【每天读一点英文】gnuhpc：The World As I See It（节选）

The World As I See It

- Albert Einstein -

How strange is the lot of us mortals（mortal [mor·tal || 'mɔrtl /'mɔːtl] n.  凡人; 人类 adj.  不免一死的, 临终的, 人类的）! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn（sojourn  [səu'dʒə:n]   n. 旅居, 逗留vi. 旅居, 逗留）; for what purpose be knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people-first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men,living and dead, and that I must exert myself （exert [ex·ert || ɪg'zɜːt]v.  发挥, 施以影响, 运用）in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. I am strongly drawn to a frugal life an