Toerrishuman.Toblametheotherguyisevenmorehuman.Commonsenseisnotallthatcommon.Whytellthetruthwhenyoucancomeupwithagoodexcuse?Thesethreepopularmisquotes(戏谑的引语)aremeanttobejokes
Toerrishuman.Toblametheotherguyisevenmorehuman.
Commonsenseisnotallthatcommon.
Whytellthetruthwhenyoucancomeupwithagoodexcuse?
Thesethreepopularmisquotes(戏谑的引语)aremeanttobejokesandyettheytellusalotabouthumannature.Toerrortomakemistakesisindeedapartofbeinghumanbutitseemsthatmostpeopledon’twanttoaccepttheresponsibilityfortheproblem.Perhapsitisthenaturalthingtodo.Theoriginalquoteabouthumannaturewentlikethis:”Toerrishumantoforgivedivine(神圣的).”Thissayingmirrorsandealpeopleshouldbeforgivingofothers’mistakes.Insteadwetendtodotheopposite–findsomeoneelsetopasstheblameonto.Howevertakingresponsibilityforsomethingthatwentwrongisamakingofgreatmaturity.
Commonsenseiswhatwecallclearthought.Havingcommonsensemeanshavingagoodgeneralplanthatwillmakethingsworkwellanditalsomeansstayingwiththeplan.Commonsensetellsyouthatyoutakeanumbrellaoutintoarainstormbutyouleavetheumbrellahomewhenyouhearaweatherforecastforsunshine.Commonsensedoesnotseemtobecommonforlargeorganizationsbecausetherearesomanythingsgoingonthatonepersoncannotbeinchargeofeverything.Peoplesaythatinalargecompany”therighthanddoesnotknowwhatthelefthandisdoing.”
Andwhatiswrongwithasocietythatthinksthatmakingupagoodexcuseislikecreatingaworkofart?Oneofthecommonproblemswithmakingexcusesisthatpeopleespeciallyyoungpeople.gettheideathatit’sokaynottobetotallyhonestallthetime.Thereisacorollary(直接推论)tothat:ifgoodexcuseis“good”evenifitisn’thonestthenwhereistheplaceofthetruth?
1.Accordingtotilepassagewhichoffollowingseemsthemosthuman?
A.Tosearchfortruth. B.Toachieveone’sideal
C.Tomakefunofothers’mistakes.D.Tocriticizeothersforone’sownerror.
2.Accordingtotheauthorwhatisasignofaman’smaturity?
A.Doingthingshisownway.
B.Bearingresponsibilityforhismistakes.
C.Makingasfewmistakesaspossible.
D.Thinkingseriouslyabouthiswrongdoing.
3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTbasedoncommonsense