2019年9月新版21世纪大学英语综合教程1课文翻译及课后练习答案.docVIP

Youll Never Be Famous-And ThatsOK By Emily Esfahani Smith 1 Todays college students desperately want to change the world, but too many think that living a meaningful life requires doing something extraordinary and remarkable like becoming an Instagram star, starting a wildly successful company or ending a humanitarian crisis. 2 Having hopes and dreams for the future is ,of course ,part of being young .But thanks to social media , purpose and meaning have become merged with prestige :Extraordinary lives look like the norm on the Internet .Yet the idea that a meaningful life must be or appear remarkable is not only limited but also misguided .Over the past five years ,Ive interviewed dozens of people across the country about what gives their lives meaning ,and Ive read through thousands of pages of psychology ,philosophy and neuroscience research to understand what truly brings people satisfaction . 3 The most meaningful lives ,Ive learned ,are often not the extraordinary ones .Theyre the ordinary ones lived with dignity . 4 Theres perhaps no better expression of that wisdom than George Middlemarch ,a book I think every college student should read .At 700-some pages ,it requires devotion and discipline ,which is kind of the point .Much like a meaningful life ,the completion of this book is hard-won and requires effort .The heroine of the novel is Dorothea Brooke ,a wealthy young gentlewoman in a provincial English town .Dorothea has a passionate nature and yearns to accomplish some good in the world as a philanthropist .The novels hero ,Tertius Lydgate , is an ambitious young doctor who hopes to make important scientific discoveries .Both hope to lead epic lives . 5 Both Dorothea and Tertius end up in disastrous marriages-she to the preacher Mr .Casaubon ,he to the town beauty Rosamond .Slowly ,their dreams wither away . Rosamond ,who turns out to be vain and superficial ,wants Tertius to pursue a career paying enough to support her extraordinary t