[dvnews_page]predestination翻译:北京外国语大学北戴河外语培训基地副校长张宝丹
manythingsinthisworldfindneitheranawernoraproperexplanation.forexample,whyshouldtwobecomeacoupleamongthebillioofpeopleonearth?whydon''ttheyloveeachothereventhoughtheylivetogethereveryday,andyetoneofthemfallsinlovewithsomeoneelseatthefirstsight?whydothemembersofafamilyquarreldailybutstillstayunhailytogether?whycan''ttheygetmarriediniteofthefactthattheyareaperfectmatchtoeachother?whyshouldonetoilsomuchfortheother?whyshouldthelove-infatuatedalwaysbedesertedbytheheartle?.....peopleremainpuzzlediniteoftheirgreatefforttounderstandtheendlequestio,sotheyinventedtheall-embracingword---“predestination”.inordertobemoreprecise,differentcombinatiowerederivedfromit:lovepredestination,sinfulpredestination,evilpredestination,andkindpredestinationetc.,hencewehavethesayingslike:“predestinationwilldefinitelybringyoutogetherdeitethegreatdistancewhilewithoutpredestination,you''llneverknoweachothereventhoughyouarestandingfacttoface”“adistantcoupleistiedupwiththethreadofpredestination”andeventhephrasesandexpreiolike“thegodofmarriage”,“predestinationwithoutluck”,“luckwithoutpredestination”,“comingacroeachotherisakindofpredestination”,“enemiesareboundtomeetonanarrowroad”,“theyshallnotmarryeachotherunletheyarepredestinedlovers”.ifpeoplestillcannotfindawers,theyturnto“reincarnation”forhelp.lindaiyuisalwaysintearsjustforrepayingforthewaterjiabaoyuhadgivenherwhenshewasaplantinherpreviouslifeinadreamoftheredmaio.
infact,theso-called“predestination”isoftenakindofcoincidenceorchanceencounter,evenakindofaccident.ifyoudon''tmeetthisperson,you''llsurelymeetsomeoneelse.butpeopleiistonaddingsomecolorsofemotioorsuperstition,thusgeneratingvariousreligiousfactio,themaintheoriesofwhicharenomorethanthatof“reincarnation”,“heavenandhell”and“theever-lastingsoul”etc.