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  3. Modern life is stressful. The noise and the fast pace of the city take their【B1】______ on the spirit. Everybody knows this, but

Modern life is stressful. The noise and the fast pace of the city take their【B1】______ on the spirit. Everybody knows this, but

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问题     Modern life is stressful. The noise and the fast pace of the city take their【B1】______ on the spirit. Everybody knows this, but the sad【B2】______ is how poorly many people deal with it. They attempt to escape from noise into more noise and the empty moments are filled with the【B4】 ______ noises of electronic entertainment. Many city【B3】______ escape on weekends to country cottage, but they take the city with them, and spend their afternoons out on the lake listening to the【B5】______   of an outboard motor.
    The seventeenth century French【B6】______   Pascal said "All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone." Sitting quietly and doing nothing is the【B7】______ of the oldest medical practice in the world, Buddhist meditation (冥想). People need the healing force of quiet and【B8】______  . We all need to take a breath, and slow down. It may be【B9】______ .
    Whenever I visit New York, I am struck by how much everyone seems to be in a rush.【B10】______  . This is all the more reason why they need to find quiet and peace outside of work.【B11】______ . It could be that Pascal knew that, too, because he also said "The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me."
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答案So why do people fill the empty spaces with more loud noise and near manic imagery
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