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Three Days to See(Excepts)-Helen Keller 13计工本二班 郑颖 韩园园 孙晶晶 Vobaculary： thrilling [θr?l??] adj. 毛骨悚然的；令人兴奋的；颤动的 condemned [k?nd?md] adj. 已被定罪的；被责难的 delimited [dilimitid] v. 划定…的界限；限定（delimit的过去分词） adj. 划定界限的；被限定了的 circumstance [s??k?mst(?)ns] n. 环境，情况；事件；境遇 emphasize [emf?sa?z] vt. 强调，着重 keenness [ki?nn?s] n. 敏锐；锐利 Vocabulary: panorama [p?n?rɑ?m?] n. 全景，全貌；全景画；概论 Epicurean [,?p?kj?ri?n] adj. 享乐主义的；伊比鸠鲁（学派）的 n. 享乐主义者；美食家 chasten[t?e?s(?)n] vt. 惩罚；磨炼 impending [?mpend??] adj. 即将发生的；迫切的；悬挂的 v. 迫近；悬空（impend的现在分词） buoyant [b???nt] adj. 轻快的；有浮力的；上涨的 vista[v?st?] n. 远景，狭长的街景；展望；回顾 listless [l?s(t)l?s] adj. 倦怠的； 无精打采的；百无聊赖的 All of us have read thrilling （令人兴奋的）stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, 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 （被责难的）criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited（被限定的）. Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances（环境）. What associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings? What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets? 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 （强调）sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness （敏锐）of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama （全景）of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean （享乐主义的）motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry.” But most people would be chastened （惩罚）by the certainty of impending（即将发生的） death. Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die,