# Content

As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind.

Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of food.

Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our mental power and expand our intellectual capacity.

Constant learning supplies us with fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgement.

Continuous learning is the best way to keep pace with the times in the information age.

It is a common misunderstanding to regard school as the only place for the acquisition of knowledge.

On the contrary, learning should be an endless process, from the cradle to the grave.

With the world changing so fast, to stop learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind.

Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization.

Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.

Just like our bodies need food to grow and muscles to get stronger, our minds need learning to expand and become sharper. It's like a daily routine – we should keep learning every day to keep our brains in top shape and to boost our smarts.

Learning all the time gives us the power to think better, analyze stuff, and make smart decisions. Especially in this age of tons of information, if we keep learning, we won't fall behind.

People sometimes think that school is the only place to learn things, but that's not true at all. Learning is a lifelong adventure, starting when we're tiny babies and lasting until we're old. The world changes super quickly, so even taking a break from learning for a little bit can put you behind.

If we stop learning, our minds can get stuck and feel old-fashioned. So, to keep our minds young and fresh, we've got to make learning a part of our whole lives.

Just as nourishment is essential for the body's growth, education plays a parallel role in the development of the mind. The physiological growth and muscular development facilitated by food find their intellectual counterparts in the continuous pursuit of knowledge.

The act of consistent learning furnishes us with the resources necessary to refine our cognitive faculties, including the capacities for logical reasoning, critical analysis, and discerning judgment. In the era dominated by an unprecedented influx of information, the most effective approach to keeping abreast of the times is through unceasing intellectual enrichment.

Misconceptions often arise, erroneously limiting the acquisition of knowledge solely to the confines of formal education institutions. Conversely, the process of learning should be perceived as an unending journey, commencing from infancy and culminating only upon life's conclusion. Given the rapid pace of global transformation, even a brief hiatus from the pursuit of knowledge can result in perceptible regression.

The absence of perpetual learning inevitably engenders stagnation of the intellectual faculties and, in more dire cases, their ossification. Thus, to perpetuate mental youthful vigor, the commitment to lifelong learning becomes imperative.

# Key points

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As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind.

含义同义词侧重点
正如、就像As表示比较或类比关系,引导两个事物之间的类比关系。
Just as正如、就像,强调比较中两者的相似性。
Similar to与… 相似,类似于,强调与另一事物的相似性。
食物、饮食food食物、食品,强调供给营养和维持生命的物质。
nourishment营养、滋养,强调提供身体所需的养分和能量。
sustenance生存所需的食物、补给物,强调维持生命所需的供养。
nourishing有营养的、滋养的,强调能够提供养分的特性。
学习、教育learning学习、学问,强调获取知识、技能和经验。
education教育、培训,强调通过指导和教育获得的知识。
knowledge知识、学识,强调掌握的信息、事实和概念。
intellectual development智力发展,强调通过学习促进心智的成长和提升。
心智、思想mind心智、思想,强调思考、感知和意识的能力。
intellect智力、才智,强调智力的能力和潜能。
cognitive faculty认知能力,强调思维、认知和理解的能力。
mental capacity心智能力,强调思考和理解事物的能力。
  • Just as the body requires food, the mind also necessitates learning.
    正如身体需要食物一样,头脑也需要学习。
  • Similar to how the body needs sustenance, the mind requires nourishment through learning.
    就像身体需要滋养一样,心灵也需要通过学习来滋养。
  • In the same vein as the body's reliance on sustenance, the mind's dependence on learning is undeniable.
    正如身体对食物的依赖一样,心灵对学习的依赖也是不可否认的。
  • Analogous to the essential nature of food for the body, learning holds a parallel significance for the intellect.
    类似于食物对身体的本质,学习对智力也具有同等的意义。

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Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of food.

