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question-answerQuestion1:Ismarriageanimpedimentorhelptoone’scareerdevelopment?IntheessayOfMarriageandSingleLife,Baconprefersmarriagetosinglelife.Hethought,forsignalmen,“Unmarriedmenarebestfriends,bestmasters,bestservants,butnotalwaysbestsubjects,fortheyarelighttorunaway,andalmostallfugitivesareofthatcondition.”andforsignalwomen,“Chastewomenareoftenproudandfroward,aspresuminguponthemeritoftheirchastity.”Bacon’swordscanbetrueandcorrecttoday.AsfarasIamconcernedthatnomatterbeforeornow,marriageisahelptoone’scareerdevelopment.Asanoldproverbsays,amanshouldgetmarriedwhenheisoldenough,andsoshouldawomanandthereisalsoanoldsayinginChina,familyfirst,careersecond.Whatdomarriageandfamilymeantoaman?Itmeansthatheisnotonlyhisparents’son,butalsohiswife’shusband,andevenmore,hischildren’sfather.Hehashisownfamilyandhasmoreresponsibilitythanbefore.Hehasmoreburdensonhisshoulders.Theseburdensandresponsibilityofhisownfamilymakehimhavetoputhiswholehearttodevelophiscareersothathisfamilywillgetcast-ironguaranteesandhaveagoodlife.Surely,theabovewordsarethesametowomen.Forexample,intimesofwar,thesoldierwhohadfamilywouldbemoredesperateandmotivatedthanthesoldierwassignalandthemoraleofthearmythatallthesoldiershadwiveswouldbehigherthanthearmythatsoldiersweresingle.Theirownmarriageandfamiliesmotivatedthemandmadethemwanttogobackalive,sotheywouldconcentrateonthewarandwanttowinthewar.AsBaconsaidintheessayOfMarriageandSingleLife,“Forsoldiers,Ifindthegeneralscommonlyintheirhortatives,putmeninmindoftheirwivesandchildren;IthinkthedespisingofmarriageamongsttheTurks,makeththevulgarsoldiermorebase.”Atthesametime,marriagecanmakepeoplelearnhowtoloveotherpeopleandbelovebyotherpeople.Marriageandfamilymakepeoplemoreresponsibleandloving,makedeeperlovebetweenspousesandmakelifemorewonderful.Theabilitytoloveandbelovedisthemostpreciousofgiftsgiventopeople,whichshouldbehighlytreasured.Theabilitytoloveandbeloveisvitaltoanyone’scareer,becauseloveisgoingtomove.Whenapersonloveshisfamilyandtreasureshismarriage,hemustcherishhiscareerandwanttodevelopit.Question2:Inyourownwords,summarizethecharacteroftheKnightfromthebriefintroductioninthisexcerpt.Theknightdisplaysmanytraitswhichmakehimseemalmosttoogoodtobetrue,andatruegentlemanthatrarelyexistsinreality.Theknighthasthreemainadmirabletraits,makinghimthemostlikedtravelerin“TheCanterburyTales”,andfilledwiththeromanticcolor.Fromthebriefintroductioninthisexcerpt,obviously,theknighthasthemostvaluedandhonorablecharacters.Firstofall,theknightisofhighquality.Heisthemeaningfulformofagentlemanandshowshiskindnessandunderstandingtoeveryonewhohekeepacontractwith.Hehasagoodmannerandgenerous.Theknightstronglyfeelsthatanyproperpersonshoulddisplaycourtesyandeleganceatalltimes.Secondly,hecherisheschivalryandhisprinciple.Hebelievesintheidealsofchivalry,andalwaysstaystruetoitsprinciples.Heishonest,faithfulandtruthful.Theknightknowswhatheshoulddoandwhatheshouldn’tdo.Hedosomethingunderhisprinciplethatcanmakehimgainhonorandreputation.Thelastcharacteroftheknightisthattheknightshowedvalourandskillonthebattlefield.HefightsintheholywarandservestheLord.Heisloyaltothekingandbraveinthebattle.Hegetrespectbywinningeverybattle.Themaincharacter,theknightistheperfectgentlemanandheisworthybeingrespected. Question3:Whatisyourideasaboutdeath,doyouthinkDeathcanbeswellingwithpridetoday?Ithinkthatdeathcanbeswellingwithpridetoday.Weareallmortalsandasmortals,wemustfacethesadthing,death.Everyoneshouldfacedeathcorrectly.Whenwetalkaboutdeath,wemustbeinvolvedinlife,becausedeathandlifegotogetherandareinseparablyintertwined.Forourselves,ontheonehand,weshouldcherishourownlifeandbeinaweofdeath,becauseeveryoneonlyhasoncelifeanditisbeyondmortalpowertobringadeadmanbacktolife.Atthesametime,actually,ourlivesnotonlybelongtoourown,butalsobelongtoourparents,relatesandevenlovers.Ourtreasuretoourlivesamounttorespecttoourparents,relatesandlovers.Onceourparentsgivebirthtous,wehavetheresponsibilitythattheygiveusatthattime.Justthinkaboutit.Ifoneday,wewouldsuddenlydie,howsadourparentswouldbe!Itisanirresponsiblething.Ontheotherhand,weshouldnotbeafraidofdeathbuttorespectdeath.AsanoldsayinginChina,“PeopleinherentinadeathorweightierthanMountTaiorlighterthanagoosefeather.”Forotherpeople,weshouldrespecttheirlifeordeath.Tosomeonedying,weneedtoencouragethemtoliveupandtosomeonedead,weshouldjutremainsilence.Inthemodernsociety,withthedevelopmentoftechnologyandmedicaltechnology,man’slifeislongerandlonger.Moreandmorepeoplearenotafraiddeathanymore.However,justinsuchatechnologicallyadvancedsociety,deathcanbeswellingwithpride.Inthesuperficiality,theneonglamourandthecheapprettinessoflifetoday,somedeathseemtobeworthbeingproudofparticularly.Someonediedforhisorherdreamandforthethingthatheorsheinsistedforthewholelife.Forexample,thewomanpilot,YuXu,althoughshedoesnotdieowingtofighttoprotectourcountry,herdeathisstillswellingwithpride.YuXuisnotlikecommonpeoplewhoisaimtoearnmoremoneysothattheygiveuptheirowndreams.Sheevengaveupanyotherbetterthingstorealizeherflyingdreamthatshepersistedinitduringherwholelife.TheexampleofYuXuisonlyoneofthesegreatdeath.Actually,aroundus,maybetherearemanyothergreatdeathlikethisexamplethoughwedonotwantthemhappened.Inaword,lifeisgreatanddeathisgreat,too.Deathcanbeswellingwithpridetoday.