BeingSuperiortoYourPreviousSelf
歐內斯特·海明威/ErnestHemingway
Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestions.
1.Isittruethatthemanwhohasbeguntolivemoreseriouslywithinbeginstolivemoresimplywithout?
2.Thetruenobilityisinbeingsuperiortoyourpreviousself.What』syouropinion?
Inacalmseaeverymanisapilot.
Butallsunshinewithoutshade,allpleasurewithoutpain,isnotlifeatall.Takethelotofthehappiest—itisatangledyarn.Bereavementsandblessings,onefollowinganother,makeussadandblessedbyturns.Evendeathitselfmakeslifemoreloving.Mencomeclosesttotheirtrueselvesinthesobermomentsoflife,undertheshadowsofsorrowandloss.
Intheaffairsoflifeorofbusiness,itisnotintellectthattellssomuchascharacter,notbrainssomuchasheart,notgeniussomuchasself-control,patience,anddiscipline,regulatedbyjudgment.
Ihavealwaysbelievedthatthemanwhohasbeguntolivemoreseriouslywithinbeginstolivemoresimplywithout.Inanageofextravaganceandwaste,IwishIcouldshowtotheworldhowfewtherealwantsofhumanityare.
Toregretone』serrorstothepointofnotrepeatingthemistruerepentance.Thereisnothingnobleinbeingsuperiortosomeotherman.Thetruenobilityisinbeingsuperiortoyourpreviousself.
在風平浪靜的大海上，每個人都是領航員。
但是，只有陽光而無陰影，只有歡樂而無痛苦，那就不是人生。以最幸福的人的生活為例——它是一團糾纏在一起的紗線。喪親之痛和幸福祝願，彼此相接，使我們悲喜交加。甚至死亡本身也會使生命更加可親。在人生的清醒時刻，在哀痛和傷心的陰影之下，人們與真實的自我最為接近。
在人生或者職業的各種事務中，性格的作用比智力大得多，頭腦的作用不如心情，天資不如由判斷力所節制著的自製、耐心和規律。
我始終相信，開始在內心生活得更嚴肅的人，也會在外表上開始生活得更樸素。在一個奢華浪費的年代，我希望能向世界表明，人類真正需要的東西是非常少的。
悔恨自己的錯誤，而且力求不再重蹈覆轍，這才是真正的悔悟。優於別人，並不高貴。真正的高貴應該是優於過去的自己。
LearningforBetterUnderstanding
Dothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationinthereading
text?
Write
TRUEifthestatementagreeswiththeinformation
FALSEifthestatementcontradictstheinformation
(1)Thereissomethingnobleinbeingsuperiortosomeotherman.
(2)Intheaffairsoflifeorofbusiness,itisnotintellectthattellssomuchascharacter,notbrainssomuchasheart,notgeniussomuchasself-control,patience,anddiscipline,regulatedbyjudgment.
PracticingforBetterLearning
Pleasefillintheblankswiththeproperwordsaccordingtothegivensentences.
1.Thewind_upherhair.
風把她的頭髮吹亂了。
2.Butheisamanofgreatdignity,talentsandhighideals.
他是一個很有尊嚴的人，具有超人的才華和崇高的理想。
NowaTry
Whydoestheauthorsaythetruenobilityisinbeingsuperiortoyour
previousself?
自信是你立足於世界的關鍵，也是取勝於各行各業的關鍵。真誠努力的自信可以使人達到登峰造極的境界，然而我們卻經常看到很多人缺少基本的自信因素。
第一章ChapterThree智慧的人生不等待——人生沒有終點站
RelishtheMoment
Readthearticlequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.
1.Whatdoyouusuallydowhenyoutravelbytrain?
2.Didyouregretforthepassingtime?
Tuckedawayinoursubconsciousnessisanidyllicvision.Weseeourselvesonalongtripthatspansthecontinent.Wearetravelingbytrain.Outthewindows,wedrinkinthepassingsceneofcarsonnearbyhighways,ofchildrenwavingatacrossing,ofcattlegrazingonadistanthillside,ofsmokepouringfromapowerplant,ofrowuponrowofcornandwheat,offlatlandsandvalleys,ofmountainsandrollinghillsides,ofcityskylinesandvillagehalls.