As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and reliable warrant of success in times of uncertainty.
Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world changing so fast, to cease learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animal instinct dormant（静止的） deep in our sub-conscious will come to life. Weakening our will to pursue our noble ideas, undermining our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation（停滞） of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization. Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
相关单词：intake
intake解释：n.吸入，纳入；进气口，入口
intake例句：
Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
相关单词：nutritious
nutritious解释：adj.有营养的，营养价值高的
nutritious例句：
Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
相关单词：judgment
judgment解释：n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
judgment例句：
The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
相关单词：incessantly
incessantly解释：ad.不停地
incessantly例句：
The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight. 机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。
It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. 雨不间断地下了整整两个星期。
相关单词：uncertainty
uncertainty解释：n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物
uncertainty例句：
Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
相关单词：dormant
dormant解释：adj.暂停活动的；休眠的；潜伏的
dormant例句：
Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。
相关单词：refinement
refinement解释：n.文雅；高尚；精美；精制；精炼
refinement例句：
Sally is a woman of great refinement and beauty. 莎莉是个温文尔雅又很漂亮的女士。
Good manners and correct speech are marks of refinement.彬彬有礼和谈吐得体是文雅的标志。
相关单词：inevitably
inevitably解释：adv.不可避免地；必然发生地
inevitably例句：
In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。
相关单词：stagnation
stagnation解释：n. 停滞
stagnation例句：
Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。
