Have you ever looked at someone else's life with envy, just enough envy that you wish for a moment or two (or longer) that you could be them? Are there moments when, if the opportunity to be them were on ________, you might be tempted by it?<br>Would we really want this? And what might we learn about ourselves or how we see our lives if we ________ considered it? To be sure, there are ________ here. If you had someone else's life, who would raise your children or love your spouse or take care of your parents in their old age?<br>In fact, if you were someone else your own children would not have come into existence in the first place. That's not a happy thought. To ________ this, perhaps the best way to cast this is in terms of a trade: If you had their life then they would have yours, and live it exactly as you would have. Your responsibilities would be ________, so there would be nothing to feel guilty about.<br>If we think of it this way, then the question of wanting to be someone else is a question of what we might call experience: Is there anybody else whose experience of life you would prefer, ________ everything else would be equal? One ________ concern about wanting someone else's experience is that my desire to be someone else is grounded in values and desires that I have, and so I have to be me in order to want to be him. However, it's not clear that that presents any real obstacle to such a desire. The fact is that there would be at least enough overlap (重叠)with them that they are exemplifying my values and desires but have a better experience than I do. So I can still prefer to be them.<br>I think that, on reflection, most of us would not want to ________ with another person, no matter how successful or tempting their lives seem. To see why, though, we'll need to ________ our angle of vision. We will have to look at our own experiences rather than at theirs, or perhaps look at our experiences first. What would I be willing to give up to be another? My relationships with everyone — children, spouse, friends —and my whole history. I wouldn't have ________ it. My loss would be that of the whole of my own experience. 填空题] *<p><br></p><p>A. complications B. immediate C. undergone D. seriously E. assuming F.address <br>G. trade H. covered I. switch J. apparently K. offer L.disappear<br><br><br></p>
Have you ever looked at someone else's life with envy, just enough envy that you wish for a moment or two (or longer) that you could be them? Are there moments when, if the opportunity to be them were on ________, you might be tempted by it?
Would we really want this? And what might we learn about ourselves or how we see our lives if we ________ considered it? To be sure, there are ________ here. If you had someone else's life, who would raise your children or love your spouse or take care of your parents in their old age?
In fact, if you were someone else your own children would not have come into existence in the first place. That's not a happy thought. To ________ this, perhaps the best way to cast this is in terms of a trade: If you had their life then they would have yours, and live it exactly as you would have. Your responsibilities would be ________, so there would be nothing to feel guilty about.
If we think of it this way, then the question of wanting to be someone else is a question of what we might call experience: Is there anybody else whose experience of life you would prefer, ________ everything else would be equal? One ________ concern about wanting someone else's experience is that my desire to be someone else is grounded in values and desires that I have, and so I have to be me in order to want to be him. However, it's not clear that that presents any real obstacle to such a desire. The fact is that there would be at least enough overlap (重叠)with them that they are exemplifying my values and desires but have a better experience than I do. So I can still prefer to be them.
I think that, on reflection, most of us would not want to ________ with another person, no matter how successful or tempting their lives seem. To see why, though, we'll need to ________ our angle of vision. We will have to look at our own experiences rather than at theirs, or perhaps look at our experiences first. What would I be willing to give up to be another? My relationships with everyone — children, spouse, friends —and my whole history. I wouldn't have ________ it. My loss would be that of the whole of my own experience. 填空题] *
A、 complications
B、 immediate
C、 undergone
D、 seriously
E、 assuming
F、address
G. trade H. covered I. switch J. apparently K. offer L.disappear
