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The first time I (Jimmy Carter) fully realized how much our lives had changed was when I approached my sieth birthday. In one of her hour-long special1Barbara Waiters spoke with me about things I had done. She covered all the2of my life, from the farm to submarines, and from business to the governor's mansion. Most of all, she asked me about my life of3in the White House as president and my return home. Then she asked me a question that4some serious thought. 'Mr. President,' she said, 'you have had a number of exciting and challenging5 . What have been your best years?' After a few moments I responded with6certainty:'Now is the best time of all.' She was7and asked, 'Why?'
I fumbled with (笨嘴拙舌地说出) some thoughts about time. I also said something about spending more time with my family, and finding time to8some of my former errors. Afterward I realized how9my glib (口齿伶俐的) answer had been. Then I discussed with Rosalynn how10different-and pleasant-was the reality of our senior years.
This book is my expanded attempt,11on our personal experience, to answer that question. I described,12, the virtues of aging. This is, after all, the name of the book: The Virtues of Aging.
We are not13in our worry about the physical aspects of aging. Neither are we by ourselves in the prejudice that14toward the elderly. It is similar to racism or ism.15makes it different is that the prejudice also exists among those of us who are either within this group or rapidly approaching it. When I16the title of this book to a few people, most of them responded with the same answer. '17?' they asked. 'What could possibly be good about18old?' The most19answer, of course, is to consider the alternative to aging. But there are20of other good answers. Many of them included in this book are based on our personal experiences and observations.
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( )2.A. aspects
( )3.A. study
( )4.A. enquired
( )5.A. careers
( )6.A. abundant
( )7.A. joyful
( )8.A. reform
( )9.A. inconvenient
( )10.A. deeply
( )11.A. based
( )12.A. in consequence
( )13.A. single handed
( )14.A. resists
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( )16.A. referred
( )17.A. Virtues
( )18.A. keeping
( )19.A. reliable
( )20.A. plenty B. questions
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B. employments
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B. pleased
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C. pursuits
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C. correct
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C. firmly
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C. in response
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C. Advantages
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D. acquired
D. businesses
D. abrupt
D. delighted
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