Wecanmakemistakesatanyage.Somemistakeswemakeareaboutmoney.butmostmistakesareaboutpeople."DidJerryreallycarewhenIbrokeupwithHelen?""WhenIgotthatgreatjobdidJimasafriendreallyfeelgoodabout
Wecanmakemistakesatanyage.Somemistakeswemakeareaboutmoney.butmost
mistakesareaboutpeople."DidJerryreallycarewhenIbrokeupwithHelen?""WhenIgot
thatgreatjobdidJimasafriendreallyfeelgoodaboutit?Ordidheenvymyluck?""AndwasPaulfriendlyjustbecauseIhadacar?"Whenwelookbackdoubtslikethesecanmakeusfeelbad.
Butwhenwelookbackitistoolate.
Whydowegowrongaboutourfriendsorourenemies?Sometimeswhatpeoplesayhidestheirrealmeanings.Andifwedonotreallylistenwemissthefeelingbehindthewords.Supposesomeonetellsyou"You'realuckydog!"(你真幸运!)Ishereallyonyourside?Ifhesays"You'realuckyguy!"thatisbeingfriendly.But"aluckydog?"Thereisabitofenvyinthosewords.Whathemaybesayingisthathedoesnotthinkyoudeserveyourluck.
"Justthinkofallthethingsyouhavetobethankfulfor"isanotherphrasethatsaysonethingandmeansanother.Itcouldmeanthatthespeakeristryingtogetyoutoseeyourproblem.Butthisphrasecontainsthethoughtthatyourproblemisnotatallimportant.
Howcanyoutelltherealmeaningbehindsomeone'swords?Onewayistotakeagoodlookatthepersontalking.Dohiswordsfitthewayhelooks?Iswhathesaysshownbythetoneofvoice?Thelookinhiseyes?Stopandthink.Theminuteyouspendthinkingabouttherealmeaningofwhatpeoplesaytoyoumaysaveyouranothermistake.
Whenthewriterrecalls(回想)someofthethingsthathappenedbetweenhimandhis
friendshe_______.
A.feelshappythinkinghownicehisfriendsweretohim
B.feelshemightnothaveunderstoodhisfriends'truefeelings
C.thinkitamistaketohavebrokenupwithhisgirlfriend
D.issorrythathisfriendslethimdown
.Whenthewritertalksaboutsomeonesaying"You'realuckydog!"heissayingthat
_____.
A.thespeakerisjustfriendly
B.thissentencesuggeststhesameas"You'realuckyguy!"
C.theword"dog"shouldnotbeusedtoapplytopeople
D.sometimesthewordsshowthatthespeakerisabitenvious
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