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【正文】 nd to me recently, it makes me realize▼ I am growing old.” William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are old fogies︵ at twentyfive. He was right. Most men︵ at twentyfive▼ are satisfied with their jobs. They have︵ accumulated the little stock︵ of prejudices▼ that they call their Principles, and closed their minds to all new ideas。 they have ceased to grow. The minute▼ a man ceases to growno matter what his yearsthat minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old. Goethe passed︵ out at eightythree, and finished his Faust ▼ only a few years︵ earlier。 Gladstone took︵ up︵ a new language▼ when he was seventy. Laplace,↗ the astronomer,↗ was still ︵ at work▼ when death caught︵ up with him▼ at seventyeight. He died crying, What we know is nothing。 what we do not know is︵ immense. And there you have the real answer to the question, When ︵ is︵ a man old?↘ Laplace at seventyeight died young. He was still︵ unsatisfied, still sure that he had︵ a lot to learn. As long︵ as︵ a man can keep himself︵ in that attitude ︵ of mind,↗ as long︵ as he can look back︵ on every year▼ and say , I grew, he is still young. The minute he ceases to grow, the minute he says to himself, I know all that︵ I need to know,that day youth stops. He may be twentyfive︵ or seventyfive, it makes no difference. On that day▼ he begins to be old. 參考譯文 我懼怕歲末年尾 “我懼怕臨近歲末年尾 ”，一位朋友最近對(duì)我說： “它使我意識(shí)到我正在變老。 ” 偉大的心理學(xué)家威廉 詹姆斯就曾說過，大多數(shù)人 “25歲時(shí)就成了守舊落伍者 ”。他的話是對(duì)的。大多數(shù)人25歲時(shí)就滿足于他們的工作。他們已經(jīng)積累了一些他們稱之為 “原則 ”的偏見，對(duì)所有新的思想關(guān)閉心靈之門；他們已經(jīng)停止成長。 一 個(gè)人一旦停止成長 不管他年齡多大 他就開始衰老。反之，真正的偉人從來不會(huì)衰老。 歌德享年 83歲，逝世前幾年才完成《浮士德》；格萊斯頓 70歲時(shí)又開始學(xué)習(xí)一門外國語；法國天文學(xué)家拉普拉斯 78歲死時(shí)還在工作著。臨死前，他大聲喊道： “我們所知的太少太少，我們所不知的太多太多。 ” “一個(gè)人何時(shí)變老？ ”，從這類事例中對(duì)這個(gè)問題你已經(jīng)有了真正的答案。 拉普拉斯 78歲逝世時(shí)依然年輕。他依舊不滿足，依舊感到許多東西要學(xué)。 一個(gè)人，只要他能夠保持這種心態(tài)，只要他在回首過去的一年時(shí)能夠說 “我在成長 ”，他就依然年輕。 他一旦停止成長，他一旦對(duì)自己說 “我該懂的都懂了 ”，這個(gè)時(shí)候他的青春也就完了。他可能在 25歲時(shí)死去，也可能在 75歲時(shí)死去，這都沒有區(qū)別。就在那一天，他開始變老。 106. Are These the Best Years of Your Life? 這是你生命的最佳時(shí)期嗎？ 單詞與詞組 Words and phrases predictable /???????????/ a. 可預(yù)言的 prime /?????/ n. 青春 ,精華 putation /??????????????/ n. 計(jì)算 possess /??????/ v. 擁有 tradeoff /???????? / n. 交換 ,平衡 quotient /?????????/ n. 商 ,份額 sonata /????????/ n. 奏鳴曲 根據(jù)朗讀標(biāo)記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。 The ups︵ ↗ and downs︵ of life▼ may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists know▼ there︵ are very definite patterns▼ that almost︵ all people share. Even︵ if you39。ve passed some︵ of your prime, you still have other prime years to experience▼ in the future. Certain︵ important primes seem to peak later︵ in life. When︵ are you smartest?↘ From1825, according to . scores。 but you39。re wiser↗ and more experienced▼ with︵ increasing︵ age. You39。re sharpest︵ in your 2039。s。 