阅读是一种良好的学习和娱乐方式，可以帮助我们扩展词汇、提高理解能力、开拓视野等等。当我们开始频繁阅读时，我们往往会发现自己更容易集中注意力，并且能够更好地理解和记住所读内容。这些习惯不断增强，最终形成了一个良好的阅读习惯。与此同时，如果我们没有足够的阅读经验和良好的阅读习惯，那么我们可能会感到难以在阅读过程中保持专注，或者无法理解所读内容。因此，通过积极阅读，并努力形成良好的阅读习惯，我们可以不断提高自己的阅读能力和效率。
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What we can see from the above picture is that there is a salesman in an office trying to promote a kind of hearing aid, saying: “It's a special hearing aid. It filers out criticism and amplifies compliments.” 1 Funny though it sounds, it reflects the improper way of handling criticism and compliments, which is not uncommon among some people. 2
There is no doubt that criticism can sometimes do harm to people's self-confidence and dignity, and compliments can be encouraging. However, it is improper, even wrong, to simply reject criticism and amplify compliments. 3 On the one hand 3 , criticism has tremendous value for one's growth and development as a human being, such as helping people know their shortcomings and increasing one's self-awareness, stopping one from erring, etc. On the other hand 3 , compliments, especially deceptive ones made on purpose, will lead to a Pollyanna, i.e. blind optimism, which will hinder one from making correct judgments or decisions or choices.
To conclude, one cannot simply take a negative attitude toward criticism and welcome complements excessively. A proper way is to accept pertinent and beneficial criticism, and refuse insincere compliments. 4
我们从上图中看到一名销售人员正在办公室试图推销一款助听器，说道：“这是一种特殊的助听器。它能够过滤掉批评，放大恭维。”尽管听起来有点儿滑稽，但它反映了一些人普遍存在的问题：不能正确对待批评和恭维。
毫无疑问，批评有时候会对人们的自信和自尊心造成伤害，表扬可以起到鼓励作用。然而，如果只是简单地拒绝批评、放大表扬，这种做法是不恰当的，甚至是错误的。一方面，批评对于人的成长和发展有巨大的价值，比如帮助人们认识自己的不足，增加人们对自己的认识；防止人们犯错误等。另一方面，恭维，尤其带有目的性的、欺骗性的恭维会导致盲目乐观，最终阻碍人们做出正确的判断、决定或选择。
总之，人们不能简单地对批评持否定态度而过分欢迎恭维。恰当的做法是接受中肯而有益的批评，拒绝虚假的表扬。
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“You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren't busy denying them.” It's true that to err is human. If we don't deny mistakes, we can learn a lot from them. 1 However, many people are afraid of mistakes. How can we face mistakes properly? 2
The first step 3 is acknowledging the mistake that you have made.Admit that you have done something wrong rather than blame everyone and everything but yourself for a setback. Of course, you don't need to condemn yourself as a failure. Understanding your mistake is to clear your way to progress because you can learn some lessons from the mistake. Acknowledging your mistake is to reflect on how you made the mistake so as to make it more likely for you to correct yourself and succeed the next time.
Another way 3 to face your mistakes properly is to ask for advice from an expert who is wise, trustworthy, and willing to listen to your explanations of what you've tried so far. If you have all ears to the advice, you'll gain many valuable insights.
“当你不急于否认错误时，就会从错误中学到好东西。”的确，人非圣贤，孰能无过。如果我们不否认错误，我们就会从中学到很多。然而，很多人害怕错误。如何正确面对错误呢？
第一步就是承认你所犯的错误。宁可承认你做错了也不要怨天尤人。当然，你也不用责备自己是个失败者。认识错误能为你扫清进步道路上的障碍，因为你可以从错误中吸取教训。承认错误就是要反思你是如何犯下错误的，以便你更有可能调整自己并在下次取得成功。
另一种正确面对错误的方法就是向睿智且值得信赖的专家请教，这位专家愿意听你解释到目前为止你已经付出了哪些努力。如果你对这些忠告洗耳恭听，你会获得很多有价值的深刻见解。
A library is a building for a collection of books, magazines, periodicalsand newspapers. Thebook s are kept on the she lves in the stack room whereas themagazines, journals, etc. in thereading rooms. Modern libraries also have xeroxrooms, and computer rooms.
If you want to bor row books, you can go to the loan desk , look over thecorrect call numbersin the card catalog and ask the librarian to take them outfor you. Or you're allowed to enterthe stack room to find books for your self,you can look up the bound volume of index for thearticles relative to thesubject, on which you are going to write a thesis. If the librarydoesn'tsubscribe to the magazine which carries the ar-ticle you want, you canborrow the magazinefrom other libraries by means of inter library loan service.Don't forget to show your librarycard or I.D. card to the librarian before yougo into the reading room, where you can readmagazines or newspapers. If you finda good ar ticle and want to keep it , you can have itduplicated in the xeroxroom. Besides, if you want to watch films or slides , you can asktheprojectionist to play the videotape for you in the audio-visual room, whereyou can also listen tolanguage tapes and music tapes .
图书馆是收藏书籍、杂志、期刊和报纸的建筑。书放在书库里，而杂志、期刊等放在阅览室里。现代图书馆也有复印室和电脑室。
如果你想借书，你可以去借书台，在卡片目录中查找正确的借书号码，然后让图书管理员帮你借出去。或者你可以进入书库为自己找书，你可以查找与你要写论文的主题相关的文章的索引合订本。如果图书馆没有订阅你想要的杂志，你可以通过馆际互借服务从其他图书馆借阅。在进入阅览室之前，不要忘记向图书管理员出示你的图书证或身份证，在那里你可以阅读杂志或报纸。如果你找到一篇好文章并想要保留它，你可以在影印室复制一份。此外，如果你想看电影或幻灯片，你可以要求放映员在视听室为你播放录像带，在那里你也可以听语言磁带和音乐磁带。
How to Enhance Our Sense of Happiness?
Along with the improvement of living standards, people are no longercontent with being fed and clothed adequately. They are more concerned about howto enhance their sense of happiness.
To a large extent, happiness depends on individuals' understanding aboutit. For some people, happiness relies on material basis, without which theycan't live comfortably and decently. For others, they believe that happiness hasnothing to do with money. Thus to enhance happiness is not equal to improvingone's material living standards. Instead, people are supposed to confront theirlife with right attitude, to be active and grateful in order to have a happylife.
For my part, money does buy happiness, but only up to the point where itenables one to live comfortably. To boost one's happiness not only needs thematerial but also the spiritual enrichment. It encompasses living a meaningfullife, utilizing your gifts and your time, living with reflection andobjective.
随着生活水平的提高，人们不再满足于温饱。他们更关心如何提高他们的幸福感。
在很大程度上，幸福取决于个人对它的理解。对一些人来说，幸福依赖于物质基础，没有物质基础，他们就不能舒适体面地生活。对另一些人来说，他们认为幸福与金钱无关。因此，增进幸福并不等于提高一个人的物质生活水平。相反，人们应该以正确的态度面对他们的生活，积极和感恩，为了有一个幸福的生活。
就我而言，金钱确实能买到幸福，但只能到它能使一个人生活舒适的程度。提高一个人的幸福不仅需要物质上的充实，还需要精神上的充实。包括过有意义的生活，充分利用天赋和时间，带着反思和客观的生活。
We may say with cer tainty that the more one reads, the better one understands ; and that thebet ter one understands, the more one is inclined to read.In other words, from reading comesunderstanding, and from understanding comesmore reading. The reading habit is actuallycultivated by reading itself.
Now let us discuss the question of what to read. There are books on varioussubjects — history, literature, philosophy, science, fine arts, etc. When you are to choose from among a vastnumber of subjects the best books to read, youwill feel quite at sea. I therefore suggest that, before you proceed to read anybook, you try to find out what others have done before you, that is read theresults of other people's labour first. Usually newspapers or magazinesarealways your convenient guide to the world of best writings.
