學習拓展：課外閱讀欣賞善待機會Theairwebreatheissofreelyavailable(adj.可以得到的)thatwetakeitforgranted.Yetwithoutitwecouldnotsurvivemorethanafewminutes.Forthemostpart,thesameairisavailabletoeveryone,andeveryoneneedsit.Somepeopleusetheairtosustain(v.維持，持續(xù))themwhiletheysitaroundandfeelsorryforthemselves.Othersbreatheintheairandusetheenergyitprovidestomakeamagnificent(adj.壯麗的)lifeforthemselves.Opportunityisthesameway.Itiseverywhere.Opportunityissofreelyavailablethatwetakeitforgranted.Yetopportunityaloneisnotenoughtocreatesuccess.Opportunitymustbeseizedandacteduponinordertohavevalue.Somanypeoplearesoanxiousto"getinonthegroundfloor(n.有利的地位，投機的初期)"ofopportunity,asiftheopportunitywilldoallthework.That'simpossible.Justasyouneedairtobreathe,youneedopportunitytosucceed.Ittakesmorethanjustbreathinginthefreshairofopportunity,however.Youmustmakeuseofthatopportunity.That'snotuptotheopportunity.That'suptoyou.Itdoesn'tmatterwhat"floor"theopportunityison.Whatmattersiswhatyoudowithit.我要謹記的事情Everybodydoesn'thavetoloveme.無須人人都愛我Noteveryonehastolovemeorevenlikeme.Idon'tnecessarilylikeeverybodyIknow,sowhyshouldeverybodyelselikeme?Ienjoybeinglikedandbeingloved,butifsomebodydoesn'tlikeme,IwillstillbeokayandstillfeellikeIamanokayperson.Icannotmakesomebodylikemeanymorethansomeonecangetmetolikethem.Idon'tneedapprovalallthetime.Ifsomeonedoesnotapproveof1)me,Iwillstillbeokay.Itisokaytomakemistakes.犯錯誤沒什么大不了的Makingmistakesissomethingwealldo,andIamstillafineandworthwhilepersonwhenImakethem.ThereisnoreasonformetogetupsetwhenImakeamistake.Iamtrying,andifImakeamistake,Iamgoingtocontinuetrying.Icanhandlemakingamistake.Itisokayforotherstomakeamistake,too.Iwillacceptmymistakesandalsothemistakesthatothersmake.OtherpeopleareokayandIamokay.互相尊重PeoplewhodothingsthatIdon'tlikearenotnecessarilybadpeople.TheyshouldnotnecessarilybepunishedjustbecauseIdon'tlikewhattheydoordid.ThereisnoreasonwhyotherpeopleshouldbethewayIwantthemtobe,andthereisnoreasonwhyIshouldbethewaysomebodyelsewantsmetobe.Peoplewillbewhatevertheywanttobe,andIwillbewhateverIwanttobe.Icannotcontrolotherpeopleorchangethem.Theyarewhotheyare;wealldeservebasicrespect.Idon'thavetocontrolthings.我無須控制一切IwillsurviveifthingsaredifferentthanwhatIwantthemtobe.Icanacceptthingsthewaytheyare,acceptpeoplethewaytheyare,andacceptmyselfthewayIam.ThereisnoreasontogetupsetifIcan'tchangethingstofitmyideaofhowtheyoughttobe.ThereisnoreasonwhyIshouldhavetolikeeverything.EvenifIdon'tlikeit,Icanlivewithit.Iamresponsibleformyday.我對自己的一生負責IamresponsibleforhowIfeelandwhatIdo.Nobodycanmakemefeelanything.IfIhavearotten2)day,Iamtheonewhoallowedittobethatway.IfIhaveagreatday,Iamtheonewhodeservescreditforbeingpositive.ItisnottheresponsibilityofotherpeopletochangesothatIcanfeelbetter.Iamtheonewhoisinchargeofmylife.Icanhandleitwhenthingsgowrong.出問題時我能應付Idon'tneedtowatchoutforthingstogowrong.Theyusuallygojustfine,andwhentheydon't,Icanhandleit.Idon'thavetowasteenergyworrying.Theskywon'tfall;thingswillbeokay.Itisimportanttotry.試一試很重要Ican.EventhoughImaybefacedwithdifficulttasks,itisbettertotrythantoavoidthem.Avoidingataskdoesnotgivemeanyopportunitiesforsuccessorjoy,buttryingdoes.Thingsworthhavingareworththeeffort.Imightnotbeabletodoeverything.ButIcandosomething.Iamcapable.我能做到。Idon'tneedsomeoneelsetotakecareofmyproblems.Iamcapable.Icantakecareofmyself.Icanmakedecisionsformyself.Icanthinkformyself.Idon'thavetodependonsomebodyelsetotakecareofme.Icanchange.我可以改變Idon'thavetobeacertainwaybecauseofwhathashappenedinthepast.Everydayisanewday.It'ssillytothinkIcan'thelpbeingthewayIam.OfcourseIcan.Icanchange.Icanbeflexible.我能隨機應變

Thereismorethanonewaytodosomething.Morethanonepersonhashadgoodideasthatwillwork.Thereisnooneandonly"best"way.Everybodyhasideasthatareworthwhile.Somemaymakemoresensetomethanothers,buteveryone'sideasareworthwhile,andeveryonehassomethingworthwhiletocontribute.Thefirstsnowcame.Howbeautifulitwas,fallingsosilently,alldaylong,allnightlong,onthemountains,onthemeadows,ontheroofsoftheliving,onthegraves1)ofthedead!Allwhitesavetheriver,thatmarked2)itscoursebyawindingblacklineacrossthelandscape3),andtheleaflesstrees,thatagainsttheleaden4)skynowrevealedmorefullythewonderfulbeautyandintricacy5)oftheirbranches!Whatsilence,too,cam