness. For Camus, the human condition is most comparable to the myth of Sisyphus. Sisyphus was condemned by the Greek gods to an eternal punishment. He must roll a boulder up a mountain only to watch it fall back down, over and over again, for all eternity. This is Sisyphus’ imprisonment and punishment: eternally, fruitless labor.

And like Sisyphus, we’re condemned to work without reward. We’re prisoners, punished with the task of seeking meaning in a world that has none to give. But I think Camus’ genius lies in this insight: “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” We can look up at the gods and say, “no, this isn’t my punishment. I acknowledge and accept my fate. I want it this way. I want to keep searching even though I know that search will amount to nothing. I enjoy searching. I don’t need to find something. Searching is enough for me.” 

And in this way, our punishment ceases to be a punishment. We spit in the face of our captors. If I throw you in prison with the hopes of punishing you, but you sincerely desire to be in that prison, then I’ve failed in punishing you. You’ve beat me. And similarly, by continuing our relentless search for meaning, we overcome the gods and our fates. By enjoying the search itself, we revolt. Through our revolt, we become free. No longer restricted or bound by some pre-packaged ideology – by some forced adoption of meaning – we become free to fully experience life the way we want. We’re free to act in the way we wish, and through this freedom, we become passionate and alive.

We don’t need a meaning to be happy in life, and in fact, a meaning often just gets in the way of happiness and freedom. It limits your action and dulls your mind. The discovery of meaning isn’t as important as the search for meaning. By continuing to search, you revolt against the gods. You turn your punishment into your reward, and by doing so, you overcome it. You become free to search for meaning wherever you like and experience the fullness of life, and by doing so, you become alive. The search is enough, or as Camus put it, “the struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

精读原文When it comes to first impressions, we all want to make a good one. And that’s why we tend to focus on our best traits and qualities. However, we often fall into the trap of thinking that everything about us needs to be perfect. But that’s just unrealistic. We all have imperfections. It’s part of being human. And while it’s easy to believe that our ‘supposed flaws and imperfections’ make us less attractive, here are some that can actually make us seem more appealing to others:

重点词汇：meaning：意义tragedy：悲剧absurd：荒谬的adoption：采纳ideology：意识形态freedom：自由revolt：反抗passion：激情punishment：惩罚

happiness：幸福长难句："And the same loss of freedom occurs for someone who adopts a new philosophy or joins a new political movement." 这句话的主干是“The same loss of freedom occurs”，它的主语是“someone”，谓语是“occurs”，它的宾语是“for someone who adopts a new philosophy or joins a new political movement”，其中，“who”引导的是一个定语从句，修饰“someone”。

"We’re prisoners, punished with the task of seeking meaning in a world that has none to give." 这句话的主干是“We’re prisoners”，它的谓语是“are”，主语是“We”，其中，“punished with the task of seeking meaning in a world that has none to give”是一个过去分词短语，作后置定语，修饰“prisoners”。

多项选择阅读理解题目：What does Camus believe about the search for meaning in this world?A. It is pointless.B. It is necessary.

C. It is easy.D. It is complicated.What is the most common form of escape from the feeling of absurdity?

A. Joining a religion.B. Starting a new philosophy.C. Joining a new political movement.D. All of the above.

What does Camus believe is the path to freedom, passion, and happiness?A. The discovery of meaning.B. The forced adoption of meaning.

C. The search for meaning.D. None of the above.全文翻译（机器翻译仅供参考）：根据阿尔贝·加缪的说法，如果你在这个世界上寻找意义，你将找不到任何东西也许你身边的某个人去世了，或者你的配偶出轨了，或者你在车祸中意外失去了一条腿，你会问自己，“为什么是我，为什么是现在，为什么是这种方式？”而世界却没有给你任何回答。

所有这些事件——所有这些影响——都有原因毕竟，世界是一个因果关系的地方但是，没有理由，至少我们无法确定任何原因和影响背后的原因你永远不会找到任何悲剧背后的明显原因对于加缪来说，世界是荒谬的它就在那里，它并不关心我们。

星星没有任何目的地闪耀，星系没有任何计划地移动，行星也没有除了物理定律之外的任何原因围绕着它们旋转加缪称这种经验为荒谬：一种源于我们在这个世界中寻找意义与沉默无言的世界之间矛盾的感觉对于许多人来说，荒谬的感觉是无法忍受的。

他们无法想象没有生命意义就能快乐，因此他们找到一种逃避荒谬的方式最常见的逃避方式就是通过强制采纳意义无论是通过宗教、哲学还是政治，人们都会找到一些信仰，并将其作为自己生命的意义但对于加缪来说，这毫无意义。

世界没有意义，所以从中得出一个意义是荒谬的此外，与此相反，从生命中得出一个意义实际上剥夺了你内在的自由想象一下加入某个宗教的人，现在必须按照该宗教的规则行事根据加缪的说法，这个人失去了行动自由如果他们想遵守该宗教的规则，则有某些行动是他们不能再做的。

对于采纳新哲学或加入新政治运动的人而言，同样失去了自由但采纳意义不仅会剥夺你的自由，还会使你的头脑变得迟钝因为你开始透过新意识形态的扭曲镜头看世界透过宗教的镜头，一切都被评估为罪恶或非罪恶透过哲学的镜头，一切都变成美德或恶习。

透过政治的镜头，一切都成了压迫者和被压迫者那么如果我们不想通过强制采纳意义来逃避荒谬，我们该如何应对呢？对于加缪来说，幸福不在于发现意义，而在于寻找意义找到答案并不像生活问题一样重要加缪称持续寻找意义即使没有任何存在也是一种反抗。

反抗是自由、激情和幸福之路对于加缪来说，人类的处境最类似于西西弗斯神话西西弗斯被希腊神祇判处永恒惩罚他必须将巨石推上山顶，只能看着它一次又一次地滚下来，永远重复这样无果的劳动就像西西弗斯一样，我们被判定要无所获得地工作。

我们是囚犯，受到惩罚，必须在一个没有意义可言的世界中寻找意义但我认为加缪的天才之处在于这个洞见：“没有什么命运是蔑视不能克服的”我们可以仰望神明并说：“不，这不是我的惩罚我承认并接受我的命运我希望这样我想继续寻找即使我知道那个答案将毫无意义。

我喜欢寻找我不需要发现什么东西寻找对我来说已经足够了”通过这种方式，我们的惩罚就不再是惩罚了我们向我们的监禁者吐口水如果我把你投进监狱以惩罚你，但你真诚地希望呆在那个监狱里，那么我就失败了你打败了我同样地，通过持续寻找意义，我们克服了神明和命运。

通过享受寻找本身，我们反抗了荒谬感，并变得自由了不再受某种预先打包好的意识形态——某种强制采纳意义——所限制或束缚，我们变得自由地按照自己希望的方式去体验生活我们可以自由地采取行动，并通过这种自由变得充满激情和生命力。

我们不需要生命中有任何意义才能快乐，在现实中发现意义通常只会妨碍幸福和自由它限制了你的行动并使你变得迟钝发现意义并不像寻找意义一样重要通过持续寻找，你反抗了神明你把惩罚变成了奖励，并通过这样做克服了它你可以自由地在任何地方寻找意义并体验生活的丰富多彩，在这样做中变得充满生命力。

寻找本身就足够了，或者像加缪所说：“向高处奋斗本身就足以填满一个人的心灵必须想象西西弗斯是快乐的”滑动查看答案答案

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