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1、公務員事務局法定語文事務部第二十九期二零零七年十月IssueNo.29October2007OFFICIALLANGUAGESDIVISION,CIVILSERVICEBUREAUHowdoweseetheocean?Todifferentpeopleandinwrathoftheseamayclaimcountlesslivesanddestroydifferentepochs,theoceanmaycarrydifferentmeanings.everythingalongtheshore.Becau
2、seofitsvastness,theoceanmakesmenallthemoreinsignificant,andmaybeThosewhodidgeographyatschoolshouldknowthatevenhelpless.Yettheboundlessseamaynotbeastwo-thirdsofourplanetiscoveredbywater.Theocean,unconquerableasitseems.ThisisthebeliefthatErnestseparatingone
3、continentfromanother,isoftenregardedHemingway(1899-1961)heldwhenhewroteTheOldbymankindasabarrier.Beforeshipswereinvented,ManandtheSea(1952).Growingoldmakesusweak,humanactivitiesweremostlyconfinedtothecoastline,butitcannevershakeourironwill.Theoldfisherman
4、,thoughgoodswimmerscouldgofartheroffshore.SomenSantiago,byvirtueofhisunfalteringdetermination,ondifferentcontinentsweregeographicallydividedbythefightsagainstnatureandprevailsinhisstrugglewithasea,andmenonasmallislandwouldseemverysecluded.giantmarlincaugh
5、tatsea.ItishiscourageandYetEnglishmetaphysicalpoetJohnDonne(1572-1631)perseverancethattheauthoreulogises.Thoughwhattookadifferentview.HedrawsacomparisonbetweenSantiagobringsonshoreintheendisnothingbutthemenandislandsinhisMeditationXVII:largefishboneleftby
6、thesharksthatsharedhiscatch,Nomanisanisland,entireofitself;hehasindeedtriumphedoverhardshipanddanger,everymanisapieceofthecontinent,representedbytheseathatshowsnomercy.apartofthemain.Becauseofitsunfathomabledepth,theoceanisAccordingtoDonne,mankindisinterc
7、onnectedandalsoconsideredasymbolofmystery.Deepdown,thenomanisisolatedfromanother.Weareallinterdependentbottomoftheseaissheerdarkness,anunknownhorizonanddonotexistonourown.Donne’sideaisbestillustratedtomankind.Nowadays,withmoreadvancedwhenweputitintothecon
8、textofRobinsonCrusoe(1719),technology,thescopeofscientists’explorationhasanovelbyDanielDefoe(1660-1731).UnderDefoe’spen,broadened,andsubmarineexpeditionsreachtheflooreventheshipwreckedcastaway,RobinsonCrusoe,manages