Learning: a Lifelong Career

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.

• As ... is to ..., so is ... to ... 正如

• intake of calories 摄取的卡路里

• likewise = in the same way

• keep doing day by day / daily

• mental power 脑力

Constant learing supplies us with fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Continuous learning is the best way to keep pace with the times in the Information Age.

• Supply / provide / offer
• driving force 动力
• Keep pace with the times 与时俱进

It is a common misunderstanding to regard school as the only place for the acquisition of knowledge. On the countrary, learning should be an endless process, from the cradle the the grave. With the world changing so fast, to stop learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind.

• misunderstanding = misconception
• from cradle the grave 从摇篮到坟墓
• lag behind 落后

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.

• lead to = so = result in = cause 导致
• stagnation 停滞, depression 衰退, inflation 通货膨胀, stagflation 滞胀
• 促进 boost / stimulate
• fossilization 僵化 ( -lization 化 )
• to stay young, mentally and physically