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A friend’s grandfather came to America from East Europe. After arriving at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria ( 自助餐厅 ) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.
Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a tray ( 餐盘 ) full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at that end,” she said, “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America.” The grandfather told a friend, “Life’s a cafeteria. You can get anything you want as long as you are ready to pay the price. You can even get success. But you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
In fact, life is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for success to come to you. And success is in your own hands.
1 . Grandfather knew ________ about the cafeteria before the woman told him about it.
2 . The woman told Grandfather how ________ in a cafeteria.
3 . From the passage, we can infer ( 推断 ) that it was Grandfather’s ________ to eat in a cafeteria.
4 . The writer doesn’t think it right ________ in life.
5 . Life is like a cafeteria because we need ________ both in a cafeteria and in life.
1 . nothing
2 . how to order a meal
3 . first time
4 . to wait for success
5 . to act and get what we want on our own
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了一个朋友的祖父从英国来到美国,有一天他去自助餐厅吃饭,等待着别人来给他点单,直到有人告诉他在自助餐厅要自己去拿吃的东西。从这件事情他感悟到人生也是如此,要成功一定要自己去争取,只是等待并不会获得什么。
1 .
根据 “After arriving at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.” 可知祖父到自助餐厅坐着等人为他点餐,这说明他对自助餐厅一无所知。故填 nothing 。
2 .
根据 “ ‘Start out at that end,’ she said, ‘Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.’ ” 可知这名妇女告诉他如何在自助餐厅里点餐。故填 how to order a meal 。
3 .
根据 “After arriving at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.” 可知祖父到自助餐厅坐着等人为他点餐,可推断祖父是第一次到自助餐厅吃饭。故填 first time 。
4 .
根据 “In fact, life is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for success to come to you.” 可知作者认为等着成功自己来是不对的。故填 to wait for success 。
5 .
根据 “Life’s a cafeteria. You can get anything you want as long as you are ready to pay the price. You can even get success. But you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.” 可知无论是在一家自助餐厅还是在是生活中,我们都需要行动起来,靠自己来得到自己想要的。故填 to act and get what we want on our own 。
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It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome(克服)it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
59. to overcome fear | |||
Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60. than you breathe in. You’ll be 61. that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62. for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63. the thinking brain and make you 64. fearful. | ||
Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65. but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66. to face the coming events. | ||
Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67. It’s worth 68. though it takes efforts. |