练习材料：
Lesson 11-1 How to grow old
lɛsn 11-1 haʊ tuː grəʊ əʊld
Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification for this feeling. Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have cheated of the best things that life has to offer. But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble. The best way to overcome it -- so at least it seems to me -- is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.
sʌm əʊld ˈpiːpl ɑːr əˈprɛst baɪ ðə fɪər ɒv dɛθ. ɪn ðə jʌŋ ðeər ɪz ə ˌʤʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən fɔː ðɪs ˈfiːlɪŋ. jʌŋ mɛn huː hæv ˈriːzn tuː fɪə ðæt ðeɪ wɪl biː kɪld ɪn ˈbætl meɪ ˈʤʌstɪfaɪəbli fiːl ˈbɪtər ɪn ðə θɔːt ðæt ðeɪ hæv ˈʧiːtɪd ɒv ðə bɛst θɪŋz ðæt laɪf hæz tuː ˈɒfə. bʌt ɪn ən əʊld mæn huː hæz nəʊn ˈhjuːmən ʤɔɪz ænd ˈsɒrəʊz, ænd hæz əˈʧiːvd wɒtˈɛvə wɜːk ɪt wɒz ɪn hɪm tuː duː, ðə fɪər ɒv dɛθ ɪz ˈsʌmwɒt ˈæbʤɛkt ænd ɪgˈnəʊbl. ðə bɛst weɪ tuː ˌəʊvəˈkʌm ɪt -- səʊ æt liːst ɪt siːmz tuː miː -- ɪz tuː meɪk jɔːr ˈɪntrɪsts ˈgrædjʊəli ˈwaɪdər ænd mɔːr ɪmˈpɜːsnl, ənˈtɪl bɪt baɪ bɪt ðə wɔːlz ɒv ði ˈɛgəʊ ri(ː)ˈsiːd, ænd jɔː laɪf bɪˈkʌmz ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli mɜːʤd ɪn ðə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəl laɪf.
有些老年人因为怕死而感到烦恼。青年人有这种感觉是情有可原的。有理由害怕自己会死在战场上的年轻人，想到自己被剥夺了生活所能给予的最美好的东西时，感到痛苦，这是可以理解的。可是老年人已经饱尝了人间的甘苦，一切能做的都做了，如果怕死，就有点儿可怜又可鄙。克服怕死的最好办法 -- 至少在我看来是这样 -- 就是逐渐使自己的兴趣更加广泛，逐渐摆脱个人狭小的圈子，直到自我的围墙一点一点地倒塌下来，自己的生活慢慢地和整个宇宙的生活融合在一起。
任务配置：L0、L3、L4
知识笔记：
单词与短语
oppress/əˈprɛs/to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power:
somewhat/ ˈsʌmwɒt/in some measure or degree; to some extent.
abject/ ˈæbʤɛkt/utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:
ignoble/ɪgˈnəʊbl/of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base:
bit by bit 一点一点
练习感悟：感觉有些混乱了，周末加班让人心神不宁的。
