研究生精读教程（第三版）PPT [上册]Unit Six Two Truths to Live By.ppt

Part Summary [1] The art of living is to know when to hold on and when let go. Part Summary [2~9] People have known too often in a backward glance that they have regrets. Once hospitalized, the author has enough time to experience sunlight, and he notices that all of us are too preoccupied to enjoy lifes precious gifts. So we should be never be too busy so as to enjoy life to the full. Part Summary [10~12] To accept the losses with calmness and learn how to let go is not an easy lesson. Only after we learn to confront the reality and learn how to let go, will we be able to sustain losses, and become mature in this process. Part Summary [13~17] Love, righteousness, truth, faith and justice can lead to hope and can live on. So one should search for those things instead of wasting lives on material things. Text Summary This article opens with an appeal for us to know when to hold on and when to let go. Mr. Schindler goes on to help us understand why this is a difficult lesson for many of us. He encourages us to hold on to life and appreciate life as a special gift. We are warned not to let it slip by without noticing and valuing even the smallest things in life. In the search for lifes meaning we should pay attention to small moments of beauty. Never be too busy to experience just being alive in the truest sense. We are to learn to hold fast, yet be willing to let go. We are part of a timeless pattern. We dont need to waste our time accumulating things that dont last. The author concludes that such things as real love and selflessness are more lasting. To love he adds righteousness, truth, faith and justice. When we put together these things with a vision of redemption and the eternal freedom from need and strife, we can find our hope, our future. 全文翻译 两条生活的真理 抓紧，放松：明白了这对矛盾，你就踏进了智慧的大门 亚力山大 · M·欣德勒 全文翻译 [1] 生活的秘诀在于懂得何时抓紧，何时放松。因为人生就是一对矛盾：它既令我们抓紧人生的多种赐与，同时它又要我们到头来把这些赐与放弃。老一辈犹太学者是这样说的： “一个人握紧拳头来到这个世界，但他却是松开手掌离开这世界的。” 全文翻译 [2] 毫无疑问，我们应该牢牢抓住生命，因为它奇妙，它有一种在上帝创造的世界里无孔不入，无处不