There are no precise 【小题1】 (criterion) that can be used to judge what is beautiful. As the anthropologist (人类学家) Margaret Mead once put 【小题2】, standards and ideas of beauty change across time. Nowadays, some costumes and actions once 【小题3】 (regard) as beauty in the 19^th century are not considered healthy or attractive, while something 【小题4】 (fashion) now had different functions in the past.

There is no consistent view on beauty, as beauty is influenced by culture and it is even 【小题5】 (whole) different in the eyes of beholders. In some countries, young women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos 【小题6】 preparation for their wedding day. In other cultures, looking thin for a husband-to-be is not 【小题7】 a woman desires at all.

【小题8】 different, one thing is certain-it is inner beauty that requires us to truly see.   Beauty, that is to say, 【小题9】 (accompany) by an attraction to something deeper within a person,               【小题10】 can be found in a wide range of personal qualities.

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent (代理人), 【小题1】 had left a message the night before, which told me that my show was to be cancelled (取消). I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was at a meeting and that he 【小题2】 (call) me soon. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my research, which was about an 【小题3】 (innovate) in information technology. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

Without showing her surprise, my wife rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the wall of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room —if you do anything that upsets my husband, out you go!” I couldn’t help get a load 【小题4】 her.

Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, it is 【小题5】 (essence) for you to learn how to take control. I am to 【小题6】 (pick) our child up from the school.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, it is amazing that something in my mood had changed. I felt so 【小题7】 (embarrass) and I was willing to accept her blame. I was intensely aware of her purpose. Her actions 【小题8】 words did the trick. I admitted not 【小题9】 (deal) with the case 【小题10】 (proper). Her unusual actions helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call eventually.

In all one’s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is exactly oneself that one has the 【小题1】(little) understanding of.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself — aware of both one’s strengths and weaknesses. You may look forward hopefully 【小题2】 the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be 【小题3】 (full) realized. You may be courageous to meet 【小题4】 (challenge) but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That’s to say there won’t be difficulties you can’t overcome 【小题5】 you have a perfect knowledge of yourself.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself also 【小题6】 (require) doing oneself a favor when it’s needed. In time of sadness, do yourself a favor by【小题7】 (share) it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a 【小题8】 (cheer) one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep.

In 【小题9】 word, to get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get one’s life entirely 【小题10】 (control). Then one will find one’s life full of color and flavor.