There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises form the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

People who are to be happy fix heir attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. by their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing (批评)and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. Of they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a work to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad bait and bee pleased with is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and other. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触)with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and

Sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes missed up in their quarrels.

People who are unhappy      .

      A.always consider things differently from others

       B.usually are affected by the results of certain things

       C.usually misunderstand what others think or say

       D.always discover the unpleasant side of certain things

The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “     ”.

       A.have a good taste with social life    B.make others unhappy     

       C.tend so scold others openly     D.enjoy the pleasure of life

We can conclude from the passage that       .

       A.we should pity all such unhappy people

       B.such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

       C.people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness

       D.unhappy people can not understand happy persons

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There are two types of people in the world.Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, while the other becomes unhappy.This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather.They enjoy all the cheerful things.Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things.Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied.By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend(hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere.If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied.The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation.It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors.The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes.I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

Though in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck.Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect.This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments.If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success.Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes.If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrong doings.These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others.If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them.Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

Title: About Two Types of People

Types of People

Differences

1.)___________________

The happy

Fixing their attention on the (2.)__________             of things

Equal degree of health and wealth and other

(3.)                  of life

The unhappy

Think and speak only of the4.)

things.

(5.)               about the unhappy

Situation

(6.)

(7.)         ____

Souring the pleasure of society

●Growing into a

habit

●Having bad effects on their interests and tastes

●Nobody loves them

●No one treats them with politeness and

(8.)

●Change this bad

(9.)    _______

●Be pleased with what is pleasing

●Don’t worry needlessly about themselves and others

(10.)  _            many people

Making  themselves

disagreeable

 

    There's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella. At first I couldn't stand it;now I'm used to it.

    I don't know his name. I know he's average in appearance,wears a gray suit,and has a common face. One hot morning,when I was sitting on a tree­shaded bench in Palermo Park,reading the paper,suddenly I felt something touch my head. It was the very same man who now,as I'm writing,keeps striking me with an umbrella.

    On that occasion I turned around filled with anger. He just kept on hitting me. I asked him if he was crazy. He didn't even seem to hear me. Then I threatened to call a policeman. Calmly,cool as a cucumber,he stuck with his task. After a few moments of hesitation,and seeing that he was not about to change his attitude,I stood up and hit him on the nose. The man fell down. But he immediately got back on his feet,obviously with great effort,and without a word again began hitting me on the head with the umbrella. His nose was bleeding and,at that moment,I felt sorry for him. I felt regret for having hit him so hard. After all,the man wasn't exactly hitting me;he was merely tapping me lightly with his umbrella,not causing any pain at all. Of course,those taps were extremely bothersome. As we all know,when a fly lands on your forehead,you don't feel any pain;what you feel is annoyance. Well then,that umbrella was one huge fly that kept landing on my head time after time.

    Convinced that I was dealing with a madman,I tried to escape. But the man followed me,wordlessly continuing to hit me. So I began to run(I should point out many people run as fast as I do). He took off after me,trying to land a blow. The man was out of breath so that I thought,if I continued to force him to run at that speed,he would drop dead right then and there.

1.When the man began to strike the author with an umbrella, the author________.

    A. became angry                     B. called the police

    C. turned around and escaped            D. turned around and fought back

2.The author would most probably agree that the man was ________.

    A. deaf                             B. blind

    C. dead                             D. mad

3.The author felt sorry for the man because________.

    A. the man formed a bad habit of beating others

    B. he hit the man so hard that his nose bled

    C. the man couldn't catch up with him

    D. there was a fly on the man's head

4. It can be learned from the passage that the man ________.

    A. shouted loudly while hitting the author

    B. wanted to tell the author something

    C. ran after the author breathlessly

    D. acted as if he were a fly

 

 

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