含义同义词侧重点
我们的身体成长Our bodies grow强调身体的生长和发展,指涉生理成长过程。
Our physical bodies develop我们的身体发展,强调生理机能的变化和提升。
Our physical forms increase我们的身体形态增长,强调生理方面的增加和发展。
肌肉发展muscles develop肌肉发展,强调肌肉的成长和变得更强壮。
muscles grow肌肉生长,强调肌肉组织的增长和发展。
muscle growth肌肉生长,强调肌肉组织的发展和增加。
muscular development肌肉的发展,强调肌肉组织的变化和提升。
摄入食物intake of food摄入食物,强调食物的进入和吸收过程。
consumption of food消耗食物,强调食物的摄取和利用。
ingestion of nourishment摄入营养,强调营养成分的吸收和摄入。
food consumption食物消耗,强调食物的摄取和使用。
  • Our bodies undergo growth and our muscles develop as a result of the nutrients we consume.
    由于我们摄入的营养物质,我们的身体会不断生长,肌肉也会不断发展。
  • The intake of food plays a crucial role in the growth of our bodies and the development of muscles.
    食物的摄入对于我们身体的生长和肌肉的发育起着至关重要的作用。
  • The process of bodily growth and muscle development is facilitated through the consumption of dietary sustenance.
    通过食用膳食食物可以促进身体生长和肌肉发育的过程。
  • It is imperative to note that the nourishment we ingest plays a pivotal role in fostering the growth of our bodies and the cultivation of muscle mass.
    必须指出的是,我们摄入的营养对于促进我们身体的生长和肌肉质量的培养起着至关重要的作用。

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Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our mental power and expand our intellectual capacity.

含义同义词侧重点
同样地、同理Likewise表示相似地、同样地,引导与前文相似的情况或观点。
Similarly同样地、类似地,强调相似的方式或情况。
In the same manner以相同方式、同样方法,强调与前文的相似行为。
保持、维持maintain保持、维持,强调持续不断地保持某种状态。
sustain维持、支撑,强调持续维持、支持某种状况或情况。
uphold维护、保持,强调继续维护、坚持某种原则或状态。
preserve保护、维持,强调保护和保持不受损害。
学习、学习keep learning继续学习,强调持续地从事学习活动。
continue learning继续学习,强调在之前的基础上持续学习。
maintain learning保持学习,强调持续保持学习的状态。
sustain learning维持学习,强调持续维持学习的态势。
心智力量、智力才能mental power心智力量、智力才能,强调思维和认知的能力。
mental strength心智力量、智力强度,强调心智的力量和强大。
cognitive ability认知能力,强调思维、理解和学习的能力。
intellectual capability智力能力,强调理解和分析问题的能力。
扩展、增加expand扩展、增加,强调范围、规模等的增加。
increase增加、扩大,强调数量、程度的提高。
enhance增强、提升,强调使更好、更强大。
broaden扩大、拓宽,强调领域、知识等的扩展。
  • Consistently, we must engage in continuous learning to uphold our cognitive prowess and enhance our intellectual aptitude.
    我们必须始终如一地进行持续学习,以保持我们的认知能力并增强我们的智力能力。
  • Similarly, it's crucial to engage in ongoing education to maintain our mental acuity and broaden our cognitive capacity.
    同样,参与持续教育以保持我们的思维敏锐度和扩大我们的认知能力也至关重要。
  • Equally, it is imperative that we engage in a perpetual process of learning to preserve our cognitive vigor and augment our cognitive potential.
    同样,我们必须进行永久的学习过程,以保持我们的认知活力并增强我们的认知潜力。
  • Moreover, it is essential that we engage in a continual pursuit of learning in order to sustain our cognitive vitality and augment our cognitive capabilities.
    此外,我们必须不断追求学习,以维持我们的认知活力并增强我们的认知能力。

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Constant learning supplies us with fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgement.