Another problem is how to read. Here, I would offer two suggestions:concent ration andreflection. You cannot well unde rstand what is said in book sunless you concent rate yourmind on what you read. And then you must think overwhat you have read. This is reflectionwhich helps to s ummarize your reading .To a great extent , concentration and reflectionare interdependent.
A reading habit thus formed will prove valuable to you. Whenever you havespare time, youwill resort not to places of pleasure, but to the bookshelves,you will not feel lonesome whenyou are alone, because you can see all kinds ofcharacters moving and acting on the pages, andyou can hear all kinds of goodcounsel. In the long run, your imaginative power will beincreased, your estheticsensibility heightened, your vocabulary enlarged, and finally your abilityofwriting tremendously improved.
可以肯定地说，一个人读得越多，理解得越好;理解得越透彻，就越倾向于阅读。换句话说，阅读带来理解，理解带来更多的阅读。阅读习惯其实是通过阅读本身养成的。
现在让我们讨论一下读什么书的问题。有各种科目的书——历史、文学、哲学、科学、美术等。当你要从大量的主题中选择最好的书时，你会感到茫然无措。因此，我建议，在你开始阅读任何一本书之前，你都应该先看看别人在你之前都做了些什么，也就是说，先读一下别人的劳动成果。通常，报纸或杂志总是你找到世界上最好作品的方便指南。
另一个问题是如何阅读。在此，我想提出两点建议:集中注意力和反思。除非你全神贯注地读，否则你不能很好地理解书中所说的话。然后你必须仔细思考你读过的东西。这是一种有助于总结阅读的反思。在很大程度上，专注和反思是相互依存的。
这样养成的阅读习惯会对你很有价值。每当你有空闲的时候，你不会去娱乐的地方，而是去书架上，当你一个人的时候，你不会感到寂寞，因为你可以看到各种各样的人物在书页上移动和表演，你可以听到各种各样的忠告。从长远来看，你的想象力会增强，你的审美敏感性会提高，你的词汇量会扩大，最后你的写作能力会大大提高。
Some students of ten say "My spoken English is poor." Other s say "SpeakingEnglish is veryhard for me, so no need to try." T his is what we call "negativethinking." In fact, a lot ofChinese students can speak good English, but theydon't. Their problem is a linguisticinferiority complex, in other words, theyworry that they won't be able to speak as well asother people, so they feel inferior in their presence. This sickness has a cure, that is,buildingself-confidence to get rid of shyness.
Here are some suggestions for you .
The first thing you can do is to speak English with good friends, with whomyou can speak freely without feeling shy. Then, try your ability with teachersand foreigners if possible. Don'tbe afraid of mistakes and don't be afraid toask questions about things you don't know, as thisis the way to acquireknowledge.
Thirdly, try to think in English and leave out mind translation. Not untilyou have done so canyou be said to have a bet ter command of spoken English.
Fourthly, do more reading to expand vocabulary and learn to use the newwords in your speechas much as possible.
Lastly, don't get angry with your self when you come across something youcannot express inEnglish or the words you want to use suddenly escape yourmemory. This is unavoidable inthe learning process. Just keep constant practice.For example, in CET-SET, a number ofcandidates failed the first time and afterhalf a year's practice, they succeeded in the secondround.
To sum up, just as the old proverb says "Where there is a will , there is away," so no oneshould convince himself that he can't do what other people havedone. Erase the negativenotion and maintain a positive attitude. Therein liessuccess. By then you can communicatewith the world.
Nowadaysa fashionable street scene is the buying and selling of lotterytickets. People crowd around either in front of big buildings or atstreet corners, purchasing coupons of various kinds, such as those ofsocial welfare, sports industry and football games.
Investigationsmade among those "lottery citizens" show that they do it for differentpurposes. Some say that they play the game just for fun, others insistthat they want to sponsor athletic development, still some others simplydecide to try their luck.
