- [ Chanting ] Meeks. Meeks.
“啊！我！ ” ''O me, O life of the questions of these recurring.
“便可得到它的伟大分数” ''A sonnet by Byron might score high on the vertical,
“但不屈服” and not to yield.''
“但意志不减” ，奋斗，寻觅，发现” ''but strong in will... to strive, to seek, to find,
“当你往下研读本书的诗时” “多演练这个评量方法” “随着你评估诗的能力增加” 'As your ability to evaluate poems in this manner grows, so will-- so will your enjoyment and understanding of poetry.''
“而莎士比亚的十四行诗” 'A Shakespearean sonnet, on the other hand,
“故显示这首诗真正的伟大” ''thereby revealing the poem to be truly great.
“花开堪折直需折” ''Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.''
“接着我看见刚果河，缓缓在黑色大陆流动” ''Then I saw the Congo ，creeping through the black,
“金色小径贯穿森林” cutting through the forest with a golden track.''
“决定诗的伟大程度” ''determining a poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter.
“那么计算其所占的面积” ''yields the measure of its greatness.
“你将更能欣赏了解诗” so will your enjoyment and understanding of poetry.''
“其重要性为纵轴” ''and its importance is plotted on the vertical, ''then calculating the total area of the poem...
“却无法避开源源的嘲讽” ''I could not turn from their revel in derision.
“身处其中的意义为何？ ” ''What good amid these,
“诗如何技巧的呈现其客观性” ''One.: How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered?
“首先要熟悉诗的韵律…” ''with its metre, rhyme and figures of speech.
“虽然我们已不再拥有昔日…” ''And though we are not now that strength...
“虽为时光命运摧残…” ''made weak by time and fate,
“同样具有的英雄之心” ''one equal temper of heroic hearts...
“问题二衡量其重要性” ''Question two rates its importance.
“问题一衡量诗的完美程度” ''Question one rates the poem's perfection.
“我曾有过先见” ''Then I had religion, then I had a vision.
“我们依然未变” ''That which we are, we are:
“我喜欢拜伦，我给他42分” “但我不能随他的音乐起舞” ''I like Byron. I give him a 42. But I can't dance to it.''
“寻找更新世界尚未太迟” '''Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
“押韵和修辞” “然后再问两个问题” ''Then ask two questions.
“要完全了解诗” ''To fully understand poetry, we must first be fluent...
“一首拜伦的十四行诗” “或许在纵轴上的得分很高” “但在横轴上得分普通” ''but only average on the horizontal.
“移山倒海的力量” ''which in old days moved Earth and heaven.
“以及其客观性有多重要” 'And, two.: How important is that objective?
“因而得到极大的总面积” 'yielding a massive total area;: ''thereby revealing the poem to be truly great.
“因我的目标是航向落日之外” ''For my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset.
“在戴运无信者的绵延车厢中” “在充满愚人的城市之中” ''Of cities filled with the foolish.
“在横，纵轴的得分都很高” ''would score high both horizontally and vertically,
“这个问题不断重演的生命” ''Of the endless trains of the faithless.
“只要回答这两个问题” 'And once these questions have been answered...
An unusual name.
Be quick,guys!
come on boys
I wil be the first.我
O me, O life? “啊！我！啊！生命！ ”
Ok,who will be the firstt?好，谁是下一个
Thank you, Mr Dalton. 谢谢你，达顿先生
We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. 我们读诗写诗 因为我们是人类的一员
Well,I want you to turn to page 41 and read the poem.
Well,Mr Pitts?
Why does the writer use these lines? 作者为何如是说？
安德森先生请把书翻到第一页，读序言部分。 Mr Anderson,please turn your book to the first page and read the exordiem.
不对，但仍然谢谢你的回答 - No! Ding!
船长，我的船长啊 Oh captain，my captain.……
此聚会将由我本人 The meetings will be conducted by myself...
答案是.你在这儿 ''Answer: That you are here.
但是诗，美，浪漫，爱 But poetry, ,beauty, romance, love--
到最后一无所成？ to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable?
动手啊！将整页撕掉 你们听见了 ，撕掉 Go on. Rip out the entire page.
而人类充满了热情 And the human race is filled with passion.
鬼话！ Excrement.
花开堪折直需折 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
花开堪折直需折Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
及时行乐 Seize the day.
及时行乐 Carpe—— Carpe diem. Seize the day——
今日轻绽浅笑的花朵,明日便将凋零 And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.''
靠过来 Huddle up!
靠近点，靠近点，你可以听见他们在说话。 Now come close,come close,you can hear them saying.
另一个不平凡的名字 Another unusual name
米克斯 Meeks.
那不是圣经，你不会因此下地狱 It's not the Bible. You're not gonna go to hell for this.
你们经过这儿无数次 You've walked past them many times. I don't think you've really looked at them
你是？ Name?
你怎能像音乐比赛般描述诗 I mean, how can you describe poetry like American Bandstand?
若以诗的完美程度为横轴” ''If the poem's score for perfection is plotted... ''on the horizontal of a graph...
时光易逝 Old Time is still a-flying.
使生命存在，使其有一致性 ''That life exists and identity. ''
使这个强而有力的戏演下去 而你能贡献出一篇诗歌 That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.''
谁知道这句话的意思？ Does anyone knows what it means?
撕掉！ You heard me. Rip it out. 快点，撕掉 Rip it out! Go on.
撕掉！撕！ J伊凡斯普利查博士 Rip it out! Rip! Be gone, J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D.!
他们的双眼充满了希望，和你们一样 Their eyes are full of hope, just like you.
他们是否虚度时光 Did they wait until it was too late...
我们不是在装水管 我们谈论的是诗 We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry.
我们读诗写诗，非为它的灵巧 We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
我要告诉你们一个秘密，靠过来 I have a little secret for you. Huddle up.
我要你们向前到这儿来 I would like you to step forward over here...
我在此重建古诗人社 - I hereby reconvene the Dead Poets Society,
细细玩味过去的面孔 and peruse some of the faces from the past.
现在，我要你们将那一页撕下来 Now, I want you to rip out that page.
医药，法律，商业，工程 Medicine, law, business, engineering:
意即“及时行乐” Carpe diem. That's ''Seize the day.''
因为他很急切 - Because he's in a hurry.
因为我们都是凡人，孩子们 Because we are food for worms, lads.
因为信不信由你 Because, believe it or not,
引用惠特曼的诗 To quote from Whitman.:
由于陶德安德森宁可不朗读 Todd Anderson, because he prefers not to read,
与此同义的拉丁文是 The Latin term for that sentiment is ''Carpe diem. ''
与现在出席的新会员主持 and the other new initiates now present.
这个房间里的每个人 each and every one of us in this room...
这是我对J伊凡斯普利查的看法 That's what I think of Mr J. Evans Pritchard.
这些才是我们生存的原因 these are what we stay alive for.
这些都是高贵的理想 并且是维生的必需条件 these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
总有一天都要停止呼吸 僵冷，死亡 is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die. 总有一天都要停止呼吸 僵冷，死亡