知足的人（节选）  

The Contented Man （Excerpt）

作　　者：禾沐(译) 

出　　处：《英语学习》2012年第10期61-63,共3页English Language Learning

摘　　要：吉尔伯特·基思·切斯特顿（Gilbert Keith Chesterton，1874-1936），英国推理小说家、评论家和神学家。生于英国伦敦西区的肯辛顿，先后受教于圣保罗中学（St Paul’SSchool）、大学学院（University College）与史雷德艺术学校（Slade School of Art）。一生创作了大量长篇和短篇小说、诗歌及评论散文。他的文章幽默风趣，视野开阔，其最有名的小说人物是按照犯罪心理学进行推理断案的布朗神父。True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous andit is rare. The absence of this digestive talent is what makes so cold and incredible the tales of so many people who say they have been ＂through＂ things; when it is evident that they have come out on the other side quite unchanged. A man might have gone ＂through＂ a plum pudding as a bullet might go through a plum pudding; it depends on the size of the pudding--and the man. But the awful and sacred question is ＂Has the pudding been through him？＂

关 键 词：节选 知足 推理断案 KEITH 犯罪心理学 PAUL 艺术学校 短篇小说 

分 类 号：I247.77[文学—中国文学]