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1、Iced Tea/冰茶冰茶It takes both rain and sunshine to create a rainbow. Lives are no different. There is happiness and sorrow. There is the good and the bad; dark and bright spots. If we can handle adversity, it only strengthens us. We cannot control all the events that happen in our lives, but we can con
2、trol how we deal with them. Richard Blechnyden wanted to promote Indian tea in St. Louis World Fair in 1904. It was very hot and no one wanted to sample his tea. Blechnyden saw that all the other iced drinks were doing flourishing business. It dawned on him to make his tea into an iced drink, mix in
3、 sugar and sell it. He did and people loved it. That was the introduction of iced tea to the world. When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, we can react responsibly or resentfully. Human beings are not like an acorn which has no choice. An acorn cannot decide whether to become a giant tree or
4、to become food for the squirrels. Human beings have choices. If nature gives us a lemon, we have a choice: either cry or make lemonade.1) sorrow 5sCrEu n.悲哀, 悲痛 2) spot spCt n.斑点, 污点, 地点, 场所, 现场 3) adversity Ed5vE:siti n.不幸, 灾祸, 逆境 4) strengthen 5streNWEn v.加强, 巩固 5) flourishingflQrIFIN adj.繁茂的, 繁荣的
5、, 欣欣向荣的 6) dawn dC:n n.黎明, 拂晓, 破晓 7) resentfully adv.充满愤恨地 8) acorn 5eIkC:n n.植橡树果, 橡子 9) lemonade 7lemE5meid n.柠檬水雨和太阳共同创造了彩虹。我们生活也是如此。它包含了幸福与痛苦，正面与 负面，黑暗与光明。假如我们能够战胜困境，这反而会增强我们的能力。我们 不能控制生活中所发生的事情，但却可以决定怎样处理。 理查德“布莱克尼 1904 年时想在圣.路易斯世界商品集市上推广印度的茶叶。但 是天气很热，没人愿意品尝他的茶。他看到其他冰镇饮料都生意红火，于是想 到一个主意，可以将他的茶做成
6、冷饮，加上糖，然后就可以出售了。他这样做 了，并因此受到人们的欢迎。于是冰茶就这样问世了。 事情总会有不顺利的时候，我们可以选择的是积极的回应或是消极的忿忿不平。人类不同于没有选择的橡树果，橡树果子不能为自己是长成一棵参天大树，还 是成为松鼠的食物作出选择。而人类是可以选择的。如果大自然给予我们一颗 柠檬，那么我们既可以选择感恩哭泣，也可以选择将其做成柠檬汁。2. Develop an attitude of gratitude When I say count your blessings, not your troubles, the message is not to become co
7、mplacent. If complacent was the message you got, then I would be guilty of faulty communication and you of selective listening. To give you an example of selective listening, let me share with you a story I heard about a medical doctor who was invited as a guest speaker to address a group of alcohol
8、ics. He wanted to make a demonstration that would be powerful enough to make people realized that alcohol was injurious to their health. He had two containers,one with pure distilled water andone with pure alcohol. He put an earthworm into the distilled water and it swam beautifully and came up to t
9、he top. He put another earthworm into the alcohol and it disintegrated in front of everyones eyes. He wanted to prove that this was what alcohol did to the insides of our body. He asked the group what the moral of the story was andone person from behind said:“ If you drink alcohol you wont have worm
10、s in your stomach.“ Was that the message? Of course not. That was selective listening-we hear what we want to hear and not what is being said. Many of our blessings are hidden treasure-count your blessings and not your troubles3. Life Is Not Have Quick Fixes! PressurePressure comes from being unprep
11、ared.There is no substitute for preparation,practice and hard work.Desire and wishful thinking wont do it.Only preparation will give you the competitive edge.成功主要是坚持不懈，坚持不懈包括了以下几个方面：a purpose(目的）a plan（计划）preparation（准备）price（代价）patience（耐心）practice（实践）principles（原则）pride（自信）positive attitude（积极的态度）
12、Ask yourself:Do you have a clearly defined purpose?Do you have a plan of action?What effort are you putting into preparation?What price are you willing to pay?How far are youwilling to go?Do you have the patience to gestation period?Are you have any firm principles to stand on?Do you have ptice in y
13、ou performance?Do you have the “can do“ attitude?4. Sharpen Your Axe A young man approached the foreman of a logging crew and asked for a job. “That depends,“ replied the foreman. “Lets see you fell this tree.“ The young man stepped forward, and skillfully felled a great tree. Impressed, the foreman
14、 exclaimed, “You can start Monday.“ Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday rolled by - and Thursday afternoon the foreman approached the young man and said, “You can pick up your paycheck on the way out today.“ Startled, the young man replied, “I thought you paid on Friday.“ “Normally we do,“ said the
15、 foreman. “But were letting you go today because youve fallen behind. Our daily felling charts show that youve dropped from first place on Monday to last place today.“ “But Im a hard worker,“ the young man objected. “I arrive first, leave last, and even have worked through my coffee breaks!“ The for
16、eman, sensing the young mans integrity, thought for a minute and then asked, “Have you been sharpening your ax?“ The young man replied, “No sir, Ive been working too hard to take time for that!“ Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we dont take time to “sharpen the ax.“ In todays world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy than ever. Why is that? Could it be that we h