含义同义词侧重点
持续的学习Constant learning持续的学习,强调不断进行学习的活动。
Continuous learning连续的学习,强调学习的连贯性和持续性。
Ongoing learning持续不断的学习,强调学习的不间断进行。
为我们提供燃料supplies us with fuel为我们提供燃料,强调学习为我们提供支持和动力。
provides us with resources为我们提供资源,强调学习为我们提供所需的资源。
furnishes us with energy为我们提供能量,强调学习为我们注入活力和动力。
驱使我们driving us驱使我们,强调学习对于促使我们行动的影响。
motivating us激励我们,强调学习激发我们的动力和积极性。
pushing us推动我们,强调学习促使我们朝前进。
锐利我们的推理、分析和判断力sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgement增强我们的推理、分析和判断能力,强调使能力更强大。
enhance our ability to reason, analyze, and judge增强我们推理、分析和判断的能力,强调能力的提升。
improve our capacity for logical thinking, assessment, and evaluation改善我们进行逻辑思维、评估和评判的能力,强调提高能力。
refine our skills in reasoning, evaluating, and making decisions提升我们在推理、评价和决策方面的技能,强调技能的提升。
  • Learning constantly provides us with the necessary fuel to enhance our ability to reason, analyze, and make judgments.
    学习不断为我们提供必要的动力,以增强我们的推理、分析和判断能力。
  • Ongoing learning gives us the energy to better our skills in thinking, analyzing, and forming judgments.
    持续的学习给我们能量来提高我们的思考、分析和形成判断的技能。
  • Continuous learning provides us with the requisite fuel to refine our faculties of reasoning, analysis, and judgment.
    持续学习为我们提供了完善推理、分析和判断能力所需的动力。
  • Perpetual learning equips us with the fuel necessary to hone our powers of reasoning, analysis, and judgment.
    不断的学习为我们提供了磨练推理、分析和判断能力所需的动力。

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Continuous learning is the best way to keep pace with the times in the information age.

含义同义词侧重点
持续学习Continuous learning持续学习,强调不间断地进行学习的活动。
Ongoing learning持续不断的学习,强调学习的不间断进行。
Constant learning持续学习,强调持续进行学习的状态。
跟上时代步伐keep pace with the times跟上时代步伐,强调与时俱进、不被时代落下。
stay up to date with the times与时俱进,强调保持与时代的最新发展保持一致。
stay current in the information age在信息时代保持更新,强调信息时代的最新状态。
在信息时代in the information age在信息时代,强调现代社会的信息化特点。
in the era of information在信息时代,强调时代的信息化特征。
in the digital age在数字时代,强调现代社会的数字化趋势。
  • Staying up-to-date in this age of information requires keeping the learning process ongoing.
    在这个信息时代保持最新状态需要不断学习。
  • Learning continually stands as the finest approach to remain current in today's information-dominated era.
    在当今信息主导的时代,不断学习是保持潮流的最佳方法。
  • In the contemporary context of the information age, maintaining a commitment to continuous learning stands out as the optimal approach to remain abreast of the prevailing developments.
    在当今信息时代的背景下,保持对持续学习的承诺是跟上当前发展的最佳方法。
  • Within the current milieu dominated by information proliferation, the sustained pursuit of learning emerges as the paramount strategy for keeping abreast with the evolving trends.
    在当前信息扩散主导的环境中,持续追求学习成为跟上不断变化的趋势的首要策略。

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It is a common misunderstanding to regard school as the only place for the acquisition of knowledge.

