YOGA AND ALCHEMY 瑜伽与炼丹 | Chapter 17
2017年12月25日, 星期一
carcass
Physical and spiritual immortality could not be distinguished from one another because the body was a carcass anyway, however he looked at it.
carcass 有三个意思，一是动物尸体，二是建筑残骸，三是戏称人的身体：
- vultures picking at a lion's carcass
啄食狮子尸体的秃鹫 - the carcass of a once glorious empire
一度显赫的帝国遗骸 - Shift your carcass!
别死呆在这儿，躲开！
提到 尸体 carcass，想起昨天正好在A站上看奥雷僵尸电影解说，香港电影总有那么一点潮流又晦暗的气味
链接：【奥雷】僵尸也会法术 林正英系列之《僵尸家族》
《僵尸家族》电影英文名为 Mr. Vampire II，这里vampire意思是 a dead person who leaves his or her grave at night to suck the blood of living people 指的是吸血鬼，或者夜间走出坟墓吸吮活人血的游魂。
Physically it aimed to achieve a glow of physical health, the strengthening of one's constitution and vitality and consequent disappearance of longstanding ailments; mentally it aimed at establishing stability of mind and emotions and release of psychic energies.
名词 glow 在这里意为脸上的红光，红晕，红润：A glow is a pink colour on a person's face, usually because they are healthy or have been exercising；也可以作为动词，表示皮肤由于健康、激动或运动发红，泛红晕，容光焕发；If someone's skin glows, it looks pink because they are healthy or excited, or have been doing physical exercise.
glow和health搭配，可以是像原文中的 a glow of health，或者 a healthy glow，以及动词的搭配 glow with health，glow healthily 等。
It is a great delight to see the glow of health about you.
They came back from their week by the sea, glowing with health. 他们在海边渡假一周，回来时个个都容光焕发。
As a result, his skin glowed more healthily and his halo of hair gleamed like the outer circle of the sun.
The fresh air had brought a healthy glow to her cheeks. 新鲜空气使她两颊红润、精神焕发。
Su Tungpo's brother was ahead of him in following yoga practice, having begun it, according to Tseyu's own testimony, as far back as 1069.
testimony在这里的意思是 evidence in support of sth （对某事物的）见证或证明， 也可以用于表示法庭上的证词。取”见证“之意时，是一个很好用的单词：
This book is testimony to a very individual kind of courage.
这本书显示了个人非凡的勇气。His thick, swollen fingers bore testimony to a lifetime of toil.
他粗壮肿大的手指是一生劳作的证据。This increase in exports bears testimony to the successes of industry.
出口增长证明了工业的成功。The pyramids are (a) testimony to the Ancient Egyptians' engineering skills.
金字塔是古埃及人工程技术精湛的丰碑。
far 在牛津七中有这个词条：~ (back/ ahead) | ~ (into sth) a long time from the present; for a large part of a particular period of time 久；远；意思上 far back 相当于long ago，as far back as 就是 早在，远在… 的意思：
- The band made their first record as far back as 1990.
这个乐队早在 1990 年就录制了他们的第一张唱片。
Salvation, or the knowledge of buddhahood, begins with mental self-discipline.
本章涉及到道教佛学，涉及到长生不老丹药和印度瑜伽，以及养生的种种，这些yoga（在两个中文版里都写作”瑜珈“，现在更常见的或者是”瑜伽“），虽然有点飘渺，却在这些书写中体现了苏东坡self-discipline的一面，从内在到外在对自我的一种追问，一种近乎哲学的不懈探求。
或者，中年养生，未必不是一种好的寄托。
以上。
