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Death is a subject that is evaded, ignored, and denied by our youth-worshipping, process- oriented society. It is almost as we h
Death is a subject that is evaded, ignored, and denied by our youth-worshipping, process- oriented society. It is almost as we h
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2011-02-11
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Death is a subject that is evaded, ignored, and denied by our youth-worshipping, process- oriented society. It is almost as we have taken on death as just another disease )co be conquered. But the fact is that death is inevitable. We will all die; it is only a matter of time. Death is as much a part of human existence, of human growth and development, as being born. It is one of the few things in life we can count on, that we can be assured will occur. Death is not an enemy to be conquered or a prison to be escaped. It is an integral part of our lives that gives meaning to human existence, It sets a limit on our time in this life, urging us to do something productive with that time as long as it is ours to use.
This, then, is the meaning of Death: The Final Stage of Growth: All that you are and all that you’ve done and been is culminated in your death. When you’re dying, if you’re fortunate enough to have some prior warning (other than that we all have all the time if we come to terms with our finiteness), you get your final chance to grow,, to become more truly who you really are, to become more fully human. But you don’t need to, nor should you wait until death is at your footstep before you start to really live. If you can begin to see death as an invisible, but friendly, companion on your life’s journey—gently reminding you not to wait till tomorrow to do what you mean to do—then you can learn to live your life rather than simply passing through it.
Whether you die at a young age or when you are older is less important than whether you have fully lived the years you have had. One person may live more in eighteen years than another does in eighty. By living, we do not mean frantically accumulating a range and quantity of experience valued in fantasy by others. Rather, we mean living each day as if it is the only one you have. We mean finding a sense of peace and strength to deal with life’s disappointments and pain while always striving to discover vehicles to make more accessible, increase, and sustain the joys and delights of life. One such vehicle is learning to focus on some of the things you have learned to tune out--to notice and take joy in the budding of new leaves in the spring, to wonder at the beauty of the sun rising each morning and setting each night, to take comfort in the smile or touch of another person, to watch with amazement the growth of a child, and to share in children’s wonderfully" uncomplexed ", enthusiastic, and trusting approach to living.
To rejoice at the opportunity of experiencing each new day is to prepare for one’s ultimate acceptance of death. For it is those who have not really lived—who have left issues unsettled, dreams unfulfilled, hopes shattered, and who have left the real things in life (loving and being loved by others, contributing in a positive way to other people’s happiness and welfare)—who are most reluctant to die. It is never too late to start living and growing. This is the message delivered each year in Dickens’ "Christmas Carol"—even old Scrooge who has spent years pursuing a life without love or meaning, is able through his willing it, to change the road he’s on. Growing is the human way of living, and death is the ’final stage in the development of human being, for life to be valued every day, not simply near to the time of anticipated death, one’s own inevitable death must be faced and accepted. We must allow death to provide a context for our lives, for in it lies the meaning of life and the key to our growth.
Think about your own death. How much time and energy have you put into examining your feelings, beliefs, hopes, and fears about the end of your life? What if you were told you had a limited time to live? Would it change the way you’re presently conducting your life? Are there things you would feel an urgency to do before you died? Are you afraid of dying? Of death? Can you identify the sources of your fears? Consider the death of someone you love. What would you talk about to a loved one who was dying? How would you spend the time together? Are you prepared to cope with all the legal details of the death of a relative? Have you talked with your family about death and dying? Are there things, emotional and practical, that you would feel a need to work out with your parents, children, siblings before your own death or theirs? Whatever the things are that would make your life more personally meaningful before you die—do them now, because you are going to die; and you may not have the time or energy when you get your final notice.
In a sense, death is something welcome. It ______.
选项
A、is an integral part of our lives
B、gives meaning to human existence
C、sets a limit on our time in this life
D、urges us to do everything
答案
B
解析
虽然答案已经在文章中出现过,但这并不仅仅是一道考查记忆的题目。第一段的叙述是从正反两个方面展开的,先表明了死亡是一个不受欢迎的话题,再从另一个角度指出在某种意义上它也受欢迎的原因,就是它可以赋予我们的生存一种意义。要从四个答案中选出符合要求的一个,既需要对此段内容做一个总结,又需要弄清两方面阐述的关系。
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