《论语》The Confucian Analects
[ðə kənˈfjuːʃən ˌænə'lekts]
It is indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and, as you go on acquiring, to put into practice what you have acquired.A greater pleasure still it is when friends of congenial minds come from afar to seek you because of your attainments.If a man will constantly go over what he has acquired and keep continually adding to it new acquirements, he may become a teacher of men.Study without thinking is labor lost. Thinking without study is perilous.A wise man is impartial, not neutral. A fool is neutral but not impartial.To know what it is that you know, and to know what it is that you do not know, —that is understanding.
单词速记：
1.analects [ˌænə'lekts] n.文选This idiom is an allusion to the analects.2.congenial [kənˈdʒiːniəl] adj.意气相投的;情趣相投的;合得来的;相宜的;合意的;适宜的;适合的;适当的con 共同 + gen 产生 + i + al …的 → 产生共同〔兴趣〕→ 意气相投的3.perilous [ˈperələs] adj.危险的;艰险的more perilous 最高级：most perilousperil 危险 + ous 形容词后缀 → 危险的...a perilous journey across the war-zone...4.impartial [ɪmˈpɑːrʃl] adj.公正的;不偏不倚的;中立的im 不 + part 部分 + i + al 形容词后缀 → 不偏向任何一部分 → 公平的As chairman, I must remain impartial.经典回顾