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1、Unit11HowtoGrowOldTextExplanationPartI1AbouttheAuthorBertrandArthurWilliamRussell,(1872-1970)Britishphilosopher,logician,mathematician,historian,socialist,pacifist,atheistandsocialcritic.Hewasaprominentanti-waractivist,championingfreetradebetweennationsandanti-imperialismIn1950,hewasaward
2、edtheNobelPrizeinLiterature,"inrecognitionofhisvariedandsignificantwritingsinwhichhechampionshumanitarianidealsandfreedomofthought.2TextStructureSection1:Paragraph1Section2:Paragraph2Section3:Paragraphs3-4Section4:Paragraph5Section5:Paragraph63TextAnalysisThisisoneoftheessaysinBertrandRus
3、sell'sPortraitsfromMemory,whichwaspublishedin1956.Asindicatedattheverybeginning,theessaydealswiththeissueofaging.Inalightandhumorousstyle,theauthorturnsthissocialissueintoapersonaldiscussionontwotopics:Howtokeeponeselfpsychologicallyyoungandhowtoperceivedeathinone'soldage.4Paragraph1Part1
4、Inspiteofthetitle,thisarticlewillreallybeonhownottogrowold,which,atmytimeoflife,isamuchmoreimportantsubject.Myfirstadvicewouldbetochooseyourancestorscarefully.Althoughbothmyparentsdiedyoung,Ihavedonewellinthisrespectasregardsmyotherancestors.Mymaternalgrandfather,itistrue,wascutoffinthefl
5、owerofhisyouthattheageofsixty-seven,butmyotherthreegrandparentsalllivedtobeovereighty.OfremoterancestorsIcanonlydiscoveronewhodidnotlivetoagreatage,andhediedofadiseasewhichisnowrare,namely,havinghisheadcutoff。5InspiteofTheypersevereinspiteofallkindsofdifficulties.尽管有各种困难，他们还是坚持下去。Theparty
6、muststaytogetherinspiteofdifferingopinions.尽管党内有不同意见，但必须团结一致。Inspiteofdifficulties,hesucceededinfinishinghistask.尽管困难重重，他仍然圆满完成了任务。Inspiteofgreateffortswefailedtocarryourplansthrough."尽管我们作出了巨大努力,我们还是没能完成计划。6ancestor(n.)someonefromwhomyouaredescended(butusuallymoreremotethanagrandparent)D
7、oalllanguageshaveacommonancestor?人类的语言有共同的祖先吗？Theancestorofmodernwhalesmovedintothewateraboutfifty-twomillionyearsago.现代鲸鱼的祖先大约在五千两百万年以前从陆地移民到海洋。Manwasevolvedfromanancestorthatwasprobablyarboreal.人大概是从住在树上的祖先进化而来的.7asregardsAsregardsthephotography,itisstillessential
