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v1.0 可编辑可修改 Unit 1 Living in Harmony [00:]Listen and Respond [00:]Smile
[00:]I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. [00:]The last project the professor assigned us to do was called “Smile.”
[00:]The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and then write down their reaction.
[00:]I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone I meet and say “hello.”
[00:]So I thought that it would be a piece of cake for me. [00:]Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband,
[00:]the youngest son and I went out to the local McDonalds on a cold March morning.
[00:]Just when we were standing in line, waiting to be served, [00:]I smelled a horrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.
[01:]As I looked down at the shorter gentleman close to me, he was smiling. [01:]His beautiful sky blue eyes were searching for acceptance. [01:]He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had. [01:]The second man was mentally retarded.
[01:]The young lady at the counter asked the shorter man what they wanted. [01:]He said, “Just coffee for the two of us.” [01:]Obviously, it was all they could afford.
[01:]To sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something — they just wanted to be warm.
[01:]Then I was suddenly filled with sympathy.
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v1.0 可编辑可修改 [01:]All eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. [01:]I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to [01:]give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. [02:]I then walked to the table where the two men were sitting. [02:]I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand.
[02:]He looked up at me and said, “Thank you.” [02:]I leaned over and said, “Just help yourselves.”
[02:]I started to cry when I walked away to join my husband and son. [02:]As I sat down, my husband smiled at me and held my hand for a moment. [02:]I returned to college, with this story in hand.
[02:]I turned in “my project” and the professor was touched and read it to the whole class.
[02:]The whole class was touched.
[02:]I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn — UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.
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Unit 2 Optimism and Positive Thinking [00:]Listen and Respond [00:]Attitude Is Everything
[00:]Michael was a natural optimist.
[00:]He was always in a good mood, always up and always had something positive to say.
[00:]If an employee was having a bad day,
[00:]Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
[00:]Seeing his optimism really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael
[00:]and asked him, “I don’t get it. [00:]You can’t be positive all the time. [00:]How do you do it”
[00:]Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself: Mike, you have two choices today.
[00:]You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.
[00:]I choose to be in a good mood.
[01:]Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it.
[01:]I choose to learn from it.
[01:]Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept the complaining
[01:]or I can point out the positive side of life, I always choose the positive side of life.”
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v1.0 可编辑可修改 [01:]“Yeah, right.
[01:]But it isn’t that easy.” [01:]I said.
[01:]“Yes, it is easy,” Michael said. [01:]“Life is all about choices.
[01:]Every situation in life is a choice.
[01:]You choose how you react to situations; you choose how people will affect your mood; you choose how you feel.
[01:]The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live your life.” [01:]From Michael I have learned that every day we have a choice to live fully.
[01:]So I will choose to be an optimist.
[01:]If I am an optimist I may feel better, enjoy life more, and maybe have more chances of success.
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