unit-5--how-to-be-true-to-yourself-lecture-1

Unit5Howtobetruet0yourselfbyDeniswaitleyAnIntroductiontotheAuthorDenisE.Waitley(born1933),isanAmericanmotivationalspeakerandwriter,consultantandbest-sellingauthor.Waitleyclaimstohavecounseledleadersinmanyfields:Apolloastronauts,Fortune500topexecutives,Olympicgoldmedalists,SuperBowlchampions,returningPOWs.HewasafoundingmemberoftheNationalCouncilforSelf-Esteem.Hehasauthored16booksandhasreleasedhundredsofaudiolectures.DenisWaitleyDenisWaitleyQuotationsResponsibility:Asignofwisdomandmaturityiswhenyoucometotermswiththerealizationthatyourdecisionscauseyourrewardsandconsequences.Youareresponsibleforyourlife,andyourultimatesuccessdependsonthechoicesyoumake.Friendship:Asmileisthelightinyourwindowthattellsothersthatthereisacaring,sharingpersoninside.ProblemSolving:Don'tdwellonwhatwentwrong.Instead,focusonwhattodonext.Spendyourenergiesonmovingforwardtowardfindingtheanswer.OvercomingFailure:Failureshouldbeourteacher,notourundertaker.Failureisdelay,notdefeat.Itisatemporarydetour,notadeadend.Failureissomethingwecanavoidonlybysayingnothing,doingnothing,andbeingnothing.OvercomingFailure:Forgetabouttheconsequencesoffailure.Failureisonlyatemporarychangeindirectiontosetyoustraightforyournextsuccess.OvercomingFailure:Whenyoumakeamistakeorgetridiculedorrejected,lookatmistakesaslearningexperiences,andridiculeasignorance.Lookatrejectionaspartofoneperformance,notasaturndownoftheperformer.Life:Viewlifeasacontinuouslearningexperience.MottosAllthesplendorintheworldisnotworthagoodfriend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。Voltaire,Frenchthinker法国思想家伏尔泰Economyisinitselfasourceofgreatrevenue.节约本身就是最大的收入.LuciusAnnaeusSeneca,AncientRomanPhilosopher罗马哲学家西尼加，L.A.Todefine“integrity”;Toweighitsimportanceincurrenttimes;Toarguethatintegrityis“inshortsupply”;Toshowwhyintegrityhasitsworth;Toarguethatintegrity“willwintheday”.Threadofargumentinthetext:StructuralAnalysisoftheTextThesisIntegrityisofparamountimportanceinallsocialactivities.Integritymayconsistofthreelifeprinciples.Alifeofprinciplewillwintheday.StructuralAnalysisoftheTextPartOne(1-2)Prefacepersonalstorytointroducetheconcept“integrity”theimportanceofintegrityvs.itsgettingscarcerthenecessitytowriteabouttheconceptStructuralAnalysisoftheTextPartTwo(3-14)Deductivemethod(推理、演绎）inexplanationofeachprincipleoftheIntegrityTriad：itillustratesitsthesisatfirstandthensupportsandreinforcesthethesisthroughspecificexamplesorsubordinateideas.Inductivemethod（归纳）:itstartswithspecificexamplesorpointstodrawageneralconclusion.StructuralAnalysisoftheTextPartTwo(3-14)Para.3-8Toputforwardamodelof“IntegrityTriad”.Thefirstkeyprinciple:–Tostandfirmlyforyourconvictionsinthefaceofpersonalpressure.StructuralAnalysisoftheTextPartTwo(3-14)Para.9-11Thesecondkeyprinciple--TogiveotherscreditthatisrightfullytheirsStructuralAnalysisoftheTextPartTwo(3-14)Para.12-14Thethirdkeyprinciple–TobehonestandopenaboutwhatyoureallyareStructuralAnalysisoftheTextPartThree(15)ConclusionTheauthorfurtherexplainswhatintegritymeansandpointsoutwhatbenefitandprospectalifeofprinciplewillbringyou.Torephrasethedefinitionofintegrity;Toreiteratethesignificanceofintegrity.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.2…integritymeanshavingapersonalstandardofmoralityandethicsthatdoesnotsellouttoexpediencyandthatisnotrelativetothesituationathand.Paraphrase:…integritymeansthatoneshouldhaveasetofmoralprinciplesthatonedoesnotbetrayforthepurposeofgainingadvantagesorpersonalbenefitsandthatisnotaffectedbyanyexternalcircumstances.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.2Butitistherealbottomlineineveryareaofsociety.bottomline:fundamentalprinciple/qualityParaphrase:Integrityissomethingpeopleshouldstickfasttoandundernocircumstancesgiveupinallsocialactivities.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.4Standfirmlyforyourconvictionsinthefaceofpersonalpressure.standfirmlyfor:firmlyadheretoconviction:firmandsincerebeliefinfaceof:inspiteofLanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.8Whenyouknowyouareright,youcan'tbackdown.Paraphrase:Whenyouknowyouareright,youcan'tgiveupyourstandpointorefforthalfwayunderexternalpressure.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.9Alwaysgiveotherscreditthatisrightfullytheirs.Paraphrase:Alwaysbereadyandwillingtogiveapprovalorpraisetootherpeoplewhodeserveit.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.12Behonestandopenaboutwhatyoureallyare.Paraphrase:Beyourtrueself,withouthidingorcoveringupanyunpleasingaspectsinyourlife.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.12Peoplewholackgenuinecorevaluesrelyonexternalfactors…corevalues:fundamentalmoralprinciples核心价值观LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.12Inevitablytheywilldoeverythingtheycantopreservethisfaçade…preserve:maintainunchangedorintact维持不变façade:outwardappearance建筑物的正面;外表Paraphrase:Theywillsurelymakeallpossibleeffortstomaketheiroutlookpresentableandreinforcetheirstatusinsociety.LanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.13Don’tengageinapersonalcover-upofareasthatareunpleasinginyourlife.engagein:beinvolvedin,beoccupiedwith从事,参加,忙于cover-up:coveringup;concealingLanguageWorkDifficultsentencesPara.13Whenit’stough,doittough.Inotherwords,facerea