1. There is a calm wisdom in this old_________ that impressed me when I heard it first from a monk of a Buddhist monastery in China. It has often helped me to retain a good_________ of equanimity_________ stress and hardship as well as when some unexpected success or good luck might have_________ me too exuberant.
2. A warning and a_________， not only for the individual， but also for governments， nations and their leaders， a brief summing up of all that history and human experience can_________ us. And beyond all that we might hear in it an_________ of the law and order that holds our universe in safe_________.
1. 月盈則虧，晦則明。
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2. 這句話啟示我們，不論痛苦或困難的時刻有多麽暗淡，它們不會長久持續下去，我們因此會感到希望和寬慰。
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3. 除此之外，我們從這句話裏麵還可以聆聽到使宇宙保持平衡狀態的法則與秩序的回聲。
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1. And beyond all that we might hear in it an echo of the law and order that holds our universe in safe balance.
beyond all：首先，首要地
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2. ...a brief summing up of all that history and human experience can tell us.
sum up：總結，概括；總計
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喜悅的能力
The Faculty of Delight
查理？愛德華？蒙太古 / Charles Edward Montague
Among the mind’s powers is one that comes of itself to many children and artists. It need not be lost， to the end of his days， by any one who has ever had it. This is the power of taking delight in a thing， or rather in anything， everything， not as a means to some other end， but just because it is what it is， as the lover dotes on whatever may be the traits of the beloved object. A child in the full health of his mind will put his hand flat on the summer turf， feel it， and give a little shiver of private glee at the elastic firmness of the globe. He is not thinking how well it will do for some game or to feed sheep upon. That would be the way of the wooer whose mind runs on his mistress’s money. The child’s is sheer affection， the true ecstatic sense of the thing’s inherent characteristics. No matter what the things may be， no matter what they are good or no good for， there they are， each with a thrilling unique look and feel of its own， like a face； the iron astringently coop under its paint， the painted wood familiarly warmer， the clod crumbling enchantingly down in the hands， with its little dry smell of the sun and of hot nettles； each common thing a personality marked by delicious differences.