For Success in Life

佚名 / Anonymous

Practicing for Better Learning

First Listen and then answer the questions.

1. Why thinking is important in one’s life？

2. What effects does positive thinking have on you？

Thinking is necessary if you want to succeed in life. People fear that thinking may upset their comfort and self-satisfaction. Thinking needs constant practice with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm generates interest and sustains thinking. And concentration will help us form a clear picture in our minds of the ultimate objective.

Thinking should be constant and continuous. With concentration， we can arrange thoughts in order and become a rapid thinker. It is also important to develop organised thinking learning to think of different things one by one in order. We can stimulate thinking power by taking part in serious conversations or discussions and defending our positions so that it will drive us to think more clearly and objectively. Reading books and magazines will also help us in the process of formulating ideas.

Positive thinking has a tremendous influence over others with whom we come into contact. People who succeed in improving their thinking power enrich themselves.

要想獲得成功的人生，必然需要思考。人們擔心思考可能會擾亂他們的舒適和自我滿足感。思考需要帶著**持之以恒地練習。**會萌發興趣，而興趣又會強化思考。專注地思考有利於我們清晰地勾勒出自己頭腦中最終目標的畫麵。

我們應該持續不斷地思考。專心致誌地思考能幫助我們理清思路，並且使思維變得敏捷。學會條理清晰地思考不同事物並培養嚴謹的思考能力也同樣重要。要激發思考力度，我們可以參加嚴肅的會談或堅持自己觀點的辯論，這樣會迫使我們的思考更清晰、更客觀。閱讀書籍和雜誌對於我們清晰地闡述觀點也很有幫助。

對於我們接觸的其他人，積極思考有巨大的影響力。而那些有效提高思考能力的人，能使自己更充實。

在做任何事情之前，我們都要經過一番深思熟慮，才會付諸行動。而在思考時，我們也要帶著**去聯想，這是因為**會讓我們更投入，更易思考。這樣會幫助我們更好地實現自己的目標。

Ace in the Hole

Keywords and expressions

1. sustain

作動詞：支撐；承受，承擔

例：The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.

坑道頂用柱子支撐著。

2. arrange

作動詞：安排；準備；整理；布置

例：He began to arrange the flowers in the vase.

他開始把花瓶內的花擺好。

Chunks in Practice

Listen to the following passage twice and then fill in the blanks with

appropriate words.

1. Enthusiasm generates _ and _ thinking. And concentration will help us form a clear picture in our minds of the _ objective.

2. Positive thinking has a _ influence over others with whom we _ contact. People who succeed in improving their thinking power _ themselves.

Now a Try

Please fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the given sentences.

1. More important， he has made a _ difference in my life.

更重要的是，他對我的生活產生了極大的影響。

2. But for how long can China _ such growth？

但中國能夠保持多久這樣的經濟增長？

3. We now _ a general definition within the realm of functions.

現在我們用函數的語言來敘述一般的定義。