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Passage 1 He stood out splendidly above all my uncles because he did not stand out at all. That was his distinction. He was the average man I ever knew. You would never pick him out in a crowd. He became just another man the minute he was in one. So many more pounds of man. Good solid pounds, but just pounds. You would never remember his hair or his chin, or the shape of his ears. If he said something, you would agree with it, and, an hour later, you would be sure you had said it yourself. Sometimes I think men like that get along about the best. They are the easiest on their houses, their wives, and their children. They are easiest on the world. They slide along without having to do anything about it as small boys do on their breeches after they have slid on them enough to wear them down smooth. The world is all so much pine needles under them. 在我的众多的叔叔大爷中，他是最突出的一个，原因就在于他从不突出自己。这就是他与众不同之处。他是我见过的最普通的人。 他在人群里一点也不显眼。他一混入人海就和周围的人没什么两样子，他长得敦敦实实，体重超过常人许多磅，但也仅此而已。你永远也想不起他的头发是什么颜色，他的下巴、耳朵是什么样子。如果他说些什么，你会表示同意，过一个小时，你就会觉得这话就是你自己说的。 有时我想，正是这种人才活得轻松自在。他们对住房、对妻子、对儿女总是那么宽宏大量，从不挑剔。他们是世界上最宽容的人。他们总是那么顺其自然地活着，从不为任何事情操心，就像小孩子坐滑梯把裤裆磨破了也不在乎。这个世界就像铺在身子底下的松针一样，柔软舒适。 Passage 2 Usually the things we dream of, then work and struggle for, are what we value most. Have my granddaughters, blessed with abundance, been denied life’s real pleasures? Working tirelessly on that isolated farm, my grandfather taught me that we should accept and be grateful for what we have –whether it be much or little. We must bear the burdens and relish the joys. There is so much we cannot control, but we must try to make things better when we are able. We must depend upon ourselves to make our own way as best as we can. Growing up in a comfortable suburban home, my granddaughters have been presented with a different situation. But I hope –I believe –they will in their own way be able to cope with as well as my grandfather coped, and learn the lesson my grandfather taught me all those years