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1．Life is a chess-board
The chess-board is the world:the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.
By Thomas Henry Huxley
单词：
just adv. 刚才；仅仅，只是；正好；刚要 adj. 公正的，合理的；恰当的；合法的；正确的
to one's cost 吃了苦头之后才…
overlook vt. 忽视，忽略；瞭望；检查；远眺 n. 从高处眺望到的景色；忽视，忽略；可眺望四周的高地
allowance 英 [?'la??ns] 美 [??la??ns]
n. 津贴，补贴，零用钱；限额；折扣；默许，默认 vt. 给（某人）零用钱或津贴；按定量供给

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棋盘宛如世界：一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象：游戏规则就是我们所称的自然法则。竞争对手藏于暗处，不为我们所见。我们知晓，这位对手向来处事公平，正义凛然，极富耐心。然而，我们也明白，这位对手从不忽视任何错误，或者因为我们的无知而做出一丝让步，所以我们也必须为此付出代价。

2．Best of times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
Excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
单词：
epoch 生词本 低频词，记不记随你啦！英 ['i:p?k] 美 [??p?k, ?i?pɑk]
n. 纪元；时期；新时代；
incredulity 英 [??nkr?'dju:l?t?] 美 [??nkr??dul?ti, -?dju-]
n. 怀疑
excerpt生词本 中频词，你记住了吗？英 [?eks?:pt] 美 [??k?s?pt]
n. 摘录；引用；摘要；节录 vt. 摘录；摘要；引用；节要 vi. 摘录；引用

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这是一个最好的时代，也是一个最坏的时代；这是明智的年代，这是愚昧的年代；这是信任的纪元，这是怀疑的纪元；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望的春日，这是失望的冬日；我们面前应有尽有，我们面前一无所有；我们都将直下地狱……

3．Equality and Greatness
Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit. Money is nothing;character,conduct,and capacity are everything.Instead of all the workers