练习材料：
Lesson 11-1 How to grow old
Some old peopleare oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification forthis feeling. Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed inbattle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheatedof the best things that life has to offer. But in an old man who has knownhuman joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, thefear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble. The best way to overcome it -- soat least it seems to me -- is to make your interests gradually wider and moreimpersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomesincreasingly merged in the universal life.
haʊ tuː grəʊ əʊld
sʌm əʊld ˈpiːpl ɑːr əˈprɛst baɪ ðə fɪər ɒv dɛθ. ɪn ðə jʌŋ ðeərɪz ə ˌʤʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən fɔː ðɪs ˈfiːlɪŋ. jʌŋ mɛn huː hæv ˈriːzn tuː fɪə ðæt ðeɪ wɪlbiː kɪld ɪn ˈbætl meɪ ˈʤʌstɪfaɪəbli fiːl ˈbɪtər ɪn ðə θɔːt ðæt ðeɪ hæv biːn ˈʧiːtɪdɒv ðə bɛst θɪŋz ðæt laɪf hæz tuː ˈɒfə. bʌt ɪn ən əʊld mæn huː hæz nəʊn ˈhjuːmənʤɔɪz ænd ˈsɒrəʊz, ænd hæz əˈʧiːvd wɒtˈɛvə wɜːk ɪt wɒz ɪn hɪm tuː duː, ðə fɪər ɒvdɛθ ɪz ˈsʌmwɒt ˈæbʤɛkt ænd ɪgˈnəʊbl. ðə bɛst weɪ tuː ˌəʊvəˈkʌm ɪt -- səʊ ætliːst ɪt siːmz tuː miː -- ɪz tuː meɪk jɔːr ˈɪntrɪsts ˈgrædjʊəli ˈwaɪdər ænd mɔːrɪmˈpɜːsnl, ənˈtɪl bɪt baɪ bɪt ðə wɔːlz ɒv ði ˈɛgəʊ ri(ː)ˈsiːd, ænd jɔː laɪf bɪˈkʌmzɪnˈkriːsɪŋli mɜːʤd ɪn ðə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəl laɪf.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、oppressed：被压迫，2、justification：理由，道理，3、justifiably：正当的，4、bitter：苦的，辛酸，惨痛，5、sorrow：悲哀，悲伤，6、abject：下贱的，7、ignoble：卑鄙的，8、impersonal：非个人的，9、ego：自我，10、recede：后退，归还，11、merged：合并的，12、increasingly：日益
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感悟：今天这部分的文章，是属于比较有说理性质的文章，读起来有点儿朗朗上口，感觉得出作者的文采非常好，录了三遍左右达标。
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