Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(把……归类) as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.
Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky (暗中的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable actions we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.
Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
1.According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our __________.
A. friendly relationship B. financial rewards
C. advertising ability D. self-respect 21*com
2.The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to __________.
A. lying B. cheating
C. stealing D. advertising
3.How will we feel if we let the clerk know the mistake?
A. We’ll be very excited.
B. We’ll have a sense of honor.
C. We’ll feel unfortunate.
D. We’ll feel sorry for the clerk.
4.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Happiness through Honorable Actions
B. Importance of Peacefulness
C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect
D. How to Live Truthfully
赤峰二中正在举办“The season I Like Best”的英语征文活动,请用英语写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
1、 你最喜欢的季节; 2、你喜欢该季节的两条理由(如:气候、景色、活动、感受……)。
要求:1、词数120左右;2、行文连贯、语篇完整;3、文中不得透露个人真实信息。
短文改错
When I was a very young children, my father created a regular practice I remember well years late. Every time he arrived home at end of the day ,we'd greet her at the door. He would ask who we was and pretend not to knowing us. Then he and my mother would have had a drink while she prepared dinner and they would talk about his day and hers. While they chat, my father would lift my sister and me up to sit in the top of the fridge. It was both excited and frightening to be up there!My sister and I thought he was so cool for putting us there.
A recent study suggested that taking a bottle of water into the exam hall could help students improve their grades.
According to the study those who brought drinks, 1. (especial) water, with them when sitting their exams performed up to 10 percent better than those who did not.
Comparing their exam results with their normal schoolwork grades, scientists then found that all those who 2. (bring) drinks with them got better grades 3. between 2 and 10 percent.
It is unclear 4. drinking water improves exam results. But scientists say having enough water in our bodies and not feeling thirsty could have a 5. (help)effect on our brains. Drinking water may also cut 6. on anxiety, 7. has a bad effect on exam performances.
Whatever the explanation, it is obvious that students should try hard to keep enough water in their bodies during exams. So next time, 8. you are going to have a big exam, try 9. (bring) a bottle of water with you. Who knows — it 10. help you pass the exam!
Luke didn't know what to do. He wanted to yell at Kyle, his , because Kyle continued to with his mom, Jane. She didn't demand very much from him---”Study hard, get the best you can,” she told him. She tried to get it into is head that she didn't have the for his college education. Not a cent could be expected! studying harder, Kyle spent hour after hour playing video games on his computer. He always waited until the last minute to study for school , and stayed up all night cramming(强记硬背) for them.
When Jane tried to him that he needed good grades to get a , he would turn a deaf ear to her or even get angry. He said it was her to take care for him financially he graduated from college.
“Where did he get that ” Luke asked. “You've him for 10 years all by yourself. You don't him a thing. He should be glad you haven't kicked him out of the apartment already. When I was in the eleventh grade, my father made it to me that when I graduated from high school, I was expected to leave home. Kyle thinks you have to pay his way through college!”
Jane would Luke to talk to Kyle. “He says you're not his father, so why should he have to listen to you”
“Well, his father's dead. He should appreciate that I'm to try to help him. ”Luke said.
“Kyle will be able to learn to accept your help and advice . But before that, Luke, we need to try hard to get him to accept you in his heart, close to the of his own father.”
“I agree and we sure have every confidence in him.” said Luke.
“Yes. And in , too!” Jane reminded him.
1.A. cousin B. stepbrother C. nephew D. stepson
2.A. discuss B. meet C. argue D. deal
3.A. teachers B. grades C. friends D. prizes
4.A. need B. money C. hope D. time
5.A. Instead of B. In addition to C. In spite of D. Along with
6.A. rules B. tests C. regulations D. admissions
7.A. inform B. warn C. promise D. remind
8.A. scholarship B. degree C. reward D. job
9.A. honor B. right C. pleasure D. responsibility
10.A. since B. when C. until D. after
11.A. principle B. decision C. saying D. idea
12.A. helped B. raised C. educated D. sponsored
13.A. owe B. ask C. lend D. offer
14.A. easy B. possible C. clear D. strange
15.A. So B. Yet C. Still D. Because
16.A. force B. allow C. invite D. forbid
17.A. around B. out C. away D. off
18.A. in turn B. at first C. in time D. at once
19.A. heart B. place C. duty D. life
20.A. himself B. ourselves C. myself D. yourselves
Our mood may change suddenly like a storm with lightning and thunderbolts that comes without notice.
The good news is that bad moods can leave as suddenly as they have come. Exceptions to this rule of course are cases where there are other problems such as depression or any other mental destruction.
How to improve your mood?
1. When you understand that you are not feeling happy but you are in depression or disappointment, then you can use these simple techniques that will be able to change the negative situation and improve your mood.
2. . Exercises, gymnastics and sports help a lot to achieve a better emotional balance. If you feel that you are in a bad mood, take a hot bath or sauna. 3. .
Watch a movie, read a book or talk to a friend.
4. . When you leave work or home, go to places that make you happy and calm. This helps to improve your mood.
Make relations with happy, optimistic and pleasant people. 5. . Positive and optimistic feelings that create positive thinking for the future will help you overcome your bad feelings and defeat your bad mood.
When the problem of bad moods, frustration and negative emotions beyond normal situations becomes chronic (长期的), it is important to turn to a specialist for help.
A.The relaxation of the muscles will help.
B.Change your environment.
C.Use physical activity to fight against feelings of depression.
D.This can help you improve your mood significantly.
E. First you have to learn to recognize when you are in a bad mood.
F. There are ways to improve your mood.
G. Changes in feelings and mood can happen for various reasons.