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My favourite book, TheSecret by Rhonda Byrne, talks about a formula(公式) called "SFF" which stands for "stopping finding faults". I used to be a critical person and tried to find faults. I guess I somehow inherited this character from my father. Actually, many good qualities of my father are worth admiring except this.
My father is the person who constantly looks for mistakes in other people and he thinks no one is perfect in the world. His character created a negative atmosphere in my family. I was the same as my father, so I often felt angry, disappointed, depressed, and lonely in the school.
After I had read my favourite book I began to seek "good things" in other people. It has completely changed my life. Now I feel happier, I have more friends, I have more trust in people, and I realise everyone has their own strength! Another important lesson I got from this book is that I should always behave myself in a positive manner. Let's admit that we sometimes complain about our situation. That's not good. "Believe it or not, people don't like to listen to negative opinions."
One more valuable lesson I got from the book is that I should be a good listener. When I was younger, I only wanted people to pay whole attention to my words so that I could show them how important I was. I was very proud and would show off my achievements in the school without considering others' feeling. I had very few friends and most people considered me as an "arrogant" person. Now, I find it mush easier to make friends after making some changes!
In the mid-1990s, Tom Bissell taught English as a volunteer in Uzbekistan. He left after seven months, physically broken and having lost his mind. A few years later, still attracted to the country, he returned to Uzbekistan to write an article about the disappearance of the Aral Sea.
His visit, however, ended up involving a lot more than that. Hence this book, ChasingtheSea:LostAmongtheGhostsofEmpireinCentralAsia, which talks about a road trip from Tashkent to Karakalpakstan, where millions of lives have been destroyed by the slow drying up of the sea. It is the story of an American travelling to a strange land, and of the people he meets on his way:Rustam, his translator, a lovely 24-year-old who picked up his colorful English in California, Oleg and Natasha, his hosts in Tashkent, and a string of foreign aid workers.
This is a quick look at life in Uzbekistan, made of friendliness and warmth, but also its darker side of society. In Samarkand, Mr Bissell admires the architectural wonders, while on his way to Bukhara he gets a taste of police methods when suspected of drug dealing. In Ferghana, he attends a mountain funeral(葬礼) followed by a strange drinking party. And in Karakalpakstan, he is saddened by the dust storms, diseases and fishing boats stuck miles from the sea.
Mr. Bissell skillfully organizes historical insights and cultural references, making his tale a well-rounded picture of Uzbekistan, seen from Western eyes. His judgment and references are decidedly American, as well as his delicate stomach. As the author explains, this is neither a travel nor a history book, or even a piece of reportage. Whatever it is, the result is a fine and vivid description of the purest of Central Asian traditions.
People often ask successful men and women questions about they how they succeeded. What schools did they1?What did they study? Why did they choose a particular career (职业)? The answers are2. But business writer Tom Corley has3one thing in his study that most of them have in common: they4every day.
Corley's5shows that 85 percent of successful people read at least two books a month. That comes to reading twenty-four books a6. They have discovered the importance of continuing to learn7 things.
Some8business leaders with reading habits include Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Elon Musk. They are9about what they read, though. They read for10rather than fun. They also read to11themselves.
What types of12do they choose? They read life stories of other13people. They 14read science, history and health books. Business management, leadership, career advice and current events are other favourite answers.
Let's learn from those who have15success, and open a good book today.
Dream of the Red Chamber, written by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's four great classical novels. Long (consider) a masterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generally acknowledged to be the peak(顶峰) of Chinese fiction.
The writer shows deep sympathy for the victims feudal oppression(封建压迫). At the same time, he mercilessly exposes the true nature of the oppressors. The Jia family is a mirror reflects feudal society's becoming rotten and going downhill.
The content and meaning of the novel are rich and deep that a special kind of learning called "Red Studies" started (short) after the novel was published, and has continued to this day. Various theories have been put forward about the author's family and friends, his reason for
(write) the novel and the true meaning of the novel. Many details of the story have been explained in (differ) ways by scholars.
The novel has been translated into several other (language). Perhaps no other novel, Chinese or foreign,(enjoy) and discussed by so many people for so long. This fact proves the (great) of the novel and the unique position it has in the long history of Chinese literature.
