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　　I no longer have the illusion that I can be immortal.My death is imminent and I have been an idiot who wasted his life with imaginative but worthless deeds.Wasn't I supposed to be illuminated on my deathbed?Well,let them sing their hymns at my funeral and add hyphens to their hypothesis about what my life meant. I'll be gone anyhow.Immersed in the afterlife,free from the hypocrisy of my wasted life selling a cheap imitation of art.

　　I was a famous writer who had a gift for a hybrid of pop ideology and entertainment. My stories became movies.My children grew fat off my wealth.My hygiene was cared for by a troupe that followed me around.I was an idol that ignited the hysterical cries of many when I walked into a room.I needed no identification because I was known by the world.What is the famous idiom again?Each man has fifteen minutes of fame?I had fame all of my life.

　　But I was never happy.The pressure was too great.I had no freedom.Money was a burden.My children hated me and my wives only wanted to know what I was really worth.I thought I would live forever.But I am just like everyone else on this planet.We're here for a time to do we can and then we're gone.Nothing.Empty.Back to the dust we came from.Why didn't I ever write a book that could be turned into a movie about that?

　　记单词

　　hybrid n.1.杂交生成的生物体，杂交植物(或动物)2.混合物，合成物

　　hygiene n.卫生，保健学

　　hymn n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌

　　hyphen n.连字符，连(字)号

　　hypocrisy n.伪善，虚伪

　　hypothesis n.假说，假设，前提

　　hysterical a.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的

　　identification n.1.身份证明2.鉴定，验明，认出3.认同

　　ideology n.思想(体系)，思想意识

　　idiom n.1.习语，成语2.(在艺术等方面所表现的)风格，特色

　　idiot[IdIt]n.白痴的，傻子，笨蛋

　　idol n.1.偶像，受崇拜的人或物2.神像

　　ignite vt.点燃，引发vi.着火

　　illuminate vt.1.照明，明亮

　　2.阐明，启发

　　illusion n.1.幻想，错误的观念2.错觉，幻觉，假象

　　imaginative a.富有想像力的，爱想像的

　　imitation n.1.模仿2.仿制，仿制品3.赝品

　　immerse vt.1.使浸没2.(in )使沉浸在，使专心于

　　imminent a.1.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

　　immortal a.1.长生的，不死的

　　2.不朽的，流芳百世的n.1.神仙

　　2.不朽人物

　　我不再幻想我能长生不老。我的死亡即将来临，我一直是个白痴，整个一生都浪费在富有想像力但却毫无价值的事情上。我不应该在我的临终床上得到启发吗?好，就让他们在我的葬礼上唱颂歌，让他们在假设我的生命意义的时候加进许多连字符吧。无论如何，我将离去，我将沉浸在死后的生活，远离虚度年华、出售廉价艺术仿制品的伪善。

　　我曾经是个名作家，具有把大众思想与娱乐合为一体的天赋。我的小说改编成了电影。我用我创造的财富把我的孩子们养得白白胖胖。我的卫生保健有一帮人四处跟着精心照料。我是一个偶像，我走进一间屋子时会引发许多人情绪异常激动的叫声。我不需要身份证明，因为我世界闻名。那个有名的成语是怎么说的来着?每个人都有15分钟的名气?而我却是一辈子出名。

　　但是我从来没有快乐过。我承受的压力太大了。我没有自由。钱成了一个负担。我的孩子们恨我，我的妻子们只想知道我真正值多少钱。我以为我会长生不老，可我只不过跟这个星球上的每个人一样。我们来到这个世界只有一段时间，做完我们能做的事情之后我们就会离去。空虚!无聊!我们从尘土中来，也要回到尘土中去。我为什么没有写出一本书拍成电影揭示这个道理呢?