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（2020牛津译林版）选择性必修四课文及翻译

Unit4Nevertoooldtolearn

Reading

Learningforlife

终身学习

ThemoreIlearn,thebetterIknowhowmuchthereisstilllefttolearn.AsI

journeythroughmylife,Ihavebecomeawarethatacquiringknowledgeisnotonlya

meansbywhichyoucanbetterunderstandtheworld,butalsoawayofappreciating

howmuch,asanindividual,youdonotknow.Theabilitytoadmitthisshouldbe

perceivednotasaweakness,butasastrength.Ioncehadanartteacherwhopointed

outthatitisnotonlywhatyoucanseethatisimportant,butalsowhatyoucannotsee.

WhenIdrewastilllife,itwasimpresseduponmethattheblankspacesbetweenthe

objectswerejustasvitaltothesuccessofthecompositionastheactualobjects

themselves.Also,asthegreateducatorConfuciusstated,“Whenyouknowathing,to

recognizethatyouknowitandwhenyoudonotknowathing,torecognizethatyou

donotknowit—thatisknowledge!”

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。承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.Asyou

progressthroughlife,youmaystudyandworkinnewenvironments.Consequently,

youwillbeexposedtomanynewideas,beliefs,practicesandlearningexperiences.

Furthermore,theproductionofknowledgeisboundtogrowrapidly.Newknowledge

isconstantlybeinggeneratedandwhatwealreadyknowis