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1、Unit10ReflectionsonLifeADiaryoftheCenturyHowdoIfeeluponbecoming50yearsold?Surprised.SurprisedthatIshouldlivesolong.Surprisedthatitshouldseemsoshort.SurprisedthatIamnotfamous.SurprisedthatIshouldbesurprisedbecauseIamnotfamous.AllmylifeIhavebeenmotivatedbycuriosity.Iwon

2、derwhy?Mymotherwasn'tcurious.AlthoughmygrandfatherdiedbeforeIwasborn,judgingfromwhatI'veheardabouthim,readabouthim,andfromthebooksheleft,IthinkitispossiblethatIinheritedmycuriosityfromhim.BorninEnglandofWelshparents,hecametoAmericaalonewhenhewasonly16yearsold.Attheage

3、of50mymindisbetterthanever—surprise,surprise!Icanconcentratewiththeintensityofabeamofsunshinefocusedthroughamagnifyingglass.Guiltandpassiondistractmyattentionfarlessfrequently.SlowlyIbegintoperceivetherelationshipsamongeverythingIhaveexperiencedandread.Myanalysesandju

4、dgmentsseemsounderthanbefore.Mycuriosityburnsbrighter.Problemsoncemysteriousnowseemobvious.Andyet—!Everynewanswerbreedsadozennewquestions.WhatIknow,comparedwithwhatIdonotknow,islikeagrainofsandbythesea.Iamnotsurewhetherthereisanythingabsolute.WhileIbelieveIamalive,Iam

5、unabletosayexactlywhatthisphrasemeans.MaybetheatomsthatmakeupmybodynowexistedbeforeIwasborn,andmaybetheywillcontinuetoexistafterIdie.Afewpeopleconsidermeegotistical.Actually,Iamhumble.Iwasluckytohavebeenbornwithafairlygoodmind,andIhavespentyearspolishingthisinstrument

6、Iinherited.I'lladmitIbecomeimpatientwhenconfrontedwithignorance.However,Iknowmylimitationsevenbetterthanmycapabilities.AttimesIfeeldiscouragedbymyownignorance.Icanfindnomeaninginlife.Ibelievethattheindividuallifecanbefilledwithmeaningonlythroughloveandworkofone'schoic

7、e.MywifeisamorevaluablepersonthanIbecauseshehasaninfinitecapacityforlovingothers.Sheisageniusatloving.Iamageniusatnothing.Whenshediesanoceanoftearswillflow.Iadmireherwithoutenvyingher.WhenIwasaboyof14IknewIwantedtobecomeareporterandthenanauthor.Well,nowIamanexperience

8、dreporterandnextfallmyfirstbookwillbepublished.ThefactthatIsayfirstprovesthatIamoptimisticaboutmycareer.Ibelievethatthenextd