Are You a Prisoner of Perfection?
Do you struggle for a goal that is beyond your reach?
Shame and fear are often the hidden drivers of perfectionism. We believe that if we can fashion a perfectly polished personality, flash our intelligence, and perfect our humour, then no one can hurt us with criticism and we’ll win respect and approval.
Perfectionism keeps us leaning toward the future. We’re constantly evaluating ourselves in order to do better.
Being human, perfection is impossible.
A.Do you hold an idealized vision that is impossible to realize? |
B.A cure to perfectionism is to make room for our human shortcomings. |
C.Do you fear that others will be horrified by what you judge about yourself? |
D.The addiction to staying perfect protects us from any sign of being imperfect. |
E.There’s nothing wrong with wanting to do our best and self-correcting along the way. |
F.People who are addicted to perfection are often isolated, even if they seem outgoing and popular. |
G.By accepting ourselves as we are and doing our best, we begin to rid the shame that drives perfectionism. |
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【推荐1】The only words you need to say after receiving a compliment (赞美) are “thank you”. But you know that's easier said than done.
There are many reasons why you have a hard time accepting compliments.
You have to listen carefully to compliments. It's not always obvious if you're being complimented for something only others can observe. If you are five foot six inches tall, and weigh seventy pounds, I would say you are slim. But if you are comparing yourself to someone who is shorter, and weighs five pounds less than you, you might call yourself plump. In this extreme example, the outside perspective is more accurate than the internal one.
If you're still struggling to accept a compliment, you don't just have to take someone at their word. It can be hard to accept an opinion when it's the opposite of yours, so call in reinforcements. Ask someone else what they think.
A.They will be the tie breaker. |
B.You can check with someone else instead. |
C.The causes are complicated but the path to accepting compliments is simpler. |
D.How honest are you with your friends and family when they ask for your opinion? |
E.When someone is trying to pay you a compliment, they are speaking subjectively. |
F.When someone pays you a compliment, they are speaking about something that is observable. |
G.Similarly, when I call you smart or funny, I'm commenting based on my definition of smart or funny, that's how I see you. |
【推荐2】A new documentary called Silver Surfers shows the inspiring story of a group of teens helping elderly people to improve the quality of their lives by teaching them how to make use of the Internet. Rosemary Raynes, the director of the documentary, got the idea when talking to her sisters Poppy and Amy about a project they had started several years before in Kinston, Canada. The two teenagers had a clear goal: they wanted to help elderly people to feel more connected to other people, through the use of the Internet.
The two teenagers started the project after seeing how the Internet had changed their own grandparents’ lives. Their grandparents could use the Internet at a basic level but wanted to become more skillful. After the two girls had given them a few basic IT lessons, they were able to use the computer confidently, and became eager users of Facebook and email.
The two students were so inspired by the success that they got several of their friends to join them. Together, they started to visit a local home for elderly people. Many of the people there couldn’t even switch on a computer without help. But the young people were amazed how much they had learned after only a few lessons.
It’s interesting to see how the silver surfers featured in the documentary all had very different interests. Some of them wanted to use Facebook to stay in touch with family members. Others were eager to get ideas for travelling, playing an instrument or cooking.
Through the project, silver surfers have got good results: 89-year-old Sheila, together with a friend, managed to create a YouTube cooking class; 93-year-old Marilyn succeeded in making a rap video; Albert, 89, used the Internet to reconnect online with people he hadn’t seen for many years.
The project has been met with great interest in several countries, and a number of follow-up projects have been started. They are all aimed at helping elderly people to explore the benefits of technology, have fun, and stay in touch with others—thanks to a wonderful project by two teenage girls.
1. What does the documentary Silver Surfers show?A.Elderly people’s achievements impress the world. |
B.Teenagers teach elderly people to use the Internet. |
C.Elderly people come together with long-lost friends. |
D.Teenagers help elderly people master cooking skills. |
A.To explain the effect of follow-up projects. |
B.To suggest the good topics for documentary. |
C.To prove positive outcomes achieved by the project. |
D.To encourage more teenagers to take part in the project. |
A.Home Projects for Directors | B.Great Success for a Documentary |
C.When Silver Surfers Get Connected | D.How the Internet Saves Silver Surfers |
“Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed. Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars,” says Dr. Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study. He has spent the last 15 years studying how lying changes as kids get older, why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying. The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage. Dr. Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras. Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the child’s back. Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.
For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments. When the test-giver returns to the room, the child is asked if he or she looked secretly. At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn’t. By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90%, studies show.
Researchers have found that it’s kids with better understanding abilities who lie more. That’s because to lie you also have to keep the truth in mind, which includes many brain processes, such as combining several sources of information and faking that information. The ability to lie — and lie successfully — is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called “executive functioning”, or higher order thinking and reasoning abilities. Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more.
1. What’s the purpose of children telling lies?
A.To help their friends out. |
B.To get rid of trouble. |
C.To get attention from others. |
D.To create a popular image. |
A.tell lies | B.handle troubles |
C.raise questions | D.do research |
A.which factors can reduce lying |
B.why some lie more than others |
C.it is normal for kids to tell lies |
D.how lying changes as kids grow |
A.children’s lies are the same as adults’ |
B.the better kids are, the more they lie |
C.the older kids are, the more they lie |
D.kids always keep the truth in their mind |
A.The reasons why kids tell lies. |
B.Which kind of kids tells more lies. |
C.Experiments about lying of young kids. |
D.What to do with lying children. |