Unit-8-Attitudes-towards-life----对待生活的态度

Unit8AttitudestowardslifeTeachingobjectives:1.Practicethereadingskill:Identifytheorganizationalpatterns.2.Vocabulary:1)fortify,elicit,considerable,regardlessof,elevate,literally,well-being,accountable,considerate,adversity,batter,reverse,penetrate,self-esteem,doom,emerge;2)preach,strenuous,arena,blessing,messup,devastating,commondenominator,odds,stack,motivate,falterI.TextIIDareMightyThingsTopic:attitudestowardlifeMainidea:Awinningattitudeinlifeisveryimportantforone’ssuccess.Organizationalpattern:ExampleandillustrationII.TextIThePowerofPersonalAttitudesTopic:AttitudestowardlifeMainidea:Adoptingapositiveattitudeinlifecanresultinagoodresponsefromlifewhileadoptinganegativeattitudewillleadyoutothereverse.Organizationalpattern:1)exampleandillustration2)comparisonPeople'swrongattitudestowardslifeandhowtolivehappilyIdreamedIhadaninterviewwithGOD.““Soyouwouldliketointerviewme?”GODasked.“Ifyouhavethetime,”Isaid.GODsmiled.“Mytimeiseternity…whatquestionsdoyouhaveinmindforme?”“Whatsurprisesyoumostabouthumankind?”GODanswered...“Thattheygetboredwithchildhood,theyrushtogrowup,andthenlongtobechildrenagain.”“Thattheylosetheirhealthtomakemoney...andthenlosetheirmoneytorestoretheirhealth.”“Thatbythinkinganxiouslyaboutthefuture,theyforgetthepresent,sothattheyliveinneitherthepresentnorthefuture.”“Thattheyliveasiftheywillneverdie,anddieasthoughtheyhadneverlived.”GOD’shandtookmineandweweresilentforawhile.AndthenIasked“Asaparent,whataresomeoflife’slessonsyouwantyourchildrentolearn?”“Tolearntheycannotmakeanyonelovethem.Alltheycandoisletthemselvesbeloved.”“Tolearnthatitisnotgoodtocomparethemselvestoothers.”“Tolearntoforgivebypracticingforgiveness.”“Tolearnthatitonlytakesafewsecondstoopenprofoundwoundsinthosetheylove,anditcantakemanyyearstohealthem.”“Tolearnthatarichpersonisnotonewhohasthemost,butisonewhoneedstheleast.”“Tolearnthattherearepeoplewholovethemdearly,butsimplydonotyetknowhowtoexpressorshowtheirfeelings.”“Tolearnthattwopeoplecanlookatthesamethingandseeitdifferently.”“Tolearnthatitisnotenoughthattheyforgiveoneanother,buttheymustalsoforgivethemselves.”“Thankyouforyourtime,”Isaidhumbly.“Isthereanythingelseyou'dlikeyourchildrentoknow?”GODsmiledandsaid...“JustknowthatIamhere.”AttitudestowardslifeRecentlyIcameacrossonesentence,whichimpressedmysouldeeply,whenIthumbedthroughamagazine.ItisanoldsayinghandeddownbyJewsfromgenerationtogeneration,whichsays,'Amancomestothisworldwithhisfistclenched,butwhenhedies,hishandopen.'Itisauniversaltruththatwehavenothingattheinstancewhenweemergefromthewomb.Whatislife?Lifeisaprocessthatwefightforthenature,evensometimes,ourselves.Tofulfillourambitions,weexertourselvestocreateandgrasptheopportunitiesthatmaybejustcometoourlivesonlyonce.However,itisnoteasyforustoaccomplishourdreams,asweallknown,barriersalwaysstandinthewayofourdreams,somanypeoplewouldgetlostinlife,notknowingwhattodo,andtheywouldneverreachtheirpotential.Lifeisdoomedtobeveryhardandfullofcompetitionsandchallenges.Fortheworldisnotapleasantplacetolive,additionally,lifeismuchtougherthanweexpect,itisalsoveryessentialforustolearnhowtoletthelossesandsufferingsgo.Oncewehaveafaith,trytofollowitandcontributeourpassiontoit.Trytoholdthetwinkleshiningstarsthatrooteddeeplywithinourhearts,believethefactthattheywillleadustoseetherayofthesunlightoneday.Nevergiveupeventhoughwewillmakemanymistakesthatmayletusdown,bravelyacceptandsmileatthedisapprovalsthatotherpeoplewouldmakeonourchoices.Nomatterhowhardourliveswouldbe,wedobelievewecanacquiremanyvaluableexperiencesfromtolerance.Haveafaiththatthedestinationisnotdistant.Asahumanbeingyoumayhavethechoiceofthreebasicattitudestowardslife.First,thevegetableYoumayapproachlifewiththephilosophyofthevegetable,inwhichcaseyourlifewillincludebeingborn,eating,drinking,sleeping,marrying,growingold,anddying.Second,thebusinessThesecondbasicattitudeistolookatlifeasifitwereabusiness.Agreatmanyso-calledsuccessfulmenandwomenbelievethatlifeisabusiness,andtheyarrangetheirconductsandbehavioraccordingly.Ifyoubelievethatlifeisabusiness,yourfirstquestionoflife,naturally,is'whatdoIgetoutofit/''Howmuchisthisworthtome/'Inaword,basedonthisattitude,happinessbecomesamatterofsuccessfulcompetition.Thegreatmajorityofhumanbeingstodaylookatlifeasifitwereabusiness.Theirbasicphilosophyisoneofcompetitionandefficiency.Third,theartistThethirdattitudetowardlifeistheapproachoftheartist.Herethebasicphilosophyis'WhatcanIputintoit',andthebasicrelationoftheindividualtohisfellow-menisoneofco-operationandcommonsense.Thispointofviewhasbeenprovedbyhistory;forhistoryremembersbestthosewhohavecontributedmostrichlytotheinterestsoftheirfellow-men.Themoreweinvestigateandthemorewelearnaboutliving,themorewebecomecertainthattheartisticattitudeistheonlyonewhichgoeswithhumanhappiness.