与其说——不如说
For me,music is more a way of life than an interest.
对我来说,音乐与其说是一种爱好,还不如说是一种生活方式。
matter,n. (讨论、考虑的)问题
a matter of principle原则问题
a matter of time时间问
题
a matter of opinion看法问题
a matter of life and death生死攸关问题
8.That's one of the few things that we do better than the other species on our planet. In most things man's fellow creatures on earth are better,but in learning man does better.
这是人类在这个星球上比其他物种做得好些的为数有限的几件事中的一件。
此处含有作者对人类所作所为的批评,意思是:人有种种恶习,优点不多,但喜欢学习却是一大优点。
9. Every student should regularly experience the “Aha!”when something you never understood,or something you never knew was a mystery,becomes clear.——Students should be constantly learning new things so that they can experience the joy of learning and of discovering things they didn't know or understand before.
每个学生都应该经常体验一下说出“啊,原来是这么一回事!”时的感受——也就是你以往不懂的事情,一下子变得豁然开朗时的感受。
Aha:Ah,I see!/Now I understand!
10. The Greek philosopher Socrates said this was one of the greatest of human joys,and it is.
of the greatest of human joys:“the+ 形容词最高级+名词”的用法:
the most beautiful of the places最美的地方
the greatest of scientists最伟大的科学家
the best of my friends我最要好的朋友
and it is:learning is still one of the greatest of human joys today