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Lesson 11-1 How to grow old

ˈlɛsn 11-1 haʊ tuː grəʊ əʊld

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.

sʌm əʊld ˈpiːpl ɑːr əˈprɛst baɪ ðə fɪər ɒv dɛθ. ɪn ðə jʌŋ ðeər ɪz ə ˌʤʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən fɔː ðɪs ˈfiːlɪŋ. jʌŋ mɛn huː hæv ˈriːzn tuː fɪə ðæt ðeɪ wɪl biː kɪld ɪn ˈbætl meɪ ˈʤʌstɪfaɪəbli fiːl ˈbɪtər ɪn ðə θɔːt ðæt ðeɪ hæv biːn ˈʧiːtɪd ɒv ðə bɛst θɪŋz ðæt laɪf hæz tuː ˈɒfə. bʌt ɪn ən əʊld mæn huː hæz nəʊn ˈhjuːmən ʤɔɪz ænd ˈsɒrəʊz, ænd hæz əˈʧiːvd wɒtˈɛvə wɜːk ɪt wɒz ɪn hɪm tuː duː, ðə fɪər ɒv dɛθ ɪz ˈsʌmwɒt ˈæbʤɛkt ænd ɪgˈnəʊbl. ðə bɛst weɪ tuː ˌəʊvəˈkʌm ɪt -- səʊ æt liːst ɪt siːmz tuː miː -- ɪz tuː meɪk jɔːr ˈɪntrɪsts ˈgrædjʊəli ˈwaɪdər ænd mɔːr ɪmˈpɜːsnl, ənˈtɪl bɪt baɪ bɪt ðə wɔːlz ɒv ði ˈɛgəʊ ri(ː)ˈsiːd, ænd jɔː laɪf bɪˈkʌmz ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli mɜːʤd ɪn ðə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəl laɪf.

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练习感悟：重拾复述，生词蛮多。我需要45分钟的练习时间。