2023高考英语全国甲卷C篇阅读理解翻译及解析.pdf

2023年高考英语全国甲卷C篇阅读理解

翻译及解析

Iwasabout13whenanunclegavemeacopyofJosteinGaarder’s

Sophie’sWorld.Itwasfullofideasthatwerenewtome,soIspentthe

summerwithmyheadinandoutofthatbook.Itspoketomeand

broughtmeintoaworldofphilosophy(哲学).

ThatloveforphilosophylasteduntilIgottocollege.Nothingkills

theloveforphilosophyfasterthanpeoplewhothinktheyunderstand

Foucault,Baudrillard,orConfuciusbetterthanyou—andthentryto

explainthem.

EricWeiner’sTheSocratesExpress:InSearchofLifeLessonsfrom

DeadPhilosophersreawakenedmyloveforphilosophy.Itisnotan

explanation,butaninvitationtothinkandexperiencephilosophy.

Weinerstartseachchapterwithasceneonatrainridebetween

citiesandthenframeseachphilosopher’sworkinthecontext(背景)of

onethingtheycanhelpusdobetter.Theendresultisareadinwhichwe

learntowonderlikeSocrates,seelikeThoreau,listenlikeSchopenhauer,

andhavenoregretslikeNietzsche.This,morethanabookabout

understandingphilosophy,isabookaboutlearningtousephilosophyto

improvealife.

Hemakesphilosophicalthoughtanappealingexercisethat

improvesthequalityofourexperiences,andhedoessowithplentyof

humor.Weinerentersintoconversationwithsomeofthemost

importantphilosophersinhistory,andhebecomespartofthatcrowdin

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theprocessbydecoding(解读)theirmessagesandaddinghisown

interpretation.

TheSocratesExpressisafun,sharpbookthatdrawsreadersinwith

itsapparentsimplicityandgraduallypullsthemindeeperthoughtson

desire,loneliness,andaging.Theinvit