Ⅱ. 七选五
The Pleasures of Learning
Learning is a natural pleasure, inborn and instinctive（本能的）, one of the essential pleasures of the human race. When Archimedes discovered the principle of specific gravity by observing his own displacement of water in a bathtub（浴缸）, he jumped out with delight, shouting, “Eureka, Eureka!”（“I have found it; I have found it!”） 1
This pleasure is not limited to learning from textbooks, which are too often boring. 2 By opening a book, one can connect with a voice, and hear it speaking, mind to mind, heart to heart. As for reading books, this contains two different delights. One is the pleasure of understanding the unexpected, such as when one meets a new author who has a new vision of the world. 3
Far beyond books, learning means keeping the mind open and active to receive all kinds of experiences. Among the pleasures of learning, we should include travel, travel with an open mind, an alert eye and a wish to understand other peoples, other places, rather than looking in them for a mirror image of oneself.
4 Every new art you learn appears like a new window on the universe, which helps you acquire a new sense. Crafts, too, are well worth exploring. Most crafts contain one essential pleasure, the pleasure of making something that will last.
5 Instead of decreasing, in time, like health and strength, its returns go on increasing, provided that you aim throughout your life, as you continue learning to integrate（整合） your thoughts to make it harmonious.
A.But it does include learning from books.
B.Learning extends our lives into new dimensions（维度）.
C.This shout means Archimedes enjoyed playing with water.
D.The other pleasure is of deepening one's knowledge of a special field.
E.Learning also means learning to practice, or at least to appreciate an art.
F.Man has the ability to attain happiness, and learning is the best way to achieve it.
G.The outburst from instinct and the joy of its satisfaction are possessed by all people.
