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Unit4NevertoooldtolearnReadingLearningforlife终身学习

ThemoreIlearn,thebetterIknowhowmuchthereisstilllefttolearn.AsIjourney

throughmylife,Ihavebecomeawarethatacquiringknowledgeisnotonlyameansby

whichyoucanbetterunderstandtheworld,butalsoawayofappreciatinghowmuch,asan

individual,youdonotknow.Theabilitytoadmitthisshouldbeperceivednotasaweakness,

butasastrength.Ioncehadanartteacherwhopointedoutthatitisnotonlywhatyoucan

seethatisimportant,butalsowhatyoucannotsee.WhenIdrewastilllife,itwasimpressed

uponmethattheblankspacesbetweentheobjectswerejustasvitaltothesuccessofthe

compositionastheactualobjectsthemselves.Also,asthegreateducatorConfuciusstated,

“Whenyouknowathing,torecognizethatyouknowitandwhenyoudonotknowathing,

torecognizethatyoudonotknowit一

我学得越多，就越知道还有多少东西要学。在我的人生旅途中，我已经意识

到，获取知识不仅是一种更好地理解世界的方式，也是一种感激作为一个个体,你

不知道多少东西的方式。成认这一点的能力不应被视为一种弱点，而应被视为一

种优势。我曾经有一个美术老师，他指出，不仅你能看到的东西很重要，你不能

看到的东西也很重要。当我画静物时，我意识到物体之间的空白对于成功的构图

和物体本身一样重要。正如伟大的教育家孔子所说:“当你知道一件事时，要认识

到你知道它;当你不知道一件事时，要认识到你不知道它——这就是知识!”

Itisvitaltoremainlifelonglearnersinarapidlychangingworld.Asyouprogress

throughlife,youmaystudyandworkinnewenvironments.Consequently,youwillbe

exposedtomanynewideas,beliefs,practicesandlearningexperiences.Furthermore,the

productionofknowledgeisboundtogrowrapidly.Newknowledgeisconstantlybeing

generatedandwhatwealreadyknowisbeingrevisedallthetime,totheextentthatitcan

bedifficulttokeeppacewiththelatestdevelopments.Indeed,youmayonedaydojobsthat

donotyetexist,usetechnologiesnotyetdevelopedandresolveproblemsthatarenotyet

problem