around 30, memory begins to decline, particularly your︵ ability to perform mathematical putations. But your . for︵ other tasks climbs. Your vocabulary at︵ age 45, for︵ example, is three times︵ as great︵ as when you graduated from college. At 60, ↗ your brain possesses︵ almost▼ four times︵ as much︵ information︵ as︵ it did▼ at age 21. This trade︵ off between sharpness︵ ↗ and wisdom has led psychologists to suggest that▼ ↗ maturity quotients (.) be adopted for adults. When︵ are you happiest?↘ You have the best physical sense︵ of yourself▼ from15 to 24。 the best professional sense▼ from 40 to 49. Before︵ age 24, we believe that our happiest years︵ are yet to e。 over 30,we believe that they39。re behind︵ us. A National Health Survey agrees: After︵ age 30, we bee more realistic▼ and do not view happiness︵ as︵ a goal︵ in︵ itself. If we maintain ︵ our health,↗ achieve professional︵ ↗ and︵ emotional goals, then happiness, we feel,↗ will follow↘ . When︵ are you most creative?↘ Generally between 30 and 39, but the peak varies with different professions. Mozart wrote︵ a symphony and four sonatas▼ by age eight, and Mendelssohn posed︵ his best known work▼ A Midsummer Night39。s Dream, at 17, but most︵ of the great music▼ was written by men▼ between 33 and 39. Though the peak︵ in most fields es earlymost Nobel prizewinners did their top research▼ in their late 2039。s and 3039。screative people continue to produce quality work▼ throughout their lives. For the wellconditioned mind, there︵ is no upper limit.↘ 參考譯文 這是你生命的最佳時(shí)期嗎？ 人生的起伏似乎沒有可以預(yù)知的模式，但是科學(xué)家現(xiàn)在發(fā)現(xiàn)有一些模式相當(dāng)明確，絕大 多數(shù)人都不例外。即使你度過了一些最佳時(shí)期，你仍然會(huì)在將來經(jīng)歷另外幾個(gè)最佳時(shí)期。某些最佳時(shí)期似乎在生命的后半段才會(huì)到來。 什么時(shí)候你最聰明？根據(jù)智商得分，你從 15歲至 25歲最聰明。然而，隨著年齡的增長，你更加具有智慧和經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 20多歲的時(shí)候你的思維最敏捷； 30歲左右，記憶力開始衰退，尤其是你的數(shù)學(xué)計(jì)算能力。然而你做其他事情的智商提高了。例如 45歲時(shí)你的詞匯量是你剛從大學(xué)畢業(yè)時(shí)的 3倍。 60歲時(shí)你大腦中儲(chǔ)存的信息幾乎是你21歲時(shí)的 4倍。敏銳和智慧之間的這種消長，已經(jīng)使得心理學(xué)家們提出了在成年人中采用 “成熟商 ”這一概念。 什么時(shí)候你的自我感覺最好？ 15歲至 24歲之間你的身體感覺最好； 40歲至 49歲之間你對(duì)自己的職業(yè)感覺最佳。 24歲之前，我們相信自己最快樂的日子尚未到來；過了 30歲，我們就認(rèn)為最快樂的時(shí)光已經(jīng)過去。一項(xiàng)全國性的健康調(diào)查也揭示了同樣的結(jié)果： 30歲過后，我們變得更加實(shí)際，不把幸福當(dāng)成生命本身的一種目標(biāo)。我們認(rèn)為，只要我們保持健康，事業(yè)上、情感上稱 心如意，那么我們就覺得幸福便會(huì)隨之而來。 什么時(shí)候你最富創(chuàng)造力？一般在 30歲至 39歲之間。但是不同的職業(yè)，高峰期也不相同。 莫扎特 8歲時(shí)就創(chuàng)作了一部交 響曲、 4首奏鳴曲；門德爾松 17歲就完成了他的最著名的作品《仲夏夜之夢》，但是大部分偉大的音樂作品都是人們?cè)?33歲至 39歲之間創(chuàng)作出來的。雖然大多數(shù)領(lǐng)域的最佳狀態(tài)來得比較早大多數(shù)諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)獲得者都是在 25歲以后、 30多歲時(shí)完成他們最出色的研究 但是創(chuàng)造型的人會(huì)在生命中不斷地完成高質(zhì)量的工作。對(duì)于 “狀態(tài)良好的大腦 ”，不存在上限。 107. Pain and Growth 痛苦與成長 單詞與詞組 Words and phrases profoundly /???????????/ adv. 深 深地 ordinary /?????????/ a. 平凡的 frustration /????????????/ n. 挫敗 acplishment /?????????????/ n. 成就 anguish /???????/ n. 痛苦 crucial /????????/ a. 至關(guān)緊要的 inclination /????????????/ n. 傾向 inevitable /??????????/ a. 必然的 disservice /???????????/ n. 傷害 根據(jù)朗讀標(biāo)記，聽錄音跟讀，然后背誦。 Looking back︵ over my life, it seems to me that▼ I have learned the most▼ when︵ I felt the greatest pain. My mother39。s death, for︵ examp