Learning shouldn’t end when you leave school behind

★ 踏出校門(mén)不代表學(xué)習(xí)就此告終 ★

When you leave school, you can breathe a sigh of relief and leave learning behind, right? Wrong! Learning should last a lifetime. You exercise your body to stay strong, and you should exercise your mind to stay sharp.

An English idiom says, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” But scientists have discovered that isn’t true. Older people can learn, and they should in order to keep their brains active. Now a new trend has begun in several states in the U.S. that encourages learning.

你一踏出校門(mén)，就可以鬆一口氣，把學(xué)習(xí)這檔事拋到九霄云外，對(duì)不對(duì)?錯(cuò)啦!學(xué)習(xí)應(yīng)該是一輩子的事，你會(huì)鍛鍊身體以保持強(qiáng)健，也該鍛鍊心智以保持敏銳。

英諺有云：「老狗學(xué)不會(huì)新把戲。」但科學(xué)家卻發(fā)現(xiàn)此言差矣。年長(zhǎng)的人「能夠」學(xué)習(xí)，也應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)，才能保持頭腦靈活。如今美國(guó)好幾個(gè)州都吹起一股鼓勵(lì)學(xué)習(xí)的新潮流。