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Lesson11．Anditisanactivityonlyofhumans.Anditisahumanuniqueactivity．2．Conversationisnotformakingapoint.Conversationisnottoconvinceothers．3．Infact,thebestconversationalistsarethosewhoarepreparedtobelose.Infact,thebestconversationalistsarethosewhoarewillingtobelose.4.Barfriendsarenotdeeplyinvolvedineachother’slives.Barfriendsarenotdeeplyconcernedwitheachother’sprivatelives.5....itcouldstillgoignorantlyon...Theconversationcouldgoonwithoutanybodyknowingwhowasrightorwrong．6.Therearecattleinthefield,butwesitdowntobeef.TheseanimalsarecalledcattleinEnglish,whentheyarealiveandfeedinginthefields；butwhenwesitdownatthetabletoeat,wecalltheirmeatbeefinFrench．7.ThenewrulingclasshadbuiltaculturalbarrieragainsthimbybuildingtheirFrenchagainsthisownlanguage.ThenewrulingclasshadcausedtheculturalcontradictionsbetweentherulingclassandnativeEnglishbyregardingFrenchsuperiortoEnglish.8.Englishhadcomeroyallyintoitsown.EnglishhadgainedrecognitionbytheKing．9．Thephrasehasalwaysbeenusedalittlepejorativelyandevenfacetiouslybythelowerclasses.Thephrase,theking’sEnglishhasalwaysbeenuseddisrespectfullyandmadefunbythelowerclasses.10.Therebellionagainstaculturaldominanceisstillthere.Thereisstilloppositiontoculturalmonopoly.11.Thereisalwaysagreatdangerthat“wordswillhardenintothingsforus”Wetendtomakethemistakethatweregardthethingsastheyrepresent.12.Evenwiththemosteducatedandthemostliterate,theKing’sEnglishslipsandslidesinconversation.EventhemosteducatedandliteratedpeoplewillnotalwaysusetheformalEnglishintheirconversation．Lesson21.Theburying--groundismerelyahugewasteofhummockyearth,likeaderelictbuilding-lot.Theburying-groundisjustahugepieceofwastelandfullofmoundsofearth,lookinglikeadesertedconstructionland.2.Allcolonialempiresareinrealityfoundeduponthatfact.Allcolonialempiresarebuiltbyexploitingthelocalpeople.3.Theyriseoutoftheearth,theysweatandstarveforafewyears,andthentheysinkbackintothenamelessmoundsofthegraveyard.Theyareborn.Thentheyworkhardwithoutenoughfoodforafewyears.Finallytheydieandareburiedinthehillsgraveswithoutanymarktoidentifythem.4.Acarpentersitscrossleggedataprehistoriclathe,turningchair-legsatlightingspeed.Acarpentersitscrossinghislegsatanold-fashionedlathe,makingroundchair-legsveryfast.5.Instantly,fromthedarkholesallround,therewasafrenziedrushofJews.Immediately,Jewsrushedoutoftheirdarkhole-likeroomsnearbyinafrenzymadness.6.everyoneofthemlooksonacigaretteasamoreorlessimpossibleluxury.EveryoneoftheseJewsconsidersthecigaretteasasomewhatpieceofluxurywhichtheycannotpossiblyafford.7.Still,awhiteskinisalwaysfairlyconspicuous.However,awhite-skinnedEuropeaniseasytonoticeinafairway.8.Inatropicallandscapeone’seyetakesineverythingexceptthehumanbeing.Againstthebackgroundofatropicallandscape,peoplecouldnoticeeverythingbuttheycannotseelocalpeople.9.NoonewouldthinkofrunningcheaptripstotheDistressedAreasNoonewouldproposethecheaptripstotheslums．10．...fornine-tenthsofthepeopletherealityoflifeisanendless,back-breakingstruggletowringalittlefoodoutofanerodedsoil.Thereallifeofnine-tenthsofthepeopleisthatthereisnoendtotheirextremelyhardworkinordertogetalittlefoodfromanerodedsoil．11.Sheacceptedherstatusasanoldwoman,thatistosayasabeastofburden.Shetookitforgrantedthatasanoldwomansheshouldworklikeananimal．12.Peoplewithbrownskinsarenextdoortoinvisible.Peoplewhohavebrownskinsarealmostinvisible．13.Theirsplendidbodieswerehiddeninreach-me-downkhakiuniforms...Thesoldiersworesecond—handkhakiuniformswhichcoveredtheirbeautifulwell—builtbodies．14.Howlongbeforetheyturntheirgunsintheotherdirection?Howlongwillittakeforthemtoattackus?15.Everywhitemantherehadthisthoughtstowedsomewhereorotherinhismind.Itiscertainthateverywhitemanrealizedthis.Lesson31.Andyetthesamerevolutionarybeliefforwhichourforebearsfoughtisstillatissuearoundtheglobe...Andyetthesamerevolutionarybeliefwhichistheaimofourancestorsisstillindisputearoundtheworld.2.Thismuchwepledge--andmore.Thismuchwepromisetodoandwepromisetodomore.3.United,thereislittlewecannotdoinahostofcooperativeventures.Ifweareunited,thereisalmostnothingwecannotdothroughalotofcooperation.4.Butthispeacefulrevolutionofhopecannotbecomethepreyofhostilepowers.Butthispeacefulrevolutionwhichcanbringhopeinapeacefulwaycannotfallvictimstoenemycountry.5.....Ourlastbesthopeinanagewheretheinstrumentsofwarhavefaroutpacedtheinstrumentsofpace...TheUnitedNationsisourlastandbesthopeintheerawheremeansoflaunchingwarhavefarsurpassedmeansofkeepingpeace.6....toenlargetheareainwhichitswritmayrun...toincreasetheareawheretheUN’swrittendocumentsmaybeeffective.7....beforethedarkpowersofdestructionunleashedbyscienceengulfallhumanityinplannedoraccidentalself-destruction...beforetheevilatomweaponmadepossiblebysciencedestroyallhumanbeingsinaplannedwayorbyaccident.8...yetbothracingtoalterthatuncertainbalanceofterrorthatstaysthehandofmankind’sfinalwar...Howeverbothtryingtochangethatunstablebalanceofweaponsandthisbalanceofweaponscouldpreventhumanbeingsfromlaunchingtheirfinalwar.9.Soletusbeginanew,rememberingonbothsidesthatcivilityisnotasignofweakness...Soletusbeginonceagain