had excellent food, lodging, women, and society; and I had fame,which showed that what I taught was very good.

this faith in the meaning of poetry and in the development oflife was a religion, and I was one of its priests. To be its

priest was very pleasant and profitable. And I lived aconsiderable time in this faith without doubting its validity. But

in the second and still more in the third year of this life I beganto doubt the infallibility of this religion and to examine it. My

first cause of doubt was that I began to notice that the priests ofthis religion were not all in accord among themselves. Some said:

We are the best and most useful teachers; we teach what is needed,but the others teach wrongly. Others said: No! we are the real

teachers, and you teach wrongly. and they disputed, quarrelled,abused, cheated, and tricked one another. There were also many

among us who did not care who was right and who was wrong, but weresimply bent on attaining their covetous aims by means of this

activity of ours. All this obliged me to doubt the validity of ourcreed.

• childhood [´tʃaildhud] n.幼年(时代)；早期 (初中英语单词)


• seriously [´siəriəsli] ad.严肃；严重，重大 (初中英语单词)


• grown-up [´grəun-ʌp] n.成年人 a.成熟的 (初中英语单词)


• invention [in´venʃən] n.创造；发明；虚构 (初中英语单词)


• argument [´ɑ:gjumənt] n.辩论；争论；论证 (初中英语单词)


• conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən] n.结束；结论；推论 (初中英语单词)


• doctrine [´dɔktrin] n.教义；主义；学说 (初中英语单词)


• reckon [´rekən] v.计算；认为；估计 (初中英语单词)


• profession [prə´feʃən] n.职业；声明；表白 (初中英语单词)


• ability [ə´biliti] n.(办事)能力；才干 (初中英语单词)


• circle [´sə:kəl] n.圆圈 v.环绕；盘旋 (初中英语单词)


• formerly [´fɔ:məli] ad.从前，以前 (初中英语单词)


• pressure [´preʃə] n.压榨 vt.对…施压力 (初中英语单词)


• whereas [weər´æz] conj.鉴于；因此；而 (初中英语单词)


• expedition [,ekspi´diʃən] n.远征；探险；迅速 (初中英语单词)


• spoken [´spəukən] speak的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• reality [ri´æliti] n.现实(性)；真实；逼真 (初中英语单词)


• conscious [´kɔnʃəs] a.意识的；自觉的 (初中英语单词)


• fundamental [,fʌndə´mentl] a.基本的 n.原理 (初中英语单词)


• artificial [,ɑ:ti´fiʃəl] a.人工的；模拟的 (初中英语单词)


• christ [kraist] n.基督 int.天啊! (初中英语单词)


• impulse [´impʌls] n.推动(力)；冲动；刺激 (初中英语单词)


• belief [bi´li:f] n.相信；信仰，信条 (初中英语单词)


• patience [´peiʃəns] n.忍耐(力)；耐心；坚韧 (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• instructive [in´strʌktiv] a.有益的 (初中英语单词)


• goodness [´gudnis] n.优良；美德；精华 (初中英语单词)


• revenge [ri´vendʒ] vt.报复 n.报仇；报复 (初中英语单词)


• emperor [´empərə] n.皇帝 (初中英语单词)


• horror [´hɔrə] n.恐怖；战栗 (初中英语单词)


• violence [´vaiələns] n.猛烈；暴力(行) (初中英语单词)


• vanity [´væniti] n.虚荣；自负；空虚 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• knowing [´nəuiŋ] a.会意的，心照不宣的 (初中英语单词)


• poetry [´pəuitri] n.诗；诗意 (初中英语单词)


• accord [ə´kɔ:d] n.&vi.符合 vt.给与 (初中英语单词)


• boyhood [´bɔihud] n.少年时代(期) (高中英语单词)


• novelty [´nɔvəlti] n.新奇(的事物) (高中英语单词)


• passionate [´pæʃənit] a.易动情的；易怒的 (高中英语单词)


• external [ik´stə:nəl] a.外部的；外面的 (高中英语单词)


• phenomenon [fi´nɔminən] n.现象；奇迹；珍品 (高中英语单词)


• confession [kən´feʃən] n.招供；认错；交待 (高中英语单词)


• decided [di´saidid] a.明显的；决定的 (高中英语单词)


• educational [,edju´keiʃənəl] a.教育(上)的 (高中英语单词)


• endurance [in´djuərəns] n.忍受(耐)；耐力 (高中英语单词)


• perfection [pə´fekʃən] n.完美；极致；熟练 (高中英语单词)


• contempt [kən´tempt] n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾 (高中英语单词)


• indifference [in´difrəns] n.冷淡；无足轻重 (高中英语单词)


• admirable [´ædmərəbəl] a.极佳的，值得赞美的 (高中英语单词)


• lodging [´lɔdʒiŋ] n.寄宿，住宿 (高中英语单词)


• profitable [´prɔfitəbəl] a.有益的；有用的 (高中英语单词)


• devoted [di´vəutid] a.献身…的，忠实的 (英语四级单词)


• ridicule [´ridikju:l] vi.&n.嘲笑；奚落 (英语四级单词)


• intercourse [´intəkɔ:s] n.交际；往来；交流 (英语四级单词)


• believer [bi´li:və] n.信徒 (英语四级单词)


• communion [kə´mju:niən] n.共享；交流；圣餐 (英语四级单词)


• utterance [´ʌtərəns] n.发音；言辞；所说的话 (英语四级单词)


• senseless [´sensləs] a.无知觉的；愚蠢的 (英语四级单词)


• worldly [´wə:ldli] a.现世的；世俗的 (英语四级单词)


• physically [´fizikəli] ad.按照自然规律 (英语四级单词)


• touching [´tʌtʃiŋ] a.动人的 prep.提到 (英语四级单词)


• intimacy [´intiməsi] n.亲密；熟悉；秘密 (英语四级单词)


• loosely [´lu:sli] ad.松散地 (英语四级单词)


• robbery [´rɔbəri] n.抢劫(案)；盗取 (英语四级单词)


• unconsciously [ʌn´kɔʃəsli] ad.无意识地；不觉察地 (英语四级单词)


• orthodox [´ɔ:θədɔks] a.正统的；正统的；习惯的 (英语六级单词)


• abandoned [ə´bændənd] a.被抛弃的；无约束的 (英语六级单词)


• inviting [in´vaitiŋ] a.动人的 (英语六级单词)


• shocking [´ʃɔkiŋ] a.令人震惊的；可怕的 (英语六级单词)


• independently [,indi´pendəntli] ad.独立地；自由地 (英语六级单词)


• publicly [´pʌblikli] ad.公然；公众所有地 (英语六级单词)


• intact [in´tækt] a.未动过的，完整的 (英语六级单词)


• truthful [´tru:θfəl] a.诚实的；真实的 (英语六级单词)


• hunting [´hʌntiŋ] n.打猎 (英语六级单词)


• speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)


• erection [i´rekʃən] n.直立，建立；建筑物 (英语六级单词)


• philosophical [,filə´sɔfikəl] a.哲学(上)的；冷静的 (英语六级单词)


• vocation [vəu´keiʃən] n.职业；使命；天职 (英语六级单词)