However, I believe the aim behind thegame, if fully exposed, is to make easy money, as it is said the prizewinner can get millions of yuan in an instant, which is obviously greattemptation. In my mind, lottery is much the same as gambling in natureand it certainly brings more negative effects than positive effects, ifany.
First, the overwhelming majority, being misled byearning-quick-buck mentality, are impatient and impulsive to put theirtime and money into wrong investment.
Secondly, not a few people, being indulged in lottery, lose not only initiative for work but also interest in life.
Thirdly,some individuals, having gambled away all their money, may commitcrimes.fourthly, young people, particularly students (even pupils) maystep by step become addicted to lottery and finally leave their studies.I think the cliche "reaping what one sows" is still applicable todayand "sowing" takes time and hard work to have instant reaping isdefinitely one's wishful thinking.
Last of all, since gamblingand lottery both mean risking money on luck, why the former is forbiddenby law and the latter is so much encouraged?
假期即将到来，你(付萍)打算做一次为期三周的旅行，希望找个外国朋友作为游伴(Travel-mate)。拟一个寻游伴的启示，交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的要求，说明对方和你一起出游的好处。
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Travel-mate Wanted
I'm a 19-year-old female sophomore named Fu Ping. I hereby earnestly invite a foreign young lady—college student preferred—to make a three – week touring trip with me.
My plan is to set off next weekend, when the vacation officially begins. The first stop is Kunming, the world-renowned city for its beauty and mild temperature. We'll get there by train and stay there for 2 days, and then we'll head for Jinggangshan, a former revolutionary base as well as a natural beauty spot. After a 3-day visit there , we will take a long-distance coach to a nearby port city by the Changjiang River and board a downstream ship to Shanghai, so that we can enjoy the great scenery alongside the third longest river in the world. As everybody knows, Shanghai is the busiest and fastest developing city in China. I'd like to have a look at its prosperity, so the stay there will be about half a week. And a famous Chinese saying goes, ”Just as there is Paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth ”, so a 4-day visit to these two cities near Shanghai is must. All together, our trip will last about three weeks.
I only expect that my travel-mate could split the expenses with me and talk with me in beautiful English, and I would be an excellent guide for her since I major in tourist guiding.
Those interested please contact me either through email (fuping@126.com) or phone call .
How to Be Successful in a Job Interview
To be successful in a job interview or in almost any interview situation, the applicants hould demonstrate certain personal and professional qualities.
Most likely, the first and often a lasting impression of a person is determined by the clothes he wears. The job applicant should take care to appear well-groomed and modestly dressed, avoiding the extremes of too pompous or too casual attire .
Besides care for personal appearance, he should pay close attention to his manner of speaking, which should be neither ostentatious nor familiar but rather straight forward, grammatically accurate, and in a friendly way.
In addition, he should be prepared to talk knowledgeably about the requirements of the position, for which he is applying in relation to his own professional experience and interests.
And finally, the really impressive applicant must convey a sense of self-confidence and enthusiasm for work, as these are factors all interviewers value highly.
If the job seeker displays the above-mentioned characteristics, he, with a little luck, will certainly succeed in the typical personnel interview.
要想在求职面试或任何面试场合取得成功，应聘者应该展示出一定的个人素质和专业素质。
很可能，对一个人的第一印象，往往是持久的印象，是由他的穿着决定的。求职者应该注意仪容整洁，穿着得体，避免过于浮夸或过于随意的着装。
除了注意个人外表，他还应该密切注意自己说话的方式，既不炫耀，也不熟悉，而是直截了当，语法准确，友好的方式。
此外，应该准备好博学地谈论他所申请的职位的要求，并结合自己的专业经验和兴趣。
最后，真正让人印象深刻的应聘者必须表现出自信和对工作的热情，因为这些都是面试官非常看重的因素。
如果求职者表现出上述特点，再加上一点运气，他一定会在典型的人事面试中成功。