Lesson One Text the clear skies of northern Egypt for 40 years.Many and great were his explorations of the starry universe. For instance,he described astronomical refraction in a way that was not improved for over 1,000 years.Ptolemy wrote just one poem,but it expressed his whole life: Mortal I know I am,short-lived,and yet, whenever I watch the multitude of swirling stars, then I no longer tread this earth, but rise to feast with God, and enjoy the food of the immortals. 第一课课文
the clear skies of northern Egypt for 40 years. Many and great were his explorations of the starry universe. For instance, he described astronomical refraction in a way that was not improved for over 1,000 years. Ptolemy wrote just one poem, but it expressed his whole life: Mortal I know I am, short-lived, and yet, whenever I watch the multitude of swirling stars, then I no longer tread this earth, but rise to feast with God, and enjoy the food of the immortals. Lesson One Text 第一课 课文
Lesson One Text Learning extends our lives (as Ptolemy said) into new dimensions.It is cumulative.(30)Instead of diminishing in time,like health and strength, its returns go on increasing,provided... Provided that you aim,throughout your life,as you continue learning,to integrate your thought,to make it harmonious.(31 If you happen to be an engineer and also enjoy singing in a glee club,connect these two activities.Thev unite in you,they are not in conflict.32 Both choral singing and engineering are 第课课文
Learning extends our lives (as Ptolemy said) into new dimensions.It is cumulative.(30) Instead of diminishing in time, like health and strength, its returns go on increasing, provided... Provided that you aim,throughout your life,as you continue learning,to integrate your thought,to make it harmonious.(31) If you happen to be an engineer and also enjoy singing in a glee club,connect these two activities.They unite in you, they are not in conflict.(32) Both choral singing and engineering are Lesson One Text 第一课 课文
Lesson One Text examples of the architectonic ability of man,of his power to make a large plan and to convey it clearly to others.33 Both are aesthetic and depend much on symmetry. Think about them not as though they were dissociated,but as though each were one aspect of a single unity.You will do them better,and be happier. Much unhappiness has been suffered by those people who have never recognized that it is as necessary to make themselves into whole and harmonious personalities 第一课课文
examples of the architectonic ability of man , of his power to make a large plan and to convey it clearly to others.(33)Both are aesthetic and depend much on symmetry. Think about them not as though they were dissociated, but as though each were one aspect of a single unity.You will do them better, and be happier. Much unhappiness has been suffered by those people who have never recognized that it is as necessary to make themselves into whole and harmonious personalities Lesson One Text 第一课 课文
Lesson One Text as to keep themselves clean,healthy and financially solvent.(34 Wholeness of the mind and spirit is not a quality conferred by nature,or by God.(35 It is like health,virtue and knowledge.Man has the capacity to attain it, but to achieve it depends on his own efforts.It needs a long, deliberate effort of the mind and the emotions,and even the body. During our earthly life,the body gradually dies:(36 even the emotions become duller.But the mind in most of us continues to live,and even grows more lively and active,enjoys itself 课课文
as to keep themselves clean, healthy and financially solvent. (34)Wholeness of the mind and spirit is not a quality conferred by nature,or by God. (35) It is like health, virtue and knowledge. Man has the capacity to attain it, but to achieve it depends on his own efforts. It needs a long, deliberate effort of the mind and the emotions,and even the body. During our earthly life, the body gradually dies; (36) even the emotions become duller. But the mind in most of us continues to live, and even grows more lively and active,enjoys itself Lesson One Text 第一课 课文
Lesson One Text more,works and plays with more expansion and delight Many people have played themselves to death,or eaten and drunk themselves to death.Nobody has ever thought himself to death.The chief danger confronting 37 us is not age It is laziness,sloth,routine,stupidity forcing their way in like wind through the shutters,seeping into the cellar like swamp water (38 Many who avoid learning,or abandon it,find that life is drained dry.They spend 30 years in a chair looking glumly out at the sand and the ocean, on a porch swing waiting for somebody to 第一课课文
more,works and plays with more expansion and delight. Many people have played themselves to death, or eaten and drunk themselves to death.Nobody has ever thought himself to death.The chief danger confronting (37) us is not age. It is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity—forcing their way in like wind through the shutters, seeping into the cellar like swamp water.(38) Many who avoid learning, or abandon it, find that life is drained dry. They spend 30 years in a chair looking glumly out at the sand and the ocean, on a porch swing waiting for somebody to Lesson One Text 第一课 课文