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HowmanypeoplehaveImetwhohavetoldmeaboutthebooktheyhavebeenplanningtowritebuthaveneveryetfoundthetime?Fartoomany．

ThisisLife,allright,butwedotreatitlikearehearsal(排演)and,unhappily,wedomisssomanyofitsbestmoments．

Wetakejobstostayaliveandprovidehomesforourfamiliesalwaysmakingourselvesbelievethatthisstyleoflifeismerelyatemporarystateofaffairsalongtheroadtowhatwereallywanttodo．Then,at60or65,wearesuddenlypresentedwithaclockandseveralgrandchildrenandwelookbackandrealizethatallthoseyearswaitingforRealLifetocomealongwereinfactreallife．

InAmericatheyhaveasayingmuchlaughedatbytheEnglish：“Haveaniceday”,theyspeakslowlyandseriouslyintheirshops,hotelsandsandwichbars．Ithinkitisawonderfulphrase,remindingus,ineffect,toenjoythemoment：tovaluethisveryday．

Howoftendowesaytoourselves,“I'lltakeuphorse-riding(orgolf,orsailing)assoonasIgetahigherposition,”onlytodononeofthosethingswhenIdogetthehigherposition．

WhenIfirstbecameareporterIknewamanwhogaveupaverywellpaidrespectablejobattheDailyTelegraphtogoandeditasmallweeklynewspaper．AtthetimeIwasastonishedbywhatappearedtometobehiscompletelyabnormal(反常的)mentalstate．HowcouldanyoneturnhisbackonFleetStreetincentralLondonforasmalllocalarea?Iwantedtoknow．

NowIamalittleolderandpossiblywiser,Iseethesenseinit．InFleetStreetthemanwasundercontinualpressure．HelivedinanunattractiveLondonsuburbandhespentmuchofhislifesittingonSouthernRegiontrains．

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Thefirstparagraphofthepassagetellsusthat________．

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A．

wealwaysdowhatwereallywanttodo

B．

wealwaysenjoymanyoflife'sbestmoments

C．

wealwaysmakeplansbutseldomfulfillthem

D．

wealwaystrytofindsometimetowriteabook

(2)

Theunderlinedphrase“turnhisbackon”(Paragraph6)mostprobablymeans________．

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