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What should I do with the diary I've kept for 50 years?
I've been keeping a journal since I was 16 and I'm now 65. I have more than 80 notebooks in a big
box. I don't want my children embarrassed by them when I die. But I can't bring myself, yet, to burn the
case. My journals are still part of me. Might my grandchildren, with a bit more distance, be interested? Or
is there some way I could turn them into something creative? I'm thinking about art instead of a book.
*shirleyujest
5 March 2012, 11:22 p.m.
Please don't burn them! What a wonderful source of memories for you-or if you feel you'd rather not
keep them, possibly what a wonderful resource for others! Why not contact something like the Mass
Observation Project at the University of Sussex? Then they will remain as a record of everyday life
throughout your lifetime, and if your grandchildren are interested they'll know where to find them.
*bloggsie45 6 March 2012, 8:30 a.m.
Please don't burn them! If possibl
e, transcribe(转录) them, or have them transcribed, into a
computer medium before your words are lost because the paper has decayed. I recently had an
opportunity to read a similar diary of the WW? record of an ordinary soldier. It was attractive in the way
it differed from the official record. I suppose to some degree it all depends on what you have recorded,
but many social historians and similar people would find such a complete personal record of a life led
during the second half of the 20th century to be very valuable.
Please don't stop writing now just because you are 65!
1. What does the underlined word "them" refer to about the journal owner?
A. His children and grandchildren.
B. The best responses to his problem.
C. His more than 80 diary books.
D. The changes from 18 to 65.
2. What does the journal owner probably hope to happen to his journals?
A. His children will put them together with him after his death.
B. His grandchildren will continue to write following his habit.
C. They can be pu
blished by famous publishing houses.
D. They can be filmed or changed into a TV play.
3. What does "shirleyujest" think of the owner's journal?
A. They provide good memories for others especially his grandchildren.
B. They will educate the young to remember the hard life.
C. They will help his grandchildren earn more money.
D. They will make others learn more about the war.
4. "Bloggsie45" mentions an ordinary soldier's war record in his words to ___.
A. remind the owner to write more about the war
B. tell him social historians may be interested in his notebooks
C. encourage him to write journals like determined soldiers
D. show the owner his notebooks will benefit some people
