Life
Guidance for Reciting
Reading this obscure passage may deepen our insights into the essence of life.
Life will be imaged，but cannot be divided nor doubled. Any invasion of its unity would be chaos. The soul is not twin-born，but the only begotten，and though revealing itself as child in time，child in appearance，is of a fatal and universal power，admitting no co-life. Every day，every act betrays the ill-concealed deity. We believe in ourselves，as we do not believe in others. We permit all things to ourselves，and that which we call sin in others，is experiment for us. It is an instance of our faith in ourselves，that men never speak of crime as lightly as they think，or every man thinks a latitude safe for himself，which is nowise to be indulged to another. The act looks very differently on the inside，and on the outside；in its quality，and its consequences.
Notes
1.invasion [in5veiVEn] n. 侵入，侵略
2.chaos [5keiRs] n. 混乱
3.deity [5di：iti] n. 神，神性
4.latitude [5lAtitju：d] n. 纬度，限制，界限
生命
诵读导言
这篇深奥的文章有助于加深我们对生命本质的理解。
生命可以被想象，但是不能被分割，也不能被复制。对生命的整体的任何破坏都会引起混乱。灵魂不是孪生儿，而是独生苗，虽然迟早都要像婴儿那样长大成熟，长得也和婴儿一样，但在生命中却有着一种无敌的力量，来决定命运不会接受同一个生命。生命有着一种惟我独尊的神圣，每一天人们都会把这些神圣显露在举手投足之中。我们只相信自己，从来不相信任何人。我们允许自己为所欲为，甚至去试验性地做那些我们称之为罪恶的事情。我们充满自信的一个例子就是：人们从来不像他们想象的那样蔑视罪恶，换句话说，人人都为自己想好一个放纵的界限，而这个界线是不能用在别人身上的。行为从内在和外表，或性质和后果去看，是大为不同的。
口语点津
大家记得雀巢冰激凌的广告语吧：Take time to indulge.（尽情享受吧！）indulge这个词语在口语中很常用。比如，朋友拿着冰淇淋问你吃不吃，你说你在厉行节食（I am on a strict diet，so I cannot indulge.）可是冰淇淋太诱人了，哈哈，你只好说I'll have a teeny taste（那我就来一点吧！）。再比如，我偶尔抽支烟享受享受（Sometimes I indulge in a cigarette.）。
