1 . Bad judgments are meant to feed our own personal ego (自我意识) and put others down, which is not the healthiest thing to do. Here are five reasons why you should stop it now.
You start finding faults in everyone. Judging quickly moves on to more private areas of your life.
Judging becomes a habit. If you judge people, sooner or later, it becomes a habit, and you start judging everyone around you for the tiniest of things.
People begin to distrust you. If you pass judgments about other people in front of your audience, you will lose their trust. As they will begin to feel that if you can judge others in front of them, you can talk about them behind their back.
Judgment is a sign of unhappiness. If you are 100% happy with who you are, you are a lot less likely to feel the need to judge others. If you are self-assured, you will not feel the need to cast a downward glance at others.
A.You are viewed positively by people. |
B.You start taking yourself too seriously. |
C.Hence, seeing others positively shows we are positive people. |
D.You judge their clothing, actions, success, values, and everything. |
E.Likewise, you also judge because you feel you are better than others. |
F.You start judging your close ones; friends, family members, partner, etc. |
G.And no one wants to make friends with someone often talking unkindly about others. |
2 . How to treat each other well
The following tips can help you enjoy a healthy and satisfying relationship.
Create a foundation of respect.
Appreciate each other. A healthy relationship should be one in which you and your partner feel appreciated. Often, relationships are built from many small things added one on top of the other.
Expect changes. Know that your relationship will likely change. Allow growth for yourself, your partner, and for the relationship itself.
A.Spend quality time together |
B.Make a healthy relationship work |
C.Relationships can be fun and exciting early on |
D.Your partner’s thoughts and feelings have value |
E.Find activities that you can do together regularly |
F.Find the things your partner does for you and say “thank you” |
G.Recognize changes in your relationship are opportunities for new growth |
3 . As a professional life and relationship coach, Allison Cowan has over 21 years of experience in teaching and supporting others to achieve their goals. She has dedicated her career to helping her clients gain power and awareness in their lives.
As a coach, Allison inspires her clients to overcome obstacles and achieve goals. However, her practice has come with its own share of challenges. Expanding her knowledge to meet diverse client needs has involved lots of trial-and-error searching.
Initially, Allison spent a hard time building strong and trustworthy relationships with her clients. She knew trust was critical to finding and retaining clients but was frustrated at how long the trust-building process takes.
Allison soon learned that there was no single right way to coach. To meet her clients’ different needs, she needed to become more efficient at supporting their diverse learning styles. To overcome her challenges as a coach and offer better service, she began looking for ways to customize her coaching solutions.
During her search, Allison realized Positive Psychology is a field with many different goals. “It covers so many areas, including whatever a client may go through,” she recalled. Later, she began using self-reflection tools to help her clients develop self-acceptance and self-forgiveness. She even discovered a way to help clients without a coaching goal find their purposes. She said, “There’s a lot of blame. The more they stay in blame mode, the more angry they are, and they are not able to move forward with acceptance and forgiveness. But we can find solutions in Positive Psychology.”
Whether Allison was helping clients build self-confidence, understand their attachment styles, or reframe their challenges, she quickly found that she was also learning all the time. By completing the homework Allison assigned to them, her clients were also changing. They were more engaged with their coaching and making more significant progress between their sessions. That made Allison proud. She said, “They grow and move forward at a quicker pace. That’s what coaching is about.”
1. Why is Allison’s initial trouble mentioned in the text?A.To show her special efforts. | B.To stress her defeated career. |
C.To prove the difficulty in coaching. | D.To give the reason for setting goals. |
A.She used the same coaching ways to teach them. |
B.She coached them according to their own needs. |
C.She tried her best to change their learning styles. |
D.She helped them overcome their challenges in life. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Unclear. |
C.Supportive. | D.Dismissive. |
A.Allison’s clients misunderstood what coaching is about. |
B.Allison learned to build self-confidence all the time. |
C.Allison’s clients helped her complete homework. |
D.Allison and her clients benefited each other. |
4 . I heard a story recently about a friend’s former boss. When employees would go into this person’s office to discuss something like a pay rise or promotion, the boss had a habit of greeting their request with silence. Quiet, tense seconds went slowly by, and they’d often leave, willing to take a pay cut or demotion (降职) — anything to end the terrible silence.
Embarrassing silences can be unbearable. In 2017, a study found that silence in a talk starts to be unbearable after about four seconds. There’s so much uncertainty in the air as those silent seconds went slowly by. Did I say something wrong? Does this person hate me? Am I going to get fired? But it’s worth remembering that if you don’t know what to say or do, there is always the choice to do nothing. Uncomfortable silences aren’t necessarily a bad thing, depending on how you use them.
For example, Katie Donovan is a supporter of the awkward-silence negotiating (谈判) technique. As she said, “The first step is to be silent or shut up!” If, for example, you are offered a starting salary of $40,000 when you know that the median salary for this position is $48,000, you can say something like this, “Thank you for the offer. I’m a little surprised about the salary, though. Based on my research I would have expected it to be in the $50,000 range.”
It’s a good start; there is no phrase more quietly deadly in the business world than “I’m a little surprised”. But it only works if you say this — and then say nothing. During this pause, Donovan explains, the hiring manager is likely to try to work out how serious you are and how much more to offer. “Remember,” Donovan writes, “the hiring manager most likely will increase the salary during the meeting.”
