Helping others is not only good for them but a good thing to do. It also makes us happier and healthier too. Giving also connects us to others, creating stronger communities and helping to build a happier society for everyone. So if you want to feel good, do good!
Doing things for others-whether small, unplanned acts or regular volunteering—is a powerful way to increase our own happiness as well of those around us. The people we help may be strangers, family, friends, colleagues or neighbors. They can be old or young, nearby or far away.
Giving isn’t just about money, so you don’t need to be rich. Giving to others can be as simple as a single kind word, smile or a thoughtful gesture. It can include giving time, energy, care, skills, thought or attention. Sometimes these mean as much, if not more, than financial gifts.
Scientific studies show that helping others boosts happiness. It increases life satisfaction, provides a sense of meaning, increases feelings of ability, improves our mood and reduces stress. It can help to take our minds off our own troubles too.
Kindness towards others is the glue which connects individual happiness with wider community and social wellbeing. Giving to others helps us connect with people and meets one of our basic human needs-relatedness.
Kindness seems to be contagious (传染性的). When we see someone do something kind or thoughtful, or we are on the receiving end of kindness, it inspires us to be kinder ourselves. In this way, kindness spreads from one person to the next, influencing the behavior of people who never saw the original act. Kindness really is the key to creating a happier, more trusting local community.
【小题1】Why can giving help to build a happier society?A.It can bring confidence. | B.It can connect us to others. |
C.It can make us healthy. | D.It can make us rich. |
A.Helping others makes our trouble disappear forever. |
B.We feel more content with life by helping others. |
C.Helping others removes a sense of meaning. |
D.We feel no stress by helping others. |
A.Kindness. | B.Health. | C.Happiness. | D.Wealth. |
A.Helping others is good for ourselves. | B.We should learn to give. |
C.Helping others matters. | D.Kindness is a good virtue. |
Can you say it is right or wrong for them to behave like that? Their changeable personalities leave you feeling angry and guilty at the same time. In fact, if your kids don’t annoy you from time to time, you’re not doing your job.
“There’s nothing wrong about being angry with your child,” Says Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., author of The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting. “Conflict is natural when your innocent, lovely child turns into an adolescent who can hardly tolerate (忍受) you. It’s part of the process of separation.” Kids insisted on their individuality with behavior to purposely drive you crazy. It’s their way of saying, “I am my own person” -- but doing it in a context that’s safe and that has clear limits.
So when your little darling changes into a silent person who still expects meals, clothing, and transportation, don’t panic. Here’s how to handle some common problems without losing your temper or your self-respect.
【小题1】It can be learned from the first paragraph that ________.
A.Jesse’s mother told a lie |
B.the writer was too sensitive |
C.Liz told a lie to her mother |
D.the writer’s daughter stayed at Jesse’s house |
A.when you are doing a job, your kids shouldn’t annoy you |
B.parents should be responsible for children’s bad behavior |
C.parents shouldn’t tolerate their children’s bad behavior |
D.it’s understandable for kids to annoy their parents |
A.It’s right for parents to be angry with their children. |
B.It’s allowed for children to do anything as they like. |
C.It’s bad behavior for children to drive their parents angry. |
D.It’s normal for adolescents to go against the wishes of their parents sometimes. |
A.How to be good parents. |
B.How to be good children. |
C.Rules for children to follow. |
D.How to deal with adolescents’ common problems properly. |
There was a time in my life when I thought difficulty was due to “bad luck”. Have you ever heard the saying “When it rains, it pours”? That was my answer when others asked me how things were going on when I was in trouble. So what do you think I got? “RAIN”. More and more “RAIN”. I couldn’t understand why bad luck was always with me.
Pam Golden says, “You’re either living in the problem or you’re living in the solution.” Now, when I’m faced with what I used to think was a negative (消极的) situation, I use a different way to think about it. I force myself to replace those negative thoughts that make me lose heart in my mind with positive thoughts which encourage me to fight against the difficulty bravely. Sometimes I write down some ideas that may be a solution, which I combine with the lessons I have learned from the bad situations and the difficulties that troubled me in the past, and often, I find a solution to the problem soon. It seems that I should thank the difficulty I met with. The RAIN that poured in my world has become great experiences that provide me with valuable experience, from which I can benefit.
Now, it doesn’t “rain” as much in my life as it used to. In fact, most days are beautiful, cloudless and sunny! Sometimes I do get a rain, but I think it makes me stronger just like the rain helps plants grow up.
【小题1】The example of the twin brothers shows that ________.
A.making good choices is the most important |
B.education decides a person’s future |
C.upbringing makes a big difference |
D.it is luck that leads to success |
A.Water. | B.Good luck. | C.Success. | D.Difficulty. |
A.How the author collects useful experience. |
B.How the author deals with difficulty now. |
C.How the author gets help from others. |
D.How the author lives in the problem. |
A.negative | B.unclear | C.positive | D.unknown |
Sarah came running in. “Look what I found.” Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden snakes.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my wide-eyed seven-year-old.
I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really wasn’t that beautiful, but I have learned never to appear uninterested with children. They see only good quality and excellence in the world until educated otherwise.
“Why does it do this?” Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves,” I explained. “Why do they need to renew themselves?” Sarah asked.
I suddenly remembered an article on this page many years ago where the writer was expressing her concept of renewal. She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves,and said that by peeling away (撕掉) those layers one by one,we see the original beneath. “We often need to shed our skins and those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my now absorbed daughter. “We outgrow some things and find other ones unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too crinkly (起皱的) for him, and he probably doesn’t think he looks as smart in it as he once did.”
Sarah was getting the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand, although slightly, that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and creativity, and see what we need to keep and what we need to cast off. I was careful to point out that this is a natural consequence of their growth.
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. That often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary; or at best, store the ones thrown away as mementoes (念想) of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit.
【小题1】At the first sight of the snake skin, what was the author’s feeling?A.Scared. | B.Puzzled. | C.Uninterested. | D.Excited. |
A.Renewal is to recover the layers inside. |
B.Renewal is to review what has been done. |
C.Renewal is a natural part of getting mature. |
D.Renewal the process of finding the unwanted. |
A.He dislikes the snake skin at all. |
B.He shows concern for nature and culture. |
C.He can grasp the chance to educate children. |
D.He often encourages his daughter to raise questions. |
A.Snakes cast off the layers to look smarter. |
B.We should renew ourselves to get improved. |
C.Snakes shed their skins to renew themselves. |
D.How we should explore our original nature underneath. |
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