最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit6-Part2

[00:00.00]I looked for clues to

[00:02.61]determine how striking the changes

[00:04.46]in my daily life would be.

[00:06.87] How would I spend my time?

[00:09.61] In spite of having

[00:11.58] many long yearly vacations

[00:13.88]when I could pursue other interests,

[00:16.07]I had not bothered to

[00:18.14]make an earnest effort

[00:20.00]to confine my activities

[00:21.64]to one particular hobby. 

[00:23.28]Would I find life

[00:26.02]as a retiree boring? What new

[00:28.97]adventures might await me?

[00:31.27]Would I use my time to

[00:33.57]volunteer at a hospital or maybe

[00:35.65]work for a local charity?

[00:37.11]Maybe I would apply for

[00:41.27]membership in a golf league.

[00:42.58]Maybe I would donate

[00:44.99]my time and work with

[00:46.52]the Better Business Bureau.

[00:48.60]I might decide to

[00:50.79]enter local politics and

[00:52.65]run for a position

[00:54.50]on town council or I

[00:55.93] could run for the position

[00:58.12] of Deputy Mayor of my town,

[00:59.87]or maybe even consider submitting

[01:02.28] my name to be a candidate

[01:04.79]in an election for

[01:06.10] member of parliament.

[01:08.07]I would need to campaign

[01:10.04]and then wait to see

[01:11.68]if people would vote for me

[01:13.32]on election day at the polls.

[01:16.06]In spite of the fact that

[01:18.80]the possibilities all had merit,

[01:21.31] I had to admit that

[01:23.06]I only had a superficial interest

[01:25.14]in pursuing any of them.

[01:27.11]In fact, I was indifferent

[01:30.17]to most of the options.

[01:32.14]Did I think they might

[01:35.20]interfere with other commitments

[01:37.50] or mean I would have

[01:38.60]to cancel other appointments?

[01:40.35]Or was I just too attached

[01:42.97]to the idea of teaching,

[01:44.73]feeling that it formed

[01:46.80]part of my identity?

[01:48.88]I examined my emotions

[01:51.61]about the new direction

[01:53.37]my life would take.

[01:54.79]Would retirement 1 add a new dimension

[01:57.74]to my life and multiply my feelings

[01:59.27] of satisfaction or would

[02:02.99]the world apprehension 2 be more applicable?

[02:06.49]Did I feel guilty about

[02:09.12]not being gainfully employed

[02:11.31] when I was qualified 3 and capable?

[02:13.17] As a certified 4 teacher,

[02:15.68]did I feel obligated to work

[02:18.20]in the field of education?

[02:20.28]Did I feel entitled to

[02:23.24]sleep in late each day,

[02:25.21]or would that bother my conscience?

[02:27.39]Would I simply grow old gracefully 5

[02:29.91]or would feel that ridiculous?

[02:33.08]My instincts told me that

[02:36.58]although I would feel grateful

[02:38.00]for my good health,

[02:39.86]curiosity about other countries

[02:41.73]and lifestyles would overtake

[02:43.69]the desire to spend

[02:45.34] my time with senior citizens,

[02:47.19]playing board games,

[02:48.62]such as chess all day.

[02:50.25]Wouldn’t I rather learn about

[02:53.43]other cultures and at the same time

[02:55.51]be an ambassador for my own country