六级冲刺练习：阅读（83）
<p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>? <span word="Is">Is</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>? <span word="Or">Or</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nervous">nervous</span> <span word="system">system</span>? <span word="After">After</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="can">can</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="place">place</span>? <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="leg">leg</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="function">function</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>. <span word="Aristotle">Aristotle</span>, <span word="twenty">twenty</span>-<span word="three">three</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ax">ax</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ax">ax</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="use">use</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>. <span word="Mind">Mind</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Charles">Charles</span> <span word="H">H</span>. <span word="Woolbert">Woolbert</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="doing">doing</span>. </p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="activity">activity</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="another">another</span>. <span word="Observe">Observe</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="painstakingly">painstakingly</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="store">store</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="conversationalists">conversationalists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="constantly">constantly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="motion">motion</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="continually">continually</span> <span word="nodding">nodding</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shaking">shaking</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="vigorously">vigorously</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="wonder">wonder</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="necks">necks</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="stand">stand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strain">strain</span>.</p><p> <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="active">active</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="arms">arms</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="seldom">seldom</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p> <span word="These">These</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="remember">remember</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="speeches">speeches</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="merely">merely</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="folk">folk</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="conscious">conscious</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="movement">movement</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="studied">studied</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="creatures">creatures</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>, <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="adapt">adapt</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="situation">situation</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="converse">converse</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="oral">oral</span> <span word="language">language</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="visible">visible</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="involve">involve</span> <span word="practically">practically</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="muscle">muscle</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span>.</p>
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