I am a very conservative woman. I don"t drink, dance, wear makeups or pants. I enjoy the company of
friends despite (尽管) our differences and thought they enjoyed mine.
On our most recent outing, however, they laughed at my religious jewelry, commented on my "lack of
fashion," and made me feel guilty for not wanting to stay out late.
Despite this, they are great friends and would help me at the drop of a hat. I don"t bring up their being
overweight, or that I think some of the clothes they wear are ugly. I don"t criticize them for sleeping around.
I wish they would accept me for who I am.
I am considering not going out with them the next time they ask, but I don"t really want it to come to that.
Any suggestions?
Just an Old-Fashioned Girl
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Dear Old-Fashioned Girl,
Just this: It"s time for you to start cultivating relationships with people whose values are more like your
own. The friends you have described may be lovely, but their comments were out of line and folks are known
by the company they keep. If you spend a lot of time with the women you have described, people will begin
to make assumptions (臆断) about you.
Abby
B. old-fashioned
C. overweight
D. ordinary-looking
B. When she stayed out late with her friends.
C. When she refused her friends" request to stay out late.
D. When her friends refused her to stay out late with them.
B. Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
C. The friend is the one who knows all about you, and still likes you.
D. True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
B. understand her friends
C. forgive her friends
D. break up with her friends
disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They
spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects
their lives.
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could
affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessional behavior has affected teenagers
and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become addicted to computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this
situation. They spend all free time surfing and don"t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences
their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there.
Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends
changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they
speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.
Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with
their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their
life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have
known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the
world.
B. oppositive
C. positive
D. tolerant
B. the advantage of weboholism
C. the popularity of weboholism
D. the influence of weboholism
B. professional
C. attractive
D. hidden
B. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway
C. people are addicted to games on the Internet
D. students can hardly balance real and virtual life
A. Suggestions on having interviews.
B. Be yourself.
C. Listen before talking.
D. Use your eyes and smile.
E. Forcus your energy.
F. Qualities pf good communication.
1. ( )
Good communication is vital in modern society. We know that much of the communication is unspoken.
Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. Your
good qualities can make good communication. The personal qualities include physical appearance, energy, rate
of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of
others. What should we do so that our communication will be effective? Here are my suggestions.
2. ( )
Firstly, the trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change character
from one situation to another. They"re the same whether they"re having a conversation with their close friends,
addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being.
3. ( )
Secondly, whether you"re talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Don"t
break eye contact while talking. As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those
in the room and smile. This shows clearly that you are at ease. Smiling is important. The best type of smile and
eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced.
4. ( )
You should also absorb other people before showing yourself. You can"t learn anything when you talk.
When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don"t immediately start throwing your opinions. Stop for
a second. Absorb what"s going on. What"s the mood of the others - are they down, up, happy, expectant? Are
they eager to learn from you, or do they show resistance? If you can sense what"s happening with others, you
will be better able to reach them. So, listen before you talk.
5. ( )
How do you get your energy up? Before the meeting, collect your thoughts about the goal of the
meeting-yours and the other"s. Once you go through the doorway, no longer think about yourself. Focus on
the person you are meeting to find out what he is interested in. Properly collected energy comes across when
we sincerely believe something. When you speak with energy, you are involved with your audience and your
message. You create an air of certainty. The audience may disagree with you, but they can"t question your
belief.
than they do planning their lives? I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time
"thinking" about their vacation than they do thinking about what"s important in their life.
While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life, it"s not what we were created to do. After all,
the Master Creator took his R&R (Rest and Recreation) on the seventh day, only after six days of"definitely
directed thought."
Wallace D. Wattles, wrote "There is no labor from which most people shrink (退缩) as they do from that
of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world." And yet it is the first and primary
labor of achievement.
My friend Mike Litman wrote an outstanding article this week. It"s called "The Millionaire Composite" and
it analyzes one of the big differences between super-successful people and everyone else. He writes"I recently
visited a Real Estate Multi Millionaire Mogul. What did I see next to his desk? His vision statement, along with
a list of what he values in life - hand written.
"A few months back, I interviewed an individual who has sold over a billion dollars worth of products on
television. He told me that he reads his life and business vision and goals daily, and that he takes time to
visualize (使看的见) exactly what he wants to create each night before falling asleep."
What is your life"s purpose or your personal mission statement? Is it written down? Do you review it and
think about it often? Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose?
Without purpose and goals-definitely directed thought-you are like the proverbial "ship without a rudder
(舵)." There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, the
fuel that propels (驱使) you toward the life you envision.
B. health and wealth
C. work and rest
D. rest and relaxation
B. the permanent and continuous thought makes the writer"s friend shrink
C. the writer"s friend analyzes one of the big differences between super-successful people and everyone else
D. the writer"s friend advises us to think over our work all the time
B. the permanent and continuous thought
C. the physical labor
D. a good plan
B. we had better learn how to plan our time
C. we should know what the life is
D. we should know how to become a successful businessman
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| It amazed me-every time I saw Joe he was smiling. It didn"t matter whether he had to 1 at a stop light, or if he were the seventh person in 2 at the bank , and the teller closed her window just 3 he got there. Joe always smiled. It made me wonder why he always seemed so 4 . Having observed Joe with other people, I also noticed something else. Joe 5 people how they were doing, and really seemed to listen to their answers. He was 6 if someone was hurt , and had kind words, and 7 to help in any way he could. It made me think… what if I tried to smile more? An 8 of sorts began when I went to a grocery store. I 9 as I went up and down the aisles (过道)... and people I didn"t even 10 smiled back at me. Some even 11 ! The little kid in the cart who was giving his mother a 12 time saw me smile and stopped talking…and, you guessed it-he made a little 13 attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped cart 14 a person to reach something… I could get that for him. The smile even 15 to him, and he thanked me and smiled at me. As I 16 home, I was smiling. I thought about what I had just 17 , and when someone passed my car and gave me a gesture, I smiled at him. He looked 18 . Now I know a smile is a 19 thing, but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day? I couldn"t believe how great I felt. 20 in my life had changed-but maybe it had. For what I learned was that such a small thing could lift not only my spirits, but those around me as well. |