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2021年2月9日发(作者:weddingdress)


新概念英语


85


年上外美音版第四册

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58


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Painting as a Pastime





Lesson 58 Painting as a Pastime


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A gifted American psychologist has said, 'Worry is a


spasm of the emotion; the mind catches hold of something and


will not let it go.' It is useless to argue with the mind in


this condition. The stronger the will, the more futile the


task. One can only gently insinuate something else into its


convulsive grasp. And if this something else is rightly


chosen, if it is really attended by the illumination of


another field of interest, gradually, and often quite swiftly,


the old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation


and repair begins.





The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is


therefore a policy of first importance to a public man. But


this is not a business that can be undertaken in a day or


swiftly improvised by a mere command of the will. The growth


of alternative mental interests is a long process. The seeds


must be carefully chosen; they must fall on good ground; they


must be sedulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be


at hand when needed.





To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at


least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is


no use starting late in life to say



'I will take an


interest in this or that.' Such an attempt only aggravates


the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great


knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet


hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you


like, you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking,


human beings may be divided into three classes



those who


are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and


those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the


manual labourer, tired out with a hard week's sweat and


effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball


on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician


or the professional or business man, who has been working or


worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry


about trifling things at the week-end.





As for the unfortunate people who can command everything


they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands


on almost every object of desire for them a new pleasure, a


new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they


rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape


from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them


discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.





It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful


human beings are divided into two classes



first, those


whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and


secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the


former are the majority. They have their compensations. The


long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as


their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen


appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest


forms. But fortune's favoured children belong to the second


class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working


hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and


ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced


interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both classes


the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere,


of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well


be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most


need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.





psychologist n.


心理学家





gifted adj.


有天才的





spasm n.


一阵(感情)发作





catch hold of


抓住





futile adj.


无用的





insinuatevt.


使潜入,暗示





convulsive adj.


起痉挛的





illumination n.


启发,照明





undue adj.


不适合的





grip n.


紧张





improvise vt.


临时作成





sedulously adv.


孜孜不倦地





tend vt.


照管





aggravate vt


加剧


.





broadly speaking


大体上说





toil vt.


劳累





trifling adj.


微小的





gratify vt.


使满意





caprice n.


任性





satiation n.


满足





in vain


徒劳





frantically adv.


狂乱地





avenge vt.


替…报复





boredom n.


厌烦





clutter n.


喧闹的谈话





sustenance n.


生计





keen adj.


强烈的





appetite n.


欲望





favoured adj.


受到偏爱的





grudge vt.


怨恨





absorbing adj.


引人入胜的





banish vt.


排除,放弃





pastime n.


消遣





单词解析:





1. psychologist n.


心理学家





[


联想


] psychology n.


心理学





psywar


心理战





psychoanalysis


心理分析





adj.


有天才的


eg. He is gifted.


他很有天赋。





[


联想


]


表示聪明、有天赋的词还有:





talented adj.


天才的;


adroit adj.


灵巧的,敏捷的;






genius n.


天才;


brilliant adj.


有才气的,聪明的;





smart n.


聪明的(可用于口语)





3. spasm n.


一阵(感情)发作





用法:



…a spasm of wild joy… 狂喜


a spasm person


被惯坏


的人





4. futile adj.


无用的;(土地)贫瘠的


.





[


反义


] fertile adj.


(思想)睿智的;(土地)肥沃的





[


近义


] void adj.


没用的;


pointless adj.


无意义的





5. insinuatevt.


使潜入,暗示





[



]


作为一个使动词的用法:


be + adj. v. + oneself





eg. ~ oneself into one`s favour / the crowd


向某人献媚、


示爱


/


挤进人群





He always insinuates himself into his boss`s favour.





他经常向他的头儿献媚。





eg. He insinuated his doubt of the answer.


他对这个答案稍


有疑问。


(vt.


暗示


)





6. illumination n.


启发,照明





[


近义


] enlightenment n.


启迪


edification n.


启发,教诲



instruction n.


教育,知道


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