含义同义词侧重点
常见的误解common misunderstanding常见的误解,强调一种普遍存在的错误观念。
widespread misconception广泛的误解,强调对某事物普遍存在的错误理解。
prevalent misconception流行的误解,强调在许多人之间普遍存在的错误观点。
认为学校是唯一获取知识的地方regard school as the only place认为学校是唯一获取知识的场所,强调学校的独特地位。
consider school as the sole location把学校视为唯一的地方,强调学校的特殊作用。
view school as the exclusive site将学校视为唯一的地点,强调学校的独特性。
获取知识acquisition of knowledge获取知识,强调获得知识的行为。
gaining knowledge获得知识,强调取得知识的过程。
attaining knowledge获得知识,强调达到知识的状态。
obtaining knowledge获得知识,强调获取知识的行动。
学校school学校,强调教育机构。
educational institution教育机构,强调为教育目的而设立的组织。
educational establishment教育机构,强调为提供教育服务而设立的机构。
  • There's a common misconception that knowledge can only be gained in schools.
    人们普遍存在一种误解,认为知识只能在学校获得。
  • A common misunderstanding prevails, suggesting that knowledge acquisition solely occurs within the confines of educational institutions.
    普遍存在一种普遍的误解,认为知识获取仅发生在教育机构的范围内。
  • It is widely misconstrued that the acquisition of knowledge is confined exclusively to the realm of educational establishments.
    人们普遍误解了知识的获取仅限于教育机构的领域。
  • A prevalent misapprehension lies in the notion that knowledge procurement is exclusively relegated to the domain of educational institutions.
    一种普遍的误解在于,认为知识获取仅限于教育机构的领域。

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On the contrary, learning should be an endless process, from the cradle to the grave.

含义同义词侧重点
相反地、相反而言On the contrary相反地、相反而言,引出与前文相反的观点。
Conversely相反地、反之,强调与前文相反的转折观点。
In contrast相反地、对比而言,强调与前文对照的观点。
学习应该是一个不断的过程learning should be an endless process学习应该是一个不断的过程,强调学习的无限性。
learning should be a continuous journey学习应该是一个持续的旅程,强调学习的连续性。
learning should be an ongoing endeavor学习应该是一个持续的努力,强调学习的不间断性。
从婴儿床到坟墓from the cradle to the grave从婴儿时期到死亡,强调生命的全程。
from birth to death从出生到死亡,强调生命周期的始终。
throughout one's life在一个人的一生中,强调整个生命周期。
from infancy to the end of life从婴儿期到生命的终点,强调整个生命周期。
  • Of course not. Learning is an ongoing endeavor, commencing from birth and persisting until the end of one's existence.
    当然不是。学习是一项持续的努力,从出生开始,一直持续到生命的终结。
  • Absolutely not the case. Education is meant to be an ongoing journey, starting from birth and continuing until the end of life.
  • On the contrary, the assumption is invalid; the process of learning should be ceaseless, originating from early childhood and persisting until the end of one's lifetime.
    反之,该假设无效;学习的过程应该是不间断的,从幼儿时期开始,一直持续到一生的结束。
  • Conversely, the acquisition of knowledge should be regarded as an unceasing trajectory, commencing at the dawn of life and persevering beyond the cessation of life's journey.
    相反,知识的获取应该被视为一个不间断的轨迹,从生命的黎明开始,一直持续到生命旅程的终点​​。

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With the world changing so fast, to stop learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind.

含义同义词侧重点
随着世界变化如此迅速,With the world changing so fast,随着世界变化如此迅速,强调世界的快速变化。
Given the rapid changes in the world,鉴于世界的快速变化,强调变化的速度。
As the world evolves rapidly,随着世界快速演变,强调变化的进程。
停止学习只是几天,就会使一个人落后to stop learning for just a few days停止学习只是短短几天,就会使一个人落后,强调学习的连续性。
taking a break from learning for only a few days停止学习只是暂停几天,会使一个人掉队。
pausing learning for just a brief period暂停学习仅仅几天,将导致一个人的滞后。
使一个人落后make a person lag behind使一个人落后,强调因学习中断而滞后。
cause a person to fall behind导致一个人掉队,强调因停止学习而滞后。
result in a person falling behind导致一个人落后,强调因中断学习而滞后。
  • The pace at which the world is evolving is remarkable; even a brief interruption in learning, spanning just a few days, can result in an individual falling behind.
    世界发展的速度是惊人的。即使是短暂的学习中断(仅仅几天)也可能导致个人落后。
  • In today's rapidly changing world, a mere pause in one's learning journey, even for a short span of a few days, can lead to an individual lagging behind.
    在当今瞬息万变的世界中,学习过程中的仅仅暂停,即使是短短几天,都可能导致个人落后。
  • In the current era of rapid global shifts, the mere cessation of learning for a matter of days bears the potential to relegate an individual to a position of stagnation.
    在当今全球快速变化的时代,仅仅停止学习几天就有可能使个人陷入停滞状态。
  • Given the swift pace at which our world is undergoing metamorphosis, even a brief intermission in the pursuit of knowledge, lasting merely a few days, can engender a situation where an individual finds oneself trailing.
    考虑到我们的世界正在迅速发生变化,即使是在追求知识的过程中短暂中断,仅仅持续几天,也可能会导致个人发现自己落后了。

