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1、ThinkingasahobbyWilliamGolding1.WhileIwasstillaboy,Icametoaconclusionthattherewerethreegradesofthinking,andthatImyselfcouldnotthinkatall.2.Itwastheheadmasterofmygrammarschoolwhofirstbroughtthesubjectofthinkingbeforeme.Hehassomestatuettesinhisstudy.Theystoodonacupboardbehindhisdesk,onew
2、astheladywearingnothingbutabathtowel.Sheseemedfrozeninaeternalpaniclestthebathtowelslipdownanyfarther;andsinceshehasnoarms,shewasinanunfortunatepositiontopullthetowelagain.Nexttohercrouchedthestatuettesofaleopard,readytospringdownatthetopdrawerofafilingcabinet.Beyondtheleopardwasanaked
3、,musculargentleman,whosatlookingdown,withhischinonhisfistandhiselbowonhisknee.Heseemedutterlymiserable.3.Sometimelater,Ilearnedaboutthesestatuettes.Theheadmasterhasplacedthemwheretheywouldfacedelinquentchildren,becausetheysymbolizedtohimthewholeoflife.ThenakedladywasVenus.Shewaslove.Sh
4、ewasnotworriedaboutthetowel.Shewasjustbusybeingbeautiful.Theleopardwasnature,andhewasbeingnatural.Themusculargentlemanwasnotmiserable.HewasRodin’sthinker,animageofpurethought.1.IhadbetterexplainthatIwasafrequentvisitortotheheadmaster’sstudy,becauseofthelatestthingIhaddoneorleftundone.A
5、swenowsay,Iwasnotintegrated.Iwas,ifanythingdisintegrated.WheneverIfoundmyselfinapenalpositionbeforetheheadmaster’sdeskIwouldsinkmyhead,andwritheoneshoeovertheother.2.Theheadmasterwouldlookatmeandsay,3.“whatarewegoingtodowithyou.”4.Well,whatweretheygoingtodowithme?Iwouldwrithemyshoesome
6、moreandstaredownatthewornrug.5.“lookup,boy!Can’tyoulookup?”6.ThenIwouldlookupatthecupboard,wherethenakedwomanwasfrozeninherpanicandthemusculargentlemancontemplatedthehindquartersoftheleopardinendlessgloom.Ihadnothingtosaytotheheadmaster.Hisspectaclescaughtthelightsothatyoucouldseenothi
7、nghumanbehindthem.Therewasnopossibilityofcommunication.7.“Don’tyoueverthinkatall?”8.NoIdidn’tthink,wasn’tthinking,couldn’tthinkeither---Iwassimplewaitinginanguishfortheinterviewtostop.9.“Thenyou’dbetterlearn---hadn’tyou?”1.Ononeoccasiontheheadmasterleapedhisfeet,reachedupandputRodin’
