新概念英语第四册13-03

vitality n.: 精力 vital: 关键的 vigor: 精力 animation

weariness n.: 疲惫感 worn out, dog-tired, fatigued, drained

课文讲解

Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.

justification 顺理成章 be killed in battle/action 在战争中阵亡 battle前不加定冠词

bitter :心情压抑 痛苦=painful

in the thought 一想到 --thingking at the thought /idea of

at the sight of 一见到

cheated of 剥夺 rob of divest of deprive sb. of sth.

ups and downs thick and thin （人生的）起起伏伏 苦辣酸甜

in him to do 对他而言 在他看来

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 been 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. ...