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Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization.

含义同义词侧重点
缺乏学习Lack of learning缺乏学习,强调缺少学习的情况。
Absence of learning学习的缺席,强调学习的不足。
Failure to learn未能学习,强调未能进行学习活动。
必然导致思维停滞will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind必然导致思维停滞,强调缺乏学习会造成思维停滞。
will unavoidably result in a stagnant mind必然会导致思维停滞,强调结果是思维的停滞。
will necessarily cause the mind to become stagnant必然会导致思维停滞,强调结果是思维的停滞。
will inevitably bring about mental stagnation必然会导致心智停滞,强调结果是心智的停滞。
或甚至更糟糕,它的僵化or even worse, its fossilization或甚至更糟糕,它的僵化,强调结果可能更糟糕,甚至变得僵化。
or, worse yet, its petrification或者,更糟糕的是,它的石化,强调更糟糕的可能性。
or, even more direly, its ossification或者,甚至更严重的是,它的骨化,强调更严重的情况。
or, even more seriously, its rigidity或者,甚至更严重的是,它的刚性,强调更严重的情况。
  • Not learning enough can make your mind get stuck and not improve, or even worse, make it become old-fashioned.
    学习不够会让你的思维陷入困境而无法进步,甚至更糟糕的是,它会变得过时。
  • If you don't learn new things, your mind can stop progressing and even become outdated.
    如果你不学习新事物,你的思想就会停止进步,甚至变得过时。
  • Insufficient engagement in learning processes inevitably precipitates cognitive stagnation, or in graver scenarios, culminates in cognitive obsolescence.
    对学习过程的参与不足不可避免地会导致认知停滞,或者在更严重的情况下,最终导致认知过时。
  • The dearth of proactive learning may inevitably culminate in cognitive stagnation, or, in more dire circumstances, lead to cognitive fossilization.
    主动学习的缺乏可能不可避免地导致认知停滞,或者在更糟糕的情况下,导致认知石化。

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Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.

含义同义词侧重点
因此、所以Therefore因此、所以,引导前文的结论或推断。
Thus因此、如此,用于引导与前文逻辑推断相符的情况。
Hence因此、所以,强调前文的结果与之相关。
保持心智年轻stay mentally young保持心智年轻,强调保持心智的年轻状态。
remain mentally youthful保持心智年轻,强调保持心智的青春状态。
maintain mental youth保持心智青春,强调维持心智的年轻状态。
把学习作为一辈子的职业take learning as a lifelong career把学习作为一辈子的职业,强调持续终身的学习态度。
consider learning a lifelong pursuit将学习视为终身追求,强调持续不断的学习追求。
view learning as a lifelong vocation把学习视为终身职业,强调持续终身的学习态度。
  • In order to retain youthful mental agility, it is imperative that we embrace learning as a lifelong vocation.
    为了保持年轻时的思维敏捷性,我们必须将学习作为终身事业。
  • To maintain cognitive vitality, it is essential that we adopt a lifelong commitment to learning.
  • Hence, to preserve mental youthfulness, it is incumbent upon us to consider learning as a perpetual profession.
    因此,为了保持精神上的年轻,我们有责任将学习视为一种永恒的职业。
  • Thus, in order to sustain mental juvenescence, we must regard learning as a lifelong pursuit.
    因此,要保持心智年轻,就必须把学习作为终生的追求。