It'snevereasytoadmityouareinthewrong.Beinghuman,weallneedtoknowtheartofapologizing.Lookbackwithhonestyandthinkhowoftenyou'vejudgedroughly,saidunkindthings,pushedyourselfaheadattheexpenseofafriend.Thencounttheo
It'snevereasytoadmityouareinthewrong.Beinghuman,weallneedto
knowtheartofapologizing.Lookbackwithhonestyandthinkhowoftenyou've
judgedroughly,saidunkindthings,pushedyourselfaheadattheexpenseofa
friend.Thencounttheoccasionswhenyouindicatedclearlyandtrulythatyou
weresorry.Abitfrightening,isn'tit?Frighteningbecausesomedeepwisdomin
usknowsthatwhenevenasmallwronghasbeencommitted,somemysteriousmoral
feelingisdisturbed;anditstaysoutofbalanceuntilfaultisacknowledged
andregretexpressed.
Irememberadoctorfriend,thelateClarence
Lieb,tellingmeaboutamanwhocametohimwithavarietyofsigns:headaches,
insomniaandstomachtrouble.Nophysicalcausecouldbefound.FinallyDr.Lieb
saidtotheman,“Unlessyoutellmewhat'sworryingyou,Ican'thelp
Aftersomehesitation,themanconfessedthat,asexecutorofhisfather'swill
(遗嘱),hehadbeencheatinghisbrother,wholivedabroad,ofhisinheritance.
Thenandtherethewiseolddoctormadethemanwritetohisbrotherasking
forgivenessandenclosingachequeasthefirststepinrestoringtheirgood
relation.Hethenwentwithhimtothemailboxinthecorridor.Astheletter
disappeared,themanburstintotears.“Thankyou,”hesaid,“IthinkI'm
cured.”Andhewas.
Aheartfeltapologycannotonlyhealadamaged
relationshipbutalsomakeitstronger.Ifyoucanthinkofsomeonewhodeserves
anapologyfromyou,someoneyouhavewronged,orjudgedtooroughly,orjust
neglected,dosome-thingaboutitrightnow.
19.Whenwehavedonesomethingwrong,weshould____.
[A]lookhonestandthinkoverthefault
carefully
[B]escapefrombeingdisturbed
[C]admitthefaultandexpressthe
regret
[D]forgiveourselves
20.Whatwillhappenifwehave
donesomethingwrong?____
[A]Ourlogicofthinkingwillbe
disturbed.
[B]Weshallbesad.
[C]Weshallapologizeatonce.
[D]Ourmoralbalancewillbe