阅读教程 1 Unit 7 答案

阅读教程Book 1 Unit 7答案

I. Reading for information

Exercises

I. Reading for information

A. Reading to find main ideas

1-6: B D A C D A

II. Translation

Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1 The pursuit of perfection will lead us to excellence and release our highest potential.

对完美的追求会让我们实现卓越，发挥出我们最大的潜能。

2 And yet when this pursuit is inappropriately applied, it fills up the waiting rooms of therapists and psychiatrists and is one of the chief sources of our misery.

如我们对此追求不能妥当应对，就会成为心理医师的常客，这也是人生苦难的主要原因之一。

3 When we use this drive to create an identity or to improve our self-esteem, we also set the stage for constant disappointment and self-condemnation.

在我们开始用这种动力去构建自我形象或提高自我评价的时候，随之而来的将是不断的失望与自责。

4 It does not matter where we are on the scale of perfection, whether at thenadir or at the peak.

我们离完美之巅的距离并不重要，无论我们是在山脚还是已达顶峰。

5 Life begins to be truly exciting and even mundane tasks become absorbing when we approach them from this vantage view.

当我们能用从这种优势的角度去看待任务时，我们会发现即使是平凡至极的任务也变得引人入胜，人生也开始变得真正兴味无穷。

III. Summary

1 The pursuit of perfection is one kind of yearnings embedded in man’s heart, which motivates us to release our potential.

2 However, improper attitudes towards perfection may be the major source of our misery.

3 High self-expectation and poor self-esteem will constantly bring disappointment and self-condemnation.

4 Objective self-esteem can help us focus more on the task we do, which is the basis of the healthy and wholesome drive to perfection.

5 However inconsequential the task is, the pursuit of perfection may be positive as long as we pay enough attention to the task and strive to master it.

6 In the process to perfection, we are in fact competing with ourselves and finally achieve excellence.

II. Reading for pleasure

Exercises

Answer the following questions.

1 What does the author say about “resisting what-is”?

It is futile and we are only hitting our heads against a wall.

2 What is essential in helping us access the world of what-is?

Go beyond or get rid of all emotions, which lead us to various resistance, interpretations, and judgments.

3 Why do we fail to see the world of what-is?

Because we are trapped/mired in our needs, wants and self-centered expectations.

4 What kind of world would we find if we accept everything as it is, neither bad nor good?

We would find the world to be clean, spacious, sunlit, utterly simple, and utterly essential.

5 What attitudes do we hold towards the past and the future in the world of what-is?

There is no conception of them in the land of what-is. We neither want to step faster into the future nor try to change the past.