同一个普通城里人到乡下散步,特别是在四、五月里,不为他对事事无知感到惊奇是不可能的。一个人到乡下散步,不为自己对事事无知吃惊也是不可能的。成千上万的人浑浑噩噩地过了一生,分不出哪是橘树哪是榆树,也听不出画眉和山鸟的鸣声有什么不同。住在现代城市里的人能够分辨这两种啼声大概是极其罕见的。这倒不是因为我们没有见过这两种鸟,而是因为我们从不去注意它们。我们同各种 It is impossible for people in the same city to go for a walk in the country, especially in April or May, not to wonder at his ignorance of everything. It is impossible for a man to go for a walk in the country, not to be ignorant of everything. Hundreds of thousands of people spent unexhausted life, could not tell where the orange tree is the elm, can not hear the thrush and song of the mountain birds have any difference. It is probably rare for anyone living in a modern city to distinguish between these two voices. This is not because we have not seen these two birds, but because we never pay attention to them. We are all kinds