新视野大学英语第四册 unit8A A meaningful life

A meaningful life有意义得人生The death of an angel of animal rights activism does not rate with that of a drugged-out rock star、 So when Henry Spira died of cancer in September 1998, his death passed without notice, apart from a brief obituary in The New York Times、 Yet Henry Spiral life tells us something important, not only about the modern animal movement, but about the possibility of an individual making a difference in the modern world、一位动物权利保护运动得天使得去世还比不上一个沉溺于毒品得摇滚明星得死亡。所以，亨利、斯皮拉在 1998 年 9 月因癌症去世得消息根本没有引起公众得注意，只就是《纽约时报》上刊登了一则简短得讣告。但就是亨利、斯皮拉得一生让我们懂得了一些重要得东西，不仅关于现代动物权益保护运动，而且还有一个人改变现代社会得可能性。I first met Henry when he turned up at an adult education seminar I was giving at New York University、 I offered a course on "Animal Liberation" that attracted about 20 students、 One student was an unusual specimen, outside the regular aesthetic of an "animal person"、 His clothes were untidy, and his hair uncombed、 His language was so blunt and earthy that at times I thought I was listening to an assassin from a violent mob、 Yet, I couldn't help feeling intrigued with his direct way of speaking and his solemn, secular oath to help animals in need、第一次见到亨利，就是我在纽约大学教一个成人教育研修班时她前来听课。我开设了一门关于“动物解放”得课程，吸引了大约 20 名学生。其中一名学生很另类，完全与通常意义上“动物权利保护者”得形象背道而驰。她得衣着邋遢，头发也未曾梳理。她说话非常直率并且粗俗，有时我甚至认为，我好像就是在听一个暴力团伙得杀手在讲话。但就是，我情不自禁地被她那种直截了当得说话方式，还有她那庄重得、不就是出于宗教目得要帮助处于困境中得动物得誓言吸引住了。I left New York soon after that, but one day got a call from Henry、 ...