1. What would the employees often do when they met with the boss’s silence?A.Keep silent. | B.Get angry. | C.Fight back. | D.Give in. |
A.It is a basic part of communication. |
B.It gives people time for themselves. |
C.You don’t have to break it all the time. |
D.The meaning of it varies among people. |
A.Average. | B.Highest. |
C.Final. | D.Starting. |
A.Give up your request. | B.Keep silent for a while. |
C.Avoid making eye contact. | D.Continue to give your reasons. |
5 . Ways to Always Be Yourself and Live Happily
Don’t aim to please others.
Don’t worry about how others view you. Occasionally thinking about how others view you may make you change for the better.
Forgive yourself. Forgive yourself for thinking negatively. Forgive yourself for talking without thinking twice. Don’t think negative thoughts about yourself for taking wrong steps or making wrong decisions. This kind of thinking puts your focus on the problem and not the solution. It’s better to say good thing about yourself than to say negative things.
Strive for what you want to accomplish. Being yourself does not have to mean that you have to be stuck in the status quo(现状).
A.Learn more about yourself. |
B.Aim for what you want to achieve. |
C.Stop being negative about yourself. |
D.Saying positive things is a sign that you have forgiven yourself. |
E.Committing to something and working toward it will lead to happiness. |
F.But you should not be constantly wondering about what others are thinking. |
G.There is a problem if you are always doing what everyone else wants to do. |
6 . Sending a note of congratulations is a wonderful way to let someone know you care about them.
In informal circumstances, it’s all right to send a message of congratulations in an e-mail.
The purpose of a note of congratulations is straightforward: to recognize and congratulate the recipient on some wonderful achievement, event, or milestone in her life.
Rather than writing a generic note, really take some time to brainstorm your content to make your message special. What do you know about how hard the reader worked to achieve this milestone? Share personal insights and memories, and your note will mean that much more.
A.Appreciate what went into the achievement |
B.A note like this can make your reader feel appreciated |
C.Choose general words to praise what they’ve achieved |
D.It’s a good idea to write out a rough draft before you actually write on nice paper |
E.However, your message will mean much more to the recipient if you put it on paper |
F.As technology develops, people can send messages of congratulations in various ways |
G.As the pace of life has accelerated, people are sending fewer messages of congratulations |
7 . In the winter you can be walking down a snow-covered city street, and opposite you someone is walking your way. There’s only enough room for one person to walk the thin path. So, who should make way?
It is not easy to be polite. Just think about it. You’re just as good as the next person.
Growing up in small-town Canada certainly helped me develop an attitude of politeness. In small towns, people generally know each other.
I’ve seen it happening in a mall when a door opened and two people tried to enter and leave at the same time. One of them held the door open and let the other pass. It cost nothing but the air was suddenly graced (增色) with smiles.
The situations and contexts for human interaction change, but what remains is the politeness that can be exercised. One person, or both, can choose to avoid potential conflict and make it into a polite gesture that will be appreciated.
A.Politeness often goes unnoticed. |
B.You can’t really get away with bad behavior. |
C.So why in the world should you stand aside? |
D.That’s the kind of civilization I want to live in. |
E.We can all make our own efforts to be more polite. |
F.This is actually where the possibility of politeness could occur. |
G.To be polite and behave properly are necessary when we encounter others. |
8 . It is so easy to just go home and shut your door without getting to know your neighbors. But being an active neighbor will turn your living place into a kinder and more caring neighborhood.
Then get out of your comfort zone and make efforts to know more about your neighbors.
Another way to show your neighbors that you care is by making your small acts of kindness a regular practice. This can be cleaning up the litter or even cleaning up after the pets have made a mess on your block.
Remind yourself that being connected feels good and boosts your mood in the long run. If you take the first step, your small acts of kindness can encourage others to pay that kindness forward.
A.Or if you have an amazing garden |
B.Remember, every small gesture counts |
C.If you want to be respected and cared by your neighbors |
D.For example, ask for their names and learn what they do for work |
E.Your attitudes towards your friends also set an example for your kids |
F.It doesn’t take a lot of money or a generous gesture to be an active neighbor |
G.In the end, more and more people in the neighborhood will feel much better |
9 . According to a common saying, “Honesty is the best policy.”
One obvious reason for honesty is that lies are difficult to maintain. There’s always a chance that the person you lied to will find out the truth. Is the gain from lying really worth the risk?
Another obvious reason to avoid lying is that lying can harm others.
Honesty, however, doesn’t mean that you have to say everything you think.
A.In contrast, if you always tell the truth, you will develop a reputation for honesty. |
B.It means you only tell the truth, or white lies when necessary. |
C.But in daily life, honesty can be difficult. |
D.Lies are also difficult to hide because they are harder to remember than the truth. |
E.So in our life, we should avoid lying to win a good chance. |
F.Sometimes it’s best to remain silent if your words might hurt someone else. |
G.People who believe your lies might make bad decisions because of them. |
10 . There was a time when I was very concerned about what other people thought of me, especially when I was misunderstood and labeled incorrectly.
·Understand you can’t control others. The reality is that you cannot control what another person thinks of you. What most people don’t understand is that we often form opinions of others based on associations we had in the past.
·Practice daily self-love and acceptance. Your situation may come from a concept that we are not as worthy as another person and our needs are not as important as theirs.
·Live a life that pleases you. Constant worry about what others think of you must create considerable stress and will impact your relationships, your health, and your peace of mind.
·Stay true to your values and do your own thing. You will not need to be concerned with the few people who just don’t seem to understand you.
A.Be who you really are. |
B.Identify and understand why you care. |
C.Recognize you are equal to every other person. |
D.They think of you in a way that might be out of date. |
E.You can live your fulfilling life and they can live theirs. |
F.Caring too much about their views was energy-consuming and unnecessary. |
G.And the bottom line is that it’s none of your business what another person thinks of you. |