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  • A peculiar1 virtue3" target="_blank">virtue2 in wildlife ethics4 is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove5 of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated6 by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers7. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.

    Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

    If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

    Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

    No culture has yet solved the dilemma8 each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate9 existence when one is fully11" target="_blank">fully10 aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy12 expression of a leaning into the light.

    Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams

    Civilized13 life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets14 for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting.

    Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

    All the sounds of this valley run together into one great echo, a song that is sung by all the spirits of this valley. Only a hunter hears it.

    Chaim Potok

    There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.

    Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

    Hunting has opened the earth to me and let me sense the rhythms and hierarchies15 of nature.

    Charles Fergus

    The land comes alive through its wild creatures.

    Charles Fergus

    I'd rather get my brains blown out in the wild than wait in terror at the slaughterhouse.

    Craig Volk, Northern Exposure, A-Hunting We Will Go, 1991

    I kill when I hunt and do not apologize for that, although I reserve the right to think about its implications. I also hunt without killing- whether by accident or design-and I do not apologize for that either. There is room in longbow country for a spectrum16 of tastes and attitudes, and that is as it should be.

    E. Donnall Thomas, Jr.

    I don't regard nature as a spectator sport.

    Ed Zern

    Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic17 superiority of the dead animal to the live one.

    Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989), A Voice Crying in the Wilderness18

    The true trophy19 hunter is a self-disciplined perfectionist seeking a single animal, the ancient patriarch well past his prime that is often an outcast from his own kind... If successful, he will enshrine the trophy in a place of honor. This is a more noble and fitting end than dying on some lost and lonely ledge20 where the scavengers will pick his bones, and his magnificent horns will weather away and be lost forever.

    Elgin Gates, Trophy Hunter in Asia

    Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter.

    Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), "On the Blue Water," Esquire, April 1936

    When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

    Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), Winner Take Nothing

    When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman

    There is a solitude21, or perhaps a solemnity, in the few hours that precede the dawn of day which is unlike that of any others in the twenty-four, and which I cannot explain or account for. Thoughts come to me at this time that I never have at any other.

    George Bird Grinnell

    We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane22, while his education has been sadly neglected.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

    When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered yes-- remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education-- make them hunters.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

    Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

    James A. Froude (1818 - 1894)

    The emotions that good hunters need to cultivate are love and service more than courage. The sentiments of the hunt then become translated into art.

    James Swan, In Defense23 of Hunting

    If there is a sacred moment in the ethical24 pursuit of game, it is the moment you release the arrow or touch off the fatal shot.

    Jim Posewitz

    The pleasure of the sportsman in the chase is measured by the intelligence of the game and its capacity to elude25 pursuit and in the labor26 involved in the capture.

    John Dean Caton

    Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. None of Nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.

    John Muir (1838 - 1914), Our National Parks, 1901

    One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute27 through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion28 in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction29 from his job.

    Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955), Meditations30 on Hunting

    I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.

    Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey, Season 2, Episode 9, 2010

    When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.

    Marv Levy31

    It is very strange, and very melancholy32, that the paucity33 of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.

    Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Anecdotes34 of Samuel Johnson

    In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)

