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                                                                                                                《人生如月》
       ①天上的月是我们最熟悉不过的了。最初的时候，它淡淡的，细细的，像是谁用橘黄的彩笔在湛蓝的天幕上轻轻画了一道，称这时的月为“月牙”，真是形象得很。渐渐地，它大起来了，亮起来了，在天空驻足的时间长起来了。这时的月便是一把镰刀、一只小船了。到了阴历的十五，这月便圆圆的，大大的，亮亮的，似一只玉盘、一面明镜了。再后来，月由盈而亏，由亏而残如一块土豆、一块顽石了。由纤弱而圆满，由圆满而亏残，天上的月却是如此周而复始，循环不已，岁岁如斯。人生虽不尽是这般规律，但盈亏明暗却是如影相随，避不开，躲不开，无法拒绝的。
       ②有时候，人逢吉时好运一帆风顺，谋官则升迁，想钱便发财，真是心想事成万般如意，原来平淡人生这时真如望月中天，亮丽圆满了。此时，升官的不免满面春风，发财的不免财大气粗，即使评个职称、当个先进或晋一级工资也会沾沾自喜，觉得优人一等。然而，花开自有花谢时，月圆必有月缺日，且常常是花开之后便是谢，月圆之后即为缺。但人多鼠目寸光，有眼不识事物消长之理，得意便忘形，露出一副小人面目。人若能处顺境作逆境之思，方不失为人本色，保持一颗平常心。为官者不必因权柄在手而颐指气使、八面威风，有钱人不必因腰缠万贯而妄自尊大、暴殄天物。如此立身处世待人接物，便无骄横之气、霸道之态，不至于蜕变为隐形之盗贼，衣冠之禽兽，于人于己于社会皆有大益。
③有时候，人遭恶时厄运，常是坏事连连，处处不顺，原本光明的人生忽然黯淡下来，如月牙一现，如云遮残月。身处逆境之中，或心灰意冷、悲观厌世，或甘于沉沦、自暴自弃，或忧心如焚、白发搔短，或牢骚满腹、怨无天佑。其实，人若于月亏之日想到月圆之时，识得世事易变之理，即可于逆境之中志不衰、气不馁、态不失，达观以处世，宽心以养身，“不管风吹浪打，胜似闲庭信步”。如此面对困厄，必不会怨天尤人蹉跎岁月，必不会奴颜婢膝玷污人格，必不会见利忘义为虎作伥。
       ④人生如月，皆有阴晴圆缺，我们大可不必颜随势改，气逐时移，得志时趾高气扬，失意时垂头丧气。我以为，无论顺逆得失，都平静的接受世界，从容地面对生活，这才是智者的活法。

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    This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.

    Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling. The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing. In his opinion, reading doesn't just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into oneself just as one digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees. Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text. I've seen it again and again: some one who can't express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn't read it at all.

    Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion (激情) regarding history to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across. To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts. As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind. Although it's commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics.

    My other comment is that the text aged. The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s—none of the references(参考文献) seem newer than the late 1950s. As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age.

    These are small points, though, and don't affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student.