我决心秉着梭罗在瓦尔登湖宣言中“给我明了真正财富的贫穷”的精神，开始我的写作生涯。

I was determined to begin my writerly life in the spirit of Thoreau's proclamation in Walden: "Give me that poverty that knows true wealth."

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在瓦尔登湖他完成了《康考德和梅里·马克河上的一周》的初稿，描述了他1839年和他而今已故的兄弟——小约翰·梭罗前往怀特山脉的旅行。

At Walden Pond he completed a first draft of a Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, describing his 1839 trip to the White Mountains with his now-deceased brother, John Thoreau Jr.

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在夏天里，瓦尔登湖因为很深，所以也不同于一般暴露在阳光底下的水。

Moreover, in summer, Walden never becomes so warm as most water which is exposed to the sun, on account of its depth.

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When Thoreau sits on his little stool outside his cabin at Walden Pond and he hears the train go by over the ridge, and he puts his hands over his ears he doesn't want to hear it-- he's representing something.

在瓦尔登湖的木屋外,梭罗坐在他的小凳子上,他听到火车的声音穿越桥梁,他捂住了耳朵,他一点也不想听到这个声音,他代表着某种想法

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