Question

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves?

Here are some tips:

1. Forgive yourself

You may have made those mistakes in the past, but is there anything you can do about them? I don’t think so, except learning from them. It’s true that you are not perfect, but neither is everybody else. It’s normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.

2. Focus on your strengths

Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths. You always have some strengths which give you a unique combination nobody else have. Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.

3. Stop comparing yourself with others

You are unique. You can never be like other people, and neither can other people be like you. The way you measure your success is not determined by other people and what they achieve. Instead, it is determined by your own life purpose. You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it’s useless to compare yourself with others.

Answer 1

The passage tells us that it is important to be friendly to ourselves first and then to others, and gives a few tips, such as forgiving ourselves, realizing our virtues and not comparing with others.

【解析】

试题解析：考察大意概括题。文章第一段即主旨大意段“Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. ”和自己的友谊是非常重要的，因为没有它我们就不能和其他任何人成为朋友。第二段展开介绍“We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves?”我们经常关注于建立和别人的友谊上，但往往忽略了很重要的第一步：成为我们自己的朋友。这是很重要的一步如果我们要和他人做朋友。如果我们不能处理好和自己的关系，又怎么和他人好好做朋友呢。接下来作者介绍了三点建议：原谅自己；关注自己的长处；不要和别人比较。文章结构已经清晰，故可以概括为：The passage tells us that it is important to be friendly to ourselves first and then to others, and gives a few tips, such as forgiving ourselves, realizing our virtues and not comparing with others.

考点：考察大意概括题。