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All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. 【C1】______. But always we
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. 【C1】______. But always we
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All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. 【C1】______. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak,of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited
Such stories set us thinking,wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings? 【C2】______?
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. 【C3】______ , but most people would be chastened by certainty of impending death.
In stories, the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. 【C4】______ . It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. 【C5】______ . We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty task, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. 【C6】______. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill.
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. 【C7】______
Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. "Nothing in particular. "She replied. 【C8】______, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.
How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? 【C9】______. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sigh of awakening Nature after her winter’s sleep. I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolution; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy shiver of a bird in full song. I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush through my open fingers. 【C10】______. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my fingertips.
(From Three Days to see)
A. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours
B. This is a basic fact to keep in mind
C. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties
D. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values
E. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound
F. There are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of"Eat, drink, and be merry"
G. In this way, the survivors can become all-powerful
H. I who cannot see find hundred of things to interest me through mere touch
I. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable
J. I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such responses
K. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug
L. What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets
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