2015考研英语阅读生命的终点
<p> <span word="mourning">mourning</span>; <span word="The">The</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="line">line</span></p><p> 生命的终点站</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="certain">certain</span>,<span word="except">except</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="taxes">taxes</span>, <span word="mused">mused</span> <span word="BenjaminFranklin">BenjaminFranklin</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="death">death</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span>, <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="devisedmyriad">devisedmyriad</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inevitable">inevitable</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="thepracticalities">thepracticalities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="disposing">disposing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grief">grief</span> <span word="oflosing">oflosing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="one">one</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="Making">Making</span> <span word="anExit">anExit</span>, <span word="Sarah">Sarah</span> <span word="Murray">Murray</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="contributor">contributor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="FinancialTimes">FinancialTimes</span>, <span word="travels">travels</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="globe">globe</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discover">discover</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="differentcultures">differentcultures</span> <span word="conduct">conduct</span> <span word="funeral">funeral</span> <span word="rites">rites</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="honour">honour</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>.</p><p> 本杰明富兰克林曾沉思，在这个世界上，除了死亡和税收，没有什么是确定无疑的。面对死亡，人类至少已经想过无数种方式来应对这一无法回避的现实，从安置尸体的实际操作到失去所爱的悲痛之心。金融时报撰稿人<span word="Sarah">Sarah</span> <span word="Murray">Murray</span>曾游历世界各地，在她的新书《退出》中探索了不同文化背景的人们是如何举行葬礼以纪念逝者。</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="morbid">morbid</span> <span word="subject">subject</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Ms">Ms</span> <span word="Murray">Murray</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="reveals">reveals</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="peculiarly">peculiarly</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="habit">habit</span> <span word="toquarantine">toquarantine</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="pragmatism">pragmatism</span>, <span word="etiquette">etiquette</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="control">control</span>. <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="morecomfortable">morecomfortable</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deceased">deceased</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="commune">commune</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spirits">spirits</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ancestors">ancestors</span>.<span word="Funerals">Funerals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="solemn">solemn</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>.</p><p> 这或许是个有点病态的话题。但是正如<span word="Murray">Murray</span>女士在书中所呈现的，习惯将死亡和实用主义、礼节规矩、和镇定自若这些词隔离开只是一种英国独有的怪癖。相比之下，在其他的文化信仰中，人们对待逝者则要轻松许多，甚至会和祖先的灵魂有所交流。葬礼不总是件严肃庄重的事情。</p>
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