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    1 peculiar [pɪˈkju:liə(r)] cinyo   第7级
    adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
    参考例句:
    • He walks in a peculiar fashion. 他走路的样子很奇特。
    • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression. 他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
    3 virtue [ˈvɜ:tʃu:] BpqyH   第7级
    n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
    参考例句:
    • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue. 他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
    • You need to decorate your mind with virtue. 你应该用德行美化心灵。
    4 ethics ['eθɪks] Dt3zbI   第7级
    n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
    参考例句:
    • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that. 他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
    • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict. 个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
    5 disapprove [ˌdɪsəˈpru:v] 9udx3   第8级
    vt. 不赞成;不同意 vi. 不赞成;不喜欢
    参考例句:
    • I quite disapprove of his behaviour. 我很不赞同他的行为。
    • She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove. 她想训练自己做戏剧演员,但她的父母不赞成。
    6 dictated [dikˈteitid] aa4dc65f69c81352fa034c36d66908ec   第7级
    v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布
    参考例句:
    • He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
    • No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    7 onlookers ['ɒnlʊkəz] 9475a32ff7f3c5da0694cff2738f9381   第8级
    n.旁观者,观看者( onlooker的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
    • The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外,以示尊敬。
    8 dilemma [dɪˈlemə] Vlzzf   第7级
    n.困境,进退两难的局面
    参考例句:
    • I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter. 这件事使我进退两难。
    • He was thrown into a dilemma. 他陷入困境。
    9 compassionate [kəmˈpæʃənət] PXPyc   第9级
    adj.有同情心的,表示同情的
    参考例句:
    • She is a compassionate person. 她是一个有同情心的人。
    • The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence. 慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。
    11 fully [ˈfʊli] Gfuzd   第9级
    adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
    参考例句:
    • The doctor asked me to breathe in, then to breathe out fully. 医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
    • They soon became fully integrated into the local community. 他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
    12 worthy [ˈwɜ:ði] vftwB   第7级
    adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned. 没有值得一提的事发生。
    13 civilized ['sivilaizd] UwRzDg   第7级
    a.有教养的,文雅的
    参考例句:
    • Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
    • rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
    14 outlets [ˈautlets] a899f2669c499f26df428cf3d18a06c3   第7级
    n.出口( outlet的名词复数 );经销店;插座;廉价经销店
    参考例句:
    • The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    15 hierarchies [ˈhaiərɑ:kiz] 363a3f0eb8ee21c582e96e99979801de   第7级
    等级制度( hierarchy的名词复数 ); 统治集团; 领导层; 层次体系
    参考例句:
    • That's a trip of two hierarchies. 那是两个领导层之间的互访。
    • Hierarchies of authority, spans of control, long-range plans, and budgets. 等级森严的权力机构,控制范围,长期计划,预算。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
    16 spectrum [ˈspektrəm] Trhy6   第7级
    n.谱,光谱,频谱;范围,幅度,系列
    参考例句:
    • This is a kind of atomic spectrum. 这是一种原子光谱。
    • We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum. 关于太阳光谱的构成,我们已了解不少。
    17 esthetic [es'θetɪk] 3tfzcU   第7级
    adj.美学的,审美的;悦目的,雅致的
    参考例句:
    • That armchair is comfortable but not very esthetic. 那张扶手椅坐起来舒服,但不太美观。
    • There are physical distance and esthetic distance between the esthetic subject and the object. 审美的主客体之间有物理距离和心理距离。
    18 wilderness [ˈwɪldənəs] SgrwS   第8级
    n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠
    参考例句:
    • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness. 她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
    • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. 荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
    19 trophy [ˈtrəʊfi] 8UFzI   第8级
    n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
    参考例句:
    • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company. 那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
    • He hung the lion's head as a trophy. 他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
    20 ledge [ledʒ] o1Mxk   第9级
    n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
    参考例句:
    • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge. 他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
    • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell. 突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
    21 solitude [ˈsɒlɪtju:d] xF9yw   第7级
    n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
    参考例句:
    • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
    • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
    22 humane [hju:ˈmeɪn] Uymy0   第8级
    adj.人道的,富有同情心的
    参考例句:
    • Is it humane to kill animals for food? 宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗?
    • Their aim is for a more just and humane society. 他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。
    23 defense [dɪ'fens] AxbxB   第7级
    n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
    参考例句:
    • The accused has the right to defense. 被告人有权获得辩护。
    • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers. 战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
    24 ethical [ˈeθɪkl] diIz4   第8级
    adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的
    参考例句:
    • It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept. 必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
    • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments. 那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
    25 elude [iˈlu:d] hjuzc   第10级
    vt.躲避,困惑
    参考例句:
    • If you chase it, it will elude you. 如果你追逐着它,它会躲避你。
    • I had dared and baffled his fury. I must elude his sorrow. 我曾经面对过他的愤怒,并且把它挫败了;现在我必须躲避他的悲哀。
    26 labor ['leɪbə(r)] P9Tzs   第7级
    n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
    参考例句:
    • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor. 我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
    • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor. 艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
    27 brute [bru:t] GSjya   第9级
    n.野兽,兽性
    参考例句:
    • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute. 侵略军简直象一群野兽。
    • That dog is a dangerous brute. It bites people. 那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
    28 immersion [ɪˈmɜ:ʃn] baIxf   第12级
    n.沉浸;专心
    参考例句:
    • The dirt on the bottom of the bath didn't encourage total immersion. 浴缸底有污垢,不宜全身浸泡于其中。
    • The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion. 因长时间浸泡,木头发胀了。
    29 distraction [dɪˈstrækʃn] muOz3l   第8级
    n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐
    参考例句:
    • Total concentration is required with no distractions. 要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。
    • Their national distraction is going to the disco. 他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
    30 meditations [ˌmedɪˈteɪʃənz] f4b300324e129a004479aa8f4c41e44a   第8级
    默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想
    参考例句:
    • Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations. 每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。
    • I'm sorry to interrupt your meditations. 我很抱歉,打断你思考问题了。
    31 levy [ˈlevi] Z9fzR   第8级
    n.征收税或其他款项,征收额
    参考例句:
    • They levy a tax on him. 他们向他征税。
    • A direct food levy was imposed by the local government. 地方政府征收了食品税。
    32 melancholy [ˈmelənkəli] t7rz8   第8级
    n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
    参考例句:
    • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy. 他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
    • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam. 这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
    33 paucity [ˈpɔ:səti] 3AYyc   第10级
    n.小量,缺乏
    参考例句:
    • The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought. 水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的。
    • The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells. 因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意。
    34 anecdotes ['ænɪkdəʊts] anecdotes   第7级
    n.掌故,趣闻,轶事( anecdote的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor 关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事
    • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman. 他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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