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s in a crisis that munities break down barriers and bind together to help one , friends and munities often find a source of courage rising up from , sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human Prince Philip and I visited Australia this year, we saw for ourselves the effects of natural disaster in some of the areas devastated by floods, where in January so many people lost their lives and their were moved by the way families and local munities held together to support each William travelled to New Zealand and Australia in the aftermath of earthquakes, cyclones and floods and saw how munities rose up to rescue the injured, fort the bereaved and rebuild the cities and towns devastated by Prince of Wales also saw firsthand the remarkable resilience of the human spirit after tragedy struck in a Welsh mining munity, and how munities can work together to support their past year has also seen some memorable and historic visitsfrom our recklessness or our sent into the world a unique personneither a philosopher nor a general, important though they are, but a Saviour, with the power to lies at the heart of the Christian can heal broken families, it can restore friendships and it can reconcile divided is in forgiveness that we feel the power of God39。s in hardship that we often find strength from our families。然而,這兩類人都必須改變一下他們的觀點(diǎn),調(diào)整一下氣氛、轉(zhuǎn)移一下奮斗的方向。然而命運(yùn)女神所偏愛的卻是第二類人。But Fortune’s favored children belong to the second life is a natural them the working hours are never long day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they e are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is , it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their ,理智、勤奮、有才能的人可以分為兩類:第一類是工作與娛樂涇渭分明;第二類人是工作與娛樂合二為一。他們狂亂地從一個(gè)地方跑到另一個(gè)地方、想通過不斷換地方的這種方式來擺脫煩惱,這是徒勞的。大致來說,人可分為三類:第一類人是累死;第二類人是愁死;第三類人是煩死。”那已經(jīng)沒有任何意義了。To be really happy really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be is no use starting late in life to say: “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or is no use doing what you like。they must be sedulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be at band when ,對(duì)一個(gè)公眾人物來說,培養(yǎng)一種業(yè)余愛好、一種新的興趣顯得尤為重要。這時(shí),唯一的解決辦法只能是悄悄的滲入某種新的東西,來分散注意力。Unit8Cultivating a Hobby 培養(yǎng)一種業(yè)余愛好A gifted American psychologist has said, “Worry is a spasm of the emotion。***We develop a throwaway mentality to match our throwaway mentality produces, among other things, a set of radically altered values with respect to the spread of disposability through the society also implies decreased durations in manthing of being linked with a single object over a relatively long span of time, we are linked for brief periods with the succession of objects that supplant ,來適應(yīng)一次性的產(chǎn)品。Price, of course, is a critical factor behind the paper a department store features simple Aline dresses made of what it calls “devilmaycare cellulose fiber and nylon.” At $ each, it is almost cheaper for the consumer to buy and discard a new one than to send an ordinary dress to the it will more than economics is involved, for the extension of the throwaway culture has important psychological ,價(jià)格是紙用品猛增的重要原因。圖中的新娘穿著仿蕾絲紙做成的白色長(zhǎng)袍裙,標(biāo)題寫道:這條裙子在婚禮結(jié)束后可以做成“不錯(cuò)的廚房窗簾”。即使在法國(guó),一次性的打火機(jī)也很普遍,從牛奶紙盒到為太空提供動(dòng)力的火箭,它們對(duì)我們的生活起著越來越重要的作用。Thus a writer, Edward Maze, has pointed out that many Americans visiting Sweden in the early 1950’s were astounded by its cleanliness.“We were almost awed by the fact that there were no beer and soft drink bottles by the road sides, as, much to our shame, there were in by the 1960’s lo and behold, bottles were suddenly blooming along Swedish highways? What happened? Sweden had bee a buy, use and throwaway society, following the American pattern.” In Japan today throwaway tissues are so universal that cloth handkerchiefs are regarded as old fashioned, not to say England for sixpence one may buy a “Dentamatic throwaway toothbrush” which es already coated with toothpaste for its onetime even in France, disposable cigarette lighters are cardboard milk containers to the rockets that power space vehicles, products created for shortterm or onetime use are being more numerous and crucial to our way of ,作家E M 指出在十二世紀(jì)五十年代初期,很多區(qū)瑞典觀光的美國(guó)人都被瑞典的干凈所震驚“讓我們敬佩的是路邊沒有一個(gè)啤酒瓶和軟飲料瓶,而自慚形穢的是,美國(guó)到處都是。The idea of using a product once or for a brief period and then replacing it, runs counter to the grain of societies or individuals steeped in a heritage of long ago Uriel Rone, a market researcher for the French advertising agency Publicis, told me: “The French housewife is n