Unit4NevertoooldtolearnReadingLearningforlife终身学习ThemoreIlearn,thebetterIknowhowmuchthereisstilllefttolearn.AsIjourneythroughmylife,Ihavebecomeawarethatacquiringknowledgeisnotonlyameansbywhichyoucanbetterunderstandtheworld,butalsoawayofappreciatinghowmuch,asanindividual,youdonotknow.Theabilitytoadmitthisshouldbeperceivednotasaweakness,butasastrength.Ioncehadanartteacherwhopointedoutthatitisnotonlywhatyoucanseethatisimportant,butalsowhatyoucannotsee.WhenIdrewastilllife,itwasimpresseduponmethattheblankspacesbetweentheobjectswerejustasvitaltothesuccessofthecompositionastheactualobjectsthemselves.Also,asthegreateducatorConfuciusstated,“Whenyouknowathing,torecognizethatyouknowitandwhenyoudonotknowathing,torecognizethatyoudonotknowit一thatisknowledge!"我学得越多，就越知道还有多少东西要学。在我的人生旅途中，我已经意识到，获取知识不仅是一种更好地理解世界的方式，也是一种感激作为一个个体,你不知道多少东西的方式。成认这一点的能力不应被视为一种弱点，而应被视为一种优势。我曾经有一个美术老师，他指出，不仅你能看到的东西很重要，你不能看到的东西也很重要。当我画静物时，我意识到物体之间的空白对于成功的构图和物体本身一样重要。正如伟大的教育家孔子所说:“当你知道一件事时，要认识到你知道它;当你不知道一件事时，要认识到你不知道它——这就是知识!”Itisvitaltoremainlifelonglearnersinarapidlychangingworld.Asyouprogressthroughlife,youmaystudyandworkinnewenvironments.Consequently,youwillbeexposedtomanynewideas,beliefs,practicesandlearningexperiences.Furthermore,theproductionofknowledgeisboundtogrowrapidly.Newknowledgeisconstantlybeinggeneratedandwhatwealreadyknowisbeingrevisedallthetime,totheextentthatitcanbedifficulttokeeppacewiththelatestdevelopments.Indeed,youmayonedaydojobsthatdonotyetexist,usetechnologiesnotyetdevelopedandresolveproblemsthatarenotyetproblems!Thisisnottosuggestthatthereisnoneedforyoutostudyinschoolbuttoacknowledgethatrefreshingyourknowledgewithlifelonglearningisbothessentialandbeneficial.在这个瞬息万变的世界里，终身学习是至关重要的。随着生活的进步，你可能会在新的环境中学习和工作。因此，你会接触到许多新的思想、信仰、实践和学习经验。此外，知识的生产必然会迅速增长。新知识不断产生，我们已经知道的东西一直在被修改，以至于很难跟上最新的开展。确实，有一天你可能会做一些还不存在的工作，使用尚未开发的技术，解决尚未成为问题的问题！这并不是说你没有必要在学校学习，而是要认识到，通过终身学习来更新知识是必不可少的，也是有益的。So,howcanyouproceed?Firstly,lifelonglearningisanattitude.Lifelonglearnersarethosewhohaveanopenmind.Beobjectiveandmakeyourselfopentonewknowledgeandideas.Donotcriticizethemorrejectthemsimplybecausetheydifferfromwhatyouknowandbelieve.Atthesametime,lifelonglearnersneedtodevelopcriticalthinkingskillssothattheydonotblindlyacceptnewideas.Instead,theyshouldinquirefurthertoassessthetruthofwhattheyarebeingtold.Secondly,takeadvantageofopportunitiesforlifelonglearning一forexample,youcouldregisteronlineandsubscribetoe-leamingcourses,whichhaveincreasedinrecentyears.Youcouldalsovisitthelocallibrarywheretheresourcesarerichanddiverse.Finally,understandthatitisnotsufficienttosimplyknowsomethingortounderstandwhatyouknow,becauseforknowledgetohaveconcretevalue,itmustbeapplied.Importantly,afteritsapplication,theremustthenfollowareviewprocessofanalysis,evaluationandimprovementsothatyourcomprehensionoftheworldinwhichyoulivebecomesacontinuousprocess.那么，如何开始行动呢？首先，终身学习是一种态...
