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1、美文赏析：Tobeornottobe OutsidetheBible,thesesixwordsarethemostfamousinalltheliteratureoftheworld.TheywerespokenbyHamletwhenhewasthinkingaloud,andtheyarethemostfamouswordsinShakespearebecauseHamletwasspeakingnotonlyforhimselfbutalsoforeverythinkingmanandwo
2、man.Tobeornottobe,toliveornottolive,toliverichlyandabundantlyandeagerly,ortolivedullyandmeanlyandscarcely.Aphilosopheroncewantedtoknowwhetherhewasaliveornot,whichisagoodquestionforeveryonetoputtohimselfoccasionally.Heanswereditbysaying:Ithink,therefore
3、am. Butthebestdefinitionofexistenceeversawdidanotherphilosopherwhosaid:Tobeistobeinrelations.Ifthistrue,thenthemorerelationsalivingthinghas,themoreitisalive.Toliveabundantlymeanssimplytoincreasetherangeandintensityofourrelations.Unfortunatelywearesoco
4、nstitutedthatwegettoloveourroutine.Butapartfromourregularoccupationhowmucharewealive?Ifyouareinterestedonlyinyourregularoccupation,youarealiveonlytothatextent.Sofarasotherthingsareconcernedpoetryandprose,music,pictures,sports,unselfishfriendships,polit
5、ics,internationalaffairsyouaredead. Contrariwise,itistruethateverytimeyouacquireanewinterestevenmore,anewacplishmentyouincreaseyourpoweroflife.Noonewhoisdeeplyinterestedinalargevarietyofsubjectscanremainunhappy;therealpessimististhepersonwhohaslostint
6、erest. Baconsaidthatamandiesasoftenashelosesafriend.Butwegainnewlifebycontacts,newfriends.Whatissupremelytrueoflivingobjectsisonlylesstrueofideas,whicharealsoalive.Whereyourthoughtsare,therewillyourlivebealso.Ifyourthoughtsareconfinedonlytoyourbusines
7、s,onlytoyourphysicalwelfare,onlytothenarrowcircleofthetowninwhichyoulive,thenyouliveinanarrowcirconscribedlife.ButifyouareinterestedinwhatisgoingoninChina,thenyouarelivinginChina~ifyou’reinterestedinthecharactersofagoodnovel,thenyouarelivingwiththosehi
8、ghlyinterestingpeople,ifyoulistenintentlytofinemusic,youareawayfromyourimmediatesurroundingsandlivinginaworldofpassionandimagination. Tobeornottobetoliveintenselyandrichly,merelytoexist,thatdependsonourselves.Letwidenandintensifyourrel
