新概念英语第四册13-04

in him to do 对他而言 在他看来

walls 壁垒 隔阂 There is a wall between us/couples.

childhood , adolescence (youth) ， adulthood ， old age

bank :surroundings

ebb and flow

waterfall 更大的挫折

waters : 水域

with 从句表原因

content :satisfied

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. An individual human existence should be like a river--small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue. And it, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will be not unwelcome. I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do, and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.