1 . Sharing is regarded as both a social morality and a personal virtue. It is a wonderful thing that increases pleasure and reduces sorrow. Then why do we tend to be happier when sharing with others?
We have shared with others since the beginning of civilization and interaction. It is one of the primary ways we learn to communicate.
When you share your belongings with others, you are expressing trust in their ability to keep your possession safe and out of harm’s way. If your trust pays off in them, you experience a sense of happiness. We tend to be more emotionally satisfied and happy when we are able to build trust in our relationships. Trust and happiness are closely related experience.
Sharing Helps Build You a Social NetworkHumans are social animals.
| A．Trust Brings You Happiness. |
| B．Sharing Helps Build Trust. |
| C．Some cultures more than others, encourage sharing. |
| D．Let’s discuss how sharing and happiness are related. |
| E．When a person shares or feels grateful, their brains release Oxytocin. |
| F．Our happiness depends to a large extent on the presence of social support. |
| G．The receiver is thankful for the gift and the giver feels gratitude for being able to have that exchange. |
4 . When Ryan Boyland graduated from medical school this spring, his parents, Michelle and Roosevelt Boyland, wanted to do something special to mark their son’s achievement as the first person in their family to become a doctor.
Michelle Boyland came up with the brilliant idea of renting out a billboard after seeing a story on TV.
“Everybody knew about it except Ryan. And I told him that I needed to talk to him and we’re going to meet at his older brother’s apartment in the parking lot,” Michelle Boyland explained, adding that the parking lot was near where the billboard was located. “Ryan had tons of questions as usual. ‘Why are we meeting? How come we can’t talk about it right now over the phone?’ I said, ‘This is very important. I need to see your face.’”
When his mother, brother and sister took him to see the billboard in person, Ryan Boyland had no idea what was going to happen until he finally looked up and saw his photo towering above the roadway.
“The first thing I thought was, how long it had been there and how many people had already seen me before I had seen me? A moment of mild panic kind of entered me,” he recalled. “In the past, I have been a little bit hesitant about receiving such attention and seeing my head 20 feet off the ground was a bit of a shock.”
The billboard, which reads, “Congratulations Doctor Ryan Boyland Class of 2023 University of Nebraska Medical Center,” stands tall in front of Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska.
“I chose that location because it’s right down the street from the church that we attend, as wellas right down the street from the high school that Ryan went to 10 years ago,” Michelle Boyland said, adding, “I wanted it to inspire our community. I wanted it to inspire the kids, little kids, middle schoolers that they can be doctors too.”
Ryan Boyland has gotten ready to move to Denver to begin his career as an emergency medicine residency(住院医生) in Denver Health.
“He’s accomplished a lot in a very short period of time and I’m looking forward to many more accomplishments in the future. Hopefully, he’ll start taking credit for it a little bit better,” dad Roosevelt Boyland said.
1. How did Ryan Boyland feel when hearing the meeting place?| A．Nervous. | B．Excited. | C．Confused. | D．Ridiculous. |
| A．Because it is where Ryan graduated. |
| B．Because it is a place with large flow of people. |
| C．Because it is the most obvious place in the city. |
| D．Because it is a good place to inspire students in the neighbourhood. |
| A．He has high hopes for his son. |
| B．He believes his son will be the best doctor. |
| C．He believes the billboard will inspire his son. |
| D．He is not satisfied with what his son has achieved. |
