“It’s more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends.”
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2 . When I was four, I lost my sight by falling off a box car and landing on my head. Now I’m thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It’d be wonderful to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this belief. It had to start with the most trivial things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. “I can’t use this,” I was hurt, thinking he was teasing me. “Take it with you,” he insisted, “and roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. By rolling the ball I could feel where it went.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. Had I not done that, I’d have broken down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. And the path to the belief is never smooth.
| A．I’d fail sometimes, but on average, I made progress |
| B．This gave me an idea on something I had thought impossible to achieve |
| C．As people always say, it takes steel and temper to make a difference |
| D．It came into my mind all of a sudden |
| E．It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn’t been blind |
| F．Life asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality |
| A.definitely；B.suffering；C.acceptance；D.discouraged；E. supposedly F.terms；G.optimism；H.sustained；I. punishing；J.favored；K.obstacle |
Happiness is not natural.It is a here human construct. A state of contentment(let alone happiness) is
Chasing happiness is like chasing an elusive ghost, but the positive thinking industry claims to know its secrets.Self-help was popularized by Norman Vincent Peale, a colorful American pastor,
Popular films and books are full of
The self-help genre is not a homegeneous beast, however. It is,in fact, ironie how self-help books on happiness and those on how to make it big in life are lumped together in the same bookshop shelves, given that many of the former tell us that caring too much about the latter is the main
The inevitable clash between mandatory
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Why Mindset Mastery Is Vital to Your Success
The single most important factor influencing a person's success, whether personal or professional, is mindset. What you think about has a direct impact on your behavior, and not the other way around. A seemingly small thing that makes a huge difference, mindset accounts for the primary distinction between those who succeed and those who do not. And, if you are serious about achieving success in any area of your life, you must learn to master yours.
To successfully accomplish any worthwhile feat, a person must first feel capable of achieving it. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Mindset is essential to developing healthy self-esteem. It is an important tool that affects our daily self-dialogue and strengthen our beliefs, attitudes and feelings about ourselves. So, become the gatekeeper of your mind and plant seeds of positivity rather than criticism and doubt.
Besides, mindset is critical to drive. Drive is the constant determination to achieve an important objective. It includes the process of developing a vision for success and engaging in sustained effort over time. Without drive, achieving most goals would be difficult at best. With the power to direct focus and encourage commitment to higher purpose, mindset can easily urge someone to push past comfort zones. People with drive are self-motivated and strive to accomplish more.
No matter what goal you seek to achieve, the path to your success is sure to include some challenges. When facing an extreme hardship, a person may feel justified in bowing to defeat. For them, it can feel like an easy road. If you want to get through them, however, you will need to develop thick skin and learn to lace each challenge head on. Yet, this is where mindset plays a critical role. The capacity to move through the fire, to get knocked down and not knocked out, is the proof to the power of a strong mindset.
Are you ready to command your results? If so, make a conscious decision to master your mindset and reach for greater success in the new year and beyond.
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请记叙一件发生在你的旅行途中的印象深刻的事，并简要谈谈你的感悟。
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6 . To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those whoare toiledto death, those who are worried to death and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend. As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire — for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from the avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.
It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune’s favoured children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vacation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their mind.
1. What does “are toiled” in the 2ndparagraph mean?| A．have hobbies | B．feel pleased |
| C．work very hard | D．are busy |
| A．Being late in life to attempt to cultivate hobbies adds to mental stress. |
| B．Great knowledge irrelevant to the daily work can’t guarantee benefit. |
| C．Those tired out for a week’s labour are reluctant to play football on weekends. |
| D．Unfortunate people need discipline to help them build up hope. |
| A．are very willing to work long hours in the office or the factory |
| B．earn a large amount of money due to their hard work for a long time |
| C．are keen to enjoy the pleasure when they are off duty |
| D．usually enjoy themselves in the simplest and most modest forms |
| A．The first class are lazy and the second class are bound to succeed. |
| B．The second class never need holidays because their life is harmonious. |
| C．The minority are more favoured by fortune because they never stop working. |
| D．One really needs alternation for a change in order to work better. |
People hold different views on almost anything, mainly because of the culture we are familiar with or the education we have received. We live in a judgmental world where people are quick to point out the faults and imperfections of others, yet seem unaware of their own. Some
So what is the possible solution to criticism? If you are the one forcing others to feel
If you are on the receiving end of criticism, the "OK" response is a perfect solution. When someone comments
It is important to remain
In any case, one can learn to be "OK" with criticism and not allow it to negatively impact your life or relationship with the other party. Examine it for any potential
The best experiences can’t be planned, so I recently traveled to San Francisco some meetings and found myself with a half day to kill. My options: The 49ers’first game of the season, against the Green Bay Packers. The America’s Cup sailing
After a horrendously long line at the car rental center, I was free. So I disappear into the fog and clouds covering the Pacific Coast Highway and
I drove through
Back in the car, I drove toward San Gregorio, a town that you can
The day could have been so different: crammed into a stadium or bar half-watching sports. But this was much more
Honesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. But when it comes to medicine, I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. After all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, or so I thought.
I had just started working in geriatrics(老年病科). Mr. McMahon
Half an hour later, a nurse called me: "Mr. McMahon's daughter broke down－she said you told her he had cancer." My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed
10 . There was once a time that I would only do what I knew was comfortable for me. Stuck in a continuous cycle of repetitive choices, I knew what was
After living the same type of life for so long I decided bat there was more for me. Although it was uncomfortable at first, I pushed myself to get
A quote said"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."Reading the quote made me realize that I was stuck in a life that wasn't truly mine. I was bound by chains that made me
There are a few ways you can begin to push past your comfort zone. First, make a bucket list. All you need to do is write down a list of things that you want to
Secondly, if you want, ask someone to tag along(H E). If you have a friend who is also interested in experiencing more of their life then you can join
Finally,
Life is about
| A．safe | B．sensitive | C．alternative | D．greedy |
| A．tempt | B．exclude | C．scare | D．impose |
| A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．Moreover | D．However |
| A．absorbed | B．participated | C．can | D．involved |
| A．confidence | B．benefit | C．burden | D．passion |
| A．claimed | B．strived | C．hesitated | D．pretended |
| A．excited | B．curious | C．flexible | D．afraid |
| A．imagination. | B．control | C．limits | D．expectation |
| A．accomplish | B．combine | C．cultivate | D．ensure |
| A．accidentally | B．desperately | C．actually | D．consequently |
| A．ideas | B．forces | C．factors | D．effects |
| A．behave | B．engage | C．treat | D．help |
| A．bribe | B．trap | C．cheat | D．shape |
| A．making | B．taking | C．pilling | D．filling |
| A．satisfy | B．relax | C．identify | D．better |
