Lesson 11-1??????? How to grow old
Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification for this feeling. Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheated of the best things that life has to offer. But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble. The best way to overcome it -- so at least it seems to me -- is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.
oppress? ? ?/??pres/??壓迫;欺壓;壓抑
justification?/?d??st?f??ke??n/??正當(dāng)理由
justifiably?/?d??st??fa??bli/?無(wú)可非議的
in the young? 在年輕人身上
cheat? ?欺騙? ? ? cheat of? 從。膀哲。合呐。那里騙取咽斧。。魏滚。
sorrow?/?sɑ?ro?/?悲傷，悲痛，悲哀
whatever work it was in him to do? 他所能做的任何工作
abject?/??bd?ekt/? 可憐的昏名，下賤的;凄慘的;自卑的;
ignoble??/?ɡ?no?bl/??卑鄙的;不光彩的;卑劣的，不體面的
overcome??克服;解決;戰(zhàn)勝
so at least it seems to me? 倒裝句式? at least it seems so to me
impersonal??/?m?p??rs?nl/ 超脫個(gè)人感情影響的阵面，? 客觀的;不近人情的;缺乏人情味的;
ego?/?i?ɡo?/??自我轻局，自己;
recede??/r??si?d/??漸漸遠(yuǎn)去;退后;逐漸減弱
increasingly?/?n?kri?s??li/??越來(lái)越多地;不斷增加地
merge??/m??rd?/??合并;(使)結(jié)合;并入;融入;相融
bit by bit? 一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地
