—fromEinstein’sDreams
AlanLightman
9JUNE1905
Supposethatpeopleliveforever.
Strangely, thepopulationofeachcitysplitsintwo: theLatersandtheNows.
TheLatersreasonthatthereisnohurrytobegintheirclassesattheuniversity, tolearnasecondlanguage, toreadVoltaireorNewton, toseekpromotionintheirjobs, tofallinlove, , , , ? , orrearrangingfurnitureintheirhomes, .
TheNowsnotethatwithinfinitelives, , theywillmarryaninfinitenumberoftimes, , abricklayer, awriter, anaccountant, apainter, aphysician, , studyingnewtrades, , ? , thecollegeprofessors, thedoctorsandnurses, thepoliticians, , , theycomparethelivestheyhavemastered, exchangeinformation, , theyponderthefutureandfollowtheparabolaofthewaterwiththeireyes.
, nordogreat-grandparents, great-auntsandgreat-uncles, great-great-aunts, andsoon, backthroughthegenerations, .
Whenamanstartsabusiness, hefeelscompelledtotalkitoverwithhisparentsandgrandparentsandgreat-grandparents, adinfinitum, , , themultiplicationofachievementsispartlydividedbythediminishmentofambition.
Andwhenadaughterwantsguidancefromhermother, , whomustaskhermother, , .
Whereeveryactionmustbeverifiedonemilliontimes, ’sstocksofginger, salt, cod, andbeefchangewitheverychangeofmind, , peopleturntheirheadsandpeerbehindtheirbacks, toseewhomightbewatching.
, , , withtheirdearrelativeslookingon, diveintoLakeConstanceorhurlthemselvesfromMonteLema, , thefinitehasconqueredtheinfinite, millionsofautumnshaveyieldedtonoautumns, millionsofsnowfallshaveyieldedtonosnowfalls, millionsofadmonitionshaveyieldedtonone.
ReadTextBandfinishthefollowingexercises.
1) Refertothepassageandsummarizecontrastinformationaboutthetwotypesofpeople.
2) Exchangeideaswithyourpartnerabout “Yourpictureofaworldwherepeoplecouldliveforever”.
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