佚名/Anonymous
ThefollowingwordswerewrittenonthetombofanAnglicanbishopinthecryptsofWestminsterAbbey:
WhenIwasyoungandfreeandmyimaginationhadnolimits, , Idiscoveredtheworldwouldnotbechanged, soIshortenedmysightssomewhatanddecidedtochangeonlymycountry.
Butit, too, seemedimmovable.
AsIgrewintomytwilightyears, inonelastdesperateattempt, Isettledforchangingonlymyfamily, thoseclosesttome, butalas, theywouldhavenoneofit.
AndnowasIlieonmydeathbed, Isuddenlyrealize: IfIhadonlychangedmyselffirst, thenbyexampleIwouldhavechangedmyfamily.
Fromtheirinspirationandencouragement, Iwouldthenhavebeenabletobettermycountryand, whoknows, Imayhaveevenchangedtheworld.
在威斯敏斯特修道院的地下室里,安放着英国国教主教的墓碑。墓碑上写着下面这些文字:
在我年轻的时候,我是那样地无拘无束,我的想象毫无止境,我梦想改变世界。随着我长大成熟,我的头脑也越来越睿智,我发觉这个世界是不可改变的。于是,我稍稍收拢自己的视野,决心只去改变我的国家。
只是,似乎我的国家也是不可改变的。
当我人至暮年,在最后的拼死尝试中,我企图改变我的家庭。可是,唉,那些我最亲近的人没有一个可以改变。
而现在,在我临终之时,我突然明白:如果我曾先改变了自己,然后作为榜样,或许我就能改变我的家庭了。
有了他们的启发和鼓舞,我就能更好地改变我的国家,甚至有可能改变世界,谁知道呢。
记忆填空
1.____________Iwasyoungandfreeandmyimaginationhadno____________, Idreamedofchangingtheworld.AsIgrew____________andwiser, Idiscoveredtheworldwouldnotbe____________, soIshortenedmy____________somewhatanddecidedtochangeonlymycountry.
2.AsIgrewintomytwilight____________, inonelastdesperateattempt, Isettledforchanging____________myfamily, thoseclosesttome, butalas, theywouldhave____________ofit.
3.____________theirinspirationandencouragement, Iwould____________havebeenabletobettermycountryand, whoknows, lmayhaveevenchangedthe____________.
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