【正确答案】 1、正确答案：I think the clock is most symbolic of life. It normally seems to be "still" at first sight, but, of all things artificially made, it is the most busy with its hands moving all the time. The same is true of life. We are apt to think that we are forever our own selves and unchangeable, while in fact we are ever-changing like the hands of a clock. Alas, as long as we are alive, we are completely fooled by "gradualness" into believing that we will always remain the same and unchangeable, and therefore becoming only too ready to hold on to this life! "Time" is the essence of "gradualness". Ordinary people have only a superficial understanding of time. They seem to know it only as regards such small matters as boarding a train or boat, but not in things concerning a lifetime.