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Lesson4、51. I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose my life is made wretched.I have read all books written by intelligent scholars and have a profound knowledge of philosophy, but my life becomes miserable because I don’t have a red rose.2. What is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?"The heart of a bird is nothing compared to the heart of a man.In other words, for the Nightingale, the Student's love is much more important than her life.3. ―She has form,‖ he said to himself, as he walked away. ―That cannot be denied. But has she got feeling? I’m afraid not. In fact, like most artists, she is all style without any sincerity.‖The student’s ignorance of wha t true love is makes him conclude that Nightingale’s last singing is void of feeling and sincerity.4. Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song, for she sang of the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb.Though the Nightingale felt the increasingly bitter pain in her heart, she sang louder and louder about the love which grows and grows until they die and will live in eternity.5. Then she gave one last burst of music. The white Moon heard it, and she forgot the dawn, and lingered on in the sky.The Nightingale sang the last note of the song loudly. the crystal moon was moved by it and stayed in the sky.6. He’d acted out of concern for her, he thought that it would be a nice gesture on her part not to start up that conversation again, as he was tired of it.The man had shown concern for his wife and he hoped that his wife would show her concern in return by not continuing the unpleasant conversation, since he was bored with it.7.8. The night was clear and he could see a few stars to the west, where the lights of the town didn’t blur them out.The night sky was so unclouded that when he looked towards the west, he could see some stars despite the lights of the town.9.10.Lesson6、71.Of the four acknowledged heroes of the event, three was able to account for their behavior.Only three out of these four heroes lived to tell people what they actually had done and how they had rescued the five survivors.2,Skutnik added that ―somebody had to go into the water, delivering every hero’s line that is no less admirable for being repeated.Skutnik gave a remark that has been said before by many people in similar situations, but it is still admirable.3.The man in the water set himself against an immovable, impersonal enemy; he fought it with kindness; and he held it to a standoff. He was the best we can do..4.And I had not thought it, for he was not at all what one would regard as the figure of a soldier.And I hadn't thought that he had worked for the Ministry of W arfare because he didn't look like a soldier at all, who was usually tall and strong.5.When the bottle had been uncorked and the wine poured out, like liquid tropical sunlight, I watched it go down under that black mustache.The bottle was opened and the wine was poured out. The man with black mustache drank it up although it was pretty strong, like hot liquid sunlight. 6.―Always spurred on by a fierce ambition. His very life was devoted to making inventions.‖He was always driven by a strong ambition. He had given his whole life to making inventions.lesson8、91. That’s the whole trouble, our stupid, small-town way of doing things, always under cover.That is the problem of our way of life. People in our small town are usually ill-informed, narrow-minded, and ridiculously conservative, and always like to cover things up.2. Of course we’re putting you and Dad on your honor, Mother. We don’t expect you to be so childish as to lock me up in my room, call the police, or anything so naive as that!Of course we are counting on your promise not to do anything stupid like trying to lock me in my room or call the police.3. Finally, one night, I had a shock, it all came back—my former life—and I am here to claim you, Bessie!Finally, one night, suddenly the memory all came back, and I come here to take you away.4.But I am saying that all of us need to think more seriously about putting the brakes on our ―we-want-it-all-and–we –want-it-now‖ lifestyle before we speed completely out of control.But what I do want to say is this: before we go too far/it’s too late, all of us need to think seriously about changing our lifestyle of seeking a quick fix in our lives.5. And if our fast meal doesn't agree with us, we hurry to the medicine cabinet for- you guessed it- some fast relief.If our fast dinner upsets our stomachs, we get some medicine from a cupboard that can relieve our disorder instantly.6. We put a little of each paycheck away ―for a rainy day‖.W e saved a little money each time we got paid in case we might need it in the futurelesson11、121．As a nurse, Katie knew she could bleed to death in a matter of minutes from an open leg artery.As a nurse, Katie knew that she might die in a few minutes if she could not stop her leg from bleeding, as an artery had been cut open.2。