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A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon 1. into complaints about stress in work and life. To 2. his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned 3. a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain(瓷器), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive and some exquisite(精致的) —telling them to help 4. to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the professor said, “ 5. you have noticed, all the nice-looking or 6. cups have been used, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your 7. and stress.”
“What all of you really 8. is coffee, not the cups, but you went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing(审视) each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the 9. . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cups, we 10. to enjoy the coffee. Savor(品味) the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee instead.”
“I look so fat in the mirror.”
“She’s so pretty, why can’t I look like her?”
If you feel bad about , you need to read Nobody’s Perfect by American author Kimberly Kirberger.
Kim uses stories from real teens to girls to learn to love themselves.
She says that bad thoughts about yourself come habits.
Her own story this. Kim had three brothers who say bad things to her like “nobody likes you”.
Of course, her brothers did not really mean they said. But things people to you can become part of your thinking. To stop this, Kim tells us to pay attention to our thoughts and the we speak to ourselves.
It’s very easy these bad thoughts to good ones.
Whenever you have a few minutes , think of some nice things people have said to you recently.
Then think about what you like yourself. Slowly you will feel better about yourself and you will feel .
But there will still be times when you think of . Try to bring your mind back to good thoughts.
Changing thoughts from bad to good time. But as you practice saying kind things to yourself, you will understand that no one is perfect and you will like much more.
1.A. you B. yourself C. her D. herself
2.A. teach B. read C. help D. show
3.A. from B. to C. until D. with
4.A. teaches B. tells C. shows D. learns
5.A. like B. would like C. were used to D. used to
6.A. what B. that C. who D. which
7.A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell
8.A. mean B. way C. idea D. interest
9.A. changing B. change C. to changing D. to change
10.A. lonely B. alone C. to alone D. to lonely
11.A. to B. with C. about D. as
12.A. happy B. happier C. happiest D. the happiest
13.A. something bad B. bad something C. nothing bad D. bad nothing
14.A. takes B. take C. taking D. to take
15.A. people B. others C. them D. yourself
—I have never been invited to eat Western-style food, so I feel a little nervous.
—Don’t worry. Just do _____________ other guests do.
A. before B. after C. so D. as
—Were you at Mary’s party last night?
—No, I ____________ my sister. She met with difficult problems.
A. help B. am helping
C. have helped D. was helping
—I think her dress was from the 1990s.
—It ____________ be from that time. It looks so modern on her.
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
—Did you have any problems in South Africa?
—Yes. ______________ Chinese food like rice.
A. To find B. Finding C. Find D. Found
