Talk about happiness
We should not hesitate too much during the first half of our lives, while we should not regret at what we’ve done during the other half. We should seize every opportunity to find a way out in our lives, for it goes off swiftly. We should say something urgent slowly, something serious clearly, something small humorously and something unsure cautiously. We should never say something that did not happen, something that you cannot do, something that does harm to others, and something that is disgusting. We should tell others our happiness on specific occasions and should not tell anyone our unhappiness. Do not easily say something about others. We should follow our own heart and interest, and fulfill what we should do instead of merely paying lip service and looking forward to the future.
Everyone is longing for a happy life, but owning wealth does not necessarily mean owning happiness. To truly reach happiness, we need to know how to get on with others. So we need to understand what happiness is really about and achieve what we desire.
We need to know and understand happiness before we finally get it. A smart man must know to do something good even though it may be small, and not to do something evil even though it may be tiny in the course of socializing. As long as we keep a kind heart and do everything morally and legally, we can live a peaceful life. But if we keep an evil heart and do whatever we want, we are indeed digging a tomb for ourselves. A smart man knows to learn a lesson from his falls, for he knows that every setback is a precious experience leading to happiness in the future. He will not waste his time in criticizing others. Instead, he tends to spend more time seeking his own happiness. He knows to keep a heart of conscience and not to spread others’ mistakes. He also knows to think before he leaps so that he will not feel regretful afterwards. Moreover, he knows to tolerate others, so he can naturally lead a happy life.
Without happiness, one will feel terribly miserable, for he always insists that he has done the right thing all the time and that others often do wrong to him. He blames every mistake on others or the environment instead of reflecting on himself, which keeps him farther and farther away from happiness. A celebrity once said, “Nobody intends to make mistakes. One makes mistakes because of his ignorance.” Therefore, if someone makes mistakes, we need to care about him, forgive him and enlighten him by setting a good example to him instead of losing temper and hating him. Otherwise, we are also ignorant like him, for we also make a stupid mistake that leads us farther from happiness.
In order to possess a happy life, we need to know more about others, about the society, about our culture and history. We should be patriotic(愛國的), obey the law and realize our own responsibility, and then we will definitely have a happy life.
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Talk about happiness
Wise actions in life
●Do things without小題1:_______and never regret at anything .
●Seize every opportunity to do the things we should.
●Avoid saying or doing what we are not小題2:________ about.
●Don’t comment on others easily.
Things about happiness we should小題3:________ in mind
●Getting on well with others is necessary.
●Doing good things with a kind heart may make us live 小題4:________.
●Knowing future happiness小題5:_______ from precious experiences learned from every setback.
●Thinking twice before action and tolerating others can 小題6:________ to a happy life.
Reasons for lack of happiness
●He blames everything wrong on others or the 小題7:________, not himself.
●His 小題8:________ results in making mistakes, which keeps him farther away from happiness
小題9:________on how to possess happiness
●We should care about the people who make mistakes instead of losing temper and set an example to them.
●We should have a rich 小題10:________  of society, culture, history and others.
●We should obey the law and shoulder our own responsibility.

小題1:hesitation
小題2:sure
小題3:keep
小題4:peacefully
小題5:arises/comes/results
小題6:lead/contribute
小題7:environment
小題8:ignorance
小題9:Suggestions/Advice/Tips
小題10:knowledge

小題1:詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。根據(jù)第一段第一行We should not hesitate too much。
小題2:詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。根據(jù)第一段第四行something unsure cautiously.
小題3:同義詞轉(zhuǎn)化。根據(jù)第三段第一行We need to know and understand happiness。
小題4:原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第三段第三行we can live a peaceful life.
小題5:意義轉(zhuǎn)化。根據(jù)第三段4,5行A smart man knows to learn a lesson from his falls, for he knows that every setback is a precious experience leading to happiness in the future.
小題6:意義轉(zhuǎn)化。根據(jù)第三段倒數(shù)第二行He also knows to think before he leaps so that he will not feel regretful afterwards.
小題7:原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第四段第二行He blames every mistake on others or the environment instead of reflecting on himself
小題8:原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第四段第四行One makes mistakes because of his ignorance
小題9:歸納總結(jié)。根據(jù)第五段內(nèi)容可知是給出了建議。
小題10:同義轉(zhuǎn)化。根據(jù)最后一段we need to know more about others, about the society。Have a knowledge of 掌握，了解，知道。
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A．crossedB．choseC．visitedD．found
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A．calledB．ranC．wanderedD．set
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A．waitressB．customer C．foreignerD．grandma
小題6:
A．optimisticB．honestC．lostD．sick
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A．ledB．toldC．putD．pointed
小題8:
A．conferenceB．tripC．termD．show
小題9:
A．fullB．emptyC．fastD．new
小題10:
A．departmentB．giftC．offerD．opinion
小題11:
A．standingB．sittingC．thinkingD．sleeping
小題12:
A．sangB．chattedC．wroteD．quarreled
小題13:
A．saidB．rememberC．forgotD．learnt
小題14:
A．mapB．ticketsC．moneyD．plans
小題15:
A．warmthB．experienceC．heartD．trip

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