2018年6月大学英语六级听力常考时文：Ignorance Makes One Happy思维导图

Theaveragemanwhousesatelephonecouldnotexplainhowatelephoneworks.Hetakesforgrantedthetelephone,therailwaytrain,thelinotype,theairplane,asourgrandfatherstookforgrantedthemiraclesofthegospels.Heneitherquestionnorunderstandthem.Itisasthougheachofusinvestigatedandmadehisownatinycircleoffacts.Knowledgeoutsidetheday'sworkisregardedbymostmenasagewgaw.Stillweareconstantlyinreactionagainstourignorance.Werouseourselvesatintervalsandspeculate.Werevelinspeculationsaboutanythingatall---aboutlifeafterdeathoraboutsuchquestionsasthatwhichissaidtohavepuzzled

Aristotle,"Whysneezingfromnoontomidnightwasgood,butfromnighttonoonunlucky?"Oneofthegreatestjoysknowntomanistotakesuchaflightintoignoranceinsearchoftheknowledge.Thegreatpleasureofignoranceis,afterall,thepleasureofaskingquestions.Themanwhohaslostthispleasureorexchangeditforthepleasureofdogma,whichisthepleasureofanswering,isalreadybeginningtostiffen.OneenviessoinquisitiveamanasJewell,whosatdowntothestudyofphysiologyinhissixties.Mostofushavelostthesenseofourignorancelongbeforethatage.Weevenbecomevainofoursquirrel'shoardofknowledgeandregardincreasingageitselfasaschoolofomniscience.WeforgetthatSocrateswasfamedforwisdomnotbecausehewasomniscientbutbecauseherealizedattheageofseventythathestillknewnothing.