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But, far beyond books, learning means keeping the mind open and active to receive all kinds of experiences.
然而，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出書本的是，學(xué)習(xí)意味著要使自己的思想開放和活躍，積極體驗(yàn)各種人生經(jīng)歷。
One of the best informed men I ever knew was a cowboy who rarely read a newspaper and never a book,
我所認(rèn)識(shí)的最為見多識(shí)廣的人中有這樣一位，他是個(gè)幾乎不讀書不看報(bào)的牛仔，
but who had ridden many thousands of miles through one of the western states.
但他卻騎馬走遍了西部一個(gè)州的成千上萬里路。
He knew his state as thoroughly as a surgeon knows the human body.
他對(duì)他所居住的州了如指掌，就像一位外科醫(yī)生了解人體構(gòu)造一樣全面徹底。
He loved it; and understood it.
他熱愛這個(gè)地方；了解這個(gè)地方。
Not a mountain, not a canyon which had not much to tell him, not a change in the weather that he could not interpret.
每一座山脈，每一處峽谷，都告訴他很多東西，對(duì)每一種天氣變化他都可以做出解釋。
And so, among the pleasures of learning, we should include travel,
因此，學(xué)習(xí)的樂趣還應(yīng)包含旅行，
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.
以開放的思想，敏銳的目光和一種要了解其他民族、其他地域的愿望去旅游，而不要在異鄉(xiāng)尋找自己的影像。
If I were a young man today, I should resolve to see—no, to learn—all the 50 states before I was 35.
如果我現(xiàn)在是個(gè)年輕人，我會(huì)下決心在35歲以前，去看看——不，是去學(xué)習(xí)我們?nèi)?0個(gè)州。
Learning also means learning to practice, or at least to appreciate an art.
學(xué)習(xí)還意味著要學(xué)會(huì)實(shí)踐，至少要學(xué)會(huì)欣賞一門藝術(shù)。
Every new art you learn appears like a new window on the universe; it is like acquiring a new sense.
你所學(xué)習(xí)的每一門新藝術(shù)都像打開宇宙的一扇新窗口；會(huì)使你獲得一種全新的感覺。
Because I was born and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland, a hideous 19th century industrial city,
我出生在蘇格蘭的格拉斯哥并在那里長大，這是一個(gè)可惡的十九世紀(jì)的工業(yè)城市，
I did not understand the slightest thing about architecture until I was in my 20s.
因此直到二十多歲我才對(duì)建筑有了一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)了解。
Since then, I have learned a little about the art, and it has been a constant delight.
從那以后，我對(duì)藝術(shù)有了一點(diǎn)了解，藝術(shù)給我?guī)砹藷o窮的樂趣。
